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www.HartfordBusiness.com July 17, 2017 • Hartford Business Journal 11 Special Section Pages 10-42 40 Under Forty showcases Hartford's rich workforce talent T here's been a lot of talk recently about Connecticut and Greater Hartford being unable to recruit the type of talent that companies want and need. But if there are any signs of hope for the state's and region's future it's in the pages and profiles that follow. Every year for the last 21 years, Hartford Business Journal, with the help of our inde- pendent judges, has selected 40 of the top up-and-coming young professionals who are leading their respective organizations. This year we received nearly 200 nominations for our 40 Under Forty awards. 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. As a state, we must do everything in our power to keep them here. Our 2017 winners hail from the private, public and nonprofit sec- tors. Many are from well-known companies like Travelers, Wells Fargo, Comcast, Prudential, Cigna and The Hartford. Others rep- resent small businesses like Nutmeg Technologies, Smith Brothers Insurance or Mizzi Cosmetics. As part of this year's publication, we asked our winners for ideas to improve Connecticut's economic fortunes. It's a topic that has puzzled our state policymakers for far too long. Our elected leaders should take heed of their answers. We'd like to thank this year's judges (Gail Lebert, Wilson Camelo and Julie Daly Mee- han) for helping choose our winners. We will be celebrating our annual 40 Under Forty event Sept. 13 at the Connecticut Convention Center. It will be a blue jeans, black tie affair and we hope you join us. And 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 promising future of our city, region and state. Greg Bordonaro Editor, Hartford Business Journal WINNER NAME PAGE Sonia Joyce Worrell Asare 22 Rachel Bader 25 Jonathan Bartholomew 13 Jamie Bellenoit 40 Jeremy Bourret 15 Jeffrey Bruneau 24 Malik Champlain 40 Anthony Cherolis 26 David Ciriello 21 Adwoa Dadzie 41 Jamie Daniel 41 Laura DePergola 30 Faina Dookh 20 Christopher Duffy 31 Jean Forsyth 34 Rebecca Gentile 26 Aaron Gill 30 Katie Hanley 18 Jessica Hinman 22 Paul Diego Holzer 18 Evan Honeyman 38 Jacob Hunter 16 Kristin Ingram 23 Jamal Jimerson 23 Julia Monique Johnson 17 Amber Kendrick 25 Patrick Langevin 28 Rick P. Lawrence 33 Will McLean 38 Brenda Mierzejewski 14 Ojala Naeem 42 Yannick Nicome 32 Bobby Nims 34 Brian Paganini 36 Kim Reid 12 Jessica Ritter 42 Christian Sager 37 Karen Taylor 19 Jennifer Widness 29 Faith Zeller 14 Presenting Sponsor Education Leadership Sponsor Event Sponsors Judges Wilson Camelo is president and chief marketing officer of Camelo Commu- nication, a market- ing communication agency specialized in multicultural marketing. Gail Lebert is the director of partner- ship development for Klingberg Fam- ily Centers and the former publisher of the Hartford Busi- ness Journal. Julie Daly Meehan is the vice presi- dent of investor engagement and retention at the MetroHartford Alliance. P H O T O S | J . F I E R E C K P H O T O G R A P H Y 2017