DBJ 40 Under 40 Awards 2024 | Dallas Business Journal | 25 June 2024 | Toyota Stadium, 9200 World Cup Way, Frisco, TX 75033, USA

These men and women are leaders in a variety of sectors and industries with roles that range from some of this largest companies to up-and-coming startups.

2024 Speakers

HONOREES:

Jessica Aaron
Senior Vice President, Senior Credit Officer, Dallas Capital Bank

AJ Aguirre
Principal, Aguirre Medical Group

Jason Brown
President, Dallas City Homes

Michael Buss
Vice President, Rockefeller Capital Management

Sharita Butler
Vice President of Clinical Programs, Northern Market, Children’s Health System of Texas

Jonny Cantwell
Vice President, Chief of Staff to the CEO, Baylor Scott & White Health

Avi Chavda
Founder and CEO, Virtuoso Spine & Joint

Clayton Collins
Chairman and CEO, HousingWire / HW Media

Dillon Cook
CEO, Range Realty Advisors

Shalini Dinesh
Senior Product Manager, Walmart

Kate Fishel
CEO and Owner, Fauxcades

Genesis Gavino
Chief of Staff and Resilience Officer, City of Dallas

Shawn Hailey
CEO and Co-founder, LineQuest

Ben Hardison
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

Philip Hiatt Haigh
Executive Director, The Loop Dallas

Ben Hubbard
CEO, Nexus PMG

Doug Jones
Managing Director, Stream Realty Partners

Jordyn Jones
Vice President, Finance, Taylor Morrison Homes

Erik Laney
CFO, Santander Consumer USA

Matt Lineberger
Founder and CEO, Veriswift; Founder and CEO, Valukoda

Jeff Lisle
Dallas Banking Center President, Vista Bank

Tiffani Martin
Founder and CEO, VisioTech

Mitchell McAnally
Business Team Leader, Garver

Bemnet Meshesha
Vice President, Community, Culture and Equity, Girl Scouts Northeast Texas

Chase Miller
Principal, NAI Robert Lynn

Rob Morris
CEO, Skybox Datacenters

Sameer Patel
Co-CEO, UNCO

Erin Peavey
Architect and Health and Well-being Design Leader, HKS

Gregory Pizarro Jr.
Founder and CEO, Glenhouse

Gloria Salinas
Vice President, Frisco Economic Development Corporation

Nikita Seal
Founder and CEO, ZZ’s Ice Cream Puffs

Rebekah Skeete
COO, BlackGirlsHack

Jessica Taylor
Founder and CEO, Ezra Coffee Company

Kory Termine
Assistant Vice President, Centralized Patient Access Services, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Amanda Thrash
President, Texas Health Allen

Rex Tullius
Senior Vice President of Development, Premier

Jessica Shepard Watts
Chief Partnerships Officer, The Dallas Foundation

Greg Weatherford II
Youth Empowerment Program Officer, The Allstate Foundation

Betty Yang
Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Jake Young
Senior Vice President, Lincoln Property Company

2024 Sponsors

PRESENTING SPONSORS:
• Simmons Bank
• SMU

AWARD SPONSOR:
• Bob Lilly

COMMUNITY PARTNER:
• DRC