Forty Under 40 Network

Winners of the Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 awards are selected from dozens of nominees and represent honorees not previously chosen in past years.

Journal editorial staff selected the winners (see the list below) on the basis of their leadership in companies and organizations across the North Bay.

Business leaders tell us frequently that supporting outstanding young people is critical not just to the health of our companies, but to our economy and community. [Video: Nominators comment on the importance of the awards.]

Winners of these awards reflect an inspiring and substantial pool of young talent across the North Bay. It is our privilege to honor them and shine a light on them for the whole community to see.

When the Business Journal launched this project in 2007, many told us we would never find 40 business leaders younger than 40. We thought otherwise. Indeed, we have found more than 200. Their achievements represent both the current dynamism of the North Bay and the promise of the economy in the future.

—Brad Bollinger, Associate Publisher, Editor in Chief

Forty Under 40 alumni network on LinkedIn

The Business Journal has created an exclusive forum for winners of its Forty Under 40 awards over the years. This discussion group on the business-oriented social network LinkedIn grew out of conversations with alums. They wanted a place where young leaders like themselves could discuss issues, challenges and share information — but only with their peers.

Forty Under 40 winners

2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

2013

read profiles of the winners

Tiffany Bagala, Sonic.net, Inc.
Alan Biggi, Dal Poggetto & Company, LLP
Sara Brandenburg, Royal Petroleum
Erin Carlstrom, City of Santa Rosa/Le + Pelletier LLP
Jeff Carniglia, Burr Pilger Mayer, Inc.
Ana Carreno, La Tortilla Factory
Anthony Cipolla, Cipolla Financial & Insurance Services
Aleia Coate, Sonoma Bank
Antonia Garza, Antonia E. Garza
David Guhin, City of Santa Rosa
Fasih Hameed, Petaluma Health Center
John Heffner, Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty
Drea Helfer, DH Wine Compliance LLC
Melinda Hepp, Blattel Communications
Evan Hershey, Umpqua Investments, Inc.
Andrea Krout, County of Sonoma
Jessica Link, Robert Young Winery
Ryan Marruffo, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Jason Martin, Unger Construction
Cory McCormick, Wright Contracting Inc.
Craig Miller, 6th Street Playhouse
Tiffani Montgomery, Smith Dollar, PC
Joshua Moore, Pisenti & Brinker LLP
Tiffany Oliver, St. Joseph Health
Alfredo Pedroza, City of Napa/Mechanics Bank
Shannon Rake, Sports City
Steve Sangiacomo, Sangiacomo Family Vineyards
Bria Schlottman, Kaiser Permanente, San Rafael
Marcus Seiden, River Road Vineyards
Carmen Sinigiani, Demeo, Demeo & West
Sara Thompson, Métier, Ltd.
Dory Timko, Kaiser Permanente, Santa Rosa
Aaron Tompkins, Moss Adams LLP
Lacey Torkelson Smith, Wells Fargo Insurance
Wrynn Valentine Reynoso, Redwood Credit Union
Donnie Varner, VinoPRO
Jennifer Welch, Novato Police Department
Matt Welty, Welty Welty PC
Cristina & Michelle Wilson, Oh La Loft LLC
Yi Yang, Summit Engineering, Inc.
Scott Zapotocky, Paul Hobbs Winery

2011

Read profiles of the winners

Dustin Ballard, MD, Kaiser Permanente San Rafael
Andrea Ballus, Sift Cupcake & Dessert Bar
Robert Bradley, Bradley Real Estate
Emily Buller, American Red Cross — Sonoma & Mendocino Counties
Gregory Cho, Morgan Stanley/Smith Barney
Angela Colombo, Assemblymember Jared Huffman, 6th District
Mike Cook, Michael A. Cook Landscape Architect
Chris Denny and Daniel Sartin, both of The Engine is Red
Jim Dickey, Cinquini & Passarino, Inc.
Nick Donovan, Gaw Van Male
Brian Foster, Cassidy Turley BT Commercial and Terranomics
Matt Franklin, Zepponi & Co
Erik Gammon, LEMO USA Inc.
Lisa Gammon, Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa
Johnna Gattinella, Revolution Moto Inc./Wine Country Vespa
Neal Gottlieb, Three Twins Ice Cream
Cristi Hegranes, Global Press Institute
Elaina Hunt, Summit State Bank
Marko Karakasevic, Charbay Winery & Distillery
Lindsay Kroll, Cake Plate
Matt Martin, Social Advocates for Youth
Shannon McConnell, Sonic.net, Inc.
Timothy McGaughey, Baldwin, McGaughey & Co. CPA’s
Mike McGuire, Sonoma County Supervisor, District 4
Dave Peterson, Keegan & Coopin Company, Inc.
Alissia Pope, Burr Pilger Mayer
Kerry Rego, Kerry Rego Consulting
Michael Ricioli, Moss Adams LLP
Chris Robine, SPG Solar Inc.
Lisa Rogelstad, Star Staffing
Todd Salnas, St. Joseph Health System-Sonoma County
Orhan Sarabi, Fusion Fitness; The Santa Rosa Marathon
Tim Schram, Adobe Associates, Inc.
Will Seppi, French Costeaux Bakery and Cake
Katrina Thurman, West County Community Services
Joshua Townsend, Pacific Gas & Electric
John Truchard, John Anthony Vineyards
Colin Turek, Sonoma Homecare
Amy Vaccari, Métier Ltd.
Gregory J. Walsh,
Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty

