A panel of independent judges has chosen 40 up-and-coming professionals as this year’s class of 40 Under 40 based on their professional and community accomplishments.
Springfield Business Journal launched the 40 Under 40 awards in 1999.
This year’s honorees, in alphabetical order, are:
Zachary Adams, Greene County Juvenile Office;
Zachary Albers, TLC Property Management LLC;
Trina Banner, Creator Designs Inc.;
Holly Beadle, community volunteer, including Junior League of Springfield and Nixa Education Foundation;
Shallina Bowers, Oxford HealthCare;
Nick Burlison, PJC Insurance Agency LLC;
Emily Church, Everything Kitchens LLC;
Cory Collins, Husch Blackwell LLP;
Trevor Crist, Nixon & Lindstrom Insurance;
Katie Davis, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks;
Robert DeVore, Baron Financial Group LLC;
K. Patrick Douglas, Douglas, Haun & Heidemann PC;
Matthew Evans, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri;
Scott Fitzpatrick, MariCorp U.S.;
Jonathan Gano, city of Springfield;
Jason Graf, Murphy Business & Financial Corp.;
Matthew Growcock, Lathrop & Gage LLP;
Ben Hackenwerth, Ed.D., Springfield Public Schools;
Kim Harris, Midwest Family Broadcast Group and North Springfield Betterment Association;
Amanda Hedgpeth, CoxHealth;
Lincoln Hough, Missouri House of Representatives;
Brent Kembell, UMB Bank;
Tanja Kern, CU Community Credit Union;
Jarod Michel, Bates & Associates Inc.;
Jeffrey Miller, Citizens Memorial Healthcare;
Lindsey Neddenriep, Ozarks Food Harvest;
Brooke O’Reilly, Big Red Investments LLC and Junior League of Springfield;
J. Craig Preston, O’Reilly, Jensen & Preston LLC;
Dr. Molly Ramsey-Durham, Nixa Animal Hospital LLC;
Dan Reiter, Springfield Cardinals;
Ashley Paige Romines, Springfield Ballet;
Gary Schafer, BKD LLP;
Derek Schmidly, Auxan Capital Advisors LLC;
Winter Skelton, Community Foundation of the Ozarks;
D. Sean Taylor, Empire Bank;
Travis Tindall, nForm Architecture LLC;
Jaimie Trussell, Missouri State University;
Megan Weaver, The School of Professional Psychology at Forest Institute;
Kristen Westerman, Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce; and
Richard Woods, Black Lantern Holdings Inc.
The honorees were chosen by an independent panel of judges comprising Jennifer Dalton, vice president of finance and administration for Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce; Brad Erwin, a principal of Paragon Architecture Inc.; Heather Ramsey, vice president and managing director of VIP banking at Great Southern Bank; Chris Upp, vice president and general manager at Conco Cos.; and Mary Valloni, regional distinguished events director for American Cancer Society.
The 2012 class of 40 Under 40 will be celebrated during a 5:30 p.m. ceremony May 17 at Bass Pro Shops’ White River Conference Center, 600 W. Sunshine St. Springfield Business Journal is partnering with Ozarks Food Harvest to raise money to fight hunger through the 40 Under 40 event, with a raffle and special donation opportunities. Tickets to the event are $28 apiece,
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