Accomplished Under 40 honors Idaho’s best – Publisher's Notes 

The Idaho Business Review’s annual Accomplished Under 40 program, which culminated this year with an awards luncheon June 22 at the Boise Centre on the Grove, has quickly become a standard of success for the state’s young professionals. Most winners list it among their accomplishments on their resumes as an indication of their personal and professional success.

That’s probably because we don’t take the award lightly. Each nominee must fill out a series of forms listing his or her personal and career accomplishments. We also have them tell us about how they give back to the community through nonprofits or other public service. And we ask for their resumes and letters of recommendation from co-workers and friends.

After we have collected all of the data for each nominee, we ask three previous recipients of the award to read and rank each nominee. Those readings and rankings are done independently, not as a committee.

We then compile the rankings and narrow the list to the top 40.

If you were to look over a list of our previous winners, you’d see state legislators, mayors, television personalities and CEOs of major companies, including those in the high-tech industry.

This year’s class is no different. In the 2007 magazine, published in this week’s Idaho Business Review, you will read about engineers, real estate professionals, bankers and entrepreneurs. And while that’s just a sampling of the professions represented this year, one thing that stands out in all of our winners is that while they are on their roads to success, they have given back either to their profession or their community – or both. And, they’ve often done so while raising a family.
Our hope is that by reading the accomplishments of these 40 individuals, you will be inspired to make a difference.
The winners being recognized in this magazine, and listed below, represent the crème de la crème of the state’s young professionals. Please take the time to get to know each one of them. I have a feeling you’ll hear about them again.
2007 Accomplished Under 40 honorees:
• Brett Adler, senior consultant, Software Outfitters
• Drew Allen, production mana-ger/co-owner, Peppershock Media Productions
• Leela Assefi, business development manager, Atlas Frontiers
• Teresa Baker, deputy prosecuting attorney, Ada County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
• Leah Barrett, executive director – Student Union, student involvement, Boise State University
• Andy Beitia, region credit manager/vice president, Zions Bank
• Georganne Benjamin, assistant director of strategic communications, Regence BlueShield of Idaho
• David Cadwell, owner, Cadwell Development
• Amy Dockter, electrical engineer/associate stockholder, CSHQA
• Dr. Scott Fletcher, owner/chiropractic physician, Fletcher Chiropractic Center
• Mark Gier, project manager/associate stockholder, CSHQA
• Dr. Nancy Glenn, research associate professor, Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University – Boise campus
• Kimberlee Hall, answer center supervisor, PERSI
• Monica Hopkins, director of development and communications, Friends of Zoo Boise
• Shane Jimenez, land and investment brokerage specialist/partner, Thornton Oliver Keller
• Wyatt Johnson, attorney, Angstman, Johnson & Associates
• Stacy Jones, IT systems analyst, PERSI
• Erin King, branch manager, Mountain West Bank
• Larissa Lamson, team leader & manager, Saber Corp./Covansys Corp.
• Clint Paskewitz, vice president, Post Insurance Services Inc.
• Ben Quintana, director, Small Business Success Center at the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce
• Matt Rissell, president/owner, Cartridge World
• Christine Rood, associate director of academic affairs, University of Phoenix – Idaho campus
• Landis Rossi, vice president, Workforce Development & Children Services, Easter Seals-Goodwill
• Kevin Satterlee, associate vice president/general counsel, Boise State University
• Mahmood Sheikh, assistant athletic director/regional development, University of Idaho
• Wayne Slaughter, investments specialist, Colliers International
• Nancy Spittle, advertising director, Boise Weekly
• Isaac Squyres, principal, The Gallatin Group
• Shannon Stoeger, senior vice president and manager, Farmers & Merchants
• Nic Stover, owner, Rubicon Development
• Scott Turlington, vice president of external affairs and communications, Tamarack Resort
• Katie Vanderzwan, president, Junior Achievement of Idaho
• Shane Vaughan, vice president of marketing, Balihoo
• Tanya Vaughan, search engine optimization strategy manager, Hewlett-Packard Co.
• Ryan Warwick, associate vice president/investment officer, Rathbone McReynolds & Daly Investment Consulting
• Luci Willits, chief of staff, Idaho State Department of Education
• Rachel Winer, executive director, Idaho Smart Growth
• Krissa Wrigley, president of Research and Evaluation, Idaho TechConnect
• Mary York, partner, Holland & Hart

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