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Albany Area Chamber Announces ‘Albany Under 40’ Category Winners

Friday, August 23rd, 2019

The Albany Area Chamber of Commerce recognized the finalists and announced the category winners of the 2019 Albany Under 40 Awards, a program that 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 Barbara 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.”

Twenty-nine finalists were honored at the evening awards reception, held at The Flint in downtown Albany. Eleven category winners, selected from among the finalists, were announced at the event:

  • Arts, Entertainment, Culinary Arts, Events, Tourism & Hospitality: Jessica Nicole Dorsey, IHeart Media

  • Civics, Defense, Government & Public Affairs: Jeffrey Cooley Jr., Marine Corps Logistics Command

  • Financial & Insurance Services: Adam Hutchins,

  • Hutchins Clenney Rumsey Huckaby, P.C.

  • Journalism, Marketing & Public Relations: Brandy Church, Albany Area Primary Health Care

  • Legal: Erica Nicole Hargrove, Office of the Public Defender, Dougherty County Judicial Circuit

  • Manufacturing, Service Industries, Energy & Architecture: Nick Cribb, Sam Services

  • Medicine & Healthcare: Dr. Jordan Knoefler, Phoebe Orthopedics

  • Nonprofit Services: Mary Martinez-Allen, Lily Pad SANE Center

  • Sports, Wellness & Fitness: Jacqueline Nicholson, Albany State University

  • Technology: Chakea L. Robinson-Shaw, Albany Technical College

  • Youth & Education: Jacqueline Entz Shores, Chehaw

Albany Under 40 is sponsored by Albany Under 40 is sponsored by the Albany-Dougherty Economic Development Commission; The Albany Herald; The Flint; Albany Technical College; Albany State University; Albany Area Primary Health Care; Flint Community Bank; Dougherty County School System; Leadership Albany; the City of Albany; Deerfield-Windsor School; Hutchins Clenney Rumsey Huckaby, PC; Phoebe Putney Health System; Georgia Power; Wells Fargo Advisors.

The 2019 Albany Under 40 Young Professional of the Year, selected from among the category winners, will be announced at the Albany Area Chamber 110thannual dinner on January 16, 2020.