Judges name SBJ's 2004 40 Under 40 honorees

The votes are in, the judges have completed their task and Springfield Business Journal's 2004 40 Under 40 have been chosen from a field of 98 applicants. More than 140 individuals were nominated, but only those who returned a completed application were considered by the judges.

This year's honorees, in alphabetical order, are:

James C. "Skip" Barnes II, Bolin Truss & Supply Co.; Lori Barnes, St. John's Heath System; Omar Barron, Longhorn Grill; Ron Bogart, Country Bunny Bath & Body; Stacy Burks, Sen. Kit Bond's office; Erik Crane, Copy Products Inc.; Brandon Dake, Butler, Rosenbury & Partners; Jose Dominguez, Ferrell-Duncan Clinic; Jamie Dopp, KYTV; Steven Charles Fenner, Steven C. Fenner LLC and FenPro; John Gervais, O&S Trucking; David Hamm, Sunbelt Business Brokers; Nolan Hardison, Dream Grower Plants; Kimberly Harrington, Davis Properties; Vickie Hicks, Kirkpatrick, Phillips & Miller PC; Aaron Jernigan, The Mortgage Bank; Aaron D. Jones, Hulston, Jones & Marsh; Benjamin A. Joplin, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin; Karl Kime, DomesticAide Inc.; Brian Kubik, Buxton-Kubik Interior; Bridgette Leonard, McKesson HBOC; Camille B. Lockhart, BKD LLP; Dr. J. Charles Mace, Springfield Neurological & Spine Institute; Brian C. McCracken, Merrill Lynch; Jefferson C. McNatt, Commerce Bank; Jay Miller, Ron Miller Hardware; Matt Morrow, Home Builders Association of Greater Springfield; Rick Morsovillo, MTEK; Jane S. Patterson, Homestyle Ltd.; Greg W. Pearman, Harmison & Pearman PC; Heather Ramsey, Great Southern Bank; Robert J. Rayl, Varsity Contractors Inc.; Dan Schumacher, Millwood Golf & Racquet Club; Deborah L. Scott, Wilhoit Properties; Gaylon Lynn Smith, City Utilities of Springfield; Brent Stevens, H Design Group LLC; Chris Tuckness, Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce; Polly Vandenburg, Burrell Behavioral Health; Nancy Waring, CoxHealth Systems; and Wayne Wilson, Promoter Advertising Products.

The honorees were chosen by a five-judge panel made up of previous 40 Under 40 honorees. Judges for the 2004 competition were Aaron Buerge, First National Bank, 40 Under 40 class of 2002; Mar'Ellen Felin, Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau, class of 2001; Rob Haik, H Design Group, class of 2003; Mark West, Downhome Productions, class of 2000; and Tammy Wiley, KSMU-FM, class of 1999.

Applications were blind, in that the individual applicants' names were removed, and judges recused themselves from judging applicants recognizable as friends, co-workers or clients. Recusal had no effect on scores as the final score formula divided the total score by the number of judges that participated.

The 40 Under 40 event will be held 6-9 p.m. April 22 at the Oasis Inn and Convention Center, 2610 N. Glenstone.

Tickets are available and may be purchased for $25 each by contacting Diana Weber, SBJ circulation manager, at 417-831-3238 or dweber@sbj.net.