Flathead Valley '20 under 40' winners announced
At lunchtime on Tuesday, 20 of the most impressive young people in the valley were recognized before a crowd of several hundred at June’s Kalispell Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Red Lion Hotel.
The annual “20 under 40” awards are presented by the Daily Inter Lake in partnership with the Chamber.
This year, 115 nominations were submitted for 98 different candidates. A pre-selection committee made up of last year’s awardees narrowed the list to 50, after which a final selection committee picked the winning 20 young professionals.
“It is quite a task to go through and look at all the nominations of all these young people,” said Daily Inter Lake Publisher Rick Weaver, who was on the selection committee. “They were all worthy.”
Here is a list of this years “20 under 40” award winners:
- Dulcie Berube, president, Berube Physical Therapy, Inc.
- Robert Gambino, head brewer/co-owner, Sacred Waters Brewing Company
- Rebecca Powell, program director, Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation
- Courtenay Sprunger, owner, Big Sky Public Relations
- Morgan Cawdrey, owner/manager, Cypress Yard, LLC
- Cody Bartholomew, RN clinical manager, Kalispell Regional Healthcare
- Cassie Baldelli, owner, Glacier Raft Company
- Chance Barrett, market president, Rocky Mountain Bank
- Brittany McGillvray, owner, Made of Mountains
- Maggie Neal Doherty, co-owner, Kalispell Brewing Company
- Kimberly Christianson, nurse administrator, Loyal Care
- Perrey Sobba, owner, Space Pilates and Sobba Cycles
- Katy Croft, owner, Eclipse Tax & Accounting
- Emily von Jentzen, attorney, Kaufman, Vidal, Hileman & Ellingson P.C.
- Amanda Beer, diagnostic radiologist, Northwest Imaging
- Paul Sullivan, attorney/partner, Measure, Sampsel, Sullivan & O’Brien P.C.
- Vanessa Kercher, wellness coach, Summit Medical Fitness Center
- Christopher Udall, CEO, founder, Rebuild for Peace
- Cayla Johnson, commercial credit analyst, Glacier Bank
- Matt Jensen, Superintendent, Bigfork School District
The Inter Lake partnered with the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce and the Flathead Area Young Professionals in coordinating “20 under 40.” Whitefish Credit Union was a major sponsor of the awards program. Look for the winners in a special section in today’s paper.