40 Under Forty Recognizes CenterState CEO Staff and Members

Posted On
August 22, 2021

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40 Under Forty

40 Under Forty, produced by BizEventz, Inc., a division of The Central New York Business Journal, recognizes 40 ambitious, hard-working, civic-minded individuals, who are younger than 40 and go above and beyond at their workplace and in the community.

Nominated by Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens, CenterState CEO congratulates its very own Calvin Corriders, manager of neighborhood economic development, for being among this year’s recipients, and the following members named 2021 40 Under Forty honorees:

• Miles Blundell, Oneida Nation Enterprise

• Carrie Brown, Syracuse University Barnes Center at The Arch Counseling

• Rich Burritt, Burritt Motors and Burritt Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram*

• Emily Carroll, Drive Research

• Calvin Corriders, CenterState CEO

• Kaitlyn Hensler, Dannible & McKee, LLP*

• Diana Jakimoski, Housing Visions Unlimited

• Kavitha Janardhan, Bousquet Holstein PLLC

• Steven Lickstein, Newman & Lickstein

• Sarah Mastrangelo, Digital Hyve#

• Demitrius McNeil, Le Moyne College

Samantha Miller, CHA Consulting, Inc.

• Amanda Perrine, Onondaga County Public Library, Soule Branch

• Brian Potter, Dannible & McKee, LLP#

• Joseph Rocco, Bowers & Company CPAs PLLC

• Jennifer Rousseau, OneGroup NY Inc.#

• Lauren Russett, Greater Baldwinsville Chamber of Commerce

• Brendan Sheehan, Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC#

• Victoria Shires, Rescue Mission Alliance

• Travis Smith, Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC#

• Tim Strong, Visions Federal Credit Union

• Allison Towles, N.K. BHANDARI, Architecture & Engineering, P.C

• Nathan Van Wie, C&S Companies

• Stephanie Vavonese, SMV Recruiting, LLC

• Briana Wright, Hancock Estabrook, LLP

 

* = Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce member, a fully integrated partner of CenterState CEO.

# = Dual member.

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