Award Winners

2025 Forty Under 40: Catherine VanDraska
Catherine VanDraska Chief Program Officer | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids and East Central Iowa | AGE: 31 Family: Husband, three children and two dogs Residence: Luzerne Hometown: Shueyville Education: Licensed Master Social Worker What was your first…
2024 Forty Under 40: Connor Downes
Each year, the Corridor Business Journal shines a spotlight on young professionals who have made…

2024 Forty Under 40: Paul Desmond
Each year, the Corridor Business Journal shines a spotlight on young professionals who have made…

2024 Forty Under 40: Mackenzie DeRoo
Each year, the Corridor Business Journal shines a spotlight on young professionals who have made…

2024 Forty Under 40: Michael Coulter
Each year, the Corridor Business Journal shines a spotlight on young professionals who have made…

2024 Forty Under 40: Daniel Brown
Each year, the Corridor Business Journal shines a spotlight on young professionals who have made…

2024 Forty Under 40: Zach Bohannon
Each year, the Corridor Business Journal shines a spotlight on young professionals who have made…

2024 Forty Under 40: Brittany Barnhart
Each year, the Corridor Business Journal shines a spotlight on young professionals who have made…

2024 Forty Under 40: Kelli Albert
Each year, the Corridor Business Journal shines a spotlight on young professionals who have made…

CBJ names 2024 Fastest Growing Companies
Here at the CBJ, the Fastest Growing Companies list is seen as a way for…

Get to know 2024’s Women of Influence
This year, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Corridor Business Journal and its Women…

Samantha Rogers: ‘A labor of love’
Samantha Rogers may not be an Iowa native, but the first time she saw the…

Barbara Wilson: A heart, and mind, for academia
Though she says she is only in her “junior year” of her term as president…

Kristy Walker: Fighting food insecurity through advocacy
Kristy Walker spent her childhood on a farm and wants to retire on a farm.…

Christine Vorhies: Conveying competence to manage change
The positive influence of Christine Vorhies reverberates not only in her professional life, but through…

Tara Minetos: Cultivating community connections through volunteerism
As a Navy brat without a hometown, Tara Minetos always craved a true sense of…






