The 2025 awards event will be on April 18 at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with a cocktail hour, and the dinner/program will begin at 7 p.m. with music and dancing following the awards and dinner.

Tickets are available on MyAlaskaTix.com. Individual seats are $180, and table sponsorships are $2,000.

The Alaska Journal of Commerce is pleased to once again recognize a group of outstanding young professionals as the Class of 2025 Top Forty Under 40. We are thrilled to have winners representing Anchorage, Barrow, Fairbanks, Juneau, Kodiak and Palmer.

The 2025 awards event will be on April 18, at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with a cocktail hour, and the dinner/program will begin at 7 p.m. with music and dancing following the awards and dinner.

Tickets are available at MyAlaskaTix.com. Individual seats are $180, and table sponsorships are $2,000.

Our magazine featuring the 2025 class will be released in the April 20 edition of the Alaska Journal of Commerce and the Anchorage Daily News.

For information on event sponsorships or advertising in the Top Forty Under Forty Commemorative magazine, please send an email to topforty@alaskajournal.com.

If the individual you nominated did not make it in the Class of 2025 and they still qualify in 2025, do not hesitate to nominate them again. Nominations for the Class of 2026 will open in September.

Please help us congratulate the following individuals as our Class of 2025.

Top Forty Under 40

Lena Aloysius, 39, Native Village of False Pass, Executive Director

Amanda Ashton, 39, GCI, Commercial Account Manager

Chris Barraza, 39, Anchorage Police Department, Deputy Director, Community Relations Unit

Kristina Beckstead, 35, GCI, Manager Sr, Engineering Delivery, TPE Core Network Infrastructure

Joshua Branstetter, 37, Branstetter Film/Mana LLC, Writer/Filmmaker/Photographer

Mark Burgess, 39, Credit Union 1, President & CEO

Avaiyak Burnell, 39, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, Vice President of North Slope Operations and Enterprise Facilities

Ben Campbell, 37, Campbell Painting and Drywall, Owner

Robert Champion, 38, Brice Pacific LLC, Vice President

Amanda Dermody, 38, Petro Star Inc, Senior Director of Finance and Administration

Jessica Gallagher, 39, Credit Union 1, Director of Corporate Communications

Katherine Gilling, 39, The Aleut Corporation, Vice President of Communications & Marketing

Kelvin Antonio Goode, 38, Meridian Management Inc., Project Manager III

Sam Gottstein, 36, Cashion, Gilmore and Lindemuth, Associate Attorney

Lisa Kangas, 39, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Environmental Coordinator

Monica Lee, 37, Southcentral Foundation, Operations Director, Specialty Division

Jared Lindman, 37, MTA, Director, Product Strategy

Sheila Lomboy, 38, First National Bank Alaska, Lending Unit Team Leader/Vice President

Dr. Elizabeth Millman, 35, PAC Veterinary Services LLC, Veterinarian

Mary Miner, 38, Alaska Growth Capital, Vice President of Community Development

Meghan Muñoz, 33, Alaska Wealth Advisors, Senior Financial Advisor & Partner

Daniel Nicholson, 32, First National Bank Alaska, Commercial Loan Officer

Erin Orchard, 31, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Development Manager

Pearl-Grace Pantaleone, 33, HDR, Senior Communication Strategist

Cameron Poindexter, 39, Choggiung Limited, President & CEO

Chelsea Ray Riekkola, 36, Foley & Pearson, Attorney & Shareholder

Hazel Delos Santos, 31, Bernie’s Bar, Bar Manager

Sarah Schirack, 38, Perkins Coie, Counsel

Katie Scovic, 32, Municipality of Anchorage, Office of the Mayor, Chief of Staff to Mayor Suzanne LaFrance

Jeff Shirley, 38, Bering Straits Native Corporation, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Erika Smith, 39, Credit Union 1, Chief Operating Officer

Dan Smith, 35, USDA Rural Development, State Energy Coordinator

Joe Sonnier, 34, Alaska Community Foundation, Director of Programs & Grants

By Thao, 34, Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center, Behavioral Health Manager

Marvin Weinrick, 32, Anchorage Police Department, Patrol Sergeant/ Team Leader- Crisis Negotiation Unit

Kristine Whitford, 39, Anchorage Fire Department, AFD Lead Dispatcher/EMT

Christina Wilson, 39, Christina Wilson Counseling LLC, Registered Expressive Art Therapist

Forrest Wolf, 39, Alaska State Department of Administration, Legislative Liaison

Sean Walklin, 38, UAF, CTC, Director of Applied Professional Studies / Chair of the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Program

Jenna Wright, 35, Anchorage Economic Development Corporation, President & CEO

Find a list of previous winners here.