The selection results have been announced. Scroll through the gallery of names to see who North Bay Business Journal has selected as this year's Forty Under 40 Award winners.
They are the North Bay Area's most influential executives and professionals under 40, considered innovators and entrepreneurs, and worth watching to see what they will contribute to the business community in the future.
The following list is arranged alphabetically and indicates the title, organization, and current age of the winners.
Alison Burke, attorney, Sonoma Legal Aid, 29 years old
Jonathen Blue, Director of Education and Community Engagement, 6th Avenue Playhouse, 29 years old.
Natalie Brandon, Branch Services Manager, 37 Cleveland Avenue, Santa Rosa, Redwood Credit Union.
Rose Brink Capriola, Financial Advisor, Abacus Wealth Partners, 34 years old
Luis Caballero Orozco, Bilingual Training Manager, Jackson Family Wines, 38 years old
Megan Silivero, Sonoma County Humane Society Shelter Initiatives Director, 30 years old
Sarah Citron, Chief Operating Officer and Founder of Bricoleur Vineyards, 33 years old
Pete Crudo, Carlile Macy Vice Principal and Civil Engineer, 38 years old
Lipika Dutra, Providence Healthcare Business Development Director, 31 years old
Marcy Flores, Corazon Healdsburg Executive Director, 32 years old
Erica Foster, 34, Senior Soil Scientist, Point Blue Conservation Sciences
Anderson Franco, Personal Injury Attorney, Anderson Franco Law Office, 35 years old
Emily Herberg, PairUp CEO and Co-Founder, 35 years old
Roberto Hernandez, Charles Schwab Senior Manager, 33 years old
Jamie Hidalgo, Exchange Bank Vice President and Head of Risk Management, 39 years old
Julian Wilson Holmes, West County Net Owner and Chief Technology Officer, 33 years old
Amanda Huang, Farmhouse Inn, Executive Pastry Chef, 34 years old
Karen Hulsey, Kaiser Permanente, Continuum Administrator, 38 years old
Jill Jorgensen, Deputy Director, Molly's Angels of Napa Valley, 29 years old
Jennifer Litwak, PEP Housing President and CEO, 39 years old
Mario Lomeli, Certified Commercial Manager, Keegan & Coppin Co. Inc., 30 years old
Kristine Malmanis, Senior Assurance Manager, BPM LLP, 35 years old
Matthew Martinez, Diamond Real Estate Group CEO and real estate broker, 38 years old
Lauren Mendelsohn, junior partner at Omar Figueroa LLP, 32 years old
Patricia Miraz, vice president of the Graton Rancheria Indian Federation, 39 years old
Jason Newman, Adobe Services Lead Clinical Supervisor, 37 years old
James Pardue, Morgan Stanley financial advisor, 37 years old
Maciej Pilch, SOMO Village Marketing Director. SOMO Cowork Representative Director and President 37 years old
Ricardo Ramos, Meritage Medical Network Cloud and Application Developer, 27 years old
Samantha Rodriguez, Secretary General of Centro Laboral de Graton, Honorary Mayor of Rohnert Park, 34 years old
Chris Rogers, Santa Rosa City Councilman, 36 years old
Dominic Rosales, Attorney, Dependency Legal Services, 35 years old
Courtney Scott, Household Hazardous Waste Program Manager, Zero Waste Sonoma, 38
Alison Seibert, Principal and Founder, James Collective, 39 years old
Colette Simpson, General Manager, Three Sticks Wines/Head High Wines, 36 years old
Tiffany Simpson, Director of Employment Services, Independent, 35 years old
Hannah Stefanoni, Producer Relations and Dairy Sustainability Manager, Clover Sonoma, 33
Zane Stevens, founder of Protea Financial, 39 years old
Nicollette Weinzveg, 38, Director of Workforce Development and Education, North Coast Builders Exchange
Russet Wellen, Director of Funding Partnerships, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Santa Rosa, 31
What's noteworthy
In addition to the 40 honorees, we're featuring 14 “People to Watch” who are successful business leaders in their own right.
Kimi Barbosa, positive image
Lindsey Rose Brusina, Service Master
Jennifer Castaneda, Heritage Bank of Commerce
Haley Daniels, Oliver's Market
Briana Ekandem, Providence Human Services Chief NORCAL
Dana Epperson, Duckhorn Portfolio
Andrea Estupinan, Sonoma County Community Child Care Council
Elijah Harris, Sonoma State University
Ozzy Jiminez “Noble Fork Ice Cream”
Justin Liddell, Defining Film
Sandra Mendoza, Sonic
Mandy Schmidt, Marine Coast Ranch
Andrew Spalding, Spalding McCullough, Transil LLP
The Forty Under 40 and Ones to Watch will be recognized at an event on Wednesday, April 17, from 4 to 6:30 p.m., at the Salary & Richards Barn at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa.
Our Gold Partners are Exchange Bank, Redwood Credit Union, Anderson Zeigler Attorneys at Law, and Kaiser Permanente.