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Thursday was a hot night - literally - at the Gillioz Theatre as Springfield Business Journal honored its 12th class of 40 Under 40.
The class, chosen by a panel of independent judges based on accomplishments in business and the community, was introduced by masters of ceremonies Liz Delany and Kevin Howard of Alice 95.5.
The 375 in attendance were treated to a vaudeville-themed performance including the Extreme Fiery Vaudeville Show, performed by Springfield Fire Worx, and an aerial silk performance by Tamara Finocchiaro.
The 2010 class, chosen from more than 110 applicants, are: Andrea Alcorn, Gracie’s Bridal; Dr. Kevin Austin, Austin Orthodontics; Jason Barnhouse, AcuStep Foot Center; Beau Barrett, Kirkpatrick, Phillips & Miller, CPAs PC; Shawn Billings, Greene County Drug Court; Carmen Parker Bradshaw, Springfield-Greene County Regional Health Commission; Stephanie Brown, Ozarks Technical Community College; Melissa Carr, Guaranty Bank; Michelle Clifton, Millstone Homes LLC and Events In Time; Christine Daues, KSPR 33; Christie Draper, St. John’s Clinic; Ashley French, Ozarks Regional YMCA; Michael Garner, UMB Bank; Jack Goodman, Missouri Senate and Lathrop & Gage LLP; Daphne Greenlee, Safe Kids Springfield; Kevin Grinder, dotDigital Studios LLC; Josh Hartman, Arvest Bank; Tyler Hedden, CoxHealth; Jeff Houghton, Community Blood Center of the Ozarks and The Skinny Improv; Thomas Houston, Webster Electric Cooperative; Matt Hudson, Parkview High School; Warford “Trace” Johnson III, Baird, Lightner, Millsap & Harpool PC; Ryan Jones, Colvin Jones Davis LLC; Shea Lane, Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management; Chris Lazzaro, Associated Electric Cooperative Inc.; Brent McCoy, Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce; Jill Renner Mowris, Herschend Family Entertainment; Byron Pierce, Commerce Bank; Brenda Raynor, Organizational Marketing Solutions Inc.; Michele Risdal-Barnes, Builders Truss Inc.; David Ross, Morelock-Ross Builders; Jennifer “Penny” Salmon, One Hope United; Paul Satterwhite, Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP; Ben Stringer, Hall, Ansley, Rodgers & Sweeney PC; Paul Sundy, restaurateur (Big Whiskeys, Parlor 88 and Fedora Social House); Lynn Tynes, Junior League of Springfield; Greg Weaver, Weaver Law LLC; Marissa LeClaire Weaver, Missouri State University; Crystal Webster, Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks; and Stephanie Weis, BKD LLP.
This year's judges were Wayne Dipper of KPM Technology LLC, Don Harkey of Galt Consulting LLC, Alina Lehnert of Evangel University, Stephanie Lutes of Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks and Jason Steingraber of Bowerman Elementary School. All were members of the 2009 class.
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