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PublisherBanks Dishmon
EditorRobert Francis
Associate EditorMichael H. Price
Managing EditorCrystal Forester
ContributorsAleshia Howe, Betty Dillard,
Elizabeth Bassett, John-Laurent Tronche,
Leslie Wimmer
ProductionBrent Latimer, Clayton Gardner
PhotographyGlen E. Ellman, Jon P. Uzzel
Advertising ExecutivesAnn Alexander, Andrea Benford, Bob Collins, Elizabeth NorthernMary Schlegel, Annie Warren
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Pre-2002 Honorees 5
Pre-2002 - Where are they now? 7
Class of 2002 8
Class of 2002 - Where are they now? 10
Class of 2003 12
Class of 2003 - Where are they now? 14
Class of 2004 16
Class of 2004 - Where are they now? 18
Class of 2005 20
Class of 2005 - Where are they now? 22
Class of 2006 24
Class of 2006 - Where are they now? 26
Class of 2007 28
Class of 2007 - Where are they now? 30
Class of 2008 32
Class of 2008 - Where are they now? 34
Class of 2009 36
When we began planning the 40Under 40 Reunion, the atmosphere inFort Worth was quite different.Everything was looking up. While thearea has held up to these challengingeconomy times, many companies arescrutinizing budgets. We are no excep-tion to this.
It would have been easy to hold offon this event for another year or two,but we – along with our title sponsor,Clifton Capital Partners – felt it wasthe appropriate time for the reunion. During these difficult times it is important to focus on success and remind ourselves of the great leaders in this community.
We want to give a special thank you to Clifton Capital Partners for joining usas the inaugural 40 Under 40 Reunion title sponsor. The employees of the com-pany continue to demonstrate their dedication to helping clients through tryingtimes and providing wise financial counsel. Clifton Capital Partners is a superbexample of a company laying a solid foundation for the future.
Looking back on the 40 Under 40 classes there are many success stories, morethan we could possibly print. Many of the business owners have taken theircompanies to the next level by expanding and growing business. Most recipientshave moved up in their respective companies or gone on to different companiesto make their mark. Some have gotten married and had children. Even thoughit could be easy to leave the community behind during tough times, the 40Under 40 alumni have expanded their volunteer work.
We want to congratulate our 40 Under 40 alumni once again and acknowl-edge those who saw this event to fruition.
I’ll take the liberty of speaking for the Fort Worth Business Press and CliftonCapital Partners when I say we are delighted to be able to celebrate those whowill continue to take this city to great places.
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Ronald J. Alonzo (1994)Randall A. Bacon (1996)Jerrell M. Baird (1994)Rebecca Barksdale (1996)Lee Marshall Bass (1996)Andrea Baxter (1998)Michael K. Berry (1994)Fred Bondurant III (1994)Paula K. Bowser (1996)Patrick L. Bridges (1996)Michael E. Brooks (1994)Eddie R. Broussard (1996)T.J. Brown (1998)Thomas Bruner (1996)Bill Buechele (1994)Greg T. Clifton (1995)Kevin E. Cox (1996)Kay L. Cross (1998)D’Ann Dagen (1994)Wendy Davis (1994)Michele A Duskin (1996)James M. Eagle (1994)Jeffery L. Eaton (1998)Robert A. Fass (1998)Jeffrey P. Fegan (1994)Ames Fender (1998)Robert I. Fernandez (1994)G. Walter Floyd (1996)Nancy J. Forrest (1998)Ben Fortson III (1994)Robert D. Fry (1996)Kevin R. Gahagan (1998)Héber M. Garcia Migliore (1998)Gary M. Gillette (1998)Elliot Goodwin (1994)W. Mark Gunderson (1994)Thomas E. Hart (1994)Dr. Robin Hall (1996)Julie A. Hatch (1998)Jay Hayes (1998)John Harlan Haynes III (1998)Steven Helling (1996)Michael L. Herman (1996)
