40 Under 40 score recognition at 10th annual event

The awards are handed out annually by Springfield Business Journal to 40 professionals under the age of 40 for excellence in business and community involvement. Click here to view a larger photo of this year’s honorees and here for more photos from the event.

In recognition of the awards’ 10th year, the event was held in a unique setting – the Springfield Cardinals’ indoor training facility, which afforded attendees the chance to network and test their batting skills at the same time.

Emcees Kevin Howard and Liz Delany of Alice 95.5 introduced the honorees and highlighted each of their achievements as they stepped to the stage to accept their awards. The honorees, in alphabetical order, were:

Logan Aguirre, Whitaker Publishing; Allicia Baum, Burrell Behavioral Health; David Beach, Drury University Hammons School of Architecture; Matt Bekebrede, Vino 100; Heather Blades, Missouri State University Center for Dispute Resolution; Neil Brady, Anderson Engineering Inc.; Bryan Cates, Midwest Metro Foreclosures Inc.; Josh Compton, Southwest Baptist University School of Communication Arts; Laura Daly, Daktari Interior Design; Kristi Fulnecky, Fulnecky Law LLC; Gretchen Gambon, Isabel’s House, the Crisis Nursery of the Ozarks Inc.; Nicola Gilardi, Ristorante Gilardi’s; Justin Harris, John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts; Leslie Hill, Southwest Electric Cooperative; Tyler James, James Financial Partners; Dr. Matthew Kienstra, St. John’s; Dr. Samson Liu, Spring View Dental Care; Marty Marsh, Jarrett Middle School; Rebecca McKnight, Ozarks Technical Community College; Benjamin Morris, Skaggs Community Health Center; Michal Moss Early, Arvest Bank; Natalie Murdock, Foundation for Springfield Public Schools; Ryan Nicholls, Greene County Office of Emergency Management; Natalie Nunn, KSPR 33; Judson Poppen, Neale & Newman LLP; Kesha Quigg, Askinosie Chocolate; Robin Rees, Peoples Bank of the Ozarks; Terrie Reno, Paper World; Richard Russell, Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP; Kevin Schlack, D3 Technical Services LLC; Mark Sharp, BKD LLP; Jody Shelenhamer, KJM Properties & Investments LLC; Dave Snider, KY3; Stu Stenger, Stenger Homes; Carla Stine, Pastiche Décor & Design; Chris Swan, Butler, Rosenbury & Partners Inc.; Michael Textor, Shughart Thomson & Kilroy PC; Shelly Titus, Empire Bank; Gordon Weathers, The Vacation Channel; and Jerrod Wheeler, Espy Elementary School.

A special publication profiling each honoree is inserted in SBJ’s May 12 issue.

A list of past honorees is available here.[[In-content Ad]]