2 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | August 15, 2022
40 UNDER FORTY | 2022
Spotlighting Greater
Hartford's top young
professionals
There continues to be a talent war in
Connecticut as employers compete for
top performers amid a tight labor market.
And up-and-coming young professionals
remain a key recruitment focus for local
employers. While Connecticut struggles
at times to retain newly-minted college
graduates, the Greater Hartford region
and state as a whole still have a strong
cohort of young professionals making a
difference at their respective organiza-
tions and the broader community.
And it's important to put a spotlight on
them in order to show others that starting
and making a career here can pay divi-
dends, both professionally and personally.
And that's the purpose of 40 Under Forty.
Every year for the last 26 years, Hartford
Business Journal, with the help of our
independent judges, has selected 40 of
the top up-and-coming young profes-
sionals who are in leadership positions.
This year we received over 130 nomi-
nations. Narrowing down the list to 40
deserving winners was a difficult task.
More importantly, our winners provide
evidence that our region has a vast young
talent pool.
Our 2022 winners hail from the private,
public and nonprofit sectors and from
organizations both small and large.
We'd like to thank this year's judges for
helping choose our winners. They include:
• Sara-Beth Donovan, principal and presi-
dent of Media Only at Mintz + Hoke.
• Shannon Marimon, executive director of
ReadyCT.
We will be celebrating our annual 40
Under Forty event Sept. 22 at Pratt &
Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field.
If you think you have what it takes to be
part of a future 40 Under Forty class, we
ask that you submit a nomination next
year. This award is only as strong as the
class of individuals who are nominated
for it.
And many nominees represent the prom-
ising future of our city, region and state.
Greg Bordonaro
EDITOR
3
1
5
