Award Winners

2025 Forty Under 40: Kristin Eschweiler
Kristin Eschweiler Development Coordinator | Women Lead Change | AGE: 38 Residence: Ely Hometown: Tripoli Education: University of Iowa What would most people be surprised to learn about you? Most people are surprised to find that I’m the youngest child.…
Tracy Tritle
Chief Executive Officer Tritle Consulting Group After harnessing the power of collaboration and community building…

Karen Stenger
Advanced Practice Nurse University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Karen Stenger didn’t intend to pursue…

Delaine Petersen
Executive Director [retired] The Arc of East Central Iowa Delaine Petersen, retired executive director of…

Ann Oleson
Founder & CEO Converge Consulting Many of those who know Ann Oleson wonder how she…

Tiffany O’Donnell
Chief Operating Officer IWLC Although she walked away from a 25-year career in broadcasting…

Lura McBride
Chief Operating Officer Van Meter Inc. Lura McBride is living proof that high-achieving women can…

Katie Lammers
Co-owner Lammers Construction Services Katie Lammers is proud to be making a difference in the…

Kelly Lamb
Hope Lodge Manager Russell and Ann Gerdin American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Kelly Lamb has…

Judith Joyce
Founder & President EarthView Environmental Inc. Mediating the plans of project developers with the needs…

Tami Gillmore
Chief Financial & Administrative Officer Four Oaks In her eight years at Four Oaks, Tami…

Mike Wehr
Age: 34 Occupation: Chief Operations Officer, Raining Rose What’s the best advice you ever received:…

Phoebe Trepp
Age: 34 Occupation: Executive Director, Willis Dady Emergency Shelter What’s the best advice you ever…

Jason Sytsma
Age: 39 Occupation: Attorney, Vice President, Shuttleworth & Ingersoll PLC What’s the best advice you…

Elizabeth Stone
Age: 32 Occupation: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa What’s the best advice…

Debbie Stanton
Age: 32 Occupation: Director, Washington Public Library What’s the best advice you ever received: Do…





