Award Winners
2025 Forty Under 40: Emily Patel
Emily Patel President and Founder | Hopeful Mama Foundation | AGE: 38 Residence: Cedar Rapids Hometown: Dubuque Education: BSN, RN Who do you consider your local mentors? Shannon Wilson, LMHC, PMH-C, MWR Counseling; Jennifer Hamdorf, director of contracts and legal…
2019 Chief Marketing Officer of the Year: Wendy Nielsen
Wendy Nielsen Vice President, Marketing Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust Chief Marketing Officer of the…
2019 Chief Financial Officer of the Year: Dennis Bockenstedt
Dennis Bockenstedt Finance Director City of Iowa City Chief Financial Officer of the Year –…
2019 Chief Technology/Information/Security Officer of the Year: Lucas Kuhlmann
Lucas Kuhlmann Chief Technology Officer ACT Chief Technology/Information/Security Officer of the Year Nominated by Julie…
CIVCO tops 2019’s Coolest Places to Work
By Katharine Carlon [email protected] When CIVCO Medical Solutions chose a “Brady Bunch” theme for its…
Spotix grills up a tasty workplace culture
The Spotix team poses for a group photo outside the company’s North Liberty headquarters. The…
Corridor’s coolest small company puts creativity first
The Fusionfarm team shows off their cheer in last year’s Christmas photo. The agency has…
Introducing 2019’s Women of Influence
By Adam Moore [email protected] This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Corridor Business Journal’s…
Chief Marketing Officer of the Year: Julie Staker
Julie Staker VP for Admission & Marketing Coe College Chief Marketing Officer of the Year…
Chief Technology Officer of the Year: Jeff Miller
Jeff Miller Chief Technology & Distribution Officer Van Meter Inc. Chief Technology/Information/Security Officer of the…
Chief Operating Officer of the Year: Ken Kremer
Ken Kremer Chief Operating Officer Involta Chief Operating Officer of the Year Nominated by Lauren…
Chief Human Resources Officer of the Year: Angie Hoover
Angie Hoover Chief Human Resource Officer CarePro Health Services Chief Human Resources/Diversity Officer of the…
Chief Financial Officer: Shari DeMaris
Shari DeMaris Senior Vice President & CFO Hills Bank & Trust Co. Chief Financial Officer…
Meet 2018’s Forty Under 40
Introduction by Katharine Carlon [email protected] Photography by Brian Draeger, Ben High and Miranda Meyer The…
Angela Winnike
Chief of Retail Operations | The Java House Nighttime Mayor | Iowa City Downtown District…
Andrea Wilson
Executive Director Iowa Writers’ House AGE: 36 What was your first job? At age seven,…
