{"id":87551,"date":"2023-05-03T14:15:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T18:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&#038;p=87551"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:32:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T17:32:04","slug":"forty-under-40-2023","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/forty-under-40-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Alumni Named in Forty Under 40 Awards for Young Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 pt-24 pb-32 md:pt-28 md:pb-44 lg:pt-36 lg:pb-60 xl:pt-48 xl:pb-72\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/carleton-u-campus-1600x700-1.jpg); 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McDougall LLP. She graduated from Carleton\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/criminology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in 2009. After attending Carleton, Barrow went on to study law at Queen\u2019s University.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jacqueline Bonisteel is a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Canadian immigration, refugee and citizenship lawyer and partner for the Corporate Immigration Law Firm. A 2011&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">International Affairs<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> graduate, Bonisteel covers immigration, citizenship and refugee law with particular focus on corporate immigration and litigation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dave Hale, Chairman and CEO at Craft&amp;Crew Corp (C&amp;C), attended Carleton and Algonquin College before launching his start-up Soshal in 2010. In 2020, Hale rebranded the global marketing&nbsp;company to C&amp;C. Since its inception, C&amp;C&nbsp;has launched more than 500 business-to-business websites.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Matthew Henley is the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at AI Talos, a company is developing AI solutions for early detection of breast cancer. Before joining AI Talos, Henley attended Carleton\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Political Science<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> program. He\u2019s&nbsp;worked at Trexity, Soca Capital and currently holds an advisor role at Capital Angel Network. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Adel Jawhary, graduated from Carleton\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> program in 2016 and went on to become CEO of Rydel Roofing. One of Canada\u2019s first roofing franchises, Jawhary has been with the ever-growing company for nearly 12 years.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Emma Mohns, a Criminology and Criminal Justice graduate, is Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate, at Kinaxis Inc. After graduating from Carleton in 2011, Mohns studied law at the University of Ottawa. She has also held positions at LaBarge Weinstein LLP and the Trans Canada Trail.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rohan Thakar, Managing Partner and Industrial Design Lead at Brash Inc., graduated from Carleton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/id\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Industrial Design<\/a> program in 2012. Thakar founded Brash <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2014<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&nbsp;a design agency that offers over 50 services <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2014<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/story\/small-team-big-responsibilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">alongside two fellow Carleton alumni<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. 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