Lynchburg Recognizes First Top 20 Under 40 Professionals

Lynchburg Business Magazine, in partnership with the Lynchburg Economic Development Authority and the Young Professionals of Central Virginia, launched the search for Region 2000’s first “Top 20 Under 40” professionals in June.

This year’s Top 20 Under 40 winners were recognized for being: young, innovative, talented, and, most importantly, focused on bettering our community for the greater good of the region as a whole. Nominations were accepted through a public forum and judged by a panel of members from partnering organizations and the business community.

With over 150 publicly-submitted nominations, Lynchburg is full of talented young professionals who have chosen to call the Hill City home, and who have committed themselves to advancing our local business community each and every day.

Here are this year’s Top 20 Under 40:

1. Luke Towles

Banker/Market President for Wells Fargo

2. Amanda Noell Stanley

President/CEO of DePaul Community Resources

3. Rachel Gagen, MD IBCLC

Pediatrician; Founding member and website creator for Live Healthy Lynchburg

4.Wesley R. Fugate

Vice President and Chief of Staff, Secretary of the Board of Trustees at Randolph College

5. Dustin Slightham

CEO/Founder of 434 Marketing

6. Derrick Brown

CEO/Co-Founder of IRON Lives INC.; Assistant Principal of Amherst Middle School

7. Emily Heady

Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Education, Liberty University

8. Daryl Calfee

Director of Marketing & Creative Services at Moore & Giles

9. Chris Devlin

CEO/Founder of Selective Wealth Management

10. Zach Martin

Director of Corporate Sales for Delta Star Inc.

11. Michael Sloan

Founding Partner at overstreet Sloan, PLLC

12. Sarah Quarantotto

Executive Director of Miriam’s House

13. Elizabeth Narehood

Vice President of Technology for Region 2000 Business and Economic Development Alliance

14. Nate Mahanes

Vocational Placement Counselor/Workforce Development Specialist with the Virginia Dept. for Aging and Rehabilitative Services

15. Kacey M. Crabbe

Principal of P.L. Dunbar Middle School for Innovation

16. Anna Bentson

Assistant Director of Economic Development for the City of Lynchburg

17. Beckham A. Stanley

Insurance Agent at Holdren, Eubank & Stanley

18. Rene Ballowe

Operations Coordinator at Genworth

19. Ludovic Lemaitre

Sustainability Coordinator at Randolph College and Property Manager for Norma Stein, Inc.

20. Chad A. Mooney

Attorney at Petty, Livingston, Dawson & Richards, PC