Wayne Hermandorfer (1996)Deborah Hernandez (1996)Keri Henderson (1998)Rick Herring (1998)Claudia Hutchinson (1994)Stephen R. Ingham (1996)Michael M. Jacobson (1998)Anthony V. Johnson (1998)Mark M. Jones (1994)Thomas A. Karsten (1998)Myles Kelley (1996)John Kellogg (1998)Dee J. Kelly Jr. (1996)Nina Knight (1998)John A. Kober (1996)Jeffrey H. Kobs (1994)Barry B. Kromann (1998)Russell Lake (1998)Anthony O. Lee (1994)Mary Louise Lozano-Garcia (1998)Robert M. Luleff (1998)Michael A. Markwardt (1996)Kim Martin (1994)Ralph “Skip” Masters (1996)Robert M. McCarthy (1996)Ronnie and Sandra McGlothlin (1996)James McLaughlin (1994)Steve McLaurin (1998)Laura S. Miller (1996)Charles B. Milliken (1998)David Minor (1994)William J. Molfetto (1996)Terry Montesi (1994)Greg Morse (1995)Sam Morse (1998)R. Bruce Moon (1996)Richard A Myers (1996)Richard A. Navarrete (1996)Todd Nicol (1996)Bradford J. O’Neill (1998)Shea Padilla (1998)Kim Peacock (1994)
David Pencsak (1998)Nina Petty (1994)Brian Pierce (1996)Debbie Pinckard-Liles (1998)Roy P. Plattel (1996)Susan M. Prescott (1998)Gina Puente (1996)Ronna Quimby (1998)Chris Quinn (1995)Donna Rankin (1998)Jeffrey A. Rattikin (1998)W. Reagan Redus (1994)Robert D. Renfro (1994)Ricardo A. Roberto (1998)Darla Robinson (1999)Jesse N. Schroeder (1996)Robert J. Scully (1996)Paul E. Segars (1998)Daniel T. Serna (1994)Frank W. Shiels (1998)Michael and Anne Skipper (1994)Marilou Martinez Stevens (1998)James L. Stokes Jr. (1998)Kathy Sherman Suder (1996)Christopher A. Shoppa (1996)G. Dee Smith (1994)Grady Spears (1999)John D. Spicer (1994)Doug Terry (1994)Andrea M. Thomas (1994)Jack Thompson (1999)Michael S. Thomson (1994)Estrus Tucker (1994)Allyson B. Turner (1996)Mary J. Weaver (1996)Marty Wieder (1994)Julie H. Wilson (1994)Sharen Wilson (1994)George P. Young (1994)
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Ames FenderAmes Fender came from a family with a legacy in architecture
in Fort Worth, and he’s still leading Ames Fender Architectureas he contributes to the shape and face of the city into thefuture.
Fender’s company works both in North Texas and across thestate and nation. In Fort Worth, they are about a month fromcompleting the Villa de Leon, a six-story luxury condominiumthat will be part of the UpTown Trinity Bluff development,overlooking the river.
“[It’s] probably the biggest project we’ve done and beeninvolved with” since the award, Fender says.
Fender also led the completion of the new fitness center atRivercrest County Club and major additions and renovations toGreen B. Trimble Technical High School. They’re also designinga new jail facility for Uvalde County in South Texas.
Fender currently is serving as chair of the Historic andCultural Landmarks Commission and the Downtown DesignReview Board.
Julie HatchIn 1996, two years prior to being named a 40 Under 40, Julie
Hatch launched Creative Communications to handle mediarelations and events for clients. After growing up as an Air Forcebrat, she had settled in Fort Worth and was ready to build long-term business relationships.
Since then, Hatch has always worked on the side for CreativeCommunications, which she owns, even when she’s had full-time positions like manager of marketing for the Fort WorthChamber of Commerce when she was recognized. Hatch hasnow been fully freelance since January 2007.
“Honestly, this is where I’m the happiest,” she says. “It’s beenkind of a crazy little journey, but I am freelance full-time againand just made the decision that I think this is best for me.”
Hatch has worked with Southwest Airlines, Reata and othernotable partners since her award. She volunteers for Meals onWheels and Cancer Care Services, both in part to honor hermother, who passed award shortly after Hatch’s recognition.
