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May 16, 2019

Jessica Barry Inducted into “Forty Under Forty” Hall of Fame

[KETTERING, OH, 5/16/19] – Tonight at the Dayton Business Journal’s Forty Under Forty awards program, The Modern College of Design’s President and Owner, Jessica Barry, was inducted into the Forty Under Forty Hall of Fame. Barry won the “40 Under 40” distinction in 2011. Barry is a graduate of The Modern and has served as President since 2007.

Other 2019 Hall of Fame inductees are:
John Lumpkin, Jr, vice president, wealth management/ financial advisor with Morgan Stanley (Class of 2014)

Robert Murphy, president and general manager of the Dayton Dragons (Class of 2000)

Todd Pleiman, Dayton office managing partner at RSM US LLP (Class of 2010)

Barry joins other Hall of Fame members: Todd Duplain (2018), Angela Fronista (2018) Mike Parks (2018), Cathy Ponitz (2018), Nan Whaley (2017 ), Dan Meixner (2016), Shannon Isom (2015), Dan Foley (2014), Vicki Giambrone (2014), Scott McGohan (2014), Vail Miller Jr. (2014), Jerad Barnett (2013), Amol Soin (2013), Chris Wire (2013), Mary Wiseman (2013), Jon Husted (2012), Jeff Hoagland (2012), Madeline Iseli (2012), Vishal Soin (2012), Mike Turner (2011), JP Nauseef (2011), Jenell Ross (2011), and Joey Williams (2011).

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