Rising Stars Class of 2015
Vermont Business Magazine is proud to announce the winners of its Rising Stars recognition award. The list is comprised of 40 winners under the age of 40. Award recipients were selected by a panel of judges for their commitment to business growth, professional excellence and involvement in their communities. Vermont Business Magazine honored Vermont’s most accomplished…
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Vermont Business Magazine is proud to announce the winners of its Rising Stars recognition award. The list is comprised of 40 winners under the age of 40. Award recipients were selected by a panel of judges for their commitment to business growth, professional excellence and involvement in their communities.
Vermont Business Magazine honored Vermont’s most accomplished young leaders at the Rising Stars dinner on November 10th. The dinner was be held at the DoubleTreeHotel in South Burlington. The honorees will also be featured in the November issue of Vermont Business Magazine.
FAST FACTS: Of the 40 honorees, there are 20 men and 20 women. There are 17 from Chittenden County, 9 from Rutland County, 6 from Washington County, 3 from Franklin County , 2 from Windham County, 1 from Caledonia County, 1 from Addison County and 1 from Bennington County. The largest county increase was Chittenden County, up 4 from 2015. The average age of the winners is 33 years old. The oldest is 39 and the youngest is 22 years old.
Winners
| Allyson Bartlett | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont | |
| Andrew Brown | Vermont Student Assistance Corporation | |
| Katie Budreski | Stone Environmental, Inc. | |
| Alex Bunten |
The Charlotte News Inc. |
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| Tori Carton |
Hotel Vermont |
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| Ryan Christiansen | Caledonia Spirits | |
| Alison Kosakowski Conant | Vermont Agency of Agriculture | |
| Faye Conte | Hunger Free Vermont | |
| Cara Cookson | Vermont Center for Crime Victims Services | |
| Sivan Cotel |
Stonecutter Spirits |
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| Jessica Dennison |
Vermont Manufacturing Services, Inc. |
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| Nicole Densmore |
Rutland Recreation & Parks Department |
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| Jared Duval |
Vt Department of Economic Development |
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| Zachariah Fike |
Purple Hearts Reunited |
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| Gwen Flewelling |
O’Brien Shortle Reynolds & Sabotka, PC |
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| Ali Freeman | WCAX-TV | |
| Mark Frier |
The Reservoir Restaurant & Tap Room/The Bench |
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| Andrew Godin | Godin Farm | |
| William Gormly | Mountain Cider Company | |
| David Gurtman |
Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew PC |
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| Paul Heintz | Seven Days | |
| Melinda Humphrey |
Green Mountain Power |
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| Naila Jahan | Middlebury College | |
| Kendra Kenney | Donahue & Associates | |
| Abbi Kiley | VSECU | |
| Jamison Kimberly |
Vermont Economic Development Authority |
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| Ben Kinnaman | Greensea | |
| Annie Mackin |
Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems |
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| Nick Managan | Cabot Creamery Cooperative | |
| Andrew Pearce |
Andrew Pearce |
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| Korrine Rodrigue |
University of Miami/Project VISION |
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| Steven Roy | Wiemann Lamphere Architects | |
| Joshua Schwartz | Mad River Valley Planning District | |
| Jon Skates |
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. |
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| Sas Stewart |
Stonecutter Spirits |
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| Lyz Tomsuden | Downtown Rutland Partnership | |
| Brian Townsend | Vermont Agency of Education | |
| Amanda Wheeler |
EightZero2 and PEG TV |
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| Sarah Wojcik |
Ski Vermont / Vermont Ski Areas Association |
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| Andrew Wood |
Vermont Agricultural Credit Corporation |
