For a fourth consecutive year, the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal is proud to celebrate a group of young professionals from across the bistate region with our Forty Under 40 Awards.
The 2025 class represents a wide number of workplaces, industries, organizations and career paths. The honorees were selected from dozens of nominations submitted by the nominees’ colleagues, mentors, fellow board members, friends and family.
The QCBJ will host its Forty Under 40 Awards dinner on Thursday, Sept. 18, at Rhythm City Casino Resort to formally recognize the 2025 class.
Congratulations to the Forty Under 40 winners:
- Ashley Allen Smith
- Patrick Angerer
- Elyce Billany
- Nathan Billany
- Ellen Champion
- Emily Cummings
- Andre Davidson
- Leslie Day
- Jordan Delp
- Lukas DeWitt
- Jake Eikenberry
- Kristin Enright
- Tyler Green
- Erika Gunn
- Ashley Hendon
- Kasi Henshaw
- Vianka Herrera
- Kate Jennings
- Jordan Kirkbride
- Riane Leib
- Mia Mayberry
- Alex Mayszak
- Jessica MeKearney
- Kimberly Miller
- Tara Miller
- Matt Moran
- Claire Motto Steil
- Jennifer Osing
- Doug Reiling
- Randi Rockwell
- Kelli Ruggeberg
- Sarah Smith
- Brett Stewart
- Katie Thompson
- Mary Van Buer
- Angelica Villarreal
- Brittany Whitfield
- Bridgett Wildermuth
- Jordon Williams
- Samantha Yeager-Walrath.
Tickets are available
The Forty Under 40 awards dinner and awards ceremony will be from 5:30-8:30 p.m., Sept. 18, at the Davenport casino. For tickets, click here.
Per QCBJ tradition, the new class was selected by a committee made up of previous Forty Under 40 honorees. Winners are judged and selected based on their civic/philanthropic activities and their career achievements.
The awards program, first introduced two decades ago by the QCBJ’s sister publication Corridor Business Journal, now is marking its fourth year in the Quad Cities.
These awards celebrate those young professionals who are making a difference and an impact on the Quad Cities region either through their work successes, leadership, volunteerism or community engagement.
To be eligible, nominees had to be under age 40 as of the day of the awards dinner and either live or work anywhere in the QCBJ’s six-county coverage which includes Scott, Clinton and Muscatine in Iowa and Rock Island, Henry and Mercer in Illinois.
The 2025 class members will be profiled in the Monday, Sept. 1, edition of the QCBJ.
This year’s awards are sponsored by Platinum Sponsor Augustana College and Gold Sponsor Vera French Foundation.
Registrations accepted
Other companies and organizations interested in becoming an event sponsor should contact Lauren Grask at (319) 665-6397 or [email protected]. For advertising information, contact Marsha Luedtke at [email protected] or John VandeMoortel at [email protected].
To register for the dinner, visit quadcitiesbusiness.com and click on Events, and the Award Events tab. Tickets are $85 apiece or $800 for a table of 10. All Forty Under 40 honorees will receive a complimentary ticket for the event.
For more information about Forty Under 40, contact Lucas Hayes or Emily Mahoney at (319) 665-6397 or [email protected] and [email protected].