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Dee J. Kelly Jr.In a way, not a lot has changed for Dee J. Kelly Jr. since he
was honored as a 40 Under 40 in 1996. He still works at FortWorth law firm Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP and he still spendsan extraordinary time with nonprofit organizations, donating histime and energy. The only difference is now he is managingdirector at the family law firm and has had a slue of leading rolesat those nonprofits.
Since 1996, Kelly has served as president of Streams andValleys and president of the board of trustees at All SaintsEpiscopal School as well as serving as director of theSouthwestern Expedition and Livestock Show since 2006. It wasalso in 2006 when Kelly was named managing partner at KellyHart & Hallman – a position he was nominated for by hispeers.
“I guess from that standpoint it was a good thing,” he says.“It’s something special.”
Kelly still is married to wife Dana, but since 1996, they haveexpanded their family to include three daughters.
Where arethey now?
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Chris QuinnPrevious 40 Under 40 designate Chris Quinn is a technology man
through and through.A principal with CQ Media Inc., Quinn employs the latest in
social media, videography, photography and more to offer clients newways to connect with people.
“Technology is just going so fast, you’ve got to keep up with it andhelp clients understand how they can use it to help tell their story,”he said. “The last couple of years I’ve been focusing on documen-taries, and now in this next year I’m focusing on brand development,or what they call digital storytelling.”
LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter are just a few Web sites Quinnhopes clients will explore as part of what he calls a 12-month digitalbranding plan.
“It just seems like more and more people are wanting to do videosthat can be repurposed and used in a variety of ways,” said Quinn,who currently is working with the Careity Foundation and a newwine to debut soon. He’s also preparing to take new high-definitionaerial photographs of Fort Worth.
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Nina PettyNina Petty was a rising star even in 1994 when the then 34-year-
old was honored as a 40 Under 40 and she has certainly continued torise.
After leaving CB Richard Ellis in Fort Worth to pursue a careerat RadioShack Corp. in 2000 as vice president of corporate realestate, Petty soon etched her name on one of the biggest downtownFort Worth real estate deals to date: the creation of the 900,000-square-foot RadioShack campus on the Trinity River.
With a stint in corporate America served, though, Petty decidedto return to real estate and joined Fort Worth’s InnovativeDevelopers Inc. where she serves as managing director of strategicgrowth.
“It’s full circle in the sense that I started on the service side and …moved to the corporate side and now I’m back where I started,” shesays. “It’s given me a lot of perspective that’s been really great. I canreally appreciate what both sides have to be to make it all work.”
Petty just celebrated 25 years of marriage to her husband, Edwin.The couple has three children: Samantha, 18, Savannah, 16, andMax, 11. And soon, Petty will take the reins as chair of the GreaterFort Worth Real Estate Council.
Julie H. WIlsonJulie H. Wilson was in the 40 under 40 class of 1994. At the time, Wilson was executive vice president of Regian
Advertising & Public Relations, and had been at the firm for sixyears.
Later, Wilson became CEO and co-owner of then-renamedRegian & Wilson Inc., which was eventually sold to New York City-based Grey Worldwide. Wilson stayed on as divisional president ofthe company through 2001.
Wilson then became CEO of Reasons Group Inc., a strategicplanning and consulting group, which led to her current position atOklahoma-based Chesapeake Energy Corp.
“Chesapeake Energy was a client who offered me a staff positionin 2006,” Wilson says.
Currently, Wilson is the vice president of corporate development,where she oversees all external relations for Chesapeake in theBarnett Shale region.
Wilson also continues to spend time working with communityorganizations, including the North Texas Commission, the TexasChristian University Energy Institute, the Fort Worth Chamber ofCommerce, the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, United Way ofTarrant County, the Business Assistance Center and Downtown FortWorth Inc.
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Michael Evans Eric Fox Karl Hahnfeld Daron Hopkins
Brian & Beth Hutson Tonya Jackson Layne Kasper Barry Kromann
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Brian and Beth HutsonWhen Brian and Beth Hutson were honored with a 40 Under 40 award in 2002, the energetic
couple was deeply involved in the wine business – Brian as beer and wine leader at CentralMarket and Beth as director of sales and marketing at Bistro Louise. But as they say, a babychanges everything.
