For the 12th year, the Fairfield County Business Journal will honor 40 leading professionals under the age of 40. From nearly 100 nominations, judges chose impressive winners who work in Fairfield County in a variety of industries ”“ banking, finance, insurance, real estate, technology, nonprofits and more.
This year”™s celebration will be hosted by at the Dolce Norwalk located at 32 Weed Ave. Tuesday, June 21. The evening will include hors d”™oeuvres and a formal ceremony opened by keynote Nate Checketts, a 2015 40 under 40 winner and a serial entrepreneur whose latest venture is Rhone, a men”™s active wear line based in Darien. Matt Scott, a meteorologist at Fox 61, will be he master of ceremonies. The event will benefit The Kennedy Center Inc.
The winners include:
- Kayleigh Apicerno, R.D. Scinto Inc., Shelton
- Hunter Arton, Norwalk Redevelopment Agency, Norwalk
- Kris Barker, The Gardener”™s Center & Florist, Darien
- Adam Blank, Wofsey, Rosen, Kweskin & Kuriansky LLP, Stamford
- Allison Carballo, Family & Children”™s Aid, Danbury
- Jason Castaldi, Charter Oak Insurance and Financial Services Co., Norwalk
- Brian A. Clarke Jr., William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Wilton
- Marissa Donnelly, The Center for Family Justice, Bridgeport
- Ali Farsun Dembishack, Catapult Marketing, Westport
- Steven Ferguson, First County Bank, Stamford
- James Frommert, People”™s United Insurance Agency, Bridgeport
- Meaghan George, Westport Weston Family YMCA, Westport
- Andrew Herr, J.P. Morgan Private Bank, Greenwich
- Michelle Johnson, Beers, Hamerman, Cohen & Burger, P.C., Fairfield
- Nick Khamarji Jr., New England Insurance, Bridgeport
- Jackie Kosiba, Delamar at Southport, Southport
- Dyan Kozaczka Rutkin, Oldham & Griffin LLC, Westport
- Enoch Lenge, Eversource, Berlin
- Vladmir Mariano, Fairfield County Maker’s Guild and CT Robotics Academy, Norwalk
- Derrek Metz, The Barnum Financial, Stamford
- Lauren Millar, Zunda Group LLC, Norwalk
- James Moffat, The Atlantic Group, Norwalk
- Britta Mulderrig, Uber, Darien
- Stephen Napier, Ivey Barnum & O”™Mara LLC, Greenwich
- Brandon Oldham, Mutual Security Credit Union, Norwalk
- Kristi Olds, News 12 Connecticut, Norwalk
- Staci Peete, Norwalk Hospital/Western CT Health Network, Norwalk
- Tanya Popolizio, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Stamford
- Sean Rabinowitz, ACBI Insurance, Fairfield
- Amy Reina, Deloitte, Stamford
- Tim Rorick, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, Stamford
- Ryan Santoro, CONNECT Computer, Fairfield
- Michael Sciamanna, Webster Bank, Shelton
- Michael Sullivan, Point72, Stamford
- Jon Thomas, Tap Cancer Out, Wilton
- Kelly Trahan, Murtha Cullina LLP, Stamford
- Daniel Trust, The Daniel Trust Foundation Inc., Bridgeport
- Ken Tuccio, Welcome to Connecticut Podcast, Norwalk
- Corinne VanBeek MD, Stamford Health Medical Group, Stamford
- Cecilia Zhang Stiber, Frontier Communications, Norwalk
Events sponsors are Audi Danbury, Aquarion Water Co., Charter Oak Business and Financial Services Co., Deloitte, Fairfield University Dolan School of Business, First County Bank, Heineken, Justworks, Marks Paneth, City of Norwalk, Val”™s Putnam Wines and Liquors, Yale New Haven Health. Supporters include The Bristal Assisted Living, Buzz Creators, Eklectico, Gilda Bonanno, Sacred Heart University and Uber.
The partnering chambers include Bridgeport Regional Business Council, Business Council of Fairfield County, Darien Chamber of Commerce, Fairfield Chamber of Commerce, Greater Norwalk Chamber of Commerce, Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce, Greenwich Chamber of Commerce, Stamford Chamber of Commerce and Wilton Chamber of Commerce.
To purchase tickets for the event, visit westfaironline.com/40under40. For more information contact events manager, Danielle Brody, at dbrody@westfairinc.com or 914-358-0757.
