PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News has chosen the winners for its 13th 40 Under Forty program, to be honored Thursday, July 20, at Aldrich Mansion in Warwick.
The women and men to be recognized in the 2017 edition of the competition were chosen from nearly 200 applicants, the most submissions PBN has ever received, and they will be profiled in an upcoming special section of PBN.
The 40 Under Forty winners were selected based on career success and community involvement. All are young professionals who have committed to making a difference on a local, national or international scale.
The 2017 40 Under Forty honorees (listed alphabetically), along with their employer/business:
- Richard Baccari II, Churchhill & Banks Companies LLC
- Michael Baer, Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank
- Briannan Bintz, Semma Theraputics Inc.
- Jonathan Bittner, Splitwise Inc.
- Chad Bjorklund, Hilb Group of New England LLC
- Steve Boyajian, Robinson+Cole LLP
- Laura Bozzi, Southside Community Land Trust
- Kara Butler, Healthcentric Advisors
- Gregory Calderiso, Amica Mutual Insurance Co.
- Dee DeQuattro, Operation Stand Down RI
- Christy Durant, Quinlan & Durant
- Derek Farias, Barbara Sokoloff Associates
- Joseph Farside, Locke Lord LLP
- Kacey Fetcho-Phillips, Amgen Inc.
- Dioscaris Garcia, BI Medical LLC
- Elizabeth Goldberg MD, Brown University
- Amy Grant, Bryant University
- Jay Heimgartner, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
- Heather Hudson, R.I. Department of Labor and Training
- Peter Jacavone III, Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc.
- Jessie Kanter, BlumShapiro
- Eleanor Langham, Coggeshall Farm Museum
- Carrie Majewski, Women in Leadership Nexus
- Elizabeth Manchester, Manchester Law LLC/ Providence College
- Kunal Mankodiya, Wearable Biosensing Lab- University of Rhode Island
- Sally McDonald, Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC
- Katherine Messier, Mobile Beacon
- Carlos Neves, Gilbane Building Company
- Erin Pender, Lifespan Physician Group/ Newport Hospital
- Diana Perdomo, United Way of Rhode Island
- Zlatomir Popov, International Game Technology PLC
- Perry Raso, Mantanuck Oyster Farm/ Mantunuck Oyster Bar
- Mike Reppucci, Sons of Liberty Beer & Spirits Co.
- Peter Rinaudo, Webster Bank
- Nicholas Scappaticci, Tellart
- Shalini Singh, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island
- Brett Smiley, Office of Gov. Gina M. Raimondo
- Jeffrey Spratt, Peregrine Property Management
- Andy Trench, XactSense Inc.
- Kristen Whittle, Barton Gilman LLP
The July 20 celebration of the 2017 class of 40 Under Forty will take place from 5:30-8 p.m. at Aldrich Mansion in Warwick. To register for the event and buy tickets, go to the PBN events page.
