
The annual 40 Under 40 honors 40 of the most successful and civic-minded young professionals under the age of 40 in the Greater Madison area. Below, you’ll find members of the 2021 class, with names and companies at the time of induction.

Lesley Chapin
Pauquette Center for Psychological Services

Paul Christensen
1901 Inc.

Eric Christoffersen
Grams & Christoffersen S.C.

Megan Diaz-Ricks
Common Wealth Development

Kevin Femal
EMS Industrial Inc.

Chris Fernandez
EnsoData

Makda Fessahaye
City of Milwaukee

Kingsley Gobourne
UnityPoint Health-Meriter; Artemis Provisions and Cheese

Lindsey Hamielec
M3 Insurance

Brett Hansen
Hansen Home Team – Stark Company Realtors

Katie Hepler
Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin

Joshua Holt
Keller Williams Realty

Wendy Jirsa
Capitol Bank

Danielle M. Johnson
Neider & Boucher S.C.

Josh Klemons
Reverbal Communications LLC

Jared Klingeisen
Medable

Jordan Kosnick
Northwestern Mutual Kosnick Financial Group

Jeffrey Lamb
Wealth Distribution Strategies LLC

Meghan Leatherman
American Family Insurance

Dawn Mullarney
State Bank of Cross Plains

Saran Ouk
ConNEXTions Inc.

Gina Patel
Patel Kwan Consultancy LLC

Amos Pearson
Monona Bank

Gaurav Pranami
Imbed Biosciences Inc.

Elisa Romanowich
Craig’s Cake Shop

Peter Saindon
J.H. Findorff & Son Inc.

Tanya Salman
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Jessica Sarbacker
State Bank of Cross Plains

Rachel E. Sattler
Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc.; Dane County Multi Agency Center Inc.

Greg Scalzo
Good Karma Brands

Isaac Showaki
Octopi

Megan Simmons
BOSS (Building Opportunities for Student Success)

Daniel Allen Sims
Salvation Army – Wisconsin & Upper Michigan Division

Philip Smith
Aberdean Consulting LLC

Jay Thomsen
Vogel Bros. Building Co.

Steve Ticknor
United Way of Dane County

Megan Vander Wyst
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin

Phillip Waara
eCIO Inc.

Ryan Waite
Neckerman Insurance Services

Carrie Waters Schmidt
Equanimity Wealth Planning and Investing