Honoring the accomplishments of 40 Omaha area entrepreneurs, business owners, managers and professional men and women under 40 years of age.
Here are the 2006 winners of our 40 under 40 awards. The award honors 40 successful people under the age of 40. The intention is to recognize young people in the Omaha area who are making notable strides in building a future for themselves and others.

Congratulations to this year's 40 Under 40 Award Winners

Josie Abboud
36
Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center and Methodist Hospital
Aimee Arnold
36
PHG Wine
Meredith Bond
36

U.S. Commercial Serviced
Nicole Bourquin 28
Cornhusker Beverage and Bridal
Vickie Brady
34
Baird Holm
Mark Brasee
39
Fraser Stryker
David Bushey
37
Marcotte Insurance Agency
Sheila Elijah
36
HDR
Aaron Evans
37
Union Pacific
Terrance Ty Fangman Jr.
38
CFM Realty Advisors
Jason Fisher
35
Lund Co.
James Foxall
37
Tigerpaw Software
Renee Franklin 35
Social Settlement
Kara Habrock
38
L.G. Roloff Construction
Terry Hanna
33
University of Nebraska Foundation
John Heaston
35
Pioneer Publishing
Jeff Huber
38
Home Instead Senior Care
Sherrye Hutcherson
35
Omaha Public Power District
Rachel Jacobson
28
Film Streams
Charles Janssen 35
RTG Medical
Amanda Jedlicka
34
Habitat For Humanity
Steve Kontz
34
Renaissance Financial
Sandra Lane
39
Lutz & Co.
Mike Leatherman
39
First National Merchant Solutions
Stephen Lichter 38
Engineering, Automation & Design
Lori Liffring
39
Cambridge Advisors
John Lund
38
Offwire
Cristina Castro-Matukewicz
39
Wells Fargo
Michaela Myers 30
Care Consultants for the Aging
Tu Nguyen
28
DOCCENTER Inc.
John Noble
38
Streck
Kevin O' Malley
38
Travel and Transport
Stephen Patterson
33
First National Capital Markets
Joel Russell
32
Millard Lumber
Jaymes Salestrom
36
Geeks
Cory Shaw
37
UNMC Physicians
Cher Stenger
39
Supper Thyme USA
John Sunderland
39
Sunderland Brothers Co.
Jason Tonjes
32
Bland & Associates
Jamie Walker
33
Jet Linx Aviation
Keri Willenborg 34
Supper Thyme USA
Trey Mytty is MBJs Young Business Person of the Year for 2006.

In the three years since Trey Mytty became executive vice president of Omaha Truck Center, the company has built a new facility, expanded two others and met its target goal of $150 million in sales.
As a managing partner of the full-service truck dealership which sells, leases and rents trucks; sells parts; and performs bodywork, repairs and routine maintenance Mytty has helped drive a 16 percent increase in service, 43 percent growth in parts sales and a 19 percent rise in truck sales since 2000.
The company's 425 employees work at 11 locations in Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas, including a new facility in Norfolk and at dealerships in Lincoln and Wichita that doubled in size through renovations in 2005.
Deborah Grafelman is MBJs Woman of Distinction 2006
Sales have increased by 31 percent, and the employee base has grown by one-fourth since Deborah Grafelman became president of Dermatologic Lab and Supply, also known as Delasco, in 2000.
In the last six years, as the dermatology market has shifted from medical to cosmetic services, Delasco a manufacturer and supplier of dermatology chemicals, instruments and equipment to physicians and health care professionals has tailored its offerings to meet an exploding demand for cosmetic and aesthetic products.
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