Journal Record to honor Achievers Under 40
April 18th, 2008

OKLAHOMA CITY - Louisa McCune-Elmore, editor in chief of Oklahoma Today magazine, will be the speaker at the 2008 Journal Record Achievers Under 40 event honoring 40 professionals from the state.
McCune-Elmore was honored as one of last year's Achievers Under 40. Before joining the Oklahoma Today magazine in November 1997, she was a contributing editor for The American Benefactor. She has also worked at Worth, George, Harper's Magazine, Mirabella and New York. In 1996, the Enid native was assistant editor of Fools for Scandal: How the Media Invented Whitewater, written by Harper's Magazine contributor Gene Lyons. A former contributing editor to Green: The Magazine for Personal Finance, her articles also have appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, Reader's Digest, Worth, OKC Business and World Literature Today.
The Journal Record's Achievers Under 40: Rewarding the Climb salute is set to begin at 11:30 a.m. May 15 at the Renaissance Tulsa Hotel & Convention Center, 6808 S. 107th East Ave. in Tulsa.
"The mission of The Journal Record's Achievers Under 40 is to honor and recognize the accomplishments of Oklahoma's talented young leaders," said Journal Record Publisher Mary Melon. "This year, we received an amazing number of quality nominees, making the selection especially difficult. The upside is that we can all feel secure that our future is in good hands.
"This year's honorees - all under the age of 40 - have already proven both their leadership skills and their strong commitment to making Oklahoma a better place to live and work," Melon said.
The winners were chosen by a committee composed of area leaders and will be honored at the event and profiled in a special publication of The Journal Record.
Sponsors of the 2008 event are Accel Financial Staffing Solutions; Alliance of Emerging Professionals; Bank of Oklahoma; Chesapeake Energy Corp.; Cox Communications; Oklahoma City University Meinders School of Business; Third Degree Advertising and Tulsa Young Professionals.
To make reservations for the lunch, call Sunny Cearley at (405) 278-2820 or e-mail her at sunny.cearley@journalrecord.com. Corporate tables are $1,500 each and include a table for eight, a half-page ad and recognition at the event and in the publication. Regular tables are $400, and single tickets are $50.

The Journal Record's fifth class of Achievers Under 40
l Stacy Acord; partner; McDaniel, Hixon, Longwell & Acord; Tulsa.
l Donald Armstrong, artistic administrator/director of Studio Artists Program, Tulsa Opera, Tulsa.
l Darryl Baskin, broker associate, The Baskin Real Estate Specialists at McGraw Realtors, Tulsa.
l Julie Boyd, strategic adviser, 20 Hats, Oklahoma City.
l Philip Busey Jr., vice president of communications, The Busey Group of Companies, Oklahoma City.
l Lee Camargo-Quinn; assistant director of Business Development; Frankfurt, Short, Bruza and Associates; Oklahoma City.
l Christopher Camp; partner/attorney; Herrold, Herrold & Co. Lawyers, Tulsa.
l Bryan Carroll, owner/president, B.P. Carroll Home Mortgage Inc., Oklahoma City.
l Christine Cave, attorney, Meyer Cave, Oklahoma City.
l Jerald Dawkins, founder and president, True Digital Security Inc., Tulsa.
l Ephanie DeBey, Student Activities Specialist, Tulsa Community College, Tulsa.
l John M. Donaghue, vice president of National Financial Operations, ProCure Treatment Centers, Oklahoma City.
l Jeff Dorris, CEO/owner, Oklahoma Sleep Institute, Oklahoma City.
l Elizabeth Downing, technical writer/fine art photographer, Digital Forensics Professionals, Tulsa.
l Lara Foley, chair and associate professor with Department of Sociology, University of Tulsa, Tulsa.
l Liz Hunt, principal, Hunt Media & Marketing, Tulsa.
l Molly Jarvis, vice president of Marketing and Sales, Cherokee Nation Enterprises, Tulsa.
l Joy Jenkins, city editor, Tulsa People Magazine, Tulsa.
l Brent Kisling, state director, USDA Rural Development, Stillwater.
l Sarah Kuhn, staff auditor, ConocoPhillips, Bartlesville.
l Jeremy Lively, transmission quality control and audit compliance analyst, PSO/AEP, Tulsa.
l Anthony "Tony" LoPresto, manager of financial analysis, Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores, Oklahoma City.
l Marcie Mack, assistant superintendent, Autry Technology Center, Enid.
l Christine Martin, director of communications, Cox Communications, Oklahoma City.
l Derek Martin, senior vice president/manager of Consumer Product Management, BOK Financial, Tulsa.
l Kelley McGuire, area director, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City.
l Tiffany Monhollon, corporate communications supervisor, Express Employment Professionals, Oklahoma City.
l Paul Nosak, CEO, Nosak Tree Service, Tulsa.
l Anastasia Pittman, state representative, Oklahoma House of Representatives, Oklahoma City.
l Lisa Reed, program director, Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation Inc., Oklahoma City.
l Briana Ross, vice president/attorney, Guaranty Abstract Co., Tulsa.
l Robert Ruiz, owner, Eyne Media, Norman.
l Ricardo Sasaki, music producer, Enye Media, Norman.
l Paige Shelton, attorney, Conner & Winters, Tulsa.
l Douglas Sorocco; director and shareholder; Dunlap, Codding & Rogers, Oklahoma City.
l Joe St. John, director of Recruitment and Training, Jim Norton Toyota, Tulsa.
l Nancy Thomason, founder and president, Oklahoma Brian Tumor Foundation, Oklahoma City.
l Evan Walter, financial adviser, Wachovia Securities, Oklahoma City.
l Karen Youngblood, director for Staff Leadership Development and External Leadership Training, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond.
l Ruth Zaldivar, manager of Human Resources, F&M Bank and Trust Co., Tulsa.

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