Winners in Top 40 Under 40 Class of 2009 named in 13th annual competition

Young business professionals willing to share their talents by giving back to the community are the backbone of this city’s future.

For the 13th consecutive year, Memphis Business Journal ’s editorial staff had the difficult task of choosing 40 of these professionals under age 40 from a list of more than 200 strong candidates.

In addition to significant career accomplishments, their devotion to giving back to the community through volunteer service is what makes these young men and women shine. They represent a wide range of occupations from a variety of industries, illustrating the diversify of Memphis’ economy.

The 2009 class of MBJ’s Top 40 Under 40 will be honored at a luncheon Nov. 13 at noon at the Hilton Memphis. This year’s awards are sponsored by Christian Brothers University.

This year’s honorees are: Shante K. Avant, Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis; Austin Baker, E-Serv Benefits; Lynn Beegle, Deloitte; Barry ‘Skipper’ Bondurant, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton; Kirk Caraway, Allen, Summers, Simpson, Lillie & Gresham PLLC; Brad Carmony, Homewood Suites by Hilton; Mark Cary, FTN Financial; Chris Conlee, Highpoint Church; Amy de Jongh Curry, University of Memphis; Kimberly Dancy, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; Angie Davis, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC; Amy Dudek, Glankler Brown PLLC; Johnel Angel Evans, Medtronic Spinal & Biologics; Gwyn R. Fisher, MPACT Memphis; Tim Flack, City of Memphis and Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center; Rudy Gay, Memphis Grizzlies; Jennifer Kay Gilbert, HealthChoice LLC; Lucia Heros, Cafe Las Floras; Corey Johnson, Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center; Josh Kahane, Harkavy Shainberg Kaplan & Dunstan; Chris Kelley, Barret School of Banking at Christian Brothers University; John Kinsey, Corptax, Inc.; Sean Lee, Porter-Leath; Ben McCaghren, XMC, Inc.; Gretchen Wollert McLennon, Hyde Family Foundations; Karri Morgan, Target House for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; John Norris, Jackson Lewis LLP; W. Mark Parker, The Parker Investment Group-UBS Financial Services; Andrew Prislovsky, Christian Brothers University; Patrick B. Reilly Jr., CB Richard Ellis Memphis; Cynthia Saatkamp, Hemline Creative Marketing; Mary Catherine Tagg, Destination King; Kia Young Tate, STAR Academy; Lisa Taylor, Greater Memphis Special Olympics; Brian Thompson, Versatile Technology Group; Lori Turner, The RedRover Co. LLC; Brian Waldron, Groundwater Institute at the University of Memphis; Tracey Wilson, Paragon National Bank; Andy Windham, Walker + Associates, Inc.; and Pat Mitchell Worley, Memphis Music Foundation.