SYRACUSE, N.Y. — More than 420 people attended the 40 under FORTY awards luncheon on Wednesday at the Oncenter in Syracuse, spotlighting 40 young professionals in the Central New York region for excelling in the workplace and giving back to their community.
BizEventz, a company in the Business Journal News Network, produced the event, which is in its 19th year.
Attendance was up from last year’s crowd of about 400 and was among the highest in the event’s history.
“We keep growing in attendance,” says Joyl Clance, manager of BizEventz.
The 40 under FORTY winners were chosen by a panel of four judges, who evaluated more than 100 entries, a record for the competition.
For the second year, the 40 under FORTY honorees will be charged with participating in an upcoming nonprofit community volunteer program.
BizEventz will be conducting a communitywide vote on its website, allowing people to vote for their favorite area nonprofit that needs support.
Steve Gorczynski, administrative VP of commercial banking with the Central New York Division of M&T Bank, the event’s presenting sponsor, helped hand out this year’s awards. JoDee Kenney, news anchor at Time Warner Cable News, was the event emcee.
This year’s 40 under FORTY honorees were:
CHERYL ALGER
Food Bank of Central New York
BERENICE BONILLA
Bérica Agency
BRIAN BRUNO
Servomation Refreshments Inc.
JOHN CONDON
Brown & Brown Empire State
MICHELLE COOPER
Oneida Nation Enterprises, Turning Stone Resort Casino
JASON COVEY
Covey Computer Software, Inc.
TINA D’AGATA
Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC
BRENT DANEGA
SUNY Cortland
MELISSA ZOMRO DAVIS
Small Business Development Center at OCC
JEREMY EARL
The Root Farm
GREGORY ERIKSEN
CCB Law
MERYL ERIKSEN
Inns of Aurora
JASON EVANS
Ashley McGraw Architects
ANN FORDOCK
OCRRA
LISA FASOLO FRISHMAN
Health Foundation for Western & Central NY
MEAGHAN GREELEY
Vera House, Inc.
DANIEL GRIFFIN
Grossman St. Amour CPAs PLLC
TIMOTHY HYLE
Preferred Mutual Insurance Company
DREW JENK
Sports Physical Therapy of New York, PC
RYAN JONES
Advanced Business Systems, Inc.
KARA KEYES
Le Moyne College
JOHN KING
Key Private Bank
LAUREN KOCHIAN
Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology
BRIAN LACLAIR
Blitman & King LLP
LINDSEY MANCINELLI
Loretto / PACE CNY
LAURA MCILROY
SRC, Inc.
KAYLA MCKEON
GiGi’s Playhouse Syracuse
JANET MOON
Moon Law Office, LLC
JOHN NERI
Bank of America
MEGHAN MYLES PLATT
CHA Consulting Inc.
SOLON QUINN
Solon Quinn Studios
BRADLEY RAPHAEL, MD
Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists
HEATHER DALEY-SAXTON
Movin 100.3/96.5
SARAH STEPHENS
Synapse Property Resources
MEGHAN TIDD
VIP Structures
CLIFFORD TSAN
Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
JASON WASULKO
SRC, Inc.
JOSHUA WERBECK
Bousquet Holstein PLLC
JON WILCOX
Savannah Bank N.A.
RYAN YORK
Pinnacle Investments
For more information about the 40 under FORTY awards and the honorees, check out the event commemorative publication that was published in the Nov. 14 weekly edition of The Central New York Business Journal.
Contact Rombel at arombel@cnybj.com
