Skyroom Lounge to Host Tonight’s ’40 Under 40’ The Ultimate Networking Event

Mar 21, 2013 No Comments by

FRESNO – Employees of the Holiday Inn Fresno Downtown are busy getting the Skyroom Lounge, located on the building’s ninth floor, ready for “40 Under 40” The Ultimate Networking Event, which begins tonight at 6 p.m.

The Skyroom Lounge, which offers a view of the downtown landscape like no other venue, first came to be in the 1970s when the building originally opened its doors as a Hilton.  Back then, it hosted VIP’s like rock-and-roll superstar Elvis Presley and various politicians.  The venue, which can hold up to 150 people, was re-opened in November of 2012.

 

 

“We’re trying to reinvent or reintroduce the Skyroom, if you will, because we want to take that history that it’s had and make it a little bit more modern, or add our own modest twist to it here,” said Siddharth Shah, general manager of the hotel.

The venue hosts private events like banquets, weddings, reunion dinners, receptions and fundraisers.  Thursdays and Fridays it is open as a bar and lounge, and it hosts comedy shows.  Tonight, of course, “40 Under 40” The Ultimate Networking Event, honoring the Class of 2012, will take place there.

“It’s been one of the real prides of working here at this hotel, is to be able to work with a room like this, and an event like this,” Shah said.

The following is a list of the “40 Under 40” Class of 2012.

•  Adam Avila – The Alvarado Group/Highlands Energy Services

•  Alysia Sofios – KMPH FOX 26

•  Amy Guerra – Law Office of Amy Guerra

•  Arthur Moye – MBS Accountancy

•  Audra Donaghy – Donaghy Sales

•  Mayor Brett Frazier – City of Madera

•  Byron Watkins – Windsong Productions/I Bike Fresno

•  Carrie Miranda – Carrie Anne Miranda Photography

•  Casey Creamer – California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association

•  Chelsi Johnston – Central Valley Business Incubator

•  Chris Bridger – Clovis Fire Department

•  Christina Musson – KMJ Radio

•  Christopher Stetsko – Rose Strategic Advisors

•  Cinderela Co – HealthPoint Home Health

•  Claudia Ruiz – City of Fresno

•  Clayton Clark – KMPH FOX 26

•  Dallas Neumann-Johns – Arnold Law Group

•  Daniel Castro – Coleman & Horowitt, LLP

•  Daniel Hartwig – Nisei Farmers League

•  Danika Heatherly – Visalia Convention & Visitors Bureau

•  Elana Landau – Narcotics/Violent Crime Unit – U.S. Attorney’s Office – Eastern District

•  Elena Stefanopoulos – Stamoules Produce Company

•  Hank Charles – Fresno State Alumni Association

•  Jarrod Lyman – Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau

•  Jeanna Antonino – JP Marketing

•  Katie Stevens – Fresno Mayor’s Office

•  Kurtis Willey – Agri-Valley Irrigation, Inc.

•  Leigh W. Burnside – Dowling Aaron Inc.

•  Mario Zamora – Griswold, Lasalle, Cobb, Dowd & Gin, LLP

•  Senator Michael Rubio – California State Senate

•  Nick Maxwell – LPL Financial

•  Nicole Emmert-Hamaker – Pinch My Salt

•  Pha Mouavangsou – ITT Tech

•  Reggie Ellis – The Foothills Sun-Gazette

•  Seth DePiano – Sober Guys Inc.

•  Sonja Speck – Chick-fil-A

•  Steven Spencer – Spencer Enterprises

•  Steve Carter – Citibank

•  Tim Finegan Jr. – Fresno Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram

•  Tracy Barnes – Premier Bride Magazine

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James Olinger is a native of the San Joaquin Valley. He graduated from West Hills College in Coalinga, California in 2000 with an associate's degree in liberal arts. He joined Business Street in 2004 as a staff writer, and became the associate editor in 2007. He maintains that position today, writing for Business Street Online in a variety of topics.
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