Forty of the Valleys’ brightest young business people were chosen from 120 nominations as honorees in the San Fernando Valley Business Journal’s Seventh Annual Forty Under 40 Awards held at Beverly Garland’s Holiday Inn in North Hollywood. While all of the nominees merited serious consideration for their exceptional business ethics and acumen, their commitment to communities, as well as their levels of personal initiative and professional innovation, these 40 were found by the Business Journal’s Selection Committee to be at the top of their class in 2010. The honorees are: Jeremy Barbakow, 36, NAI Capital Geoffrey R. Berlin, 27, Comerica Bank Wealth & Institutional Management Kellie Bernell, 39, Cigna Hershee Cajigal, 32, Encino Hospital Medical Center Lewis Chappelear, 38, Monroe High School Jenny Daniels Freese, 34, Valley Village Kevin Durkin, 36, L/B/W Insurance & Financial Services Lindsay Fontaine, 25, Inter/Media Advertising Frank Frias, 34, Woodbury University Luis Garibay, 29, City of Lancaster Tim Gaspar, 28, Gaspar Insurance Leon Gendelman, 34, Kirsch, Kohn & Bridge, LLP Rich Hernandez, 35, California United Bank Clark Hill, 28, Century 21 Debbie Holbrook, 34, Princess Cruises Chip Humphries, 35, Merrill Lynch Justin Kendrick, 28, Lancaster Community Hospital Jason B. Krischer, 39, UBS Financial Services, Inc. Jill Longo, 39, Andy’s Transfer and Storage Sanford Michelman, 39, Michelman & Robinson, LLP Carlos Prado, 35, Sultra Corporation Marc Rapisardi, 30, S3 Builders Joe Ravens, 30, Wells Fargo SFV Community Bank Kurt Rayners, 35, Regency Enterprises, Inc. Daymond Rice, 36, VICA Tracey Rosen, 33, Productivity Public Relations Sarah Schechter, 33 Warner Bros. Claudia Sheridan, 37, California Jaycees Stephanie Skrbin, 32, Lee & Associates-L.A. North/Ventura, Inc. Joshua L. Spitz, 34, USI of Southern California Insurance Services Deborah Sweeney, 35, MyCorporation Business Services, Inc. Neal Thurman, 33, Six Flags Magic Mountain Mike Tonthat, 39, Hedman Partners Kelly M. Turner, 36, Glendale Adventist Medical Center Christina Vega-Fowler, 32, Casa Vega Brian Volk-Weiss, 33, New Wave Entertainment/Dynamics Larry Wasserman, 34, DreamWorks Studios Sharon Woods, 39, ITS Integrated Telemanagement Services, Inc. Daniel Yomtobian, 32, Advertise.com Pierre Zarokian, 38, Submit Express
