Ashley Moore
Hannah White
Director of Marketing & Operations
Zach Johnson Foundation
AGE: 30
Who are your local mentors?
My mom, Deane Watters, Jean Brenneman and Beth Malicki.
What do you know now...
Amanda Wendling
Partner
GRIT Capital
AGE: 33
What was your first job?
An ice cream scooper at Whitey’s Ice Cream.
Best advice you ever received?
There’s no substitute for hard work. Sit...
Stacey Walker
Supervisor
Linn County
AGE: 30
Best advice you ever received?
I’ve been told a variation of this by several people: “Know yourself, and be yourself in this world...
Caitlin Slessor
Attorney & Vice President
Shuttleworth & Ingersoll PLC
AGE: 37
Best advice you ever received?
Leave people better off than when you met them.
How do you ensure a...
Jamie Siefken
General Manager & Executive Vice President
Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery
AGE: 39
Best advice you ever received?
I think a lot of people tend to overthink things,...
Andrew Sherburne
Co-founder
FilmScene
AGE: 39
What was your first job?
I opened a candy shop in my tree house when I was 10. I bought in bulk and disobeyed...
Kristen Shaffer
Attorney
Shuttleworth & Ingersoll PLC
AGE: 32
Local mentors?
Jenny Schulz, executive director and attorney at Kids First Law Center, and Caitlin Slessor, attorney at Shuttleworth &...
Sara Sedlacek
Communications & Development Director
The Crisis Center of Johnson County
AGE: 37
What would most people be surprised to learn about you?
I was a very shy kid...
Whitney Russell
Realtor
Urban Acres Real Estate
AGE: 33
Best advice you ever received?
A theater professor once told me, “It doesn’t matter who made the mistake or how something...
Christa Payne
Financial Representative
COUNTRY Financial
AGE: 31
Best advice you ever received?
When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.
Biggest break?
A manager at COUNTRY Financial...