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Chamber celebrates 9th class of honorees.

The 2024 40 Under 40 honorees pose for a class photo July 18 at the American Physical Therapy Association Headquarters.

The 2024 40 Under 40 honorees pose for a class photo July 18 at the American Physical Therapy Association Headquarters.

The Alexandria Chamber of Commerce honored its newest 40 Under 40 class with a July 18 reception at the American Physical Therapy Association headquarters in Potomac Yard.

Now in its ninth year, the induction of this year’s honorees brings the total number of award recipients to 367.

Chris Lewis, a 2016 honoree, and 2023 honoree Cecilia Fix served as emcees for the event, which was sponsored by the United States Senate Federal Credit Union with catering by Flavors Catering.

Honorees are selected based on professional accomplishments, 

Honoree Suzanne Thibeault of Visit Alexandria poses during the awards ceremony. 

 

scholastic achievements, community impact and personal story. In addition to the traditional 40 Under 40 honorees, the Chamber presented one Youth Honoree Award to Zahra Rahimi, a 2024 Graduate of Alexandria City High School.

This year’s honorees include: Lauren Augustine Director of Government and Community Relations for Virginia Tech; Taylor J. Barnes, Barnes Real Estate; Lauren Bealore, Associate Director of Prosperity Now;  Brian E. Bender, Withum; Lauren Elaine Brown, Lauren E. Brown LLC; Amelia Chasse Alcivar, Hilco Redevelopment Partners; Kate V. Comfort, Comfort Family Foundation; Sara Crifasi, Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby LLP; Toffany Smith Deans, Grounding Work; Erika Dyer, Curley Company; Caitlin Feehan, AlexRenew; Jeanine Finch, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield; Patrick Ford, G.I. Johns; Roberto Gomez, Even Scale LLC; Julian Gonsalves, City of Alexandria; Randy Gore, Campagna Center; erica Gouse Bledsoe, Junior League of Northern Virginia; Joyvell D. Henry, Neighborhood Health; Jackie Huelbig, Basis Technologies; Ashley Nicole Kempczynski, Legal Services of Northern Virginia; Ally Kirkpatrick, Old Town Books; Cameron Lew, Inova Alexandria Hospital; Melissa A. Little, Melissa Little Consulting and Mediation Services; Carrie Masich, Tanger National Harbor; Dr. Amber Mason, Aptivate Educational and Psychological Solutions; Rachel Miller, American Physical Therapy Association; Tarrence Moorer, City of Alexandria; Imani Myers, Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation; Amber Phillips, The Washington Post; Liz Ray, Burke & Herbert Bank  L’Allegra H. Smith, Public Knowledge; Suzanne Thibeault, Visit Alexandria; Dr. Maya Sukkari, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group; Simmi Kaur Sran, Route 66 Ventures; David L. Ulloa, City of Alexandria; Eduardo Villanueva, U.S. Senate Federal Credit Union; Philip L. Wilkerson III, George Mason University and Positive Philiter LLC; Kirk Wilson Jr., 1799 Prime Steak and Seafood; Dominic B. Turner, Alexandria City Public Schools; Aaron Zajdel, Goodwin Living; Zahra Rahimi, Alexandria City High School.

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