PODCAST EPISODES: Yes, we’re a print magazine, but we also talk! Members of the Comstock’s staff were involved in three different podcasts to honor our 35th anniversary issue.

PODCAST EPISODE: Host and Assistant Editor Dakota Morlan is joined by Editor Judy Farah and Senior VP and Director of Business Development Clayton Blakley as we celebrate 35 years of Comstock’s magazine, remember how we got here and muse about where we’re headed. 

Since its first edition in 2016, Comstock’s annual Young Professionals issue has been a showcase of the Capital Region’s emerging stars. Here’s what a few former Young Professionals have to say about the role the magazine played in developing their careers.

PODCAST EPISODE: Sacramento’s performing arts powerhouse Jacob Gutierrez-Montoya shares how he’s found success in an elusive field, his vision for the Sac arts scene and why he (sometimes) works for free. 

Leo Zlimen, 25, is CEO of Ladris, a fast-growing startup based in Nevada City that provides AI-based software for emergency management.

Vidhu Shekhar is government strategy leader at Microsoft. He is directing the mega-company’s mission to help state and local authorities improve their effectiveness through generative AI. 

Carli Schrader and her family operate 43 McDonald’s in Sacramento, San Joaquin, Amador and Stanislaus counties.  

Emiliano Rosas is a “proud product” of east Yolo County, where he now serves as chair of the West Sacramento Parks, Recreation and Intergenerational Commission.

As project solutions lead at Blue Zones, Joaquin Razo is working to bring the way of life of the world’s longest-lived communities to his home city.