BusinessWest to Celebrate 40 Under Forty, Announce AAA Winner Tonight
SPRINGFIELD — BusinessWest will celebrate its 20th annual 40 Under Forty program tonight, June 11, with a sold-out gala at the MassMutual Center in Springfield.
The 40 Under Forty program was launched in 2007 to honor young professionals in Western Mass., not only for their career achievements, but for their service to the community. The Alumni Achievement Award (AAA) winner will also be revealed tonight. The AAA was created in 2015 to honor the 40 Under Forty honoree who has most impressively continued and built upon his or her track record of accomplishment.
The 20th annual 40 Under Forty program is presented by PeoplesBank and sponsored by the Dowd Agencies, Mercedes-Benz of Springfield, and the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst. The 12th annual 40 Under Forty Alumni Achievement Award is presented by Baystate Health and Health New England.
This year’s 40 Under Forty honorees are:
• Paul Accorsi Jr., Assistant Vice President, Business Banking Lender, PeoplesBank
• Alexandra Balise, Director of Corporate Strategy, Balise Auto Group
• Felicia Barr, Service Director, Bertera Auto Group
• Anthony Boido, President, TNT Tent and Table Rentals
• Lezlie Braxton Campbell, Deputy Director, Neighbor to Neighbor
• Alicia Brown, English Teacher, John J. Duggan Academy
• Kate Caligaris, Vice President, Human Resources Program Management, Liberty Bank
• Darryl Cole, Global Cyber Product Consultant, Liberty Mutual
• Mychal Connolly Jr., CEO, Realistic CEO
• Steven Costa, First Vice President, C&I Lending, Beacon Bank
• Giancarlo Crivelli, Executive Director, Fishing Friends
• Danielle Delgado, Principal, Brightwood Elementary School
• Mariana DeLobato, Executive Vice President, Chief Delivery Officer, Farm Credit Financial Partners
• April Doroski, Team Leader, Senior Wetland Specialist, Fuss & O’Neill
• Jack Dowd, Partner, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, The Dowd Agencies
• Tom Dowling, Partner-in-Charge, Holyoke, Whittlesey
• Jill Foley, Director of Membership, Massachusetts Society of CPAs
• Evan Garber, Vice President, Anthony L. Cignoli & Associates
• Ted Hanna, Commercial and Residential Realtor, Cohn & Company Real Estate
• Ali Haqq, Center Coordinator, Department of Elder Affairs
• Brooke Jones, Owner, Lovelo Cycle & Strength
• Sara Landaverde, Director of Survivor Advocacy & Outreach Programs, YWCA of Western Massachusetts
• Kylie LaPlante, Deposit Operations Officer, Monson Savings Bank
• Heather Leclerc, Business Partner, Riley Home Realty; Membership & Events Coordinator, Home Builders & Remodelers Assoc. of Western Massachusetts
• Siobhan Matty, Assistant First Vice President, Financial Advisor, St. Germain Investment Management
• Jesse McMillan, Principal, Westfield Middle School
• Jamillah Joy Medina Nova, Community Relations Coordinator, Springfield City Library
• Daniel Miller, Senior Environmental Scientist, Tighe & Bond
• Robyn Miller, Owner, MorningBird Media
• Shannon O’Connell, Facility Manager, The Good Dog Spot
• John Page, Executive Director, Amherst Business Improvement District
• Leanese Ramos, Owner, RCollaborative
• Bianca Romero, Assistant Director of Student Engagement and Residence Life, Adjunct Professor, Bay Path University/Cambridge College
• Corrine Ryan, Managing Attorney – Hampden County, Community Legal Aid
• Aimee Salmon, CEO, Positively Africana by Aimee
• Amanda Shafii, Owner, CopyCat; President, Downtown Northampton Assoc.
• Nicole Stevenson, Vice President, Consumer Lending, PeoplesBank
• Brandon Towle, Executive Director, Camp Words Unspoken
• Yeselie Tulloch, Co-founder, Academic Leadership Assoc.
• Isaac Weiner, Owner, Familiars Coffee & Tea and Florence Pie Bar
This year’s Alumni Achievement Award finalists are:
• James Krupienski, Partner, Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C., 40 Under Forty class of 2010
• Modesto Montero-Forman, Executive Director, Libertas Academy Charter School, 40 Under Forty Class of 2020
• Adam Quenneville, Owner, Adam Quenneville Roofing and Siding, 40 Under Forty Class of 2009
• Ciara Speller, Evening Anchor, WWLP-22 News, 40 Under Forty Class of 2023