Award Winners
2025 Forty Under 40: Tyler Thompson
Tyler Thompson Vice President of Supplier Strategy and Sales Enablement | Van Meter Inc. | AGE: 39 Residence and Hometown: Cedar Rapids Education: Bachelor’s degree in business and psychology from Coe College Best advice you ever received? Your success and…
Caitlin Slessor
Attorney & Vice President Shuttleworth & Ingersoll PLC AGE: 37 Best advice you ever received?…
Jamie Siefken
General Manager & Executive Vice President Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery AGE: 39 Best advice…
Andrew Sherburne
Co-founder FilmScene AGE: 39 What was your first job? I opened a candy shop in…
Kristen Shaffer
Attorney Shuttleworth & Ingersoll PLC AGE: 32 Local mentors? Jenny Schulz, executive director and attorney…
Sara Sedlacek
Communications & Development Director The Crisis Center of Johnson County AGE: 37 What would most…
Whitney Russell
Realtor Urban Acres Real Estate AGE: 33 Best advice you ever received? A theater professor…
Christa Payne
Financial Representative COUNTRY Financial AGE: 31 Best advice you ever received? When given the choice…
Anna Patty
Owner Epiphany – Your Creative Spark Inc. AGE: 38 Who are your local mentors? Jenifer…
Monica Nieves
Vice President of Special Events & Communication Iowa City/Coralville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau AGE:…
Bhumika Nayak
Senior Systems Engineer Rockwell Collins AGE: 33 Biggest break? Getting a job at Rockwell Collins…
Adam Moore
Editor & Chief Content Officer Corridor Business Journal AGE: 34 Best advice you ever received?…
Sofia Mehaffey
Community Health & Nutrition Director | Horizons, A Family Service Alliance Interim Executive Director |…
Denise Martinez
Assistant Dean | UI Office of Cultural Affairs and Diversity Initiatives Associate Professor, Family Medicine…
Kristofer Lyons
Assistant Attorney Jones County AGE: 39 What is the best advice you ever received? “Plans…
Kelly Lind-Daufeldt
Vice President U.S. Bank AGE: 38 Local mentors? Steve Caves and Nancy Kasparek have been…
