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.”…
Autumn Craft
Chief Development & Marketing Officer | Waypoint AGE: 39 Best advice you ever received? My…
Michael Colburn
Adolescent Medicine Specialist University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital Age: 38 Best advice you…
Jesse Bulman
Architect & Shareholder | Neumann Monson Architects AGE: 38 Best advice you ever received? Just…
Erika Brighi
Senior Marketing Associate | RSM US LLP Age: 34 Best advice you ever received? If…
Justin Bishop
Associate Principal | OPN Architects AGE: 38 Best advice you ever received? Anyone that’s making…
Ashley Bermel
New Construction Specialist & Licensed Realtor Skogman Realty AGE: 36 Best advice you ever received?…
Emily Anderson
Trial Attorney | RSH Legal AGE: 37 Best advice you ever received? Think before you…
Celebrating the best of the Corridor’s C-suite
This year’s C-Suite Award winners, from left: Lucas Kuhlmann, ACT; Sue Freeman, GreenState Credit Union;…
2019 Chief Financial Officer of the Year: Dawn Jaffray
Dawn Jaffray Chief Financial Officer UFG Insurance Chief Financial Officer of the Year – For-Profit…
2019 Chief Operating Officer of the Year: Kimberly Venner
Kimberly Venner Vice President of Operations Tanager Place Chief Operating Officer of the Year -…
2019 Chief HR/Diversity Officer of the Year: Brenda Lou Werner Willson
Brenda Lou Werner Willson Chief Human Resources Officer BankIowa Chief Human Resources/Diversity Officer of the…
2019 Chief HR/Diversity Officer of the Year: Sue Freeman
Sue Freeman Executive Vice President, Human Resources GreenState Credit Union Chief Human Resources/Diversity Officer of…
2019 Chief Sales Officer of the Year: Mike Gassmann
Mike Gassmann Chief Growth Officer Van Meter Inc. Chief Sales Officer of the Year Nominated…
2019 Chief Marketing Officer of the Year: Jessalyn Holdcraft
Jessalyn Holdcraft Director of Marketing NewBoCo Chief Marketing Officer of the Year – Nonprofit Nominated…
2019 Chief Operating Officer of the Year: Tim Schroeder
Tim Schroeder President & Chief Operating Officer Neumann Monson Architects Chief Operating Officer of the…