After having their son, Christian, Beth Hutson says she knew she wanted to stay at home andsuddenly the multitude of wine tastings the couple had frequented for their jobs weren’t asappealing. So, the couple founded Hutson Creative Group Inc. in 2004 with Beth handling mar-keting and public relations and Brian heading up the firm’s photography arm.
Today, the firm serves all types of businesses from small mom-and-pops to a few Fortune 500companies offering marketing, public relations, photography and video production.
“Combining the two – PR and photography – made a cohesive team for us and we have lovedit,” Beth Hutson says.
Tyler TrahantTyler Trahant has been quite busy since his 40 Under 40 honor in 2002. Not only did Trahant
continue as a broker with commercial real estate firm The Richard D. Minker Co., he was recent-ly named president of the company, which is now called Minker Trahant & Associates.
Trahant says that in 2002, he didn’t know he wanted to run the Minker company, but he didhave a personal goal of heading up a commercial real estate firm – and when his chance came, hewas happy to grab it.
And Trahant’s success didn’t stop with his professional life – since 2002, Trahant and his wife,Meghan, have welcomed a son, 18-month-old Drew.
Todd BurnetteWhen Todd Burnette was given a 40 Under 40 distinction in 2002, he had successfully com-
pleted sale and lease transactions totaling more than 17 million square feet and served as seniorvice president at commercial real estate firm The Staubach Co.
Today, Burnette’s leasing and sale transactions total more than 22 million – and that’s not allthat’s changed.
Following a company merger with Jones Lang LaSalle in 2008, Burnette now serves as manag-ing director at Jones Lang LaSalle, heading up the company’s Fort Worth office.
“I guess I’m getting older, but it doesn’t feel like it,” he says, laughing.
Steve MontgomeryIn 2002, Steve Montgomery worked as director of government relations at OZ Systems, a
health care information management company as well as served on the board of the TarrantCounty Hospital District, which owns and operates the JPS Health Network. ThoughMontgomery is still involved with both duties, he has made some headway in the last seven years– he currently is a vice president at OZ Systems and he now chairs the Tarrant County HospitalDistrict board.
“Since 2002, I’ve continued to pursue my professional goals, including growing my companyfrom just 10 employees in 2002 to over 60 today,” he says. “I’ve also tried to remain active in thecommunity. Besides the JPS Board, I’ve served on the city of Fort Worth’s Plan Commission aswell as various appointed committees and local study groups.”
And there also have been some advancements in his personal life, where for the last few years,Montgomery has played lead guitar in a “very loud local rock and roll band” called Six Feet Highand Rising.
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Jason Campbell Johnny Campbell Kirston Chavera Patricia Cole
Hugh Connor II Shirley Cox Melissa A. Dansby Todd Flippo
Mike Freeman Joey Goss Miguel Harth-Bedoya Ann Holland
Ash Huzenlaub David Johnson Craig Kelly Louis E. Martin III
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Karen Mitchell Troy Moncrief Jeff Moore Cathy Neece
Chris Porter Kyle Poulson Johnny Purselley Gary Riding
Brant Ringler Betsy Romero Steve Roth Richard Rudman
Arnold Velez Charlie Wellborn Alan White Melody Wilkinson
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Todd Flippo has found himself with a great deal of responsibilitysince being named a 40 Under 40 in 2003.
At the time, Flippo was a senior scientist with AlconLaboratories, where he worked on the development of the AcrySofintraocular lenses. He’s in the same department now, but he’s managing a prototyping group, leading a team of about 15 people for end-stage development of products right before they go to manufacturing.
“The demand is such that we’re looking at expanding and maybeadding a second shift,” Flippo says. “It’s a good problem to have.”
Flippo and his family also moved from Arlington to Saginaw,where they built a house on family land where Flippo grew up. Hewas encouraged to run for the Saginaw City Council in 2008 andwon for Place 3. Flippo also helps coach the baseball and basketballteams his sons are on, and is still married to his wife, Jennifer.
Brett McClungIn 2003, Brett McClung was director of business development for
Harris Methodist Fort Worth, now Texas Health Harris MethodistHospital Fort Worth.
Today, he’s president of Texas Health Harris Methodist HospitalSouthwest Fort Worth, where he was named to the position in May2007 after two years of serving as president of what is now calledTexas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle.
