Recognizing the Upward, Bright, and Young
Since 2005, 1st State Bank’s RUBY Award has honored our area’s brightest professionals under the age of 40 who have made their mark in their professions and are having an impact throughout the Great Lakes Bay Region.
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The 19th Annual Recipients
This year the ten individuals were recognized at a celebration dinner on February 27, at Apple Mountain in Freeland.
Dr. Paritharsh Ghantasala
Medical Director of Hospital Medicine
Covenant Healthcare
Rebecka Goodrow
Owner & Operator
From The Heart Assisted Living
Brittney Graebner
Owner & Director
Perfusion Associates of MI
Erinna M. Hinds
Senior Director of Ministries
Victorious Believers Ministries
Danielle Onweller
Director of Marketing
Gougeon Brothers, Inc.
Phil Rausch
Senior Vice President – Commercial
Hemlock Semiconductor
Linden Rogers
Global Digital Communications & Content Leader
Dow
Dr. Shawna Ruple
Owner & Physician
MidMichigan OBGYN
Anesha Stanley
Founder & President
Full Circle Doula Services, LLC & Keys of Hope Foundation
Wesley Wininger
President
Winninger Fire Protection
Congratulations to recipients of the 19th Annual RUBY Award!
RUBY Award Past Recipients
| 2022 - 18th Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2022 - 18th Annual RUBY Award Daniel Buzzell | no Aneesha Gogineni |
2022 - 18th Annual RUBY Award Stephanie LaPointe | no Bethany Law |
2022 - 18th Annual RUBY Award Patrick McElgunn | no Keith McIntyre |
2022 - 18th Annual RUBY Award Lindsey McNalley-Kerry | no Kevin Parker |
2022 - 18th Annual RUBY Award Adam Pfenninger | no no |
| 2021 - 17th Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2021 - 17th Annual RUBY Award Jennifer Chappel | no Paddy Hobohm |
2021 - 17th Annual RUBY Award Kati Krueger | no Benjamin Marsh |
2021 - 17th Annual RUBY Award Ty Mier | no Smriti Pant |
2021 - 17th Annual RUBY Award Jacob Spence | no Scott Staszak |
2021 - 17th Annual RUBY Award Jeff Stoutenburg | no Lisa Thompson |
| 2020 - 16th Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2020 - 16th Annual RUBY Award Ashley Blake | no John Boothroyd |
2020 - 16th Annual RUBY Award Kristen Bovid | no Nick Bovid |
2020 - 16th Annual RUBY Award Andrew Heppner | no Elizabeth Pionk, D.O., FAAFP |
2020 - 16th Annual RUBY Award Bill Stec | no Martha Zehnder Kaczynski |
| 2019 - 15th Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2019 - 15th Annual RUBY Award Meghan Baruth | no Christopher Chandler |
2019 - 15th Annual RUBY Award Jennifer Chaytor | no Rob Clements |
2019 - 15th Annual RUBY Award Candice Colby-Scott | no Kevin Douglas |
2019 - 15th Annual RUBY Award Latrice Goodwine | no Jennifer Nash |
2019 - 15th Annual RUBY Award Alayna Wesener | no Emily Yeager |
| 2018 - 14th Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2018 - 14th Annual RUBY Award Jim Bailey | no Adam Bierlein |
2018 - 14th Annual RUBY Award Jenna Briggs | no Kelly Chandler |
2018 - 14th Annual RUBY Award Jessica Dore | no Wayne Hoffman |
2018 - 14th Annual RUBY Award John Kaczynski | no Michael Love |
2018 - 14th Annual RUBY Award Grant Murschel | no Justin Pomerville |
2018 - 14th Annual RUBY Award Erin Strang | no Tara Welch |
| 2017 - 13th Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2017 - 13th Annual RUBY Award Jenifer Acosta | no Erin Andrus |
2017 - 13th Annual RUBY Award Amy Buben | no David Custer |
2017 - 13th Annual RUBY Award Justin Lipscomb | no Panchanan Maiti |
2017 - 13th Annual RUBY Award Adam McCauley | no Sheruni Ratnabalasuriar |
2017 - 13th Annual RUBY Award Ryan Smith | no Michael Keller Zehnder |
| 2016 - 12th Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2016 - 12th Annual RUBY Award Jill Allardyce | no Kyle Bandlow |
2016 - 12th Annual RUBY Award Carrie Burdzinski | no Matt Campbell |
2016 - 12th Annual RUBY Award Nathan Collison | no Peter Gudritz |
2016 - 12th Annual RUBY Award Connie Kennedy | no Patrice Lanczak |
2016 - 12th Annual RUBY Award Eric Maher | no Rajani Muraleedharan |
2016 - 12th Annual RUBY Award Karen Palumbo | no no |
| 2015 - 11th Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2015 - 11th Annual RUBY Award Bethany Alford | no Jennifer Jarvis |
2015 - 11th Annual RUBY Award Darrell Boverhof | no Millie Jezior |
2015 - 11th Annual RUBY Award Ryan Dost | no Trevor Keyes |
2015 - 11th Annual RUBY Award Tami Heilman-Adam | no Andrew J. Miller |
2015 - 11th Annual RUBY Award Victor Hosfeld | no Niklaus von Matt |
| 2014 - 10th Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2014 - 10th Annual RUBY Award Stephanie Brouet | no Jennifer Holzinger |
