March 19, 2025
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Lisa Clemens, DMSc, PA-C, dean of Trine University’s Brooks College
of Health Professions, is among the professional and community leaders recognized
among the Class of 2025 for the greater Fort Wayne area’s Forty Under 40 awards.
“Dr. Clemens is an innovative leader who has helped support the success of our Brooks College of Health Professions programs,” said Tony Kline, Ph.D., vice president for academic affairs. “She is selfless and creative, and demonstrates a strong commitment to excellence. We are grateful for her dedicated, passionate approach in all she does to positively impact the faculty and students at Trine University.”
The 20th annual event, presented by Howard Bailey Financial, will take place from 5:30-8:30 p.m. March 27 at Ceruti’s Summit Park Diamond Room, 6601 Innovation Blvd., Fort Wayne.
The Forty Under 40 is an evening of celebrating and recognizing 40 of Northeast Indiana’s best and brightest individuals who are doing amazing things in business and for their communities. Winners were selected from a pool of 300 nominations, and the expected event turnout is 400 attendees. The evening will consist of networking, a buffet-style dinner and a 45-minute awards ceremony.
The guest speakers, brothers Jake and Jes Farris, both Forty Under 40 alumni, are co-owners of Studio 13 Tattoo in Fort Wayne. They have organized several community events, including Tattoo Fest, which toured 22 cities, including Fort Wayne. Recently, they announced Big Fort Fest, a new festival replacing the Three Rivers Festival.
Forty Under 40 is produced by Fort Wayne Newspapers and Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, one of only two business journals in Indiana.
Mitch Daniels, former governor of the state of Indiana and former president of Purdue University, shared advice with graduates he said were entering a world he described as “the most promising and most uncertain and treacherous” as Trine University held Commencement ceremonies on May 2.
Trine University’s annual Trine Day, a celebration of the university as well as an opportunity to support its mission, set records for number of donors and funds raised, bringing in more than $160,000 for scholarships, academic and athletic needs, and student organizations.
Trine University students learned about opportunities available with the Purdue Data Mine during a special presentation on April 10 in the Mark and Sarah Music/Ruoff Mortgage Esports Arena.