A chief financial officer, a fire department chief and an ER doctor and are among a group of 40 people in Oswego County who will receive the 2013 Forty Under 40 award.
More than 200 people are expected to attend a breakfast event that will honor those individuals. They are younger than 40 years of age and have been selected from a pool of 77 nominations, a record number. This is the fourth time the Oswego County Forty Under 40 to take place.
The breakfast — billed as "Breakfast Tribute to Our Community's Next Generation of Leaders" — will take place at 8 a.m., Tuesday, June 11, at the newly built Lake Ontario Conference Center at 26 E. First St., Oswego
TV personality Jackie Robinson, an anchorwoman who recently retired as anchor of Action News 3 Today in Central New York (WSTM NBC3) in Syracuse, will host the program.
The event is open to the public. A limited number of tickets is still available. Ticket price is $30 per person and it can be purchased by calling 342-8020.
"Forty Under 40" has been organized by Oswego County Business magazine and sponsored by Pathfinder Bank, Oswego Health, SUNY Oswego and Bond, Schoeneck & King Attorneys.
The event's goal is to recognize those in the community who are under 40 years of age and who have made a difference in the community and have achieved professional success.
Five community leaders selected the recipients: Marion Cicciarelli, Oswego Health; Jeff Grimshaw, SUNY Oswego; Beth Hilton, Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce; Scott DelConte, Bond, Schoeneck and King, PLLC; and, Robert Butkowski, Pathfinder Bank.
Among the criteria used in the selection process were professional accomplishment, civic leadership, community work and achievements/awards.
Honorees are listed below by alphabetical order:
Alyssa Amyotte
SUNY Oswego
Atom Avery
Avery Rental Properties, LLC
Michael C.Backus
Oswego County Government
Brian Benoit
Entergy-James A. FitzPatrick NPP
Eric Campbell
Oswego Health
Holly DeMar
Oswego Health
Lisa Emmons
Mother Earth Baby, LLC
Jerry Emmons
Oswego Hospital
Melissa Fleischmann
Rural/Metro
Ariane Hamblin-Smith
Black Creek Animal Clinic
Carolyn Handville
OCO Cancer Services
Marissa Hanlon
Gentiva Home Health
Michael Howard, Jr.
Oswego Middle School
Aimee Johnson
Oswego County FCU
Brian Katzman
Town of Oswego Fire Commissioner
Michael Kearns
Entergy-James A. FitzPatrick NPP
Vince Lobdell, Jr.
Healthway Corp.
Sara Malone
Entergy-James A. FitzPatrick NPP
Joe McManus
Pathfinder Bank
Douglas M. McRae
Bond, Schoeneck, King, PLLC
Dawn Metott
Oswego County Youth Bureau
Jacob A. Mulcahey
Pinnacle Builders USA, Inc.
Melissa Noel
Northern Oswego County Health Services
Kristin L. Norfleet
Smith, Sovik, Kenfrick & Sugnet P. C.
Melissa Paestella
SUNY Oswego
Kathryn Pagliaroli
Oswego Health
Benjamin Parker
SUNY Oswego
Lauren A. Pistell
Richard S. Shineman Foundation
Courtney S. Radick
APFW Law
Aaron Roth
Northwestern Mutual
Jonnathan Shaver
Constellation Energy
Kimberly A. Steele
The Steele Law Firm, P.C.
Sarah Therrien
Oswego Middle School
Aaron Thorpe
Vanguard Research & Title Service, Inc.
Julie Trepasso-Warren
Oswego County Department of Health
Chena Tucker
SUNY Oswego
Bill Wadsworth
Bistro 197
Patricia Waters
SUNY Oswego
Brooks Wright
KBM Management
Timothy Yager
SUNY Oswego
