Award Winners
2025 Forty Under 40: Lauren Gilbertson
Lauren Gilbertson Director of Communications and Project Management | Clickstop, Inc. | AGE: 34 Family: Husband, Dennis; sons, Preston (4) and Roman (5 months) Residence: Marion Hometown: Kewanee, Illinois Education: Bachelor of Arts from Coe College What would most people…
Betsy Potter
Age: 31 Occupation: Director of Operations, Iowa City Downtown District What was your first job? I was…
Aaron Robertson
Age: 37 Occupation: Managing Partner, Hawkins Wealth Management What was your first job? I worked for my…
Gerald Seals
Age: 38 Occupation: CEO, Harold’s Chicken Iowa What was your first job? Working at KB Toys. What’s…
Quintin Shepherd
Age: 39 Occupation: Superintendent, Linn-Mar Community School District What was your first job? Working on the farm.…
Ben Snyder
Age: 34 Occupation: Founder, Copper Black Services What was your first job? Busboy at the Village Inn…
Paige Swartzendruber
Age: 39 Occupation: Vice President, Berthel Fisher Companies What’s the best advice you ever received? There will…
Travis Thompson
Age: 38 Occupation: President, Thompson Truck & Trailers What was your first job? I worked the cash…
Stephanie Van Hemert
Age: 30 Occupation: Prairie Edge Special Education Strategist, College Community School District What’s the best advice you…
Brock Worley
Age: 32 Occupation: General Manager, Kenwood Records Management What’s the best advice you ever received? Instead of…
Kyle Zimmerman
Age: 32 Occupation: President, Securian Advisors MidAmerica What was your first job? I was a summer janitor…
Sarah Zimmerman
Age: 37 Occupation: Partner, BerganKDV What’s the best advice you ever received? Tomorrow is not guaranteed; make…
Mindy Olson
Age: 38 Occupation: Vice president, Paulson Electric, PEC Communications What’s the best advice you ever received? Never…
Meet 2017’s Women of Influence
The 2017 class of Women of Influence, shown before the April 20 awards ceremony at…
LaSheila Yates
Executive Director, Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission Chief Diversity Officer, City of Cedar Rapids A…
Jennifer Welton
Jennifer Welton Vice President of Treasury Management, Bankers Trust The term “go-getter” hardly encompasses Jennifer…
