Future 15

Shannon Full, President/CEO of the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce, explained how the Future 15 is a new awards program that honors 15 of our most dynamic, influential, up and coming leaders in our community. This program is a signature piece of Pulse, a program coordinated by the Chamber. There are 700 young professionals engaged and involved in Pulse. Some of the driving initiatives behind the Future 15 are that they wanted to be able to have an event and award that highlighted great successes and contributions by young professionals in the Valley and they wanted to build it around other Future 15 programs in Wisconsin in order to give a statewide award. Nominations will open soon for the 2012 Future 15. One can nominate another person or themselves. Judging is conducted by an anonymous panel of business leaders in the community. Judging is based on individual contributions the applicant has made to their business, personal life and community. Input is sought from managers and supervisors. There is also an online voting process. Last year, they received close to 50 applicants. The person with the overall top score from all categories is named Young Professional of the Year.

Amber Genett
Manager of Interaction Center Specialty Team, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Robyn Gruner
Director of External Affairs, AT&T

Jason Heinritz
District Manager, Vector Marketing

Erin Karas
Corporate Sales Manager, Holiday Inn Neenah Riverwalk

Sara Micheletti
Attorney, Sitzmann Law Firm Ltd.

Angela Rust
Vice President/Cash Management Relationship Manager, Johnson Bank

Sarah Schneider
Business Development Specialist, Schenck SC

Danielle Soland
Human Resources Generalist,Bassett Mechanical

Jennifer Stephany
Executive Director, Appleton Downtown Inc.

Chris Timm
Partner, Grant Thornton LLP

Heather Vander Heyden
Senior Business Development Officer, Fox Communities Credit Union

Dan Weiner
Senior Employment Specialist, Valley Packaging

Tracy Williams-Prince
Marketing Director/Bus.Developer, Keller, Inc.

Reg Wydeven
Attorney, McCarty Law LLP

Stephen Zich
Marketing Manager, Time Warner Cable