Albany Area Chamber Announces 2019 ‘Albany Under 40’ Finalists
Friday, July 26th, 2019
The Albany Area Chamber of Commerce today announced the finalists of the 2019 Albany Under 40 awards, a program that honors and celebrates the Albany Area’s emerging leaders and professionals in a variety of business sectors, each representing a component of the area’s diversified talent pool and economy.
“The Albany Area is home to young leaders who are making their mark through excellence in their professions, through their innovation and through their commitment to building a stronger region,” said Bárbara Rivera Holmes, president and CEO of the Albany Area Chamber. “We’re honored to recognize these diverse, outstanding professionals and proud they’ve chosen to live, work and invest in the Albany Area.”
Nominations for Albany Under 40 were sought from the public. Finalists were considered from among the nominees who applied, and were selected, following selections criteria, by a panel of volunteer judges.
Finalists will be recognized at the Albany Under 40 Awards Reception on August 22 at The Flint, downtown Albany’s newest restaurant and special events venue. Category winners will be announced at the reception. The 2019 Albany Under 40 Young Professional of the Year, selected by the volunteer panel from among the category winners, will be announced at the Albany Area Chamber’s 110th annual meeting on January 16, 2020.
Arts, Entertainment, Culinary Arts, Events, Tourism & Hospitality
Jessica Nicole Dorsey, IHeart Media
Lindsey Stewart, Deerfield-Windsor School
Santayana V. Harris, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany
Civics, Defense, Government & Public Affairs
Ginger Faircloth, Georgia Department of Labor
Jeffrey Cooley Jr., Marine Corps Logistics Command
Kathryn Dunnam Harden, Hall Booth Smith P.C.
Financial & Insurance Services
Adam Hutchins,Hutchins Clenney Rumsey Huckaby P.C.
Taylor Jenkins, Flint Community Bank
Victor C. Sullivan IV, Sullivan Wealth Management Group/Wells Fargo Advisors
Journalism, Marketing & Public Relations
Brandy Church, Albany Area Primary Health Care
Kerri Copello, Fox 31 News
Morgan Burnette, Chehaw
Legal
Ben Haggerty, Gardner Willis Sweat Plaire & Wilson
Elicia Nicole Hargrove, Office of Public Defender Dougherty County Judicial Circuit
Robert Louis Douglas III, Mauldin & Jenkins
Manufacturing, Service Industries, Energy & Architecture
Mike Gonzalez, Pro Outdoors
Nick Cribb, Sam Service
Medicine & Health Care
Dr. Jordan Knoefler, Phoebe Orthopedics
Lisa Yvonne Stephens, Albany Technical College
Dr. Purvis Collier II, Albany Area Primary Healthcare
Non-Profit
MCarla J. Hawkins, Queens-R-Us
Mary Martinez-Allen, Lily Pad SANE Center
Shaundra McCloud-Stephens, Liberty House of Albany
Sports, Wellness & Fitness
Jacqueline Nicholson, Albany State University
Technology
Chakea L. Robinson-Shaw, Albany Technical College
John L. Dawson Jr., city of Albany
Youth & Education
Dorcas Zipporah Hardwick, Dougherty County School System
Jacqueline Entz Shores, Chehaw
Rose Love, P3 Legacy Foundation
Finalists will be honored at the Albany Under 40 Awards Reception on August 22, 2019. Register at albanyga.com.
