PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News has chosen the winners for its 14th 40 Under Forty program, to be honored Thursday, July 19, at Aldrich Mansion in Warwick.
The women and men to be recognized in the 2018 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.
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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 2018 40 Under Forty honorees (listed alphabetically), along with their employer/business:
- Nicholas Balzano, Gilbane Building Co., project manager
- Greg Berard, Lighthouse Computer Services, president
- Kathryn Botelho, The Preservation Society of Newport County, e-commerce manager
- Michelle Carr, Leadership Rhode Island, deputy director
- Elizabeth Catucci, Batchelor, Frechette, McCrory, Michael & Co., director of marketing & business development
- Elizabeth Chwalk, International Game Technology PLC, manager, investor relations
- Esther DeQuattro, Pane Vino and Massimo Restaurants, proprietor
- Adam Dias, Custom Design, Inc., president
- Andrew Galvin, CBRE/NE, First vice president/partner
- Rafaelina Gomez, Fidelity Investments, Sr. compliance advisor
- Eric P.W. Hall, Rhode Island Air National Guard – 143d Airlift Wing, captain/deputy staff judge advocate (JAG)
- Junior Jabbie, Banneker Industries Inc., president & CEO
- Christian Jenner, Duffy & Sweeney LTD, partner
- Darren Jodoin, PMC Media Group, CEO, president and co-founder
- Merve Iplikcioglu Kirtan, Steere Engineering Inc., project manager/structural engineer
- Dr. Matthew Malek, Tri-County Community Action Agency, medical director
- Megan McGuinness, McGuinness Media & Marketing, owner & CMO
- René Moniz, Partridge Snow & Hahn, associate litigation attorney
- Steven Mooney, Jr., International Game Technology PLC, senior technology manager
- Andrew Mudra, Amica Life Insurance Co., vice president
- Bridget L. Mullaney, Cameron & Mittleman, partner
- Edwin Pacheco, Rhode Island College, executive director/interim VP of college advancement
- Tom Parrish, Trinity Repertory Company, executive director
- Rebecca Plonsky, Prospect CharterCARE, national vice president of development, PIBH
- Sakeena Raza, Brown Medicine, assistant professor
- Rebecca Reece, Brown Medicine, infectious disease physician
- Rachel Reichert, The Groden Network, director, home-based services
- Joelle Rocha, Kelly, Souza, Rocha & Parmenter, P.C., partner
- Christina Rouse, Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal, director of marketing and operations
- Jeffrey Roy, Collette Travel Services Inc., senior vice president, revenue management and pricing
- Michael Schmitt, Tides Family Services, assistant vice president, risk management
- Tracy Schorner, Amgen Rhode Island, senior manager, product lifecycle management
- Benjamin C. Scungio, Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty, office manager and sales associate
- Ethan Shorey, The Valley Breeze Newspapers, managing editor
- Elizabeth A. Suever, Roberts, Carroll, Feldstein & Peirce Inc., partner
- George Tager, Blue Cross Blue Shield Rhode Island, director of employer segment sales
- Greg Velander, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, director of technology innovation
- Deborah Viveiros, Webster Bank, vice president/relationship manager
- Jeff Wilhelm, Envision Technology Advisors LLC, chief technology officer
- James Yaitanes, Citizens Bank, vice president/sales manager
Tickets to the award ceremony may be purchased on PBN’s website. This year, Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP will be a partner sponsor for the event.
Rob Borkowski is a PBN staff writer. Email him at Borkowski@PBN.com.
