Leadership Kitsap 20 under 40 Awards

See you January 23, 2025!

Join us Thursday January 23, 2025 at the Kitsap Conference Center at Bremerton Harborside to celebrate the 2025 exceptional 20 Under 40 leaders.

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Leadership Kitsap’s 20 Under 40 Awards Program seeks to identify and celebrate exceptional business leaders under the age of 40 who are dynamic trailblazers in the Kitsap community. We amplify their stories and celebrate their successes, inspiring a strong community of young leaders who are empowered to use this platform for positive impact. By fostering connections, they can harness this network to drive meaningful change, enhance our region’s economy, and elevate civic dialogue with integrity and purpose.

Ticket Information

This is an evening event, formal attire.

4:45pm  Doors Open

5:00pm Cocktail Hour with Live Music by Joel Gibson Jr.

6:15pm Program Begins

Surf and Turf Style Heavy Hors d’ouevres
   Beef and Shrimp skewers Family style
   Plated baked potato with Grilled Vegetable Kabobs
   Chimichurri and Lemon Garlic Aioli Sauces

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Thank you, 2025 Judges!

Dr. Karen Bolton

Jessica Guidry

Victoria Hilt

Amie Lacher-Pickering

Augie Lujan

Frequently Asked Questions

When is my ad. copy due?

Send advertisement (ad.) content to Gretchen at [email protected] by December 31, 2024 to be included in our event program.

Purchase an advertisement to congratulate a honoree and/or promote your business (or whatever you want!).

Ask our designer to create one for you for an additional $100.

What if I have dietary restrictions?

Kitsap Conference Center Chefs will provide an inclusive individual plates of vegan heavy hors d’oeuvres accompanied by a shareable plate of something for our carnivores this evening. Contact us at [email protected] if you or someone in your party requires additional information prior to the event.

Can my children attend?

Yes! There is no age restriction on this private event. People sitting in laps do not need a ticket.

Can I Pay with a Check?

For sponsorships and table purchases, you may pay with a check. Just contact us at [email protected] and/or (360) 782-1058 to set it up.

What if this event is outside my budget?

Leadership Kitsap Foundation is committed to inclusivity and equitable opportunity. Through the generosity of our Board of Directors and our community members, we accept ticket donations to pass along anonymously to those seeking a more affordable entry to the event. Give us a call at (360) 782-1058 or email at [email protected] to learn more. We want to see you at this event to support and celebrate your honoree!

KITSAP COUNTY HONOREES

2025
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Anisa Ashabi
Vanessa Carlson
Bryce Clark
Jessica Connolly
Lydia Estrada
Lidia Gamero
Ezekiel Gillick
Morgan Houk
Jillyan Langdon
Sade’Monique McInnis
Tori Ann Ogawa
Susie Parsons
Ash Preston
Adison Richards
Reama Schuldt
Katie Sharp
Kevin Sheen
Marin Solace
Fina Valenzuela-Fletcher
Jenni Waldron

2024
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Rosie Apalisok

Dezirae Bates

Kimberly Bialock

Christina Black

Adam Boyd

Amber Caldera

Kristofer Carlson

Dr. Jeremy D. Cross

David Day

Quinn Dennehy

Brynn Felix

Adrienne Hampton

Victoria Hilt

Alex Kidder

Ariel McDermott

Aidan Moore

Ryan Nelson

Leiyomi Preciado

Miranda Smallwood (Hultin)

Becky Wall

2023
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Kathleen Arndt
Kellen Bond
Sarah Borden
Jeff Coughlin
Katy Crabtree
Grace Feldman
Yaneisy Griego
Meika Hall
Denita Holmes
Katie Hudkins
Victoria Hudson
Dean Kelly
Renée Lane
Rochelle LeMay
Natalie Marshall
Alexandra McLaughlin
Ashlee Reese
Tanner Tennyson
Monk Tupai
Kaylee Worley

2022
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Kitsap Sun Article
Event Program
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Lauren Beck
Lindsey Camarena
Priya Charry
Cody Clark
Elizabeth Davis
Tiffany DeSaveur
Jennifer Fleming
Dr. Michele Fujii
Jana Goyenechea
Elsa Krier
Cody Morgan
Taylor Neal
Joey Riggle
Caroline Rivers
Allison Ryan
Karen Sawyer-Meehan
Marlaina Simmons
Aljolynn Sperber
Nicole Taylor
Bryan Wichert

