Ingram's May 2023

HIGHLIGHT | 2023 40 UNDER FORTY

We’re Back in the Business of Celebrating Young Leaders After a two-year pandemic pause on large group events and a wind-blown outdoor gathering in 2022, the 40 Under Forty awards program returned with a party-hardy mentality to historic Union Station on May 11. G R A M ’ S

from past 40 Under Forty winners who have gone on to achieve pinnacle career success and earn Alumni of the Year distinction since that award debuted in 2016: Greg Maday of SpecChem and Sporting Kansas City, Peter Mallouk of Creative Planning, Neal Sharma of Dentsu Group, Debbie Wilkerson of Greater Kansas City Community Foun dation and this year’s honoree, Mike Maddox of CrossFirst Bank. It was a worthy tribute to the lat est class, which brings to an even 1,000 the number of high-achievers from across the region since that first cohort in 1998. r s a r y g i n 2 0 2 3

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A crowd of hundreds—bring- ing together friends, family, executive leaders and co- workers—turned out in force to toast the 25th class of Ingram’s tribute to rising young executives in the greeater Kansas City region.

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With music, libations and savory hors d’oeuvres to help set the mood, this year’s honorees were treated to video testimonials

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