Being president of a hospital was a goal for McClung when hejoined Texas Health Resources, McClung says, and it has beenextremely gratifying to take an active role in affecting a community’shealth.
“I expected to do this for a living,” he says. “I've been blessed withgood teams and good results and good opportunities.”
Shortly after being named a 40 Under 40, McClung was honoredas an American Marshall Memorial Fellow by the German MarshallFund of the United States. Today, he and his wife Nancy supporttheir daughters, Madison and Mackenzie, through theater, cheerlead-ing and gymnastics training.
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Jonny Brumley Pete Chambers Jay Decker Tracy Delce
Richie Escovedo Karee Galloway Mike Garabedian J.D. Granger
Martha Granger Jason Griffith Brandy Minick Hawkins Daniel Hernandez
Kathleen Hicks Reese Hillard Robert Howard Kristin Jenkins
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Sigi Frais Rodriguez Merianne Kimmel Roth Kelly Short Jason Smith
William Tinsley Bill Warren Wm. Reagan Wynn John Zimmerman
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For Richie Escovedo, the past five years have been full of advances –mostly technological ones.
Escovedo, who served as public relations manager at Nolan HighSchool when he was honored as a 40 Under 40 in 2004, completed astint as Webmaster at Mansfield ISD before recently being promotedto director of media and communications. In recent years, Escovedohas spent much of his time studying the evolving realm of socialmedia and lecturing nonprofit and industry organizations about howthey can harness social media to help their cause.
“I’m still in communications and PR, but social media is becomingmore of an interest and it’s encouraging to see businesses and newspa-pers and see how they are looking at these things and seeing how itcan benefit their business or organization to help them be more effec-tive,” Escovedo says.
Escovedo also has had a few advancements in his personal life as heand his wife, Kristen, have welcomed a daughter, 5-year-old Anna, anda son, 1-year-old Ryan.
Kathleen HicksWhen Kathleen Hicks was named a 2004 40
Under 40 winner, she was serving as council aid toFort Worth City Councilman Ralph McCloud.But in 2005, when McCloud opted to not run forre-election, it was Hicks who stepped into thelimelight, becoming the youngest woman everelected to Fort Worth’s City Council at the age of32.
And after just one year on city council, Hicksmade another step forward when she was chosenby her peers as the city’s Mayor Pro Tem.
“Fort Worth has been a great place,” she says.“… It says something really positive about FortWorth that they would elect a young, AfricanAmerican female to join the council. I am proudto serve this city.”
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Colin Bailey Duane Bidwell Jenny Crabteee John Cummings
Judy Gaman Linda Nguyen Garcia Michael Gonzales Justin Hoover
David Isham Rick Jenkins Jeff Johnson Lauri Lawrence
Paul Lilly Robert Lydick Stephanie Martin Will Martin
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Rob Sell Joy Thomas Patricia Tiberg Troy Villarreal
Daniel Villegas John Viola Tarren Wagener Allen Wallach
Steve Weeden Charles Wetzel Tara Meadors Wilson Sheila Wynn
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Linda Nguyen Garcia was assistant dean for Tarrant CountyCollege when she received her 40 Under 40 award, but now she hasa new title: director of corporate services and economic develop-ment.
It’s a long one, Garcia admits, and it covers a lot of various areas,from grant writing (the college has gotten more than $2 million inrecent years and now is focusing on stimulus funding) to corporatetraining and recruiting and other services as well.
“It’s a really exciting time to be at the college,” she says. “It’s a lotmore work and a lot more responsibility, but it’s a lot of fun.”
Garcia’s four children of her own have graduated high schoolnow, and some are attending college. She and her husband, Victor,owned and managed some rental properties near Weatherford, butshe says they sold the land and houses a few years ago.
Daniel VillegasA year after receiving his 2005 40 Under 40 award, Daniel
Villegas left JPMorgan Chase Bank and joined Wells Fargo, wherehe is a senior business relationship manager.
As part of the business banking group, Villegas works with busi-ness customers and still has a strong emphasis on small business.
