JUDGES: CARRIE GOLDBERG, FOUNDER, C.A. GOLBERG LAW; JON HUNTSMAN, FORMER AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA; LAURENCE TRIBE, PROFESSOR, HARVARD LAW SCHOOL; MICHAEL TUBBS, MAYOR
OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA (UNDER 30 CLASS OF 2018).
VARSHINI PRAKASH WEARS A L’AGENCE AQUA SILK AND VELVET JACKET, AND OFFICINA BERNARDI HOOP EARRINGS.LAW & POLICY
VARSHINI PRAKASH, 26
COFOUNDER, SUNRISE MOVEMENT“The science is settled. Now let’s talk about the
solutions,” says Varshini Prakash. She’s cofounder
of the Sunrise Movement, a climate-change non-
profit that rocketed to fame in 2018 after staging
a sit-in at Nancy Pelosi’s office to back the Green
New Deal. This September, her group organized
the Global Climate Strike, mobilizing more than
3 million people in 150 countries to hit the streets
to demand climate-change action. A first-gen-
eration college graduate, Prakash saw firsthand
the devastation wrought by floods in her parents’
home country of India. Along with cofounder
Evan Weber, she launched Sunrise to organize le-
gions of young people to fight for climate reforms.
With $6.5 million in funding from foundations
and grassroots donations, Sunrise has 50 full-
time staff and outposts in more than 200 cities.
—Marley Coyne, Anne Glusker, Christian KreznarOCTAVIA ABELL, 28;
KYLEIGH RUSS, 28
Cofounders, Govern for America
JELANI ANGLIN, 27;
GABE LEADER-ROSE, 29
Cofounders, Good Call
YASSAMIN ANSARI, 27
Advisor, United Nations
MATTHEW ASIR, 22
Founder, The Legal Bullet
JESSICA CISNEROS, 26
Congressional candidate
ALEXANDER DIAZ, 27
Head of crisis response and
humanitarian aid, Google.org
TOM DOWLING, 23; GEOFF SEGAL, 24
Cofounders, taxProper
RITIKA DUTT, 28
Cofounder, Botler AI
KATIE EDER, 20
Executive director, Future Coalition
KARTHIK GANAPATHY, 28
Partner, mvmt communications
JULIAN GLUCK, 29
Captain, United States Air Force
SOFIA GROSS, 26
Global public policy manager, Snap
ANDREW LEON HANNA, 28;
DAVID DELANEY MAYER, 27
Cofounders, DreamxAmerica
WILL HASKELL, 23
State senator, Connecticut legislature
AUDREY HENSON, 29
Founder, College to Congress
LINA HIDALGO, 28
County judge, Harris County
AMANDA MATOS, 28
Director of constituency campaigns,
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
JOHN MCCARTHY, 28
Deputy national political director,
Joe Biden for President
TASNIM MOTALA, 29
Fellow, Howard University
MATT NGUYEN, 26
Supreme Court chambers attorney,
Supreme Court of California
NADYA OKAMOTO, 21
Founder, PERIOD. The Menstrual
Movement.
BRITTANNY PERRIGUE, 27
Fellow, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
BETHANY PICKETT, 28
Deputy associate counsel,
The White House
WALTER POWELL, 28;
JACKSON WHITE, 27
Cofounders, Politiscope
VARSHINI PRAKASH, 26;
EVAN WEBER, 28
Cofounders, Sunrise Movement
JACOB RUDOLPH, 25
Executive director , The Pride Network
KATIE SGARRO, 26
Cofounder, AsylumConnect
JULIE SLAMA, 23
State senator, Nebraska legislature
MCKENZIE SNOW, 29
Policy director,
U.S. Department of Education
JEN ZHU, 27
Founder, BMoreLoved.org67
MARCH 2020 FORBES ASIACHARLIE ANDERSON, 23;
VANESSA GILL, 23;
LUCY STEVENS, 23;
AMY WU, 23
Cofounders, Social Cipher
MASSI BASIRI, 26; METI BASIRI, 26
Cofounders, ApplyBoard
SABIH BIN WASI, 27; RUKHSAR NEYAZ, 26
Cofounders, Stellic
JARED BROWN, 28
Associate, My Brother’s Keeper Alliance,
Obama Foundation
KIARA BUTLER, 29
Founder, Diversity Talks
ROB CARROLL, 26; NICK FREUD, 27
Cofounders, CampusReel
BERK COKER, 25
Cofounder, TeachFX
NICK CURRIER, 29; KASEY GANDHAM,
29; JESSICA TENUTA, 28
Cofounders, Packback
REILLY DAVIS, 29; ADAM SAVEN, 29
Cofounders, PeopleGrove
ETHAN DURHAM, 27;
ALEXANDER JEKOWSKY, 24
Cofounders, Ulyngo
MANU EDAKARA, 27
Program director, iVenture Accelerator
SAAD EL YAMANI, 26;
SOHAM KHAITAN, 25
Cofounders, Ambi
ELIZABETH ENGELE, 26;
JULIA HARIED, 27
Cofounders, MakerGirl
JOE ENGLISH, 24
Founder, Hope in a Box
DANIEL FISCHER, 29; RAAID HOSSAIN,
29; SHIREEN JAFFER, 26
Cofounders, Edvo
REBECCA FLEISCHMAN, 28
Associate director, national programs and
outreach, Child Mind Institute
BRANDON FLEMING, 29
Founder, Harvard Diversity Project
MICHAEL HAMAMOTO TRIBBLE, 28
Head of education strategy, Google Cloud
DENNIS HANSEN, 27;
SAMYR QURESHI, 27
Cofounders, Knack
JANELLE HINDS, 27
Founder, Helping Hands
JACK KREWSON, 27;
GAVIN SCHIFFRES, 26
Cofounders, Kairos Academies
CASSIDY LEVENTHAL, 27
Vice president, University Ventures
CONNIE LIU, 24
Founder, Project Invent
AUSTIN MARTIN, 24
Founder, Rhymes with Reason
CHLOE MOORE, 25
Director, NEXT Memphis
SAMANTHA PRATT, 26
Founder, KlickEngage
CAROLINA RECCHI, 26;
CLAUDIA RECCHI, 24
Cofounders, Edsights
MELANIE SHIMANO, 29
Founder, Food Computer Program
RAHEL TEKOLA, 29; NIARA VALÉRIO, 29
Cofounders, Learnabi
CHRISTINA WALKER RAKESTRAW, 29
Cofounder, Homeroom