Forty under 40

Age 27  |  Client service executive, Holmes Murphy and Associates Inc.

When Nataliya Boychenko was 17 years old, she came to Iowa from Ukraine in search of the American dream.

Needless to say, she found …

Age 36 | Attorney, Brown Winick law firm

Rebecca Brommel is an attorney specializing in civil litigation at the BrownWinick law firm in Des Moines, where she first went to work as a clerk in …

Age 36 | Attorney, Brown Winick law firm


Catherine Cownie is an attorney who has developed an expertise in complex corporate securities law. She knows her way around the biofuels industry, too, but it is …

Age 37 | President and CEO of Vending Services Inc.

Spencer Cox left a cushy job as a financial consultant at Smith Barney to pursue his entrepreneurial dreams during the worst financial crisis in decades. …

Age 33 | Senior partner, landscape architect, RDG Planning & Design

Life for Scott Crawford is all about work and family.

His commitment to both has caught the attention of colleagues at RDG Planning & …

Age 32 | Vice president of marketing, Wells Fargo Bank NA 

Tony Dickinson calls his leadership philosophy “the triple threat,” patterned after the ideal basketball position that enables a player to shoot, pass or dribble. …

Age 39 | President, Mercy Foundation

Shannon Duval was first introduced to the idea of philanthropy as a vocation when she was a graduate student at Indiana University and received a graduate assistantship at the …

Age 37 | Vice president for regional business development, Greater Des Moines Partnership

After studying chemistry at Iowa State University, Meg Fitz moved to southern Texas, where she worked in a hospital pharmacy. But she …

Age 36 | Chief operating officer, McLellan Marketing Group

Tim Hayes has been called a natural leader.

Hayes has worked at McLellan Marketing Group (MMG) for 14 years, where he has worked his way from …

Age 39 | President, career and executive coach, MAP Professional Development Inc.

Christi Hegstad is focused on helping others live with no regrets.

That’s the goal of her work as an executive coach in the …