2025 Forty Under 40: Emily Zimmon

By: John LohmanAlexandra Olsen|October 23, 2025

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Emily Zimmon

Founder and CEO | An Enduring Legacy | AGE: 35

Residence and Hometown: Mount Vernon

Education: Cornell College

What was your first job? YMCA front desk staff member, Clinton, Iowa

Best advice you ever received? Simple but powerful: Trust your crazy ideas. So often, the thoughts that feel too bold, too unconventional, or too risky…

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2025 Forty Under 40: Emily Zimmon

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