Award Winners

Deborah Lindberg Gertsen: ‘Don’t wait for someday…’
Deborah Lindberg Gertsen works in a bank, but she is not a banker. She brings 40 years of experience to her position as senior vice president of investments and LPL financial consultant at Cedar Rapids Investment Consulting/Cedar Rapids Bank &…
Eli Wynes
CEO & Wealth Advisor | United Iowa Financial AGE: 38 What’s the best advice you…

Jeralyn Westercamp
Coordinator of Clinical Outreach and Development Physician Assistant Program University of Iowa Carver College of…

Sarah Watson
Site Manager | Kids on Course – Zach Johnson Foundation AGE: 34 What would most…

Joe Tiefenthaler
Former Executive Director | FilmScene AGE: 38 Best advice you ever received? “You cannot control…

Jesse Thoeming
Executive Director, Downtown District Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance AGE: 38 Best advice you ever…

Logan Schultz
Operations Professional | Formerly NewBo City Market AGE: 27 What do you consider your biggest…

Pat Sauter
Vice President King’s Material Inc. AGE: 35 Best advice you ever received? Surround yourself with…

John Greenwood
Chief Operating Officer | Goldfinch Health AGE: 39 What do you consider your biggest break…

Samantha Rogers
Senior Manager of Human Resources The Skywalk Group AGE: 29 What do you consider your…

Andrea Rogers
Director of Claims and Risk Solutions The Accel Group AGE: 37 What would most people…

Lindsay Glynn
Executive Director | AbbeHealth Aging Services AGE: 34 Best advice you ever received? The most…

Jess Novotny
Owner and Artistic Director Prestige Dance Studio AGE: 32 Who do you consider your local…

Cady Sinnwell Gerlach
General Counsel & Director of Strategic Operations and Resource Management | Shelter House AGE: 37…

Justin Foss
Senior Communications Partner | Alliant Energy AGE: 39 What do you consider your biggest break…

Rama Muzo
President & CEO Intercultural Center of Iowa AGE: 39 Best advice you ever received? My…
