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Web posted
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Top 40 Under 40 winners honored
By the Journal of Commerce
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Above: The 2005 Alaska Journal of Commerce and Anchorage Chamber of Commere Top 40 Under 40 award winners were honored at a luncheon at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage, Oct. 10. Left to right are (standing) John Fitzgerald Williams, Josh Pepperd, David Parks, Schawna Thoma,Odin Peter-Raboff, Beth Nordlund, Rep. Lesil McGuire, Capt. Mark Morrell, Deborah Rinckey, Brian Clark, Noelle Hardt, Peter Grunwaldt, Crystal Nygard, Patrick Flynn, Rhonda Gardner, Lt. Michael Convertino, Ryan Stencel, Bill Wielechowski, Jennifer Blake, Heidi Postishek, Carl Sollenberger, Jennifer Schmitz, Shaun Pfeiffer, Laura Phillips, Marc Wheeler, Erick Cordero, PaChai Xiong, (seated) Laura Gerber Bruce, Amy Willis, Kelly Hurd, Cathy Opinsky, Maj. Lourdes Rivera, Mona McAleese, Nathan Johnson, Shannon Brady Garman, Megan Olson, Debbie Cedeno. Unable to attend were Jack Crow, June Ryan and Andrew Teuber.
PHOTOS/Rob Stapleton/AJOC
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At first glance, the distinguished guests at the Hotel Captain Cook on Oct. 10 were a pretty diverse group. Among them were elementary school teachers, an F-16 fighter pilot and a state representative, along with media executives and city employees.
But they did share at least two things in common - they are all rising to the top of their chosen professions and are doing so before their 40th birthday.
A crowd of approximately 360 gathered in Anchorage to honor the 2005 recipients of the Top 40 Under 40 awards at a ceremony hosted by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce. The program, in its eighth year, is a collaborative effort between the chamber and the Alaska Journal of Commerce.
Candidates for the award are nominated by their employers, co-workers or peers and then chosen by a selection committee who had to whittle down the field of nearly 80 to 40. The committee judged the nominees by looking at their achievements in their respective career fields and service to their community and state.
Joining the winners at this year's ceremony was Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich, who assisted in handing out the awards.
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Top 40 award winner Odin Peter-Raboff shares a laugh with Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich at the awards luncheon. Peter-Raboff, 25, co-owns a media company, Yadhii Media, based in Fairbanks.
PHOTOS/Rob Stapleton/AJOC
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Besides being honored at the luncheon, the winners were featured in a special section of the Journal of Commerce, published on Oct. 9.
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