
Nominate the Region’s Top Young Leaders
Each year, Comstock’s selects up-and-coming leaders throughout the Capital Region to feature in our Young Professionals issue. Nominate a Young Professional today!

Hear from Comstock’s Team on New Podcast Episodes
We sat down with Kelly Brothers and Kitty O'Neal to share our 35-year story
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.

Reflecting On 35 Years of Comstock’s
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.

Voices of Comstock’s
Our former Young Professionals tell us how being featured in the magazine impacted their careers
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.
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A Life in the Arts with Jacob Gutierrez-Montoya
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.

Young Professionals: Leo Zlimen
Meet the emerging leaders who envision a bright future for the Capital Region
Leo Zlimen, 25, is CEO of Ladris, a fast-growing startup based in Nevada City that provides AI-based software for emergency management.

Young Professionals: Vidhu Shekhar
Meet the emerging leaders who envision a bright future for the Capital Region
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.

Young Professionals: Carli Schrader
Meet the emerging leaders who envision a bright future for the Capital Region
Carli Schrader and her family operate 43 McDonald’s in Sacramento, San Joaquin, Amador and Stanislaus counties.

Young Professionals: Emiliano Rosas
Meet the emerging leaders who envision a bright future for the Capital Region
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.