About the CBJ’s Most Influential list
The CBJ’s Most Influential list recognizes the people who have made the biggest mark on the Corridor within the past year, whether through their leadership, business accomplishments or philanthropic efforts. CBJ this summer asked readers to cast their votes for the Corridor’s most influential business leaders, and then tallied those votes to build our final list of the top 25.
2020’s Most Influential in the Corridor:
- Nick AbouAssaly, Mayor, City of Marion
- Tamara Marcus, Founder, Advocates for Social Justice
- Nicole LeGrand, Founder, Advocates for Social Justice
- Stacey Walker, Supervisor, Linn County
- Leslie Neely, Founder, Advocates for Social Justice
- Beth Malicki, News Anchor, KCRG-TV9
- Steve Shriver, Co-Founder and CEO, Eco Lips
- Eric Engelmann, General Partner, ISA Ventures
- Brad Hart, Mayor, City of Cedar Rapids
- Royceann Porter, Supervisor, Johnson County
- Duane Smith, Executive Chairman, TrueNorth
- Jason Smith, President & CEO, TrueNorth
- Willie Ray Fairley, Owner, Willie Ray’s Q Shack, Cedar Rapids
- Tom Cilek, Senior Vice President, Hills Bank
- Jack Evans, Chairman, Hall-Perrine Foundation
- Bruce Harreld, President, University of Iowa
- Anthony Arrington, Managing Partner, Top RANK
- Kirk Ferentz, Head Football Coach, University of Iowa
- Bruce Teague, Mayor, City of Iowa City
- Abby Finkenauer, U.S. Representative, State of Iowa
- Larry Helling, CEO, QCR Holdings
- Lura McBride, President & CEO, Van Meter Inc.
- Doug Neumann, Executive Director, Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance
- Jeff Pomerantz, City Manager, City of Cedar Rapids
- Randy Ramlo, President & CEO, UFG