“The obvious challenges are the state of the economy, and Ithink we’ve been fortunate in this area. It hasn’t been hurt as bad asin other markets where Wells Fargo has a presence,” Villegas says.
Villegas still is involved in the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, where he was chair in 2005 and 2006, and he’s currently on the Fort Worth Independent School District’s citizenoversight committee. He’s also president of the local Notre DameClub of Fort Worth. He enjoys spending time with his children,who are now 11, 9 and 7 years old.
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Brett Burns Daniel Casey Russell Cawyer Corrie Chruchill Will Churchill
Kirk Claunch Rob Cocanower Monika Cooper J. Cort DeHart Alleen Dobbins
David Drez Michael Gratch George Grubbs III Mary Hart Clyde Higgs
Steven Howell Chistopher Huckabee Laura Irvine J. Bryan King Peter Koulen
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Taylor Pennington Ridout John Pritchett Leland Prowse IV Joseph Regan Kimberly See
Wendy Shabay Janice Simpson Todd Spake Amanda Stallings Brett Thomas
Kristin Wallach Jack Wharton Stephen Wise Daniel Wright Andrew Yanez
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Dr. Pavani Bellary, co-founder of Associates of Internal Medicine, iscontinuing to serve patients and emphasize the need for preventivehealth care with her partner, Dr. Niraj Mehta (another 40 Under 40recipient).
“We’re growing. We’re bringing on a new person in the fall, andwe’re hoping to continue to grow after that,” Bellary says. “We’re hittingour five-year anniversary this fall, too — it’s exciting.”
Bellary also took a recent medical trip to Africa in fall 2008, and she has her eye on starting a nonprofit focused on preventive medicine.Her family continues to remain close, and she also attended the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., this year.
Kim SeeThe downturn in the economy spurred Kim See, owner and founder of
Kemse & Co., to reinvent her company to focus on her own interests as well asneeds of clients.
Kemse & Co. gained national recognition — including a mention inOprah’s O Magazine — for its stationary and invitations that featuredAfrican-Americans and Hispanics. The business, a “niche within a niche,”declined along with discretionary spending, but that gave See the opportunityto learn more about graphic design and private client work, which will be thenew focus of the company.
“It was like, ‘OK, I think this is a direction I want to move in,’” See says. “I’mexcited about the transition.”
Brochure and ad design now will be offered by Kemse & Co., and the invi-tations aren’t going away just yet, she says.
When See was honored in 2006 as a 40 Under 40, her husband attended inher stead because See’s mother was receiving a kidney transplant. Today, hermother is vastly improved and doing very well.
Brett ThomasDespite the slowdown in the economy, people still want good food
and a place to live. Brett Thomas, owner and operator of Dos GringosMexican Restaurant, acquired Texas Grill not long after he received his40 Under 40 award in 2006.
Both restaurants are performing well, Thomas says, as is his otherventure, Fort Worth Living Ltd., which he founded with his brother.The company owns and manages several dozen multifamily, commercialand single-family properties, and he says the rental units have held upthrough the real estate crash.
“It keeps us hopping,” Thomas says.Thomas’ schedule doesn’t make time for him to coach baseball any-
more, but he does spend down time at Eagle Mountain Lake and withhis bulldog, Shelby.
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Andrew Blake Mike Bloomberg Robb Catalano Brandon Chase
John Cockrell Jr. Trent Cole Chris Copeland Carl Cravens
Karen Davis Joseph DeLeon Maureen Donohue Christine Frederic
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Kasey Pipes Red Sanders Quentin Spitzer Bethe Spurlock
Brian Stagner W. Bryan Thomas J. William Tincup Allen Tseng
Ted Valdez Tim White Stacy Williams Amy Yanez
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Michael BloombergSince his 40 Under 40 award in 2007, Michael Bloomberg has
expanded his company, An Exclusive Engagement, into a more mar-ketable brand. He launched Romance CEO in 2008 after continuallyhelping couples with their dating life, he says.
“Basically it was out of necessity. When you become a couple lifegets in the way, whether it’s work, children, whatever, you stop themost fun part of the relationship: dating. That’s where the RomanceCEO brand came from,” Bloomberg says.
In addition to unique marriage proposals and creative dating,Bloomberg also is working on a book and speaks about making acareer out of passion and romance.
