Stacey Walker
Supervisor
Linn County
AGE: 30
Best advice you ever received?
I’ve been told a variation of this by several people: “Know yourself, and be yourself in this world...
Caitlin Slessor
Attorney & Vice President
Shuttleworth & Ingersoll PLC
AGE: 37
Best advice you ever received?
Leave people better off than when you met them.
How do you ensure a...
Jamie Siefken
General Manager & Executive Vice President
Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery
AGE: 39
Best advice you ever received?
I think a lot of people tend to overthink things,...
Andrew Sherburne
Co-founder
FilmScene
AGE: 39
What was your first job?
I opened a candy shop in my tree house when I was 10. I bought in bulk and disobeyed...
Kristen Shaffer
Attorney
Shuttleworth & Ingersoll PLC
AGE: 32
Local mentors?
Jenny Schulz, executive director and attorney at Kids First Law Center, and Caitlin Slessor, attorney at Shuttleworth &...
Sara Sedlacek
Communications & Development Director
The Crisis Center of Johnson County
AGE: 37
What would most people be surprised to learn about you?
I was a very shy kid...
Whitney Russell
Realtor
Urban Acres Real Estate
AGE: 33
Best advice you ever received?
A theater professor once told me, “It doesn’t matter who made the mistake or how something...
Christa Payne
Financial Representative
COUNTRY Financial
AGE: 31
Best advice you ever received?
When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.
Biggest break?
A manager at COUNTRY Financial...
Anna Patty
Owner
Epiphany – Your Creative Spark Inc.
AGE: 38
Who are your local mentors?
Jenifer Vick, fundraising and philanthropy communication certificate coordinator at the University of Iowa.
What would...
Monica Nieves
Vice President of Special Events & Communication
Iowa City/Coralville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
AGE: 31
Best advice you ever received?
“If you can’t be good, be careful.”...