Award Winners
2025 Forty Under 40: Mackensie Graham
Mackensie Graham Founder and Attorney | Ampersand Legal, PLLC | AGE: 34 Family: Spouse Zachary A. Graham Residence: Coralville Hometown: Cedar Falls Education: J.D., University of Iowa College of Law (2021); MPP, University of Northern Iowa (2017); BAJMC, Drake University…
Julie Golding
Age: 39 Occupation: Senior Partner Business Strategy, Microsoft What’s the best advice you ever received?…
Carly Grantham
Age: 35 Occupation: Chief Operating Officer, Tallgrass Business Resources What’s the best advice you ever…
Kimberly Hillyard
Age: 37 Occupation: Director, RSM US LLP What’s the best advice you ever received? Strong…
Samuel Jones
Age: 35 Occupation: Vice President, Shuttleworth & Ingersoll PLC What was your first job? Pipefitter.…
Nick Kaeding
Age: 37 Occupation: VP of Finance and Operations, Iowa City/Coralville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau What do…
Ashlynd Kohli
Age: 36 Occupation: Owner/Director, National Dance Company What was your first job? My first job was cleaning…
Sarah Madsen
Age: 38 Occupation: Corporate Counsel, TrueNorth Companies What’s the best advice you ever received? Just because you…
Melissa McCarville
Age: 35 Occupation: Communications Manager, Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance What was your first job? A corn…
Jillian Miller
Age: 29 Occupation: Community Engagement Coordinator, City of North Liberty What’s the best advice you ever received?…
Jillian Miller
Age: 29 Occupation: Community Engagement Coordinator, City of North Liberty What’s the best advice you ever received?…
Susan Moore
Age: 38 Occupation: Senior Vice President, Director of Risk Management, Hills Bank & Trust What was your…
Jen Moreland
Age: 34 Occupation: Director, Human Resources, Raining Rose What’s the best advice you ever received? I…
Anne Morman
Age: 37 Occupation: Lead Business Systems Analyst, Transamerica What’s the best advice you ever received? Don’t wait…
Benjamin O’Connor
Age: 31 Occupation: Co-founder and Chief Financial Officer, Higher Learning Technologies What was your first job? Delivering…
Whitney Pino
Age: 35 Occupation: National Accounts Specialist, Van Meter Inc. What’s the best advice you ever…