“I’m working on a book, entertaining TV show ideas and I needed abrand to expand on that,” he says.
Power Couple Kirk High and Laura HighThe meltdown that affected so many banks and financial institutions is part
of what prompted Laura High and Kirk High to join RBC WealthManagement in February.
The Highs wanted to find an institution that was still sound, and they wereeach able to find a position with RBC, which is wholly owned by the RoyalBank of Canada.
“In this environment, that’s a big deal,” Laura High says. “We feel like this isa place where we can stay for the rest of our careers.”
The Highs were named a Power Couple and 40 Under 40 recipients in2007. Now, Laura High is a Certified Financial Planner and senior financialassociate with RBC Wealth Management, and Kirk High is first vice presidentand financial consultant. They are offering much of the same services they wereprior to the move, just with a different platform and different resources now.
The Highs try to still make time for cycling when they can, and their twingirls are now 5 years old and their youngest daughter is now 3.
Red SandersShortly after Red Sanders was named a 40 Under 40 in 2007, Red
Productions’ first full-length feature film, Karma Police, premiered atAFI Dallas to a sold-out crowd, thanks in part to local support of thefilm, which itself was shot locally.
In March of this year, Sanders traveled to Congo to shoot the storyof the nonprofit Falling Whistles, and he was arrested two weeks intothe trip and held for six days before being deported.
Now, Sanders is working on the second feature for his expandingcompany. While features have been doing well, the commercial/indus-trial side of Sanders’ work has been doing just as well, seeing a 52 per-cent increase compared to last year.
“The commercial/industrial side makes money, the feature sidespends it,” Sanders said.
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Anthony BurksIt’s only been a year since Anthony Burks, co-founder and president of Vendigm
Construction, a subsidiary of Vendigm Cos., was honored as one of the 40 Under 40, buthis company is making significant strides in two major Fort Worth projects.
Along with Jonathan White, co-founder of the company, Burks has been overseeing thejoint-venture projects of the Western Heritage Parking Garage, on Montgomery Streetnear the Cultural District, and the new civil courts building in Downtown off WeatherfordStreet.
Vendigm Foundations also is now an official nonprofit organization, and this year sup-ported Sunrise-McMillian Elementary School. Burks also has been focusing on raisingawareness of the Vendigm brand.
“I tell people all the time I’m the president of a company, but I’m a jack of all trades,”Burks said.
When not at work, Burks spends time with his son and daughter.
Ben KingLaunching a business and launching a magazine may not be what most people
would do in this economy, but Ben King, general manager and vice president ofMetro Golf Cars, has done both.
King launched the company Martex Global Enterprise for manufacturing aswell as the trade publication Inside UTV in 2008, the same year he was named a40 Under 40. Both have been holding their own, despite the economy, and thehigh season (the second half of the year) hasn’t even come yet, he said.
“As off as it’s been the first half of this year, we’re really optimistic about thehalf that’s to come,” he said.
Metro Golf Cars also will deliver vehicles to the new Cowboys Stadium inArlington, as well as serve as the government contract point for Yamaha products.King is serving as vice president of the Mansfield Economic Development Board,and when he’s not busy with work, he spends time with his family.
Clare PritchettFor several years, Clare Pritchett, director of capital campaign at the Fort Worth
Museum of Science and History, has been focused on fund-raising for the new museum,slated to open at the end this year.
Finally, the end is in sight. About $72 million has been raised toward the goal of $80million, Pritchett said, from donors who gave $1 million or more to kids who raised moneywith lemonade stands.
“It’s so neat when the kids feel ownership and they feel like they’ve done their part,” shesaid.
There will always be fund-raising activities at the museum, Pritchett said, but it’s gratify-ing to be closing in on the final goal.
“It’s been pretty fast-paced, so it will be pretty nice to have some down time,” she said.
Mike MicallefMike Micallef had just guided Reata Restaurant through running the
Backstage Club at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo when he was givenhis 40 Under 40 award, and 2009 marks the second year the restaurant managedthe iconic part of the biggest event in Fort Worth.
