Young Professionals: Nathan Langley

Meet the 10 young professionals who are rocking it in their careers and community

For Nathan Langley, entrepreneurship has meant integrating his drive to save lives with his passion for innovation and sales, and the synthesis has helped him succeed. “Everybody is different, and their experiences are different, but I would find it much more difficult to have overcome some of the challenges that we’ve faced over the years if it wasn’t something I believed in,” he says. 

Jul 13, 2023 Dakota Morlan

Young Professionals: Ken Imwinkelried

Meet the 10 young professionals who are rocking it in their careers and community

Ken Imwinkelried went to work for River City Bank around the time of the Great Recession. Logging extra time on nights and weekends, he learned everything he could about his profession at a very challenging time in the banking industry. And over the course of several years, his extra work paid off with promotion after promotion. But about five years ago, as Imwinkelried implored other staff to not stay too late, he realized he had to do the same.

Jul 12, 2023 Graham Womack

Young Professionals: Phillip Hon

Meet the 10 young professionals who are rocking it in their careers and community

Phillip Hon, executive director of Unbound Stockton, left the sea breezes of Hawaii behind to pursue a dream. In 2013, the nonprofit Teach for America offered him the opportunity to work at Iroquois Point Elementary School in Oahu, where he served as vice principal and on the National Advisory Board of the Collective, Teach For America’s national association for alumni of color.

Jul 11, 2023 Ben Sanchez

Up, Up and Away With Yolo Ballooning Adventures

Enjoy a thrilling ride in the sky

As the crew with Yolo Ballooning Adventures prepares the aircraft for its scheduled 90-minute trip, general manager Mike Veliz looks out over the launch site dotted with half a dozen other balloons from various Northern California companies readying for takeoff. “The best part of this job,” says Veliz, a Woodland native, “is getting to watch the sunrise every day.”

Jul 6, 2023 Steve Martarano

Sacramento Rising: It’s Our Time

As Walt Kelly’s cartoon possum Pogo said on posters for the first Earth Day in 1970, “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Comstock’s president and publisher considers how the motto applies to California. 

Jul 3, 2023 Winnie Comstock-Carlson