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At a sold out event with almost 300 people in attendance, Leadership Arlington held its first annual 40 Under 40 at Army Navy Country Club on Dec. 4 recognizing 40 emerging leaders under the age of 40 who demonstrated impact personally and/or professionally through their leadership in the D.C. metropolitan region. The honorees included Salim Adofo, National Black United Front; Nyambo Anuluoha, Arlington Community Federal Credit Union; John Ayers, REDLattice Incorporated; Mike Barnes, YHR Restaurant Group & BluePrint IT Solutions; Sindy Benavides, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC); Katherine Bianco, DC Modern Luxury Magazine; Scott Brodbeck, Local News Now LLC; Ginger Brown, Arlington County Planning Commission; Billy Buck, Buck & Associates, Inc.; Nadia Conyers, Arlington Employment Center, Arlington County Government; Jeffrey DiLisi, Virginia Hospital Center; Laura Gamse, Daydream Reels; Erikka Gleckel, Deloitte Consulting, LLP; Scott Gold, IBC, a DBS Company; Nick Gregorios, Avison Young; Chris Hamm, U.S. General Services Administration FEDSIM; Julia Hamm, Solar Electric Power Association; Sarah Hillware, Girls Health Ed & Cumulus Media; Paul Holland, Marstel-Day LLC; Jennifer Hovis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Melissa Impastato, Clark Construction Group LLC; Krysta Jones, U.S. Rep. Jim Moran/US House of Representatives; Elizabeth Jones Valderrama, Offender Aid and Restoration (OAR); Kim Klingler, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO); Matthew Kulkin, Squire Patton Boggs LLP; Dania Matos, Latinas Leading Tomorrow; Ann McCarty, Arlington County Public Schools; Ron Novak, Segue Technologies, Inc.; Joseph Petty, Crystal City Business Improvement District; Mike Richardson, Chain Bridge Bank; Kate Roche, Arlington Chamber of Commerce; Andrew Schneider, The College of William & Mary - Raymond A. Mason School of Business; Kelly Shooshan, The Shooshan Company; Marcio Silveira, Pavlov Financial Planning; Terron Sims, II, District Equity, LLC; Paul Singh, Disruption Corporation; Elaine Turville, Accenture; Andy VanHorn, The JBG Companies; Kedrick Whitmore, Venable LLP; and Steven Yates, Opower. Visit www.leadershiparlington.org.