Rising stars honored at LVB’s Forty Under 40 awards ceremony

“Each [honoree] already has made their mark in this region, and each will continue to be a leader in business in the Greater Lehigh Valley for many years to come,” said David Schankweiler, CEO of Journal Multimedia, parent company of Lehigh Valley Business.

More than 200 people attended the third annual ceremony, which included networking and concluded with video vignettes of the honorees. MassMutual Eastern Pennsylvania, Best Principled Solutions LLC and Lehigh University MBA were key sponsors of the event.

“We honor these individuals for their accomplishments in their chosen careers, their commitment to their communities and their struggle and hard work to achieve both,” Schankweiler said, “yet keep the most important parts of their lives – their family and friends – first on the list.”

For a photo gallery of the networking and awards ceremony click HERE.

For photos and bios of the honorees click HERE.

The 2015 Forty Under 40 honorees:

• Matthew Baker, Perfect Touch Sports LLC.
• Ron Beitler, BarNone Weddings.
• Erica Berman, Active Data Inc.
• Daniel Bonstein, The Equinox Agency.
• Stephen D. Boone, Borton-Lawson.
• Eric Boyle, Crest Financial Group.
• Mark Cernese, The Wire Guys LLC/Mark Cernese & Associates.
• Justin D. Corsa, Enter.Net.
• Jessica Devlin, CAI Learning Academy.
• Jim Edwards, MFP Strategies.
• Kristi Gage, Gage Personnel.
• Kerianne Geist, BSI Corporate Benefits LLC.
• Jennifer Hillis, The Hillis Group LLC.
• Peter W. Hock, Worth & Co. Inc.
• Kevin Hopkins, Wells Fargo.
• Murtaza S. Jaffer, EBC Printing and Signs.
• Danielle Joseph, Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce.
• Michael S. Levey, Olympus Corp. of the Americas.
• Meredith Longo, Victaulic.
• Douglas Mancini, Liquid Interactive.
• Jeremy G. Melber, Southern Lehigh School District.
• Steven Mertz, Firstrust Bank.
• Robert C. Mirth, O2 OxyFit Gym 7.
• Ryan D. Oestreich, MassMutual Eastern Pennsylvania.
• John Pequeno, Ideal Concepts Inc.
• Jill Pereira, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley.
• Matthew Petrozelli, Valley National Financial Advisors.
• Dallas Pulliam, St. Luke’s University Health Network.
• J. William Reynolds, City of Bethlehem.
• Ashley Russo, ASR Media Productions.
• Jon Schaeffer, Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
• Graig Shultz, Gross McGinley LLP.
• Maraleen D. Shields, Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba PC.
• Lauren Sorrentino, Norris McLaughlin & Marcus PA.
• Patrick Stonich, At Home Inc.
• Rich Stump III, Suburban Testing Labs.
• Melinda Stumpf, PPL.
• Nina Tulio, Anthony Ashley.
• John Wichner, McMahon Associates Inc.
• John Zayaitz, Campbell, Rappold & Yurasits LLP.