SBJ unveils 2024 Trusted Advisers

Every business owner or executive has a team of professionals who help make the organization a success. They are accountants, attorneys, bankers, financial professionals, human resources professionals, marketers, real estate agents, insurance agents and technology professionals.

Springfield Business Journal’s 2024 Trusted Advisers event honors 10 businesspeople, including the Legacy Adviser, a pinnacle award for industry veterans with over 20 years of experience, and an Up-and-Comer, for an individual with fewer than five years of experience. This year marks the program’s 11th year.

Chosen by an independent panel of judges, here are the honorees by category and in alphabetical order:

Legacy Adviser: Richard Ollis, CEO of Ollis/Akers/Arney

Advisers: Justin Coyan, private client adviser and personal lines manager with Ollis/Akers/Arney; John Davis, managing adviser with Forvis Mazars LLP; Brynna Lindner, associate attorney with MRD Lawyers; Lindsay Owens, director at Forvis Mazars LLP; Patrice Ann Moore, shareholder with Roberts, McKenzie, Mangan & Cummings PC; Matt Russell, partner with MRD Lawyers; Bryant Young, director of business development for Insurors of the Ozarks; and Tammy Young, administrative shareholder with RMMC CPAs.

Up-and-Comer Adviser: Dawson Nimmo, Higginbotham Insurance Agency Inc.

More information on the Sept. 27 Trusted Advisers event is at SBJ.net/trusted.