Pictured: Members of the 35 Under 35 Class of 2022. Photo by Wyatt Kostygan.

On Thursday, December 1st, SRQ MEDIA celebrated some of our community’s best and brightest young professionals at the awards ceremony for the 2nd Annual SRQ Magazine 35 Under 35 Competition at Aloft Sarasota in downtown Sarasota. In partnership with founding sponsor Fifth Third Bank, this program serves to recognize and connect the young professionals making their professional and philanthropic mark on our region through their contributions.

The SRQ Magazine 35 Under 35 Competition recognizes and honors our community’s young professionals, innovators, scientists, creatives, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists who have distinguished themselves as leaders within their respective fields. Friends, families, colleagues, and supporters gathered to cheer on their honorees while getting to know one another over bites from Mattison’s and cocktails by Aloft Sarasota before SRQ Magazine’s Executive Publisher Wes Roberts got the awards ceremony underway to the 35 Under 35 Class of 2022 including:

Javar Baity - Marketing Director, Take Stock in Children of Manatee
Melissa Beachy - Medical Director & Master Injector, Glow DermSpa by Arsenault Dermatology
Jessie Bonner - Realtor, Sarabay Real Estate
Chloe Conboy - Deputy District Director, Congressman Vern Buchanan (FL-16)
Claire Craigmile - Project Coordination Supervisor, Sarasota County Government
Olivia D'Amico - Founder, Friendly City Foundation + Kinspoke
Christian Daum - Co-Owner, Xcelleration Detailing
Kate De Michieli - PR and Social Media Manager, One Eight Oh PR
Danae DeShazer - Director of Brand Strategy, Sokos Solutions
Shylynn Gamble Puckett - Financial Center Manager, Officer, Fifth Third Bank
Thomas Gayer IV - Financial Advisor, Janney, Sarasota
Brian Goodrich - Shareholder, Bentley Goodrich Kison, P.A.
Joseph (JT) Grano, III - Vice President, Digital Marketing, Next-Mark, LLC
Julia Groom - Director, DreamLarge
Hallie Harris - Director of Brand Partnerships, AG Creative
Candice Henry - Co-Founder, Aretios
Sydney Johnson - Director of Marketing, The Sarasota Modern
Ross Johnston - Manager of Visitor Engagement, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
Matthew Kern - Financial Center Leader, Hancock Whitney
Arianne Kopacz - Mental Health Specialist, Children First
Brittany Lamont - CEO/President, Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance
Stephanie Lomazov - Lead Speech Pathologist, Neuro Speech Therapy
Sarah Lyons - Sarasota Studio Director, Wannemacher Jensen Architects
Kayla Murphy - Clinic Manager, Animal Rescue Coalition (ARC)
Jacquelyn O'Shaughnessy - Executive Director, HarborChase
Amanda Parrish - Partner, COO, Fawley Bryant Architecture
Carlos Portillo - Juvenile Justice Director, Youth for Christ
Marissa Rossnagle - Vice President of Physician Relations and Marketing, US Eye
Jerty "Evan" Samson - Integrated Marketing Communications Officer, DMSI Diversified Material Specialists Inc.
Jordan Sebastiano - Realtor, Sarabay Real Estate
Brandon Thrift - Artist, Spread Love - Sarasota
Matthew Tympanick - Founder & Principal, Tympanick Law, P.A.
Danielle Visone - Director, Tidewell Hospice Blue Butterfly Family Grief Center
Ashley Waite - Director of Museum Experience, The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature
Dr. Connor Wolfe - Chiropractor, The Wellness Way-Sarasota

We are appreciative of these 35 individuals thriving in our region and paving the way for the next generation of leaders. The 35 Under 35 Competition is an annual program produced by SRQ MEDIA—call for nominations will open again in August of 2023.

Pictured: Members of the 35 Under 35 Class of 2022. Photo by Wyatt Kostygan.

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