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…
Brooke Fitzgerald: 2013 Forty Under 40 Honoree
Brooke Fitzgerald Top Chickadee, owner The Early Bird Age: 32 Although Brooke Fitzgerald…
Kendra Fish: 2013 Forty Under 40 Honoree
Kendra Fish Director of Marketing Lattice Communications Age: 30 As the marketing director…
James Erickson: 2013 Forty Under 40 Honoree
James Erickson Mortgage Loan Originator U.S. Bank Home Mortgage Age: 38 He is…
Tsalika Drown: 2013 Forty Under 40 Honoree
Tsalika Drown Front of house manager, co-owner Café Dodici Age: 32 The day…
Katie Dostal: 2013 Forty Under 40 Honoree
Katie Dostal Account Specialist and Program Development CarePro Health Services Age: 36 Katie…
Natalie Ditmars: 2013 Forty Under 40 Honoree
Natalie Ditmars Attorney Bradley & Riley, PC Age: 33 Although Natalie Ditmars grew…
Greg Dardis: 2013 Forty Under 40 Honoree
Greg Dardis President and CEO Dardis, Inc. Age: 37 He helps people be…
Sarika Bhakta: 2013 Forty Under 40 Honoree
Sarika Bhakta District Improvement Specialist Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance Age: 37 She…
Courtney Ball: 2013 Forty Under 40 Honoree
Courtney Ball Co-Director Matthew 25 Age: 36 When Courtney Ball’s brother, Clint Twedt-Ball,…
Allison Antes: 2013 Forty Under 40 Honoree
Allison Antes Regional Existing Industry Specialist Iowa City Area Development Group Age: 36 …
Ben Anderson: 2013 Forty Under 40 Honoree
Ben Anderson Founder Bandwidth Pool Age: 32 Not many first-time entrepreneurs have had…
Joel Althoff: 2013 Forty Under 40 Honoree
Joel Althoff President Infrastructure Technology Solutions Age: 33 He is a young entrepreneur…
Nicole Agee: 2013 Forty Under 40 Honoree
Nicole Agee News anchor KCRG-TV9 Age: 31 As a news anchor, being involved…
Nicole Agee: 2013 Forty Under 40 Honoree
Nicole Agee News anchor KCRG-TV9 Age: 31 As a news anchor, being involved…
Forty Under 40: 2013 class represents tech industry
Story by Gigi Wood Photo by Bill Adams CORRIDOR–Another stellar class of Forty Under 40…
