Courier's 20 Under 40 Recipient Maggie Watkins
WATERLOO — When she was in sixth grade, Maggie Watkins wrote about how she wanted to grow up to be an architect and design houses on the moon.
Maggie Watkins is among those chosen for The Courier’s 2025 20 Under 40 recognition.
CHRIS ZOELLER, Courier Staff Photographer
Read the full collection of stories about the 2025 class of The Courier's 20 Under 40 honorees.
Courier's 20 Under 40 Recipient Maggie Watkins
He “embodies PDCM’s culture by consistently delivering thoughtful service and fostering strong relationships” with business clients as well as…
“His journey from undocumented immigrant to veteran and community advocate is a powerful story of service and resilience.”
When meeting Lauren Riensche, one realizes she is passionate about, well, just about everything.
"Jillian is the kind of leader who brings heart, strategy and a sense of purpose to every initiative she touches."
An interest in design led to a degree in landscape architecture from Iowa State University and a career where she has a role in developing som…
“She listens closely to students and families … and she works tirelessly to remove barriers to education and leadership.”
The director of the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at the University of Northern Iowa is credited with revolutionizing access to entrep…
At 32, she is president and a broker at Lockard Realty Inc. and a member of the latest generation in a family business her paternal grandfathe…
Whether it's for commercial loans and customers at Farmers State Bank or for women experiencing homelessness and unemployment, he is there to …
She helps facilitate trauma-informed responses sexual assaults, bringing together law enforcement, prosecutors, health care providers, and adv…
Kathryn Gilbery works to fill unused plots of land with gardens, while also making sure the food insecure have grocery bags filled with health…
His "leadership is quiet, yet profound. He builds up the people around him, encourages the next generation of tradespeople and sets a powerful…
Community involvement interested her as she started her own family and became aware of issues such as road safety when walking her dog or her baby.
Corbin, 36, is the director of community development at the Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments, or INRCOG. He works with 58 cities…
If the UNI had a Welcome Wagon, it would be Shelly Christensen. As the university's assistant director of campus visits, Christensen, 36, over…
Badaczewska is the owner of Asa Brows, a beauty studio in Cedar Falls. What began as a one-woman shop in 2020 has since grown into a thriving …
On Thursday night, more than 200 people attended a banquet at the Diamond Event Center in Cedar Falls to honor the 2025 class of 20 Under 40 A…
Recipients were selected for their outstanding service to the community. A special event on Nov. 21 will celebrate the winners at Diamond Even…
"Fierce," "driven" and "powerhouse" are some of the words used to describe the human resources professional by those who nominated her for The…
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