Award Winners

2025 Forty Under 40: Kylee Stock
Kylee Stock Director of Sports Marketing and Events, Think Iowa City and the Iowa City Area Sports Commission | AGE: 25 Residence: North Liberty Hometown: Marion Education: Bachelor’s degree What do you consider your “big break” in your career, so…
Julie Golding
Age: 39 Occupation: Senior Partner Business Strategy, Microsoft What’s the best advice you ever received?…

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…