 

2021 
Kitsap Sun Article
Sarah Chamberlin
Anna Choi
Kerri Crabtree
Pablo Flores
Adam Goit
Alex Hardy
Sara Hatfield
Anthony Jones
Melissa Kittrell
Matthew T. Macklin
John Morrissey
Holly Moss
Ashley Oaksmith
Emily Randall
Gretchen Ritter-Lopatowski
Rachel Stapleton
Denise Steele
Allison Wachtel
Alisha Weiss
Corinne Wolffe
2020
Matthew Augspurger
Michelle Berger
Ryan Denny
Carrie Eastman
Joshua Goss
Jessica Guidry
Alanna Imbach
Nick Johnson
Jennifer Kirchner
Marty McKay
Maynard John Meland Jr.
Megan Morris
Crystal Nixon
Gisele Podhrasdsky
Grace Raiford
Kody Russell
Jeremy Stitt
Stacie Wages
Andrea Williams
Titus Woodson
2017
Ian Andersen
Melissa Anderson
Hayley Bullen
Michelle Clemens
Kate Cofer
Juliana Cook
Tara Devlin
Bianca Garguile
Jake Gillanders
Brooks Graham
Dan McDougall
Sally Oranski
Amber Page
Jeannie Patterson
Johnathan Porter
Rodney Rauback
Alexander Rodenko
Megan Sheppard
Angie Silva
Gretchen Ta
2016
Cole Adams
Ashley Armstrong
Brittany Bakken
Athena Barber
Kimberly Cizek Allen
Yolanda Fong
Christopher Hart
Sherese Hegwood
Josh Hopp
Rebekah Johnson
Brandon Myers
Natasha Pendergraft
Shannon Peterson
Lisa Pugh
Farrah Scott
Mairead Shutt
Lindsey Stover
Darrell Thomas
Force Tolar
Jakob Young
2015
Eric Behling
Kevin Bernt
Troy Cloe
Angelina Connery
Josh Farley
Daniel Frederick
Andrew George
Robyn Michele Gross
Sylvenus Harris II
Jeromy Hicks
Isaac Holmes
Katie Hopkins
Ashley Jones
Christopher Keough
Greg Lotakis
Mallory Morrison
Alicia Nickerson
Brian Nolder
Jennifer Ruckman
KristiAnn Stecker
2014
Kitsap Sun Magazine
Dan Barry
Rachel Bearbower
Clint Boxman
Kristy Dressler
Genie Elton
Jim Hopper
Dionne Joseph
Kristina Kruzan
Amy McDonald
Bre Mendenhall
Mercury Michael
Joshua Recaido
Melissa Reeves
Ashley Robinson
Lisa Rodriguez
Holly Rohrbacher
Justin Stiefel
Bruce Thomas
Elaine Turso
Marni White
2013
Erin Abrigo
Amy Anderson
Ben Anderson
Audrey Barbakoff
Sarah Butler
Dominique Cantwell
Jennifer Carrier
Chris Clark
Marcus Croman
Dr. Devin Fisher
Nicole Floyd
Jennifer Fredericksen
Jonathan Fritsch
Greer Gates
Corrigan Gommenginger
Kevin Hancock
Nathan Howard
Dr. Manas Jain
Dr. Sirisha Jain
James Jensen
Alan Luder
Wendy McNeal
Katie Morris
John Nesby
Laura Nesby
Jessie Nino
Kim Overmyer
Curtis Patnode
Brandy Rinearson
David Reed
Thomas Sawyer
Kerry Slone
Matt Smith
Keith Sprague
Rochelle Stockwell
Steve Sutorius
Miriam Villiard
Jessica Wagner-Smith
Allison Westergard
Carmel Wieland
2012
Heather Len Adams
Jeannie Allen
Rebecca “Becky” Bayness
Chalcy Blake
Gina Buskirk
Sandra Butler
Caroline Campbell
Erika Cecil
Carla Charters
Annie Corrington
Candace  Edwards
Melody Sky Eisler
Joe Groh
April Ihde
David Johnson
Diane Kehm
Sean Kelley
Dr. Jessica Kennedy-Schlicher
Augustine Lujan
Catie Malcom
Brett Marlo DeSantis
Abigail McDowell
Daniel Miller, Jr.
Derek Mills
Tina Moore
Nate Murphy
Sean Neal
Emily Olson
Melissa Reed
Stephanie Sagle
Tim Samuels
Melissa Sanders
Shane Skelley
Shad Smallwood
Mitchell Smee
Lisa Marie Spencer
Dr. Jen Stonequist
Rachael Taylor
Ryan Witt
Halin Zindell
2011
Ray Allwine
Stephanie Andrews
Keith Armstrong
Corrine Beach
Schuyler Beaver
Todd Best
Stephanie Brush
Ryan Chapman
Aimee McWorter-Compton
Sean Compton
Julie Cottle
Amber Dinh
Christina Gainsbrugh
Timothy Garrison
Dr. Amber Gravett
Adam Green
Shaun Guerrero
Jennifer Haro
Heather Dawn Henrichsen
Joshua Hinman
Jennifer Horne
Gus Housen
Darcy Jenne
David Johns
Dr. Sean Joseph
Lene Langdon
Shane McGraw
Edward Moydell
Gina Omalanz
Abby Ouimet
Amber Page
Jessie Palmer
Veronica Rhodes
Nicole Robbins
Daniel Roso
Dr. Nathan Segerson
Janet Silcott
