Award Winners

2025 Forty Under 40: Adam Zimmermann
Adam Zimmermann Chief of Innovation and Research | Cedar Rapids Community School District | AGE: 38 Family: Wife, Leah; sons, Abe (7) and Lukas (4) Residence: Swisher Hometown: Iowa City Education: Master of Philosophy and Education, Education Specialist What was…
Luke Leyden
Director of Project Management/Chief Architect University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics AGE: 39 Best advice…

Desirée Kilburg
Attorney, Vice President | Shuttleworth & Ingersoll AGE: 36 Best advice you ever received? Before…

Felisha Junge
Mortgage Loan Officer | GreenState Credit Union AGE: 38 Best advice you ever received? “The…

Nalo Johnson
Community Health Division Manager Johnson County Public Health AGE: 39 Best advice you ever received?…

Megan Isenberg
Director | Jane Boyd Community House AGE: 34 What do you consider your biggest break…

Jessalyn Holdcraft
Director of Marketing New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative AGE: 26 Best advice you ever received? “Always…

Ashley Hinson
Iowa State House Representative | 67th District AGE: 36 What do you consider your biggest…

Clint Hinderaker
Senior Managing Director | Principal Financial Group AGE: 39 Best advice you ever received? Successful…

Katie Hallman
Executive Director | Theatre Cedar Rapids AGE: 33 What would most people be surprised to…

Nate Etten
Operations Manager | Van Meter Inc. AGE: 36 Best advice you ever received? If you’re…

Laura Ebinger
Senior Staff Attorney | Kids First Law Center Age: 37 Best advice you ever received?…

Jennifer Donovan
Director of Residency Wellness Cedar Rapids Medical Education Foundation and Eastern Iowa Health Center AGE: 35…

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…






