62 NOMINATED FOR THE TOP 20 UNDER 40 YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
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62 NOMINATED FOR THE TOP 20 UNDER 40 YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce, the Northeast Louisiana Young Professionals and BayouLife Magazine are pleased to announce the nominations for the 2026 Top 20 Twenty Under 40 Young Professional Awards. The Awards Reception will be held Thursday, July 30th at 5:30 pm at the ULM Bayou Pointe Event Center. The Top 20 will be announced that evening. These individuals are advancing in their careers, active in the community and dedicated to making Northeast Louisiana a better place to live and work.
Those nominated are Emarie Adams, LSBDC at ULM; Darren Amelin Jr, Rayville Recovery; Hartley Waldrop Arendsen, The Good Daze; Reece Aultman, Aultman Volleyball Academy; Vivian Aultman, Aultman Volleyball Academy; Akin Bailey, Goodwill Industries of North Louisiana; Brittany Benton, Resilient Beauty; Anslee Wilson Berry, Hudson Potts, Bernstein, Hudson Title; Jessica Bostic, Feeding Louisiana; Emily Brady, Centric Federal Credit Union; Jiame Brown, The Center for Children & Families; Deano Casola, Dupuy Lincoln Flooring; Dr. Chris Clark, VCOM of Louisiana; Bethany Rhodes Corona, LSU AgCenter Extension Service; Brooke Daniels, Brown’s Roofing; Lakeysha Doyle, ULM; Adrienne Drago, ULM; Andrew Dye, Dye Brothers Group; Mandi Gaspard, House of Hair Salon & Spa; Liz Gaught, The Center for Children & Families; Adrienne Harrison, Sleep Number Corporate; Ronnie Harrison, Sterlington High School; Nadja Haynie, Louisiana Delta Community College; Luke Hodnett, Lumen Technologies; Kelsey Holland, Workforce Development Board 81; Leah Hudleston, b1Bank; Kierra Jenkins, Unitech Training Academy; Caleb Johnson, Johnson & Associates Wealth Strategies; Zach Johnson, KNOE 8 News; Chasity Jones-Cole, IBM-FutureNow Center Monroe; Leslie Kennedy, In Loving Faith; Lacey Kennon, The Center for Children & Families; Hannah Ludwick, Harrison Lilly Realty/JTL Construction; James Jay Ludwick, JTL Construction; Audra Mahoney, Louisiana Works; Jake Martin, The Ouachita Citizen; Taylor Michiels, ULM; Hanna Moore, Forth Insurance; Laurie Moore, Blake Wheelis State Farm; Sarah Pesek, Jim Taylor Auto Group; Kenya Ross, Discover Monroe West Monroe, Gracie Rowton, Level Tech Foundation & Concrete Repair, Jared Satefiel, PPM Consultants; Dr. Jonathan Scogin, Family Eye Care; Emma Semmes, Forth Insurance; Ty Soileau, Acadian Ambulance; Ahmaad Solmone, ULM; Morgan Staples, JPMorgan Chase, Emily Stogner, DPR Construction; Jamie Talbert, Fresenius Medical Care; Erin Taylor, HerringStones Boutique; Logan Thompson, Pinnacle Family Health; Abby Tingle, Discover Monroe-West Monroe; Rebecca Tolbert, Holy Dippers; Shelby Walker, Ouachita Parish District Attorney's Office; Courtney Wallace Jr, Neville High School; Jonathan Washam, The Washam Agency-Shelter Insurance; Kadeidra Williams, Pinnacle Family Health; Jenny Wills, The Woman's Clinic; Destiny Witherington, Centric Federal Credit Union; Taylor Woods, Harrison Lilly Realty; Chelsea Wyatt, Community Rehab.
Sponsors are BayouLife, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Mid South Extrusion, Ochsner LSU Health Monroe, Heard McElroy & Vestal, City of Monroe, NAI Faulk and Foster, b1BANK, KNOE, KTVE, Warrior Media, and The Radio People.
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Top 20 Under 40 Awards Reception – July 30th