Sasha Wetzsteon
Katherine Wright
Jennifer Yeaman
2010
Brett Anderson
Andrea Archer
Astrid Aveledo
Ken Bagwell
Allen Baker
Kyle Bergquist
Desiree Bessette
Monica Blackwood
Andy Brandon
Matthew Coates
Maria Finch
Lisa Foster
Ryan George
Karina Gordievich
Chelsea Grace
Paula Graf
Nam-Phuong Hong
Justin Ingalls
Tom Jacobs
Ali Keys
April Leigh
James Clayton Lynch
Marleen Madding
Jenna McGrath
Jeffrey Mead
Kol Medina
April Mills
Debbie Nazarino
Angie Powell
Stacey Price
Ryan Smallwood
Brad Smith
Jeremy Southerland
Andrea Liv Spencer
Rachel Strohmeyer
Trish Tierney
Ty Walker
Jeff Weis
James Dale Wilder
Matthew Zawlocki
2009
Zahra Akhgar
Terry Arndt
Cynthia Bellas
Tanya Bleil-Geiselman
Shawnee Brown
Mindy Byers
Dr. Kimberly Chan
David Connolly
Eric Fong
Dr. Michelle Cho Gip
Heidi Hartman
David Hawley
Cassandra Hoffman
Dr. Paul Hutchinson
Christina Jara
Katerina Kailey
Kassie Korich
Lanette Kuklinski
Matt La Magna
Melissa McDonald
Robert McNamara
Lori Midthun
Johnathan Miller
Chrysztyna Montaez
Amy Munns
Aaron Murphy
David Nelson
Patrick Murray
Jennifer Paige
Jason Parker
Kristin Pearson
Julie Poston
Dr. Satyavardhan Pulukurthy
Jenn Putnam
Patrick Rieder
Jamal Stoudemire
Aimee Warthen
Leah Wattree
DeAndrea Williams
Kathleen Wilson
2008
Melvin Baird
Beau Bakken
Allyson Brown
Chuck Capps
Jessica Carpenter
Irene Carper
Peter Crabtree
Jeffrey Dennison
Dr. Dawn Divano
Josh Dougherty
Jack Edwards
April Flemming
Bill Greenlaw
Jennifer Hardison
Stephanie Hart
Brian Johnson
Greg Jose
Rob Karlinsey
Jennifer Kilmer
Thomas Kruse
Kimberly Kullberg
Bob Lawrence
Dr. James Lin
Grant Matsuno
Karen McKay
Chris Miller
Jeremy Moff
Allison Morrison
Joanie Pearson
David Rhine
Amber Riley-Burns
Ryan Rydalch
Barbara Santos
Sunny Sauders
Stephen Shepard
Kathleen Simpson
Patric Stankavich
Michael Strube
James Weaver
Valerie Youngren
2007
Stacey S. Ames
Isaac Anderson
V. Lyle Beck
J. Chris Bock, D.M.D.
Rebecca Charbonneau
Erika Colson
Philip Cook
Mike Eliason
Samantha Evans
Christopher C. Fraizer
Tracy Freckleton
Jason Galbreath
Stan Glisson
Amy Hager
Todd Hankins
Dr. Steve M. Haws
Tawnya Hayes
TJ Hoisington
Amy Igloi-Matsuno
Jannae Mitton Jolibois
Laney D. Kallio
Steve Komar
Vickie Lawrence
Aaron Leavell
Jennifer Mann
Nathan Mann
Allisha M. McVay
Kym Mason
Charles Melton
Eric Miller
Lincoln Miller
David Nelson
Brian Nilsen
Sarah Nilsen
Noreen Plum
Carol Sue Rogers
Shiloh Schroeder
Patrick Snow
John Thayer
Rodika Tollefson
2006
Ted Abernathy
Brock Baker
Teresa M. Bryant
Rick Cadwell
Ryan Christian
Shawn Cucciardi
Miranda Dageenakis
Wes Davis
Derrin Doty
Lori Durham
Rebecca Graham
Maura Hallam Sweley
Morgan Hanley
Rich Hecker
Kay Hill Cook
Ken Kambich
Heidi Kaufman
Derek Kilmer
Joni Kimmel
Robert C. King
Chris Koebelin
Chris Lee
Bryan McConaughy
Jennifer Mentor Mills
Jennifer Nance
Hank Nance
Shanna Neims
Kristi Nelson
R. J. Peabody
Lisa Phipps
Heather Pluska
Wendy Rohrbacher
Donald Michael Ryan
Daniel Smith
Chad Solvie
Shawnee Spencer
Afshan Tabazadeh
Victor Targett
Rob White
Kelly Woodward
2005
Lisa Bernsten
Erin Brinkerhoff
Christopher Clephane
Sean C. Combs
Hannah Crowell
Jennifer Fetterplace
Robert Gelder
Paul Gilmore
Jennifer Hayes
Karie Hoffman
Sheldon Hooker
Charles Horton
Scott Houmes
Steve Houmes
Marty Huff
Wayne Keffer
Devin Louden
Beth Ludlow
Brent Marmon
Kelsey Marshall
Jason Mayer
Kara Morkert
Carrie Mulcahy
Roger Nance
Dr. Nicholas Nelson
Audrey Newell
Dr. Jeff Olsen
Adar Palis
Brian Patten
Leslie Petersen
Nate Potter
Joe Riley
Elizabeth Scott
Angela Sell
Kyler Talbot
Mark Timmerman
AnnaLee Todd
Stacey Tucker
Jeff Way
Jim Way

NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. STAY TUNED FOR THE WINNING HONOREES ANNOUNCEMENT!

Identify business leaders under the age of 40 who are making an impact in business, philanthropy and in their local Kitsap County communities. Nominees should be top leaders in their organization or industry and demonstrate their commitment to the Kitsap community. Nominees must be 39 years or younger as of January 30th of the current award year to qualify.

Thank you for highlighting so many wonderful people through this process! 

Nominees will be notified via email through Leadership Kitsap staff, congratulating them on their nomination and inviting them to submit additional information with a special, invite-only link. If you have nominated someone for this prestigious award, you are encouraged to tell them and remind them to look out for our email invite!

Honorees will attend a VIP social (November 15, 2024), receive recognition at the 20 Under 40 Awards ceremony (January 23, 2025), and be featured in the Kitsap Sun, Leadership Kitsap social media, and the Westsound Magazine.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Candidate Profiles are made available to those who have been nominated by someone using the form above (only available during the nomination period). Each nominee will receive a personal invitation to fill out their candidate profile via email from a staff member at Leadership Kitsap. They will need a password or direct link to access the form.

Nominees, this is an opportunity to share your unique contribution to the Kitsap community. Share your story. People may know just one facet of your involvement, but we want to share with the judges everything you’re involved in. We need your help to do that adequately.

*Read Leadership Kitsap Foundation’s Ten Tips for 20 Under 40 Applicants for inspiration. Good luck!

Nominees will need to complete their 20 Under 40 Awards Candidate Profile by October 23, 2024. This is a firm deadline. No profiles will be accepted after this date. All qualified profiles will be reviewed by an independent panel of judges. The final 20 Under 40 Honorees will be selected and notified by January 1st.