Congratulations to Austin Kaplan of Kaplan Law Firm (Emerge 2012) for receiving the Austinite of the Year Award and in the Legal category at the Austin Under 40 Awards.

Congratulations to Blake Absher, BB&T (Emerge 2012) for receiving the Austin Under 40 Award in the Financial and Insurance Services category.

Congratulations to Patrick M. Ley of Equitable Commercial Realty (Emerge 2011) for receiving the Austin Under 40 Award in the Real Estate category.

Congratulations to Michelle Wallis, Office of Innovation and Development at Austin Independent School District (Essential 2009) for receiving the Austin Under 40 Award in the Youth and education category.

When our office received the list of Austin Under Forty finalists we were so proud to see so many Leadership Austin alumni.

Congratulations to all. You can see the entire list of finalists and winners here.