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40 Under 40 | 2019

    By
  • Jay Schlichter
  • October 17, 2019
Patrick Wilke, 35

Owner and operator, Carbon Press

    By
  • Jay Schlichter
  • October 17, 2019
Rafael Feliciano, 30

Co-founder and CEO, Food Idea Group

    By
  • Jay Schlichter
  • October 17, 2019
Dr. Sarah Eccles-Brown, 37

Ophthalmologist and partner, Elmquist Eye Group

    By
  • Jay Schlichter
  • October 17, 2019
Patience Rodriguez, 38

Director of owner and guest relations and senior reservation coordinator, Select Vacation Properties

    By
  • Jay Schlichter
  • October 17, 2019
Andrea Pleimling Smith, 35

Partner at Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice & Purtz, P.A.

    By
  • Grier Ferguson
  • October 17, 2019
Nathan Kalin, 28

President, Cruise Car

    By
  • Grier Ferguson
  • October 17, 2019
Matthew Plummer, 37

Managing partner, Blalock Walters

    By
  • Grier Ferguson
  • October 17, 2019
Amanda Parrish, 32

Director of business and marketing, Fawley Bryant Architecture

    By
  • Grier Ferguson
  • October 17, 2019
Andy Guz, 38

CEO, Lakewood Ranch Medical Center

    By
  • Grier Ferguson
  • October 17, 2019
Emmalee Legler, 33

Director of marketing and operations, Jon F. Swift Construction

    By
  • Grier Ferguson
  • October 17, 2019
Genevieve Casagrande, 26

President and chief operating officer, SeaSucker

    By
  • Grier Ferguson
  • October 17, 2019
Sarah Kitlowski, 35

President and chief operating officer, Omeza

    By
  • Traci McMillan Beach
  • October 17, 2019
Erin Meagher, 36

CEO and Founder, Beneficial Blends

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