Hartford, Conn. (July 25, 2011) – Forty individuals, all under the age of 40, will be honored on Thursday, September 26, from 5:30-9:00 p.m. at the CT Convention Center in Hartford at the 40 Under Forty Awards. Produced by the Hartford Business Journal, the ceremony will recognize the Hartford region’s driven young business leaders.

“We are excited to recognize the outstanding achievements of these young business leaders,” said Gail Lebert, publisher of the Hartford Business Journal. “This year’s class is a driven, community-minded group of entrepreneurs, executives and philanthropists and we congratulate them on their many successes.” The winners were determined by an independent panel of judges (all 40 Under Forty alum), which received more than 150 nominations.

Winners include:

• Beka Apostolidis, VNA HealthCare in Hartford (Cromwell resident)

• Alexander Banos, Comcast-Western New England Region in Berlin

• Jason Bittner, Triple Helix Corporation in Windsor (Windsor resident)

• Jay Boothroyd, Merrill Lynch in Glastonbury (Glastonbury resident)

• Corey Brinson, Law Office of Corey J. Brinson/City of Hartford in Hartford

• Neil Caron, Freedom Mortgage Corporation in South Windsor (South Windsor resident)

• Christie Carpino, House of Representatives in Hartford (Cromwell resident)

• Jessica Carso, Wesleyan University’s Green Street Arts Center in Middletown (Middlefield resident)

• Julio Concepcion, MetroHartford Alliance in Hartford (Hartford resident)

• Grant Copeland, Worx Branding & Advertising in Prospect (Guilford resident)

• Tony Constanzo, Constanzo Clothiers in Newington (Newington resident)

• Paula Cruz Cedillo, McCarter & English, LLP in Hartford, CT (Wallingford resident)

• Todd Cusano, Allied World Assurance Company in Farmington (Rocky Hill resident)

• Richard Deenihan, Webster Bank in Hartford (Suffield resident)

• Heidi DeLisle, A.W. Hastings & Co. LLC in Enfield (Ellington resident)

• Vincent-Enzo Faienza, Universal Ceramic Tile Distributors in Hartford (Cromwell resident)

• Andrea Ferrucci, Mosaic of Connecticut in Cromwell (Rocky Hill resident)

• Aimee Furness, VieLife, a Cigna Company in Bloomfield (Old Saybrook resident)

• Jason Giulietti, Connecticut Business & Industry Association in Hartford (Somers resident)

• Tara Griggs, SwapMeSports.com (Simsbury resident)

• Daniel Kennedy, Heneghan Kennedy Doyle in Rocky Hill

• Chad Landmon, Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider in Hartford (Southbury resident)

• Ingrid Lindberg, CIGNA in Bloomfield (Hartford resident)

• Justin Lundbye, M.D., Hartford Hospital in Hartford/New Britain (Hamden resident)

• Melissa Marcucci, Ph.D., Saint Joseph College in West Hartford (Cheshire resident)

• Andra Mazur, TicketNetwork, Inc. in South Windsor (Stafford resident)

• Rebecca Mead, CONNSTEP, Inc. in Rocky Hill (Killingworth resident)

• Julia Miller, Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford (Enfield resident)

• Jason Newman, Kostin, Ruffkess & Company, LLC in Farmington, New London, Springfield, MA (West Hartford resident)

• Isabella O’Brien, Dendreon* (West Hartford resident)

• Jodi Palerma, CIGNA Healthcare in Bloomfield (Hartford resident)

• Melissa Pasquale, CT Economic Resource Center in Rocky Hill (Avon resident)

• Cherron Payne, Esq., ACP Law Firm, LLC in West Hartford (West Hartford resident)

• Amy Perrault, Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford in West Hartford

• Jennifer Sager, Whittlesey & Hadley, PC in Hartford (Manchester resident)

• Rebecca Scorso, Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford

• Shawn Skehan, Local 8 Restaurant Group in Hartford

• Karen Staib, Shipman & Goodwin LLP in Hartford (West Hartford resident)

• Kate Terricciano Sirignano, Image Marketing Consultants in Plantsville (Southington resident)

• Chad Williams, Boys & Girls Club of Hartford in Hartford (West Hartford resident)

The event will feature a keynote by Liz Lynch, business development strategist and author of the bestselling book “Smart Networking: Attract a Following In Person & Online.” Lynch has appeared on CNN, ABC News, Fox Business News, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes.com, CNBC.com and BusinessWeek.com

Admission to the event is $85/ticket and $750 for a table of 10 ($95/850 after September 17.)

To register or for more information, contact Amy Orsini at aorsini@HartfordBusiness.com or 860.236.9998 ext 34, or register online at www.hartfordbusiness.com.

For more information about the winners and the event, visit www.hartfordbusiness.com.

The 2011 40 Under Forty Awards are brought to you by Cox Business (presenting sponsor); American Eagle Federal Credit Union; Charter Oak Insurance & Financial Services; Rockville Bank; Comcast Business Class and WDRC AM 1080 (event sponsors). Event partners include J. Fiereck Photography; Keep in Touch; R2 Graphics; Rider Productions; CT Convention Center; The Perfect Promotion; Moe’s Southwestern Grill; Co-Communications, Marketing & Public Relations.

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Media Contact: Julia Baily | Co-Communications | 860.676.4400 | Julia@cocommunications.com

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