The EY Entrepreneur of the Year contest has just released the names of this year’s finalists from the Central Midwest region, which includes Missouri and most of Kansas.

The awards are presented to executives and business owners who lead some of the country’s most successful businesses. The Central Midwest EY winners will be announced during a June 25 awards gala at the Overland Park Marriott. The U.S. EY winners will be crowned during an event in November in Palm Springs, Calif.

This year’s top nominees include:

Bill Zahner, A. Zahner Company—Kansas City, Mo.

Gabe Douek, Gateway Media LLC—Clayton, Mo.

Michelle Jacobs, Alight Analytics—Kansas City, Mo.

Matthew Perry, GENESYS Systems Integrator—Kansas City, Mo.

Dave Bailey, Baileys’ Restaurants—St. Louis, Mo.

Bob Hummert, Grimco Inc.—Fenton, Mo.

Craig Wallace, Ceva Animal Health—Lenexa, Kan.

Tomas Hode, Immunophotonics—St. Louis, Mo.

Neil Sommers, Clockwork Architecture + Design—Kansas City, Mo.

Gregg Scheller, Katalyst Surgical LLC—Chesterfield, Mo.

Ron Baldwin, Mike Maddox and David O’Toole, CrossFirst Holdings LLC/CrossFirst Bank—Leawood, Kan.

Pam Duffy, Rhodey Construction Inc.—Ferguson, Mo.

Michael Rea, Rx Savings Solutions—Overland Park, Kan.

Chris Miget, EnviroPAK Corporation—Earth City, Mo.

Rusty Keeley, The Keeley Companies—St. Louis, Mo.

Jody Brazil, Firemon LLC—Overland Park, Kan.