Welcome to the official landing page for Style’s Top 40 under 40, class of ’25!
These stories have been available to the public since our quarterly print magazine, The People Issue, hit the streets on Dec. 8. If you haven’t seen it, the glossy cover features our Richmonders of the Year, the arts nonprofit Studio Two Three, whose leaders are providing “a much-needed artistic resource, cultural conduit, provocative voice, educational facilitator, civic gathering spot, art ambassador-on-wheels, and innovative inspiration to those navigating new political paradigms.” And they’re doing this during a year when many arts groups took heavy hits to their federal funding, including Studio Two Three, which lost a significant amount of already approved money. Our story by Don Harrison looks at the way they fought back; their creative and fun responses to raise money, and their ability to rally and educate local arts and culture communities, all while remaining true to their core beliefs in social justice.
But that’s not all this issue has, by a long shot. We also have a truly impressive and diverse new class of Top 40 under 40 winners. These local individuals are providing an inspirational example while doing important work in the community. Most of them were nominated by our readers, who filled out online nomination forms over the summer. Style Weekly’s editorial staff also added a handful of winners from memorable stories that we covered during the past year.
A big shout out and heartfelt thank you to all of this year’s deserving winners! We appreciate you, and we hope that you will take your awards as a small local validation of your efforts to make Richmond a better, more unique and welcoming place.
Annual fund and event manager, The Span Center
Founder, Seven Hills Family Medicine
Filmmaker, musician, raft guide
Director, Leadership Institute, Union Presbyterian Seminary
Communications director, Sierra Club Virginia Chapter; candidate for Congress (VA-01)
Co-founder, Riffs and Recovery
Author, Literary Hub senior editor; Co-founder, Author RVA
Singer-songwriter, music educator
Entrepreneur, artist
Director, TRIO Upward Bound Math and Science program, Virginia Union University
Artist, director of Little Giant Society; Owner, SUPPLY
Director of Research Development and Innovation, VCU Institute for Women’s Health
Executive director, Rebuilding Together Richmond
Founder, artistic director, production manager, BLK Virginia Theatre Alliance
Artistic director, 5th Wall Theatre; Education coordinator, Visual Arts Center of Richmond
Singer-songwriter, activist
Musician, songwriter
Program manager of Community Health, Bon Secours Richmond Health System
Senior deputy director, Richmond Planning and Development Review; Manager, The Shockoe Project
Executive director, Connor’s Heroes
Founders and hosts, The Bellwether Sessions
Director of Policy and Advocacy, Virginia Housing Alliance
Director of Communications, The Richmond Forum
Founder and CEO of Street Smartz Over Safety LLC; Professor and Criminal Justice Chair, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Medical researcher, emergency medical technician (EMT)
Senior associate, Williams Mullen
Illustrator and graphic designer, The Grass Spot
Barber
Artist, educator, director of Artists & Spaces, Studio Two Three
City politics reporter, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Executive director, Right Help, Right Now
Director of Preservation Services, Historic Richmond
Assistant Professor of Ethics, Theology, and Culture; Director of The Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership, Union Presbyterian Seminary
Owner, Intraimperium Training; Fitness influencer
Chief of Staff, Del. Thomas A. Garrett Jr.
Executive director and co-founder, Living Water Community Center
Bee sanctuary manager and volunteer coordinator, Living Water Community Center
News anchor and reporter, WWBT
Director of Development, Virginia War Memorial Foundation