“I think it was a big success,” Micallef said. “The first year, obviously, you’relearning a lot and learning how to operate that facility. The second year I thinkwe were able to increase the number of menu items we were able to offer and Ithink our quality and execution was superb.”
The Backstage Club was also open in late 2008 for the National CuttingHorse Association’s World Championship Futurity. Reata also has successfullylaunched its cookbook and will debut its Reata at Home Bakeware later thisyear, Micallef said.
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Special thanks to past honorees
1994Michael Thomson
Just one year after being named a 40 Under 40 in 1994, Chef Michael Thomson bought out his partner athis swanky Seventh Street restaurant called Michael’s Restaurant and Ancho Chile Bar and formed a newmanagement company to further solidify his restaurant’s place as one of the greats in Fort Worth. Today,Thomson is chef proprietor at Michael’s, where he is continuing to learn new lessons every day.
“The last couple of years have been the biggest test of my business life in that with the big, new develop-ment making a big wave up my street where I have been for the past 18 years, I’ve learned a lot about busi-ness that I didn’t know before,” he says.
Michael’s is located on Seventh Street near several massive mixed-use developments in the city’s CulturalDistrict and Thomson said the construction made life difficult in 2008.
“It’s just one of those things – do you climb in a hole and hibernate ‘til it’s over or do you jump out there?I’ve decided to jump. That’s why I did a big make-over at the restaurant and we’re looking forward to a greatfuture,” he says.
And in his 10th year of involvement with the Cystic Fibrosis benefit event, Thomson will serve as headchef this year at the 65 Roses Wine and Food Extravaganza.
1995Greg T. Clifton
When Greg T. Clifton won his 40 under 40 award in 1995, he was running a solo financial adviserpractice with the help of one part-time employee.
Since then, Clifton has expanded his business and earned an MBA at Southern MethodistUniversity. Today, Clifton Capital Partners has three offices, 12 employees, and a number of dedicatedclients.
In the summer of 2008, Clifton Capital Partners expanded into Southlake, and in May, the compa-ny expanded further into Midland.
The firm is continuing to take on new clients, build relationships and preparing to relocate to arecently under-construction new headquarters on Camp Bowie Boulevard, Clifton says.
“We continue to have more clients, we do a great job, and we’re good at operating our business,”Clifton says. “We’re a great local company, and we want to continue to take care of the most importantresource we have, and that’s our clients and the great business relationships we have in Fort Worth.”
2005Allen Wallach
Growth is good, but exploding can be even better.Concussion, a Fort Worth advertising firm, has made quite an impact locally, doubling in size to nearly 60
staff members since Allen Wallach, CEO and partner, was honored as one of the 40 Under 40 recipients in2005.
The year after the award, Concussion was named a Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce Small Business ofthe Year, Wallach says, and continues to add business from across the nation. Fellow 40 Under 40 recipientand co-founder Andrew Yanez also were nominated as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year andlaunched a new Latino marketing agency, Matador. Kristin Wallach, his wife and also an employee atConcussion, was also a 40 Under 40, and their daughter, Paige, is now 8.
“Looking forward, I would like to continue to improve upon my skills as a marketer and to help cultivatethe next level of leadership at our firm,” Wallach says.
2006Andrew Yanez
As chief creative officer of Concussion, Yanez has been at the forefront when it comes to the com-pany’s push onto a national stage. From expanding into states from Minnesota to Louisiana, Florida toNew York, Yanez says he is proud of the advertising firm’s work for clients, which often is publishedalongside clients like Coca-Cola, Vespa and Wolfgang Puck.
Yanez was named a 40 Under 40 in 2006, and his co-founder Allen Wallach also has received thehonor, as well as others at Concussion over the years. In addition to working with Concussion, Yanezsits on the board of directors for the Child Study Center, something he’s involved with alongside hiswife, Amy, who was also named a 40 Under 40. Their oldest son, Nick Panco, is now entering firstgrade, and their youngest, Kimber Roane, is three and a half years old.
Yanez’s other passion is trying to up Fort Worth’s recognition as a creative hot spot for all sorts ofprofessionals, from chefs to advertising people to musicians and beyond.
“This is a city ripe for creative discovery, and I am hoping to lead the charge,” Yanez says.
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