AY’s Intriguing Women 2025: Stephanie Shine
AY Magazine, October 2025
If fortune favors the bold, Stephanie Shine might be on fortune’s VIP list. While working at a large recruiting firm, Shine and business partner Chris Chunn hatched a plan to blaze their own path. Standing in the way, however, was a 12-month noncompete agreement. Betting a year’s worth of lost income on a successful launch, Shine and Chunn spent that time preparing to hit the ground running — since opening in 2024, Arkansas Talent Group has made its name on providing services tailored to the needs of the Natural State. Suffice it to say the bet has paid off. “I have more time to spend with my family, less stress and am doing business the right way, where you focus on relationships over transactions,” Shine said.