Springfield Business Journal held its annual 40 Under 40 event Thursday night, honoring 40 of the area's most accomplished professionals under the age of 40. The ninth annual event drew about 375 people.

SBJ honors 2007 class of 40 Under 40

SBJ Staff

Posted online May 17, 2007 | 11:00 pm

A rousing introduction by the Springfield Cardinals and the team’s cheerleaders set the stage Thursday night for the annual 40 Under 40 event, a recognition of the area’s most accomplished individuals under the age of 40.

The Springfield Business Journal event drew about 375 people to the Oasis Inn & Convention Center. Honorees were given awards and introduced by emcees Kevin Howard and Liz Delany, from Alice 95.5, who detailed each recipient’s achievements and community involvement.

The Springfield Cardinals were the platinum sponsor for the ninth annual event.

The honorees, in alphabetical order, are:

Merissa Angell, A-Team Dish LC; Dr. Carrie Arquitt, Jordan Valley Community Health Center; Michelle Beach, H Design Group LLC; Janette Bleau, Christian County Prosecutor’s Office; Kristee Buff, American National Property and Casualty Co.; Mark Bybee, Commerce Bank; Amanda Byrd, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri; Dr. Jason Crockett, Crockett Chiropractic Inc.; Chris Curtis, Edward Jones Investments; Jana Daugherty, Butler, Rosenbury & Partners; Kristen Dixon, Dairy Farmers of America; Charity Elmer, CoxHealth; Ginger Godbehere, Ozarks Technical Community College; Jeffrey Gower, Wil Fischer Distributing Co.; Jason Hainline, Environmental Market Solutions Inc.; Dawn Hiles, Drury University; Gregory Holman, 417 Magazine; Olivia Hough, city of Springfield; Barbara Houser, Kirkpatrick, Phillips & Miller CPAs PC; Rema Houston, Houston CPA Accounting & Tax Services LLC; Eric Johnson, Springfield-Greene County Parks & Recreation Department; Lori Johnson, TelComm Credit Union; Doug Lurvey, Interactive Hotel Solutions Inc.; Rob Marsh, RPCS Inc.; Summer Massey, Bank of America; Tammy Mast, GYN Cancers Alliance; Addy McCord, Springfield Regional Arts Council; Kathryn Mihalevich, Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP; Bryan Newberry, Nixa Fire Protection District; Carter Peters, Guaranty Bank; Jason Rader, BKD LLP; Dr. Denise Roche-Caldwell, Deerfield Veterinary Hospital; Randy Rogers, Integrity Home Care; Kemmi Rusciano, The Payroll Co. and Ellie-berry Pie LLC; Michelle Sherwood, KYTV; Dr. Robert Steele, St. John’s Physicians and Clinics; Lisa Street, Greene County Family/Juvenile Court; Shawn Strong, Missouri State University; Chris Upp, Conco Quarries Inc.; and Tiffany Wilgus, Pattersons Hospitality Agents LLC.

A publication profiling each honoree will be inserted in SBJ’s May 21 issue and is available here. Click here for a full photo of all 40 honorees at the event.[[In-content Ad]]