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Willamette Alumni Recognized as Top "Forty Under 40" at Business Journal Event

The Portland Business Journal's "Forty Under 40" awards recognize high caliber executives under 40 years old who have demonstrated character, achievement and involvement in their career.  These professionals are engaged in civic activities, volunteer in the community and are genuinely passionate about what they do.  Each award recipient is profiled in the Portland Business Journal's special section and listed as a permanent "Forty Under 40" alumni, connecting with others who have received the recognition.  The awards are presented each spring at the Gerding Theater at the Armory in Portland's Pearl District.

The event has been sponsored by the Willamette University MBA for the past three years.

Four Willamette University Alumni Received the award:

Tobias Read '97
Jon Thomsen '92
Tatiana Perry M'00, L'00
Dina Alexander L'96

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Complete List of 2009 Award Winners:     
Dina Alexander, Ball Janik LLP
Teresa Alonso, Portland Community College
Scott Baklenko, Timberline Financial Group
Braulio Baptista, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP
Cliff Beckmann, Cascade Companies
Jeff Borlaug, NAI Norris, Beggs & Simpson
Chris Bowles, Portland Trail Blazers
Andrew Campion, Nike Inc.
Raymond Cheung, Geffen Mesher & Co PC
Drew Corrigan, KPMG LLP
Kent Craford, SeaPort Airlines
Ryan Deckert, Oregon Business Association, Former State Senator
Elisa Dozono, Miller Nash LLP
Ron Farnsworth, Umpqua Holdings Corp.
Carmen Kwong Gaston, University of Portland
Dr. Gwen Grewe, Legacy Health System
Monique Hayward, Nouveau Connoisseurs Corp.
Elizabeth Howard, Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue LLP
Bryan Howe, MasterPlans Inc.
Peter Lizotte, ACME Business Consulting LLC
Nichole Maher, NAYA Family Center
Ethan Manuel, Mentor Graphics Corp.
Stephen Marsh, Smarsh Inc.
Orlando Medina, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Steve Messinetti, Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East
Dr. Katherine Morris, NW Surgical Oncology
Tatiana Perry, Tonkon Torp LLP
Bill Pierznik, Alto Law Group
John Pontefract, Marquam Group
Tobias Read, Nike Inc., Oregon state representative
Bart Ricketts, Lease Crutcher Lewis
Jennifer Rosales, Parsons Brinckerhoff
Stuart Skaug, CB Richard Ellis
Travis Stovall, The Stovall Group
Erik Stromquist, CTL Corp.
Jeffrey Sumpter, Lewis & Clark Bank
Jon Thomsen, Ecos
Jonathan Trutt, Northwest Housing Alternatives
Ben Wahlstrom, Korvis Automation Inc.
Aric Wood, Xplane Corp.