EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Twenty young professionals have been named recipients of this year's "20 Under 40" awards by the Rotary Club of Evansville.

They'll be recognized Sept. 27 at a dinner reception hosted by Bally's Evansville.

“We are pleased to recognize this outstanding group of community leaders. We look forward to celebrating them and their collective accomplishments,” Rotary president Kari Akin said.

Here are the 20 award recipients:

• Rasheedah Ajibade, Memorial Community Development Corp.

• Andrew Backes, Big Brothers Big Sisters

• Rebekah Basham, Deaconess Health System

• Claire Bosma, Ten Adams

• Rebecca Brady, Hafer

• J.C. Campbell, Oakland City University/Greater Hope Church

• Michele Graham, Harding, Shymanski & Co. PSC

• Ernie Griffin, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. and Indiana National Guard

• Chad Grunow, G.D. Ritzy's

• Rina Harris, CenterPoint Energy

• Paul Lewellyn, BNG Heating & Cooling; Boonville Natural Gas

• Nathan McCullough-Haddix, Koch Family Children's Museum of Evansville

• Andy Niemeier, Azzip Pizza

• Payal Patel-Dovlatabadi, University of Evansville

• Dylan Rexing, Rexing Companies

• Ashley Riester, Evansville Regional Economic Partnership

• Amanda Schmitt, CenterPoint Energy

• Joshua Trockman, Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn LP

• Jeff Wedding, Evansville State Hospital

• Dr. Ryan Wood, Forefront Therapy LLC

This article originally appeared on Evansville Courier & Press: 20 Under 40: Rotary Club of Evansville names winners of 2022 awards