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Winner Matt Dempsey, Site Specific (standing, second from right) surrounded by friends and family / Skorski Photography

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Winner Matt Dempsey, Site Specific (standing, second from right) surrounded by friends and family / Skorski Photography

Honoree Paul Kessimian, Partridge Snow & Hahn, with wife Brianne and children Isabella and Alexander / Skorski Photography — Honoree Paul Kessimian, Partridge Snow & Hahn, with wife Brianne and children Isabella and Alexander / Skorski Photography
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Honoree John Surrette Jr., Kahn Litwin Renza & Co., celebrates with his wife Tina / Skorski Photography

Michael Crawley, Audit Manager with LGC&D accepts his award from Sandra Pattie, BankNewport and Roger Bergenheim, PBN / Skorski Photography

Friends and family attended the event in support of Margo Madden (center), Alex and Ani. / Skorski Photography

Fidelity Investment employees Wendy Fisher, Lynn Hersey, and Jennifer Jaworski came out to celebrate with Honoree Jennifer Parkhurst (left) / Skorski Photography

Honoree Joseph Padula accepts his award from Sandra Pattie and Roger Bergenheim / Skorski Photography

Chris Plympton, Matthew Sweet and Chris Iannotti, Gencorp Insurance / Skorski Photography

Honoree Melissa Gould, GTECH, accepts her award from Sandra Pattie and Roger Bergenheim / Skorski Photography

Honoree Joseph Confessore, Honoree, The Washington Trust Company with Sandra Pattie and Roger Bergenheim / Skorski Photography

Embrace Home Loans Honoree Derek Lombard, with his wife and son, enjoyed the evening’s festivities / Skorski Photography

Honoree Jill Cormier, GTECH, accepts her award from Sandra Pattie and Roger Bergenheim / Skorski Photography

Honoree Dr. Rebekah Gardner, second from left, with her University Medicine colleagues, (l-r) Otto Liebmann, Dr. Mark Fagan, Mary Jane Anderson and Peter Ceriani, Chief Executive Officer / Skorski Photography

Sandra J. Pattie, President & CEO, BankNewport addresses the sold out crowd / Skorski Photography

Providence Business News’ Dave Dunbar with Suzette Roberts, Cox Business / Skorski Photography — Providence Business News’ Dave Dunbar with Suzette Roberts, Cox Business / Skorski Photography
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Robert Coulter, Edwards Wildman Palmer, with Sandra Pattie, BankNewport and Roger Bergenheim, PBN / Skorski Photography

Suzanne Elsbecker, Cox Business; Christine Parker, Roger Williams University; Nancy Adeszko, PBN; Ross Nelson, Cox Business / Skorski Photography — Suzanne Elsbecker, Cox Business; Christine Parker, Roger Williams University; Nancy Adeszko, PBN; Ross Nelson, Cox Business / Skorski Photography
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The 40 Under Forty Class of 2012 / Skorski Photography

Stephanie Taylor, Gennaro (right) with Melanie Kilsey, Winter Wyman / Skorski Photography

Friends and family support Honoree David Rozen (center) of Picerne Military Housing / Skorski Photography

Christopher Ciunci, Founder & CEO of Tribal Vision, accepts his award with the assistance of his son / Skorski Photography

The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport always provides a stunning venue for the 40 Under Forty event / Skorski Photography

Friends and colleagues join Honoree WPRI 12/Fox Providence’s Joseph Abouzeid (second from left) / Skorski Photography

Honoree Michael Croft, with Melanie Croft, both of eSavV Technologies / Skorski Photography

Blue Cross Blue Shield of RI’s Honoree Monica Neronha (left) is joined by Kim Holway, Jillian Jagling and Martha Holt / Skorski Photography

Presenting sponsor BankNewport employees (l-r) Kathleen Charbonneau, Wendy Kagan, Carolyn Odell, Erin Moriarty and Rebecca Scott / Skorski Photography

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