Announcing the 20 Under 20

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Announcing the 20 Under 20
We are now seeking nominations for HIGH achievers
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Do you know someone who has made a significant
contribution to their school or community?
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BRICK Award Winner 2007

• Jacob Komar, 14
• Computers for Communities
• He has worked with schools, prisons and other
  organizations to refurbish and distribute over
  1,000 machines to people who otherwise wouldn't
  have one.
• Computers for Communities has expanded beyond
  just delivering the machines It has embarked on
  a campaign to teach people how to use them.

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Have you or someone you know started a group or
organization that has contributed to the life of
a school or community?
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BRICK Award Winner 2007

• Jennifer Zwilling, 16
• Tourette Syndrome Association Youth Ambassador
  Program
• Having Tourette's Syndrome her entire life,
  Jennifer decided to create awareness about to
  disease by speaking in front of students at
  school, educating them, lifting the veil of myth
  that surrounded Tourette Syndrome. Eventually she
  started the National Tourette Syndrome Youth
  Ambassador Program.

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Is there someone in your life that you can look
to their accomplishments as a leader and plan
your own?
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Business Week 2007 Best Young Entrepreneur
Finalist

• Jasmine Lawrence, 16
• Eden Body Works
• After a chemical hair relaxer caused almost all
  of her hair to fall out, Jasmine decided to make
  her own. She put her allowance together and made
  her own, using ingredients such as lavender oil.
• After borrowing 2,000 from her parents, the
  high school junior launched her company. This
  year she expects to earn 100,000 in sales.

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Atlantas 40 under 40 will be selecting and
honoring Atlantas 20 under 20!

• 21st Century Leaders will facilitate the process
  but the dynamic young professionals who are
  already in leadership positions in Atlanta will
  be selecting and honoring Atlantas 20 Under 20
  at Winter Leadership/ Goizueta Teen Leadership
  Summit 2008. Nomination forms will be online
  December 1st and the winners will be showcased on
  21CLs website once they are announced.

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Who better then Leaders to Know Who Exemplary
Leaders are? Here are a few Who Stood Out in
their communities with significant
accomplishments and ideas that have grown into
extraordinary achievements.
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Business Week 2007 Best Young Entrepreneur
Finalist

• Ashutosh Gupta, 19
• Gupta Financial Consulting
• From January to July, 2007, Gupta ran an online
  broadcasting business called Inzum.com that
  fizzled after he had differences in opinion about
  its future with his partner. In July, Gupta
  started a new business, Gupta Financial
  Consulting, which draws on his experience running
  Inzum to do management consulting for small
  businesses. He estimates his business will have
  revenues between 150,000 and 300,000 this year.

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BRICK Award Winner 2007

• Kelly Voigt, 14
• Prevent the Bite
• When she was seven years old, Kelly Voigt was
  attacked by a dog and savagely bitten in her face
  and throat. Kelly found a way to deal with her
  experience through the help and support of her
  family. Kelly started Prevent the Bite, an
  organization dedicated to teaching kids how to
  safely interact with dogs. Today, she travels
  from school to school, giving presentations and
  demonstrations.

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Inc.com 30 under 30 Americas Coolest Young
Entrepreneurs

• DAVE COOK, 19CATHERINE COOK, 17MYYEARBOOK.COM
• A social networking site for teens,
  myYearbook.com was hatched around the family
  dinner table by siblings Catherine and Dave two
  years ago. With older brother Geoff now on board,
  the site has since grown from a single high
  school to more than 3 million members and more
  than 4.5 million visitors a month, ranking it
  third among all social networking sites in the
  United States, behind MySpace and Facebook.

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Inc.com 30 under 30 Americas Coolest Young
Entrepreneurs

• BENJAMIN SANN, 19BESTPARKING.COM
• Bens company provides maps of parking garages
  and their ever-fluctuating rates, allowing users
  to compare different prices at different times.
• The company has since expanded to three cities
  New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. Sann has
  partnerships with parking companies, allowing his
  site to offer reservations on daily and monthly
  spots.

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BRICK Award Winner 2006

• Jordan Schwartz, 14
• The Childrens Bilingual Theater
• Jordan Schwartz noticed that kids learning
  Spanish at school didn't have a place to practice
  it. She created The Children's Bilingual Theater,
  which puts on plays for schools and communities
  encouraging others to learn different languages.

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BRICK Award Winner 2007

• Hannah Taylor, 11
• The Ladybug Foundation, Inc.
• Hannah speaks out all over Canada about homeless
  people and how to help them. She has raised over
  1 million dollars for Canadian hunger and
  homelessness issues.
• Much of the money Hannah raises comes from her
  Ladybug jars -- red jars painted to look like
  ladybugs that pop up across Canada during "Make
  Change" month to collect people's spare change.

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BRICK Award Winner 2005

• Geneva Johnson, 16
• Bring It On!
• Geneva Johnson wanted to do something about the
  drugs and crime rampant in her Bronx community.
  She created Bring It On! in order to galvanize
  local youth and provide alternatives to illegal
  activities. Bring It On! gets hundreds of kids to
  put energy into community service projects such
  as environmental cleanup at the Bronx River, and
  ventures to create support networks for at-risk
  teenage girls.