Class of 2025 2025 Honorees All honoree classes Honored on October 8, 2025. Click on an image or name to view the honoree’s Q&A on BizWest.com. Brett Adamek Director, Queer Asterisk Whitney Allison Owner, Bike Sports Michelle Amacker Owner/ Nurse Practitioner, AFC Urgent Care Gii Astorga Business Engagement/Event Coordinator, Greeley Downtown Development Authority Mitchell Benner Associate/Host, The Group Inc./Shattered Darkness Podcast Cody Bird Planning Director, Town of Wellington Anna Bissell CFO, Open Path Investments, LLC Drew Britton Vice President and Manager, Alpine Bank Heidi Burgard Retail Branch Manager, FNBO Diana Bustillos Marketing and Events Coordinator, The Latino Chamber of Commerce of Boulder County Donald Cecil Civil Engineer, City of Loveland Whitney Coulter Shareholder, Fischer, Brown, Bartlett, Larsen & Irby PC Sarah Crosthwaite Economic Development Director, Town of Johnstown Nick DeBruyne Associate, Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti, LLP Tony DeMario President, Heath Steel Scott Dillon Business Process Analyst, Poudre Valley REA Brecken Glenn Project Manager, Affinity Partners, LLC Marshall Hayes CEO, Amplio Digital Wil Hotz Senior Vice President – Northern Colorado Market, FirstBank Sam Houghteling Program Director, Colorado State University; Straayer Center for Public Service Leadership Allison Hutchison Owner & Principal Designer, Hutch Design + Build Rachel Irons CEO, Nude Foods Market Arnold Jakobsen Founder, Telos Creative Katie Johnson Development and Events Director, Be the Gift Connor Koval Associate Attorney, Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti, LLP Zach Larrick Project Development Manager, Highcraft Builders Laura Malpica Bilingual Business Support, The Latino Chamber of Commerce Erica McCary Owner, Goodlight Creative Aaron McUmber Staff Systems Engineer, Northrop Grumman Marchel Morningstar CEO/Owner, Consolidated Resource and L&L Fabrication Ben Reiter Streets and Right-Of-Way Division Manager, City of Loveland Izabella Ruscitti Paralegal/Legal Assistant, Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti, LLP Garrett Scallon COO, The Water Valley Company Richard Self Real Estate Counsel, Real Capital Solutions Chris Senesi Infrastructure Advisory and Management Lead, HDR Jill Simonds Founder & CEO, Savvy Strategic Partners Natalie Stiffler Transportation Lead, Colorado, WSP Global Mary Timby Communications Professional Evan Wendlandt Director of Economic Development, Town of Windsor Vanessa Zarate Economic Vitality Manager, City of Louisville All honoree classes
Sam Houghteling Program Director, Colorado State University; Straayer Center for Public Service Leadership
