This year’s class of 20 Under 40 (click the recipient’s name to watch a video and read his or her profile):

• Krysta Aten-Schell, 29: Bernier, Carr & Associates

• Allison I. Carlos, 22: Washington Street Properties

• Sarah V. Compo, 29: New York State Senate

• Erica C. Demick, 29: YesterYear’s Vintage Doors

• Rebecca Dunckel-King, 35: Beaver River High School

• Trevor C. Garlock, 27: Northwestern Mutual

• Dr. Shari M. Hogan, 36: Child & Adolescent Health Associates

• Joey Marie Horton, 28: North Country Family Health Center

• Jacob S. ‘Jake’ Johnson, 29: Jake’s Lawn Care & Landscaping

• Megan LaClaire, 34: Perfectly Polished Nails & Waxing Spa

• Aaron Miller, 37: Miller Spraying & Miller Turf

• Michelle Monnat, 30: Children’s Home of Jefferson County

• Samuel M. Purington, 37: Volunteer Transportation Center

• Michelle I. Quinell-Gayle, 39: St. Lawrence NYSARC

• Amanda Root, 35: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County

• Stuart Schmitt, 28: Watertown Family YMCA

• Robert M. Sligar, 29: Carthage Federal Savings & Loan Association

• Lucas Wachob, 26 & Rebekah Wachob, 24: Aldersgate Camp & Retreat Center

• David A. Winters, 36: Watertown Audiology

• Jill C. Winters, 35: New York Power Authority

An architect, a director of business development, communication professionals, a national sales and marketing manager, an educator, a financial planner, health care professionals, an information technology specialist, a transportation center director, a director of human resources, a loan officer, a pair of camp leaders, a director of operations and a few small business owners.

Our fourth annual 20 Under 40 class was the most competitive field yet, and these individuals represent a snapshot of Northern New York’s most accomplished, dedicated and involved young professionals, across a wide spectrum of industries, and across three counties.

All of these young men and women are involved in some shape or form in their community, whether by serving on an organization’s board, being a foster parent, serving in a youth leadership organization, or something as simple as helping to organize community 5K runs or making time to donate to food banks.

All of these leaders, who are between the ages of 22 and 39, were chosen not only by the editors and staff of NNY Business magazine, but by virtue of glowing recommendations from their peers and employers. And not only do these emerging leaders, who embody the prized north country values of compassion, hard work and selflessness, make time in hectic schedules to volunteer in the community, they give their very best in challenging career fields each and day, all out of an effort to make the place they have chosen to stay in and call home the very best place it can be.