Forty Under 40

As director of regulatory and regional transmission organization policy at IPL, Justin Sufan is in the middle of big changes at his company and in the energy sector worldwide.

Yecenia Tostado and her then-colleagues at EmployIndy crafted Indy Achieves, which is Mayor Joe Hogsett’s program to help Marion County youth afford post-secondary education.

Matt Waggoner, managing director of tenant representation for JLL, changed his perspective on his career after a friend challenged him to consider the purpose of his work.

Muhammad Yasin co-founded a group that focuses on agile marketing and co-hosts a podcast for “process-minded marketers.”

Stacy Atkinson in October became the youngest Latina chancellor to lead an Ivy Tech Community College campus in the history of the higher education network, which is the largest community college system in the country.

Fernanda Beraldi, senior director of ethics and compliance at Cummins Inc., works with a global team to educate 62,000 employees about the risks of bribery, conflicts of interest and other problems.

Candice Bineyard has ascending the ranks at Rolls-Royce to a new position as director of defense programs. It’s a promotion she received in January, after serving as vice president of one of the manufacturing company’s leading programs, its JSF LiftSystem technology that powers fighter jets and other aerospace gear in the armed services.

Stephanie Bothun helped launch the not-for-profit Ascend Indiana, the talent and workforce development initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, with a set of values, a bundle of policy papers and her former boss, Jason Kloth, then of Teach for America.

Conner Burt is co-founder and president of Lessonly, a rapidly expanding training software company serving almost 1,000 customers.

Responsible for keeping Indiana’s elections fair and secure, Deputy Secretary of State Brandon Clifton and his team have embraced sweeping reforms to voting procedures since 2016.

Once an aspiring journalist and writer, Bindley Capital Partners Vice President Jennifer Detmer has discovered how credit research and finance can also be a form of storytelling.

For Meggie Dials, empathy is the superpower that has propelled her through her time at Salesforce and through the career shifts that led her there.

In 2017, Joshua Driver co-founded Selfless.ly to provide businesses with software to better navigate community service commitments.

Michael Dury was promoted Jan. 23 to CEO of Merchants Capital, where he leads one of the top housing-loan originators nationwide.

Since joining HWC Engineering in 2009, Jamie Ford-Bowers has created an entire planning department from scratch, one that now has 28 employees and more than $4.5 million in yearly revenue.

Christina Fugate is Ice Miller’s expert on franchise law and business and chairwoman of the firm’s franchise and distribution team, and she’s also founder of the Indiana Franchise Association.

Dr. Brian Gray has been a key part of Riley Hospital for Children’s plan to build a $124 million Maternal Fetal Center, expected to open in 2021, that will centralize maternity and newborn care for Indiana University Health’s three downtown hospitals.

Marcus Hall’s varied career wound through Pacers Sports & Entertainment, ExactTarget and even his own pocket-square subscription startup before arriving at an Indianapolis-based California Closets franchise.

Christopher Henry leads the seventh-largest Presbyterian congregation in the United States, with 3,500 members, 125 staff members and budget of $4.7 million.