Emerging Leaders "4 Under 40" Award Recipients
2025
Ashley Cozzens, Lake County Board of DD
Joel DiMare Jr., Lake County Commissioner's Office
Zerina Hutchinson, Fit4Mom Lake County
Brandon Morse, Furniture Warehouse Ohio
2024
Kathryn Baden, Olympus Aerospace
Rochelle Fowler, The Lubrizol Corporation
Kerry Jonke, Laketran
Francisco Veloz, Veloz Landscape & Nursery
2023
Sarah Bals, Owner, 440 Marketing; Executive Director, Lake County Development Council
Lindsay Defeo, Owner, Leolo Hospitality
Anna Dey, Owner, Smoothie King (Mentor & Painesville); Owner, Clean Eatz (Mentor & Westlake); Owner, The Yard on 3rd (Willoughby); Owner, The Vitamin Shoppe (Huber Heights); Partner, Barrio Tacos + Tequila (Columbus & Pittsburgh); Founder & Director, The 24 in 24
Dr. Andrea (Andie) Musial, Lakeland Community College
2022
Tim Flenner, ErieBank
James Schleicher, Western & Southern Financial Group / Team IBB
Bryan Thomas, Lighthouse Advisers
Alex Zinni, Alpha Key Digital
2021
Ben Capelle, Laketran
Brandi Haught, KeyBank
Andrew Somich, Somich & Associates CPAs
Jen Yorko, Lake County Captains
Nonprofit Honoree: Sarah Baggott, Lake County YMCA
2020
Justin Bloyd, RB Sigma
Nicole Parker, Dare 2 Care International
Juliana Petti, AWT Foundation
Jason Ziga, Stahls' Transfer Express
2019
Tony Brzytwa, The Lubrizol Corporation
CJ Paterniti, D&S Automotive Collision and Restyling
Adam Sanden, Brunner Sanden Deitrick Funeral Home & Cremation Center
Sara Spence, Spence Technologies, Inc.
2018
Nate Bell, Zito Insurance
Amy O’Brien, Two Men and a Truck
Julia Schick, Laketran
Josh Strickland, Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A.