About 450 community leaders, mentors and others gathered Thursday to honor Tucson’s 2011 class of “40 Under 40″ winners.
The annual awards recognize young leaders in the Old Pueblo based on professional accomplishments, leadership qualities and community impact.
This year’s two top honorees were announced, too:
• Man of the Year Abel R. Moreno, 34, co-founder and executive director of Vets4Vets, a Tucson-based nonprofit that provides peer support and trains peer counselors nationwide to help the new generation of vets.
• Woman of the Year Katie Dabney, 33, principal of Vail School District’s Mesquite Elementary School, which has earned the highest attainable “excelling” label from the state for seven years, as well as an A+ rating twice from the Arizona Education Foundation.
All 40 honorees will be showcased in a special section in Sunday’s Arizona Daily Star, along with Mentor of the Year Linda Wojtowicz, senior vice president and chief operations officer at Tucson Medical Center.
The awards breakfast was held Thursday at the Doubletree Reid Park.
The Arizona Daily Star sponsors the 40 Under 40 awards along with the law office of Snell & Wilmer. The Star received 250 nominations for this year’s awards, which were judged by a community panel.
The University of Phoenix sponsors the Mentor of the Year award.
On StarNet: See photos and video at azstarnet.com/40under40
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