TIM WEAVER

Even though he recently attained the title of vice president for LANE4 Property Group, Tim Weaver is not limiting his paths to success. He’s also sharing in victories racked up by the U.S. Olympic team, where he’s been a part of the coaching staff since 2003. “My experiences at the Olympics and world championships top the list” of personal achievements, said Weaver, 36. Remember, now, we’re talking about a guy who just pulled off the $414 million development deal to build the new Wizards stadium and Cerner Corp. office complex in Wyandotte County. Shepherding that to final approval, he says, “is clearly the primary achievement of my real estate career thus far”—an event he rightfully characterizes as transformative development for the metropolitan area. “Unprecedented in scope and incentive use,” he said, “we had to delicately thread a number of needles before the city, state, Wizards and Cerner all signed on.” Weaver, a member of the athletic staff at the University of Kansas for 11 years (he was director of the Kansas Relays before joining LANE4), will juggle plans for the 2012 Games and the upcoming work on the Bannister mall development site with his duties as a father; he and his wife, Michelle, live in Shawnee and have two children.

HUNTER WOLBACH

Hunter Wolbach must have been good at math as a kid, because he’s sure generating some big numbers for UBS Financial Services. Wolbach, 35, is an account vice president and certified financial planner there, and is credited with bringing more than $100 million in client assets to the firm. He also sits on a three-member advisory panel that manages several hundred million dollars in institutional investments, and he’s on the Nelson-Atkins museum’s investment committee, which directs a $300 million endowment. Among his most significant achievements is his recent designation as a Five-Star Wealth Manager by Crescendo Business Services. Wolbach also applies his financial expertise to various organizations: with KCPT public television since 2004 as vice chairman of the board of directors and co-chair of a $7 million capital campaign, with Kansas City Young Audiences on the board since last year, and for seven years with Wayside Waifs, sitting on the board of directors and serving three times as co-chair of the Fur Ball, raising more than $500,000 annually. He and his wife, Hillary, live in Mission Hills and he couldn’t be happier where he is: “I truly love Kansas City and feel so fortunate to be part of this community,” he says.

VANESSA ZAMBO

True success, says Vanessa Zambo, isn’t something one defines for oneself. “Success comes when you put the best interests of the company before your own career aspirations,” says the 36-year-old manager of marketing and communications for Terracon Consultants. A marketing professional for 11 years, she’s spent the past five with the Olathe-based consulting firm, which specializes in geotechnical, environmental and construction services. By subordinating her interests to the company’s, she says, she’s found a perfect balance. She and her husband, Justin, have a 17-month-old son and another on the way, and the company culture, she says, has created “a place where I feel like I can reach my full potential.” Her team provides vital marketing and sales support for 120 Terracon offices across the country, and Zambo was in the flagship class of the company’s young leaders program. Her record of civic commitment includes board membership with the Society for American Military Engineers, membership with the Central Exchange, helping create Terracon’s community service program and taking part in Habitat for Humanity, Harvesters and the Step Up for Down Syndrome walk. Despite that impressive resume, Zambo says, “I wish I could do more.”

BRIAN YAMADA

Fully one-third of this year’s 40 Under Forty made it into the field in the last year of eligibility, including Brian Yamada, who turned 39 last month. But like the others, he’s fully consumed with applying the business skills amassed over much of the past decade. “When I came to VML—already over 10 years ago—I wanted to challenge myself and grow,” says Yamada, a partner in the firm and group account director. “I’m still here today because I have that opportunity every day.” The company, a digital marketing trailblazer, has placed in Yamada’s hands such notable clients as Gatorade, Dr. Pepper, H&R Block, Hallmark and State Farm, among others. Jon Cook, the firm’s president, says Yamada excels at bridging client interests and team talents to bring ideas into reality across multiple platforms, from digital strategy and innovation to Web site development, online marketing, social media and mobile strategy. The lines on his community-service roster include pro bono support for the Kansas City Convention and Visitors Bureau, membership in the VML Foundation, the Ali Kemp Educational Foundation and DKMS Americas, Head for the Cure and Christmas in October. Yamada and his wife, Kyla, are expecting their third child later this month.