Award Winners
2025 Forty Under 40: Gage Miskimen
Gage Miskimen Communications Manager | Four Oaks City Council Member | Marion | AGE: 28 Residence and Hometown: Marion Education: University of Iowa Who do you consider your local mentors? Marion Mayor Nick AbouAssaly: He was the first to tell…
Nick Pfeiffer
Age: 36 Occupation: Second Vice President, Marketing Officer, MidWestOne Bank What’s the best advice you…
Sean Pearl
Age: 33 Occupation: Marketing Director, Quality Care, the Nature Care Company What’s the best advice…
Nandakumar Narayanan
Age: 37 Occupation: Assistant Professor, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine What’s the best…
John Myers
Age: 34 Occupation: Executive Director, Indian Creek Nature Center What’s the best advice you ever…
Preston Moore
Age: 28 Occupation: Director of Development & Community Outreach, Cedar Valley Humane Society What’s the…
Kate Metcalf
Age: 35 Occupation: Executive Director of Development, University of Iowa College of Engineering What’s the…
Lindsay McGrath-Vasquez
Age: 32 Occupation: General Manager, McGrath Family of Dealerships What’s the best advice you ever…
Vanessa McDonald
Age: 36 Occupation: Founder and CEO, MAV Strategy What’s the best advice you ever received:…
Quinton McClain
Age: 34 Occupation: Founder/Head Brewer, Lion Bridge Brewing Company What’s the best advice you ever…
Ron Maxa Jr.
Age: 39 Occupation: Operations Officer, Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust What’s the best advice you…
Tim Leuck
Age: 39 Occupation: Senior Sales Manager, Progressive Insurance What’s the best advice you ever received:…
Tim Leuck
Age: 39 Occupation: Senior Sales Manager, Progressive Insurance What’s the best advice you ever received:…
Erin Kurt
Age: 38 Occupation: Vice President of District Operations, Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa What’s the…
Taryn Kuntz
Age: 29 Occupation: Executive Director of Development, University of Iowa Children’s Hospital, University of Iowa…
Brad Kunkel
Age: 36 Occupation: Sergeant, Johnson County Sheriff’s Office What do you consider your greatest professional…
