Gwinnett Young Professionals (GYP) Recognize Up and Coming Leaders

Staff Report

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022

Gwinnett Young Professionals (GYP) hosted its second annual THEYPARTY event celebrating the region’s top young business minds. This 35 Under-35 awards program named thirty-four winners and one ‘young professional of the year’ as it furthered GYP’s mission to champion Gwinnett’s next generation of business leaders.


“GYP would like to congratulate this year’s 35 winners on their achievements which have earned them this well-deserved recognition,” said Chase Meeder, Senior Program Manager, GYP. “Our hope is that through this event, we can celebrate those accomplishments and showcase how engagement through GYP has magnified the impact of their success in the greater Gwinnett region.”


The 2022 35-under-35 winners included:

Adriana Andrade, Precise Consulting
Charbel Aoun, Georgia First Generation Foundation
Heather Bellew, HB Consulting Co
Jasmine Billings, City of Lawrenceville
Vlad Bursuc, Georgia Gwinnett College
Kristen Cofelice, Catering Concepts
Benjamin Coker, Northside Hospital
Katie Corbett, Gwinnett County Animal Welfare
Dee Driver, Gwinnett County Government
Tommy Easley, Atlanta Gladiators
Ana Echeverry, Chemistry
Justin Estep, BECA, Inc.
Jared Estes, Colliers Engineering & Design, Inc.
Ashley Flagg, Mayvin, Inc.
Christabel Ghansah, City of Norcross
Michael Green, Green Financial Resources, LLC
Tyler Henry, Movement Mortgage
Stephanie Hernandez, Mosaic Georgia
Daniel Hwang, Twenty Five Marketing
Sabina Khoja, Northwestern Mutual
Catrina Kmieciak, ATLANTA HUMANE SOCIETY
Kyle Leineweber, Gwinnett County
Brittany Lowe, Rainbow Village Inc.
Juan Mejia, JCM Ventures
Ikram Mohammed, Two & You Foundation
Muriam Nafees, Gwinnett County Government
Jake Nguyen, Nguyen & Pham, LLC Attorney at Law
Shantel Nock, Empower With Words College Prep
Philip Pendergrass, The Pendergrass Law Firm
Kam Phillips, The Kam Phillips Group
Brooke Shultis, Gwinnett County Public Schools, Office of Academies and CTE
Kristan VandenHeuvel, The Water Tower
Owen Waits, J.P. Morgan Chase
Chad Wasdin, Gwinnett, Newton & Rockdale County Health Departments
Aurielle Williams, Amatus Health


Jasmine Billings, Community Development Manager for the City of Lawrenceville, received the most notable honor of the evening as the 2022 Gwinnett Young Professional of the Year.