Vegas Inc. Magazine honored 40 of the city's business trailblazers at an event on March 14 at its annual 40 Under Forty Awards.

This year's recipients represent a diverse collection of professions from gaming to realty, law, hospitality, communications, banking, nonprofit and more.

The event at the Marquee Nightclub at The Cosmopolitan was hosted by South Point's General Manager Ryan Growney, who made the list last year.

Greenspun Media publisher Travis Keys and Editor of Special Publications at Greenspun Media Rob Langrell were there to congratulate the winners.

This year's honorees are:

-- Dr. Rooman Ahad – Foundation for Positively Kids
-- Kassi Belz – MassMedia Corporate Communications
-- Dominique Bertolone – Bellagio
-- Melissa Beutler – Holland & Hart LLP
-- Paige Candee – 10e Media
-- Vandana Chima-Bhalla – Exit Realty Platinum Group
-- Rehan Choudhry – Aurelian Marketing Group and Life is Beautiful Festival
-- Jeff Civillico – Win-Win Entertainment
-- Kristin Conte – TAO Group
-- Tony Cornell – The PENTA Building Group
-- Andrew Courtney – Hard Rock Cafe Las Vegas
-- Ted Dake – U.S. Trust, Bank of America
-- Dr. Steven DeLisle – Sedation Dental Center and Children’s Dentistry
-- Kami Dempsey-Goudie – Cox Communications, Las Vegas 
-- Dustin Dunn – Bally Technologies Inc.
-- Tracy Gallegos – Fox Rothschild LLP
-- Arash Ghafoori – Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth
-- Bobby Hollis – NV Energy
-- Paul Huygens — Province Inc.
-- Kuba Jewgieniew – Realty ONE Group Inc. 
-- Debi Kinney – Clean the World
-- Lisa Mariani – Children’s Advocacy Alliance
-- Paul Moradkhan – Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce
-- Natalie Mounier – Kirvin Doak Communications
-- Javier Ortiz – Entravision
-- Lance Parvin – Cultural Arts Training Foundation
-- Joseph Pierkowski – Clark County Department of Aviation
-- Monica Plaxton Garin – Charleston Insurance Group
-- Abby Quinn – HELP of Southern Nevada
-- Bobby Reynolds – AEG Live Las Vegas
-- Mandy Shavinsky – Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
-- Michelle Shetrom – Commercial Roofers 
-- Sebastien Silvestri – The Venetian and The Palazzo
-- Tabitha Fiddyment Simmons – Kaempfer Crowell and Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar
-- Judy Stone – The Shops at Crystals
-- Vanessa Teeter – Nevada State Bank
-- Robert Torres – Colliers International
-- Mark Tricano – Red Rock Resort
-- Gary Vecchiarelli – Galaxy Gaming Inc. 
-- Dr. Timothy West – Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
-- Jeff Wood – McCarthy Building Companies Inc.