Monthly Archives: October 2018
Andrew Sherburne
Co-founder
FilmScene
AGE: 39
What was your first job?
I opened a candy shop in my tree house when I was 10. I bought in bulk and disobeyed...
Kristen Shaffer
Attorney
Shuttleworth & Ingersoll PLC
AGE: 32
Local mentors?
Jenny Schulz, executive director and attorney at Kids First Law Center, and Caitlin Slessor, attorney at Shuttleworth &...
Sara Sedlacek
Communications & Development Director
The Crisis Center of Johnson County
AGE: 37
What would most people be surprised to learn about you?
I was a very shy kid...
Whitney Russell
Realtor
Urban Acres Real Estate
AGE: 33
Best advice you ever received?
A theater professor once told me, “It doesn’t matter who made the mistake or how something...
Christa Payne
Financial Representative
COUNTRY Financial
AGE: 31
Best advice you ever received?
When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.
Biggest break?
A manager at COUNTRY Financial...
Anna Patty
Owner
Epiphany – Your Creative Spark Inc.
AGE: 38
Who are your local mentors?
Jenifer Vick, fundraising and philanthropy communication certificate coordinator at the University of Iowa.
What would...
Monica Nieves
Vice President of Special Events & Communication
Iowa City/Coralville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
AGE: 31
Best advice you ever received?
“If you can’t be good, be careful.”...
Bhumika Nayak
Senior Systems Engineer
Rockwell Collins
AGE: 33
Biggest break?
Getting a job at Rockwell Collins eight years ago, as that led to me growing professionally and building my...
Adam Moore
Editor & Chief Content Officer
Corridor Business Journal
AGE: 34
Best advice you ever received?
Listen more than you talk.
Biggest break?
Being hired by my former boss Peter Sprague...
Sofia Mehaffey
Community Health & Nutrition Director | Horizons, A Family Service Alliance
Interim Executive Director | Elder Services Inc.
AGE: 34
Who are you local mentors?
My biggest local...