Canton Residents Named Among 40 Under Forty

Hartford, Conn. (July 17, 2017) – Forty young professionals in the Greater Hartford Region were today named by Hartford Business Journal as ’40 Under Forty’ honorees. This year’s class of winners marks the 21st group to be recognized with this honor, bringing the alumni network to more than 800.

“The ’40 Under Forty’ program recognizes young professionals who are leaders in both their careers and their communities,” Joe Zwiebel, president and publisher, Hartford Business Journal, said. “We congratulate this year’s honorees on their accomplishments and look forward to watching them grow in their careers and continue to positively impact our region in the years to come.”

The 2017 ’40 Under Forty’ honorees include:

• Sonia Asare, Deloitte Consulting, LP (formerly Office of the Secretary of the State)
• Rachel Bader, Travelers Insurance
• Jamie Bellenoit, Community Child Guidance Clinic, Inc. of Manchester
• Jeremy Bourret, Suburban
• Jeffrey Bruneau, Wells Fargo & Co.
• Malik Champlain, Passion; Hunger; Drive
• Anthony Cherolis, BiCi Co.
• David Ciriello, KPMG LLP
• Adwoa Dadzie Comcast Cable
• Jamie Daniel, The Connecticut Forum
• Laura DePergola, LPL Financial
• Faina Dookh, State Innovation Model Program Management Office, State of CT
• Christopher Duffy, Travelers
• Jean Forsyth, Cyient
• Rebecca Gentile, KeyBank
• Aaron Gill, Engineering Design & Testing Corp. Wolverine Property LLC
• Katie Hanley, Oak Hill
• Jessica Hinman, Hartford’s Camp Courant
• Paul Holzer, Achieve Hartford!
• Evan Honeyman, TicketNetwork
• Jacob Hunter, Gaylord Specialty Healthcare
• Kristin Ingram, University of Hartford
• Jamal Jimerson, Minority Inclusion Project
• Julia Johnson, Willis Towers & Watson
• Amber Kendrick, C.I.G. Retirement Plan Consulting
• Patrick Langevin, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
• Rick Lawrence, The Hartford
• Will McLean, Frequency Therapeutics
• Brenda Mierzejewski, Mizzi Cosmetics
• Ojala Naeem, reSET Social Enterprise Trust
• Yannick Nicome, Smith Brothers Insurance
• Bobby Nims, Cigna
• Brian Paganini, Quantum Biopower
• Kimberly Reid, Silver Dahlia
• Jessica Ritter, Shipman & Goodwin LLP
• Jonathan Bartholomew, Prudential Financial
• Christian Sager, Travelers
• Karen Taylor, The Consortium on High Achievement and Success (CHAS)
• Jennifer Widness, Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges
• Faith Zeller, Nutmeg Technologies

The year’s winners were chosen by an independent panel of judges, all of whom are ’40 Under Forty’ alumni. Winners will be recognized at a celebration on September 13, 2017 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. Tickets are $115 per person and can be purchased by visiting www.hartfordbusiness.com and clicking on the ‘Events’ tab.

Sponsors for this year’s ’40 Under Forty’ include: Comcast Business (Presenting Sponsor); UConn School of Business (Education Leadership Sponsor); Cox Business, Hartford Yard Goats (Event Sponsors). The event is produced in association of WFSB (Media Partner). Event partners include: Connecticut Convention Center, Rider Productions, Merritt Graphics, J. Fiereck Photography, The Perfect Promotion and Co-Communications Marketing and Public Relations.

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