2014 - 10th Annual RUBY Award Dr. Tony Crachiola | no Jennifer Kempf |
2014 - 10th Annual RUBY Award Sarah Fechter | no Kristin Knoll |
2014 - 10th Annual RUBY Award Elian E. H. Fichtner | no Reney Kreger |
2014 - 10th Annual RUBY Award Jodi Friedman-McFarland | no Scott Litle |
2014 - 10th Annual RUBY Award Alan Gurski | no Tom Miller |
| 2013 - 9th Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2013 - 9th Annual RUBY Award Eric Friedman | no Brian Thomas |
2013 - 9th Annual RUBY Award Rodney Iamurri | no David Tokarsky |
2013 - 9th Annual RUBY Award Daniel Kehres, D.C | no Melissa Cribley-Wahl |
2013 - 9th Annual RUBY Award Kimberly Offenbecker | no Cale Wasserman |
2013 - 9th Annual RUBY Award Steve Puvalowski | no Charles Zimmer |
2013 - 9th Annual RUBY Award Andrew Schoenborn | no no |
| 2012 - 8th Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2012 - 8th Annual RUBY Award Brooke L. Beebe | no Brian P. Klump |
2012 - 8th Annual RUBY Award Jill Covyeou Pharm D. | no Pavel Konecny |
2012 - 8th Annual RUBY Award Benjamin Denay | no LT Michael Major |
2012 - 8th Annual RUBY Award Jules P. Gehrke | no Rachel Larimore |
2012 - 8th Annual RUBY Award Brad Gomoluch | no Heather Rousseau |
2012 - 8th Annual RUBY Award Michael Grossi | no Amanda Schafer-Johnson |
2012 - 8th Annual RUBY Award Wendy Kanar | no Karla D. Witzke, DO |
| 2011 - 7th Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2011 - 7th Annual RUBY Award Andrew Chubb | no Kristopher (Kip) Northrup |
2011 - 7th Annual RUBY Award Rep. Stacey Erwin-Oakes | no Magen Samyn |
2011 - 7th Annual RUBY Award Carrie Kessel | no Ryan Carley |
2011 - 7th Annual RUBY Award Christopher Surfield | no Anthony (TJ) Nagorsen |
2011 - 7th Annual RUBY Award David Rifkin | no Jason Dore |
2011 - 7th Annual RUBY Award Jamie Furbush | no no |
| 2010 - 6th Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2010 - 6th Annual RUBY Award Gary Bruff | no Joshua Ode |
2010 - 6th Annual RUBY Award Karl Leuter | no Jim Stutelberg |
2010 - 6th Annual RUBY Award Sara Johnson | no Anthony Taylor |
2010 - 6th Annual RUBY Award David Karpovich | no Amy Zehnder-Grossi |
2010 - 6th Annual RUBY Award Karen Murphy | no no |
| 2009 - 5th Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2009 - 5th Annual RUBY Award J. J. Boehm | no Rachelle Jacques |
2009 - 5th Annual RUBY Award Jason Brown | no David Jaffe |
2009 - 5th Annual RUBY Award Natasha Coulouris | no Leslie Perry |
2009 - 5th Annual RUBY Award D. J. Diblasi | no Brian Pruitt |
2009 - 5th Annual RUBY Award Matthew Eyre | no Jonah Salim |
2009 - 5th Annual RUBY Award Jill Gushow | no no |
| 2008 - 4th Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2008 - 4th Annual RUBY Award Jennifer Carrol | no Jennifer Pahl |
2008 - 4th Annual RUBY Award Sharon Cleland | no Delicia Pruitt, MD |
2008 - 4th Annual RUBY Award Christopher Girard | no Ericka Taylor |
2008 - 4th Annual RUBY Award Todd Hall | no Robert Tuttle, PhD |
2008 - 4th Annual RUBY Award Max Holman | no Steven Vance, MD |
2008 - 4th Annual RUBY Award D. Aaron Howald | no Scott Walker |
2008 - 4th Annual RUBY Award Matt Jeffrey | no no |
| 2007 - 3rd Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2007 - 3rd Annual RUBY Award Paul Barbeau | no Don McAnelly |
2007 - 3rd Annual RUBY Award Brenda Coughlin | no Dana Muscott |
2007 - 3rd Annual RUBY Award Chad Estep | no Valerie Peterson-Owens |
2007 - 3rd Annual RUBY Award Kurt Ieuter | no Melissa Skulley |
2007 - 3rd Annual RUBY Award Amy Legacy | no no |
| 2006 - 2nd Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2006 - 2nd Annual RUBY Award Kevin Birchmeier | no Judge Jonathan E. Lauderbach |
2006 - 2nd Annual RUBY Award Dr. Brooks Byam | no Brian McLeod |
2006 - 2nd Annual RUBY Award Ellen E. Crane | no Ajay Middha |
2006 - 2nd Annual RUBY Award Scott Gaynor, PhD | no Dr. Kala Karu Ramasamy |
2006 - 2nd Annual RUBY Award Steve Gohm | no Jeff Vande Zande |
2006 - 2nd Annual RUBY Award Gary Hausbeck | no Christian Velasquez |
2006 - 2nd Annual RUBY Award Lisa Kusey | no Jenee Velasquez |
2006 - 2nd Annual RUBY Award Marc Labadie | no no |
| 2005 - 1st Annual RUBY Award | no |
|---|---|
2005 - 1st Annual RUBY Award James C. Fabiano II | no Jill Pilgrim |
2005 - 1st Annual RUBY Award Andrea Fisher | no Ricardo Resio |
2005 - 1st Annual RUBY Award Sean Gallagher | no Dr. Samuel Shaheen |
2005 - 1st Annual RUBY Award Gavin W. Goetz | no Gary Short |
2005 - 1st Annual RUBY Award Renee Johnston | no Brian R. Stadler |
2005 - 1st Annual RUBY Award Jeff Mayes | no Chris Tointon |