Award Winners

2025 Forty Under 40: Rachel Rigdon
Rachel Rigdon Senior Talent Relations Consultant | TrueNorth Companies | AGE: 35 Family: Spouse, Alex; children, Reese (5), Jonah (2), and Wesley (2) Residence: Cedar Rapids Hometown: Winona, Minnesota Education: Luther College Best advice you ever received? “Trust your gut.”…
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…

Ashley Moore
Events and Social Media Marketing Manager Corridor Business Journal AGE: 28 Best advice you ever…

Jordan Montgomery
Owner | Montgomery Companies AGE: 32 Best advice you ever received? “You can learn something…

Arunkumar Modi
Pediatric Oncologist University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital AGE: 38 Best advice you ever…

Rob Miller
Founder & Owner | Homegrown Media Company AGE: 32 Best advice you ever received? “Ship…






