KC Business Magazine Announces 2012 Rising Stars

WRITTEN BY ALLISON WAY, SENIOR COPYWRITER & CHIEF EDITOR
Last week, KC Business magazine selected 34 of the most promising Kansas Citians to receive a Rising Stars honor.  This program, in its third year, honors the city's most outstanding leaders under the age of 40 in the creative, entrepreneurial, nonprofit and corporate entities.

Think Big Partners' own co-founder, Herb Sih, participated in the program as a judge alongside Steve Booth (PlattForm Advertising), Jerry Jorgensen (Park University), Julius Karash (KC Business magazine) and Jeanette Prenger (ECCO Select).

Congratulations to this year's Rising Stars!  Thank you for dedicating your time and hard work to the Kansas City community.

Clifton Alexander, Reactor Design Studio

Adam Brown, Fun Services

McClain Bryant, Husch Blackwell

Mike Burson, Weitz Company

Matt Clark, Honeywell FM&T

Bryce Davis, UMB Bank

Jessica Dotson, AGENDA:USA

Paul Gutierrez, 17^th & Summit Group

Rachel Hack, Google

Jennifer Hannah, Lathrop & Gage

Jeremy Hegle, U.S. SourceLink

Philip Hickman, Ph.D., Genesis Promise Academy

Zach Hubbard, Block Real Estate Services

Jenny Kincaid, Social WRX

Matt Madden, Google

Anthony Magliano, Quixotic

Kevin Mallot, Netsmart Technologies

Chris Marshall, Callahan Creek

Sarah Martin, Rx Insight

Mark Mazzarese, Pilecap Inc.

Matthew Motsick, Catapult International

Audrey Navarro, Kessinger/Hunter & Co.

Paul Neidlein, Turner Construction Company

Kevin Oldham, United Country Marketing Services

Crispin Martin Rea Jr., Kansas City Missouri School Board

Seamus Smith, Will & Trust Center

Rachel Spear, Morningstar Communications

Jeremy Tasset, Nueterra Capital Management

Tucker Trotter, Dimensional Innovations

Lee Everett Urban, Martin Pringle

Lindsey Wade, rw/2 studios

Lyndon Wade, rw/2 studios

Ryan Weber, KCnext

Keli O’Neill Wenzel, O’Neill Marketing & Event Management

Tomorrow, the 34 honorees will be awarded at a networking and cocktail reception from 6:00 to 8:00pm at Berg Event Space.  Tickets are $30 and are available at kcbcentral.com.

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