Meet the 40 Under Forty Class of 2025
SPRINGFIELD — The 40 Under Forty class of 2025 has been announced by BusinessWest. This year, we honor:
- Olivia Calcasola, Tax Supervisor, Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C.
- Tatiana Cole, Business Connector and Coach, Free to Flourish, LLC
- Sherleen Crespo, Vice President, Branch Manager, and Mortgage Specialist, Westfield Bank
- Chelsea Depault, Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer, Greenfield Cooperative Bank
- Amber Estelle, Clinical Director, YWCA of Western Massachusetts
- Paris Felogloy, School-age Childcare Director and Camp Director, Franklin County YMCA
- Mo Freniere, Deputy Director of Sales, Eastern States Exposition
- Koby Gardner-Levine, Regional Manager, Office of Congressman Jim McGovern
- Diana Guzman, Vice President of Human Resources, YWCA of Western Massachusetts
- Angela Hansberry, Financial Planning Assistant, the Jamrog Group
- Brenton Jenkins, Founder, Vision Entertainment
- Tashea Jenkins, Executive Director, One Village Inc.
- Sarah Lapolice, Tax Department Manager, Burkhart Pizzanelli, P.C.
- Shannon Lynch, Assistant Vice President of Compliance, Mount Holyoke College
- Dr. Nathan Macedo, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School – Baystate; Associate Program Director, Greenfield Family Medicine Residency Program
- Liz Martinek, EMS Coordinator, Baystate Health
- Mia McDonald, Senior Associate, Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C.
- Jessica Menard, Advanced Practice Clinician Manager of Care Delivery, Education, and Training, Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Kate Minifie, Farm & Food Products Program Director, Western Massachusetts Food Processing Center
- Jason Moran, President, Morduct, LLC
- Dr. Divya Mudumba, Practice Owner, Smileworks Family Dentistry and Palmer Smiles
- Marc Murphy, Co-owner, Lock and Key Realty
- Geoff Naunheim, Executive Director, United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region
- Brigid Owino, Birth and Postpartum Doula and Childbirth Educator, Perinatal Wellness Partners
- Kerry Parsons, Service Operations Manager, Colonial Life
- Jennifer Reynolds, Project Manager, Tighe & Bond
- Catherine Rioux, Assistant Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer, Monson Savings Bank
- Lidia Rodríguez, CEO, Rewarding Insurance Agency
- Kashawn Sanders, President and CEO, Follow My Steps Foundation Inc.
- Davis Snow, Program Supervisor, Hampden County Sheriff’s Office
- Nicole Taylor, Senior Marketing Specialist, Trinity Health Of New England
- Savannah Taylor, Director of Editorial, EBONY
- Tori Thompson, Vice President, Head of Internal Audit, PeoplesBank
- Kerri Tichy, Senior Director of Philanthropy, Shriners Children’s New England
- Vadim Tulchinsky, Partner, Director of Acquisitions, Urbanist Development
- Dr. Allison van der Velden, CEO, Community Health Center of Franklin County
- Mydalis Vera, Owner, Guerrera Writer LLC
- Matt Waldrip, Manager, Licensing & Permitting, Eversource
- Elizabeth Wambui, Director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Impact, Fontaine Brothers Inc.
- Janna White, Director, Five College Center for World Languages
Their stories will be featured in the April 28 issue of BusinessWest, now published digitally at https://businesswest.com/issues/april-28-2025/#p=1
The awards gala will take place on Thursday, June 19 at 5:00 p.m. at the MassMutual Center in Springfield. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, April 25, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.
The 40 Under Forty program was launched in 2007 to honor young professionals in Western Massachusetts, not only for their career achievements, but for their service to the community. Winners hail from a host of different industries. Many are advancing the work of long-established businesses, while others have created their own entrepreneurial opportunities.
For more information, call Natasha Mercado-Santana, Marketing and Events manager, at (413) 781-8600, ext. 100, or email mercado@businesswest.com.
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