The Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Augusta Magazine has selected the Augusta region's Top 10 in 10 Young Professionals to Watch.

They were chosen through a competitive nomination process that started in March. The designation was developed this year by the chamber to annually highlight 10 professionals ages 25 to 35 in the Augusta region.

Each recipient is featured in the June/July issue of Augusta Magazine and will receive a submitted nomination to Georgia Trend's 40 Under 40 Competition this year.

The following professionals have been named the Augusta region's Top 10 in 10 Young Professionals to Watch:

- Christine Ball, Augusta Technical College, educator

- Rhonda Oellerich Banks, Keystone Home Realty, new construction sales

- John Collins, E-Z-Go, director of strategic sourcing and materials

- Dino Dakuras, owner of Dino's Chicago Express

- Chris Etterlee, Fuller, Frost & Associates, CPA

- Carl Henson, MAU Inc., director of marketing and business development

- Alana Kyriakakis, attorney at Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley

- Michael Lind, U.S. Army, commander

- Connie Melear, chief financial officer at R.W. Allen, LLC

- Mark Thompson, Augusta State University economics professor