40 under Forty Awards recognizes 40 ambitious, hard-working, civic-minded individuals, who are under the age of 40. These individuals have excelled in the workplace and in the community. This group demonstrates diverse backgrounds, experiences and skills; they thrive on active community involvement and appreciate the importance of their role in advancing public good.
Catherine Alton • Robineau Media
Josh Amidon • Gino’s Cheese Steak & Onion
Alex Canavan • CNY Women’s Network
Courtnee Corcoran • SUNY Center for Professional Development and Playday Indoor Play and Parties
Lindsay Cronkright • Catholic Charities of Onondaga County
Amanda Delaney • LeMoyne College
Alexandra Erath • Hearth Financial Partners
Alicia Ernest • FOCUS Greater Syracuse
Sue Fassler • SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Matthew Funiciello • JF Real Estate
Daniel Greene • Newman & Lickstein LLP
Timothy Hammond • The Bonadio Group
Samantha Haun • Presentation Concepts Corporation
Nicolette Havrish • Nourish Architecture, DPC
Tana Dippolito Heer • Zeta Global
Stephanie Herbert • St. Joseph’s Health
Caprice Hibbler • The Arts Project Syracuse/The Caprice Show
Rachel Johnson • Half Hood Half Holistic/11:11 Wellness
Adam King • Loretto
Lauren Kisselstein • BHG Financial
Derek LaClair • EMPEQ
Becky Lare • Food Bank of Central New York
Jeffrey Lewis • Ferrara Fiorenza PC
Michael Longo • NBT Bank
Hilarie Lynn • M&T Bank
Samuel Lyon • Dannible & McKee, LLP
Cooper MacDonnell • Eastern Security Services
Andrea Marino • Syracuse Crunch
Patrick McGrath • McGrath, Myslinski, Kowalczyk & Nunn Funeral Directors
Annaleigh Porter • Law Office of Annaleigh Porter
Jonathan Quinlan • Luck Grove
Bikash Regmi • Caring Family Health
Samantha Riggi • Bottar Law, PLLC
Brian Roy • Harris Beach PLLC
Tess Southern • Cornell Cooperative Extension Madison County
Emily Stewart • Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (MOST)
Alissa Tubbs • United Way of Central New York, Inc.
Lauren Wetterhahn • Inclusive Alliance IPA, Inc.
Ryan Williams • RAW Consulting
Maria Zumpano Withrow • Bousquet Holstein PLLC
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Billy Barlow • City of Oswego
Victoria Bracco • Encore Media Agency, LLC
James Burt • Landscapes East of CNY
Jeffrey Carpenter • Cliff’s Local Market
Sarah Carroll, PE, PTOE • Creighton Manning Engineering
Vincent Cioci • Luck Grove Telecom, Inc
Timothy Crosby • SIDEARM Sports
Brittany DeAngelis • Mark Antony Homes
Cristina Distefano • Turning Stone Enterprises
William Finch, PE • Barton & Loguidice
Patrick Fiorenza • Research & Marketing Strategies, Inc.
Andrew Flamik • Usherwood Office Technology
Zach Forward • Barclay Damon LLP
James Hunter • Robineau Media
Mike Lane • Reagan Companies
Merissa Lynch • COR Development Company LLC
Juliet Maloff • CNY Community Foundation
David Esteban Mariano • YMCA of Central New York
Stacy Miller • Merit Apprenticeship Alliance, Inc.
Jennifer Moore • M3 Placement and Partnership
Jonathan Parry • Griffiss Institute
Larkin Podsiedlik • Cornell Cooperative Extension-Madison County
Mickel Pompeii CPA, CDA • Dannible & McKee, LLP
John Reade • Quanterion Solutions Incorporated
Corey Riley • Westhill High School
Christian Samara, CPA • Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC
Benjamin Sio • CenterState CEO
Tanner Stewart • Stewart Financial-Northwestern Mutual
Eden Strachan • Black Girls Don’t Get Love
Jennifer Telesky • NBT Bank
Megan Thomas, Esq. • OCWA
Michael Thompson, PE • CHA Consulting, Inc.
Joseph Verardo • Binghamton University
Casey White • Chimera Integrations, LLC
Ashley Whitt • SidneyFCU
Robert Wimler • Nascentia Health
Leah Witmer, ALJ • City of Syracuse
Stephanie Worden • Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs
Emily Zaengle • Stone Quarry Art Park
John Zell • Luck Grove Telecom, Inc