Award Winners

2025 Forty Under 40: Cari McCoy
Cari McCoy Vice President of Strategic Operations | Van Meter | AGE: 39 Family: Husband, Matt; daughters, Charlie and Channing; sister, Marci; brother-in-law, Chase; niece, Avery Residence: Robins Hometown: Cedar Rapids Education: Bachelor of Arts in psychology and Spanish, Coe…
Cavan Hallman
Media Storyteller | Informatics Founding Artistic Director | Mirrorbox Theatre AGE: 39 What was your…

Zachary Hall
Superintendent of Parks City of Iowa City AGE: 39 Who are your local mentors? Geoff…

Jordan Grimm
Continuous Improvement Specialist Van Meter Inc. AGE: 29 Who are your local mentors? Barry Boyer,…

Jennifer Goings
Outpatient Pharmacy Manager Mercy Medical Center AGE: 34 What was your biggest break? My current…

Alissa Gardner
Owner & Principal Broker Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Corridor AGE: 38 What was…

Nkanyezi Ferguson
Doctor University of Iowa Health Care AGE: 35 Who are your local mentors? Dr. Marta…

Jenn Draper
Event Planner Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance AGE: 33 What was your biggest break? Receiving…

Rose Danaher
Project Coordinator Iowa County Soil & Water Conservation District AGE: 32 What was your first…

Tim Carty
Director of Talent Attraction ICR Iowa AGE: 34 What was your biggest break? In 2012,…

Heath Brewer
Executive Director Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity AGE: 37 Who are your local mentors? Jeffrey…

2018’s Coolest Places to Work: Clickstop
Clickstop Urbana, Iowa No. 1 Large Company, Coolest Overall Sixth time on list (Second as…
2018’s Coolest Places to Work: Absolutely Clean
Absolutely Clean Cedar Rapids No. 1 Medium Company Second time on list www.absolutelyclean.org By…

2018’s Coolest Places to Work: BeraTek Industries
BeraTek Industries Cedar Rapids, IA No. 1 Small Company Second time on list www.beratekindustries.com …

3 lessons from this year’s Coolest Places to Work
This week, we’re proud to honor the CBJ’s newest class of Coolest Places to Work…
Introducing 2018’s Women of Influence
Intro by Adam Moore [email protected] Photography by Brian Draeger As the Corridor Business Journal’s annual…






