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The Albany Area of Commerce recognized the finalists and announced the category winners of the 2021 Albany Under 40 Awards, a program that celebrated the Albany Area’s emerging leaders and professionals in a variety of business sectors, each representing a component of the area’s diversified talent pool and economy.
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“THE ALBANY AREA IS HOME TO YOUNG leaders who are making their mark through excellence in their professions, through their innovation and through their commitment to building a stronger region,” said Barbara Rivera Holmes, president and CEO of the Albany Area Chamber. “We’re honored to recognize these diverse, outstanding professionals and proud they’ve chosen to live, work and invest in the Albany area.”
Albany Area Chamber President & CEO Barbara Rivera Holmes, left, and Albany Area Chamber Chair Matt Reed, right, recognized the program's 2021 finalists and category winners during the December 2 awards reception at Pretoria Fields Brewery in downtown Albany. Top left: Youth & Education Finalist Shakela Peak, Terrell County Board of Education Top right: Civics, Defense, Government & Public Affairs Finalist Syntorria C. Fedd, Georgia Department of Human Services Bottom left: Marketing category finalist Corey Holman of Grace Life Marketing, left, and marketing category winner Kori Phillips Foy of WALB News Channel 10. Bottom right: From left, nonprofit category finalists Annie Moreschi Vanoteghem of the Albany Museum of Art and Deborah Holman of Educate the Nations; and nonprofit category winner Don R. Johnson of The Challenger League.
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