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…






