TOP 20 UNDER 40 YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ANNOUNCED
TOP 20 UNDER 40 YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ANNOUNCED
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce, the NELA Young Professionals and BayouLife Magazine are pleased to announce the 2026 Top 20 Twenty Under 40 Young Professional Awards.
The winners are: Jessica Bostic, Feeding Louisiana; Emily Brady, Centric Federal Credit Union; Jiame Brown, The Center for Children & Families; Deano Casola, Dupuy Lincoln Flooring; Lakeysha Doyle, ULM; Liz Gaught, The Center for Children & Families; Ronnie Harrison, Sterlington High School; Nadja Haynie, Louisiana Delta Community College; Kierra Jenkins, Unitech Training Academy; Caleb Johnson, Johnson & Associates Wealth Strategies; James Jay Ludwick, JTL Construction; Taylor Michiels, ULM; Laurie Moore, Blake Wheelis State Farm; Jared Satefiel, PPM Consultants; Emily Stogner, DPR Construction; Logan Thompson, Pinnacle Family Health; Abby Tingle, Discover Monroe-West Monroe; Rebecca Tolbert, Holy Dippers; Courtney Wallace Jr, Neville High School; Jenny Wills, The Woman's Clinic.
Those nominated were 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; Dr. Chris Clark, VCOM of Louisiana; Bethany Rhodes Corona, LSU AgCenter Extension Service; Brooke Daniels, Brown’s Roofing; Adrienne Drago, ULM; Andrew Dye, Dye Brothers Group; Mandi Gaspard, House of Hair Salon & Spa; Adrienne Harrison, Sleep Number Corporate; Nadja Haynie, Louisiana Delta Community College; Luke Hodnett, Lumen Technologies; Kelsey Holland, Workforce Development Board 81; Leah Hudleston, b1Bank; 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; Audra Mahoney, Louisiana Works; Jake Martin, The Ouachita Citizen; Hanna Moore, Forth Insurance; Sarah Pesek, Jim Taylor Auto Group; Kenya Ross, Discover Monroe West Monroe, Gracie Rowton, Level Tech Foundation & Concrete Repair, Dr. Jonathan Scogin, Family Eye Care; Emma Semmes, Forth Insurance; Ty Soileau, Acadian Ambulance; Ahmaad Solmone, ULM; Morgan Staples, JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Talbert, Fresenius Medical Care; Erin Taylor, HerringStones Boutique; Shelby Walker, Ouachita Parish District Attorney's Office; Jonathan Washam, The Washam Agency-Shelter Insurance; Kadeidra Williams, Pinnacle Family Health; 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.