2012

Read profiles of the winners

Nicole Arnone, Cipolla Financial & Insurance Services
Amy Berliner, Amy’s Kitchen
Lorna Brown, My Gym Santa Rosa
Ariel Ceja, Bistro Sabor
Alicia Cerruti, Pisenti & Brinker
Scott Cheeseman, Phillips Tile
Anthony Cinquini, Cinquini & Passarino, Inc.
Maureen Cottingham, Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers
Michelle Crosbie, Dal Poggetto & Company, LLP
Zack Darling, Creative Associates
Steve Distler, Carpe Diem Wine Bar
Aleisha Dobbins, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
Roger Farrell, Integrity Construction Maintenance, Inc.
Jason Glazier, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Anna Guhin, Three Dog Yoga
Keith Hitman, Summit Technology Group, Inc.
Jennielynn Holmes Davis, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa
Robert Jacob, Peace in Medicine
Shawn Jensen, Moss Adams LLP
Mike Kallhoff, United Way of the Wine Country
Stephanie Kendall, Carpe Diem Wine
Dan Kosta, Kosta Browne Winery
Karissa Kruse, Argot Wines/Onit Consulting, LLC
Naveen Kumar, MD, The Kaiser Permanente San Rafael
Ethan Lee, Burr Pilger Mayer
Eric Lucan, City of Novato
Connor Massey, Gaw Van Male
Jana McClelland, McClelland’s Dairy
Laura Norton, Redwood Regional Medical Group
Danielle O’Leary, City of Santa Rosa
Oscar Pardo, Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz, LLP
Bryce Pattison, Royal Petroleum
Lino Ramos, Infineon Raceway
Sara Randall, PDI Surgery Center
Heather Resseger, RN, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
Michael Riel, M.A. Silva USA
Edward Rosa, Insight Computing LLC
Heather Mackin, Trope Group
Kelly Steele Jordan, Nelson Staffing
Anthony Truchard, Truchard Vineyards
Olivia Walton-Travis, Liv Fashion Boutique Inc.
Rick Wells, San Rafael Chamber of Commerce
Anita Wiglesworth, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
Tim Zahner, Sonoma County Tourism Bureau

2009

Read profiles of the winners

Joe Bartolomei, Farmhouse Inn and Restaurant
Kelly Bass, Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce
Ryan Beach, Sonoma Bank
Amy Bolten, Sonoma County Water Agency
Jason Brabo, TLCD Architecture
Adam Brown, Disability Services and Legal Center
Trevor Buck, NAI BT Commercial Real Estate
Rob Cantu, Western Builders
Jeff Carlton, Dutton Ranch and Vineyards Inc.
Tim DeGraff, WRA
Bridget Doherty, Cal-West Rentals Inc.
Ted Grafe, Burr Pilger Mayer
Marc Hagenlocher, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
Justin Hansel, Hansel Auto Group
Abdul Harris, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
Eric Harrison, United Way of the Wine Country
Christina Hollingsworth, Pisenti & Brinker LLP
Shayne Hughes, Learning as Leadership
Kristen Ingersoll, Beyers Costin
Aaron Jobson, Quattrocchi Kwok Architects
Cassie Johnson, Delphiteam.com/inc. and Delphi
Scott Kincaid, First Community Bank
Richard Kirby, Kirby Construction Co. Inc.
Tiffany Kuehl, Napa Electric
Josh McGarva, Construction Exchange and Western Water Constructors
Renee Mengali, Mengali Accountancy
Chad Meyer, GMW/Soutirage
Courtney Millstone, Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center
Ramin Ramhormozi, Shopping Stand Inc.
Jenny Romeyn, Cupcake, a boutique for the trendy tot
Mike Ryan, Wells Fargo Insurance Services
Allison Schutte, Hanson Bridgett
Dean Smith, Pace Supply
Rebecca Taylor-Ford, Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center
Kelvin Tetz, Moss Adams LLP
Richard Thomas, Medtronic
Pedro Toledo, Redwood Community Health Coalition
Ulises Valdez, Valdez & Sons Vineyard Management
Darren Wong, Fountaingrove Golf & Athletic Club
Michelle Zyromski, Zyromski Konicek LLP

