Current crop of 40 Under 40 announced

They are, in alphabetical order:

Amy Austin, City Utilities; Brent Baldwin, UMB Bank; Jason Brawner, TrialPoint Inc.; Adam Brown, Amberg Entertainment Inc.; Sam Clifton, Millstone Homes LLC; Cara Connelly, KY3 TV; Sam M. Coryell, Coryell Enterprises Inc.; Ken Dawson, McKesson Corp.; Mike DeBacker, National Park Service - Department of Interior; Andrea Deckard, A. Deckard Interiors; Thomas H. Douglas, Jmark Business Solutions Inc.; Matthew Ennis, formerly of Springfield Symphony; Matt Gifford, Springfield Cardinals; Chris Harmon, American Red Cross; Brian Hickman, BKD LLP; Jeff Jenkins, Skinny Improv; Joseph Johnson, Lathrop & Gage LC; Dr. Tim Jones, CoxHealth/Steeplechase Family Physicians; Michael Kolstad, Evangel University; Anjanette Labellarte, Welcome Wagon; George J. Lamelza III, Team Media LLC; Brooke Liggett, Kirkpatrick Phillips Miller; John Marion, John Marion Construction LLC; Jeremiah Mee, Roberts Mangan McKenzie & Cummings; Joe Metzger, Kraft Foods Inc.; Dana C. Montgomery, Commerce Bank; Kris Nau, Empire Bank; Timothy Oetting, U.S. Bank; Jennifer Passanise, St. John’s Health Systems; Nicole Piper, Child Care Resource and Referral; Catherine Reade, Haden Cowherd & Bullock; Kelly Rostic, media personality; Jennifer Sanders, Paragon Investigations; Jacob Sappington, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin; Jeffery Smith, Butler, Rosenbury & Partners; John Taylor, Drury University; Fawn Warner, The Discovery Center of Springfield; Kendra Williams, Springfield-Greene County Health Department; Shan Wilson, Chrishan Park LLC; and Ryan Zweerink, Ozark Laser Systems & U.S. Photonics.

An independent panel of five judges selected the 40 from about 100 applicants. Judges were Julie Vanvig of Journal Broadcasting; Rhonda Burks of Murney Associates; Kyle McClure of City Utilities; and Aaron Jernigan of The Signature Bank.

The 40 will be honored at a special event at 6 p.m. May 18 at Oasis Inn & Convention Center. Tickets are $29 and can be purchased online or by calling Diana Weber at (417) 831-3238.