2010

Read profiles of the winners

Clay Angel, Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center
Michelle Ausburn, Moss Adams
Nate Bisbee, TLCD Architecture
Kadin Blonski, Lanahan and Reilley
Jefferson Buller, Bank of America
Linda Chavez, Safety & Environmental Compliance Associates; Chavez Family Cellars
Karen Cividanes, Optio Solutions
Geoff Coleman, BKF/Carlenzoli; Santa Rosa Junior College
Jason Cunningham, West County Health Centers
Patrick Donohue, Scott Technology Group
Dylan Dupre, SPG Solar
Jason Ehn, Redwood Credit Union
Judd Finkelstein, Judd’s Hill
Brian Finnegan, Burr Pilger Mayer
Dominic Foppoli, Foppoli Wines; W Real Estate; Pureland USA/China
Michael Green, Abbey Weitzenberg Warren & Emery
Jeremy Greer, West Coast Solar Energy
Nate Gulbransen, West Coast Solar Energy
Susan Hansen, 4-H Foundation of Sonoma County
Mike Harris, CrossCheck
Steve Jannicelli, Moss Adams
Jessica Jauregui, St. Joseph Health System
Bob Just, St. Joseph Health System
Geoff Kruth, The Farmhouse; Guild of Sommeliers
Ken Kurtzig, iReuse
Carol Larson, Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center
Kevin McGee, Jackson Enterprises; Healdsburg Beer Co.
Dustin McMullen, Lavid Designs
Dustin Mowe, Portocork
James Nevin, Brayton Purcell
Carlos Perez, Bike Monkey
Chris Reiter, Woodruff Sawyer & Company
Ylisa Sanford Seymour, Sanford, Jigalin & Seymour, a financial advisory branch of Ameriprise Financial
Michelle Scanlon, Brown & Brown of Northern California
Nicole Smartt, Star Staffing
William Soper, Beels Soper
Marcos Suarez, Prominent Realtors
Jana Trout Wacholz, Wild Oak Saddle Club
Amber Twitchell, California Human Development
Rich Vitali, Coordinated Project Installations
Randy Waller, W Real Estate, 5th Street Financial

2007

Marcus Benedetti, Clover Stornetta
Melissa Bradley, Melissa Bradley Real Estate
Naomi Brilliant, Roshambo
Efren Carrillo, Redwood Credit Union, now Sonoma County Fifth District Supervisor
Lisa Codding, Codding Enterprises
Walter Collins, United Way of the Wine Country
Rhonda Deringer, Odyssey Development Co. and Keegan & Coppin
Dan Drohan, Sunset Aviation
Jeremy Epperson, Apex Aviation
Holly Finkelstein, Judd’s Hill
Erik Fowler, V. Dolan Trucking Co.
Barry Friedman, Friedman’s Home Improvement
Angie Grainger, Exchange Bank
Ryan Gregory, Riechers Spence & Associates
Tallia Hart, San Rafael Chamber of Commerce
Mark Inman, Taylor Maid Farms
Dane Jasper, Sonic.net
John Jordan, Jordan Winery
Chris Krankemann, Lanahan & Reilley
Vikram Lal, Metropolis Label
Michael Matsumoto, Kaiser Permanente
Kimberly Meredith, St. Helena and Redbud Community hospitals
Jeff Mezzetta, GL Mezzetta
Steven Morales, Sutter North Coast Region
Ron Moresco, Moresco Distributing Co.
Craig Nordby, Nordby Construction
Christopher Paris, Burr Pilger Mayer
Christina Pratt, Trope Group
Vanessa Robledo, Robledo Family Wines
Lisa Wittke-Schaffner, Sonoma County Alliance and Healdsburg City Council
August Sebastiani, Don Sebastiani & Sons
Don Sebastiani Jr., Don Sebastiani & Sons
J. David Siembieda, CrossCheck
Suzanne Smith, Sonoma County Transportation Authority
Jon Stout, Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport
Scott Stranzl, Basin Street Properties
Sam Tamayo, La Tortilla Factory
Kevin Teague, Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty
Che Voigt, L3 Sonoma
Ronald Wargo, Freidemann Goldberg LLP