CLEVELAND — Forbes has announced that 30 Northeast Ohioans under the age of 30 have been named to the Forbes 2023 Cleveland Local Leaders List.
The 30 Under 30 Local list spotlights young entrepreneurs, leaders and changemakers from the Greater Cleveland area.
Among those being honored are Cleveland Browns QB Josh Dobbs, a 24-year-old CEO, bankers, inventors and a 9-year-old DJ.
A full list of 30 Greater Clevelanders under 30 given the honor can be viewed below:
- Jared Anderson & Sandor Gyerman, 24 & 24 | Cofounders, andor. Creative
- Natalie Bata, 29 | Cofounder, Cocky’s Bagels
- Reilly Berk, 25 | CEO, Berk Enterprises
- Devon Carter & Laura Frias, 29 & 26 | Cofounders, Recognize Education And Learning (REAL)
- Ryan Cleary, 29 | Cofounder, FloatMe
- David Davis II & Tim DiStefano, 25 & 23 | Cofounders, FBA Flip
- Nichole Davis, 25 | Founder, Wayfinder Patient Advocates
- R. Joshua Dobbs, 28 | Athlete and Founder, ASTROrdinary Dobbs Foundation
- Conrad Geis, 26 | President, Geis Development
- Aaron George & Dan Lozada, 26 & 22 | Cofounders, SupplyNow
- Lily Goodwin, 9 | DJ, The Lily Jade Show
- Palak Gupta, 29 | PhD Candidate, Case Western Reserve University
- Elie Haoui, 23 | Cofounder, Milk + Honey
- Ethan Holmes, 29 | Founder, Holmes Mouthwatering Applesauce
- Kuan Huang, 29 | Cofounder, Aropha
- Karim Janmohamed, 24 | Co-CEO, Karali North America
- Jonah Katz & Andrew Hamilton, 22 & 23 | Cofounders, Layer
- Samira Malone, 28 | Executive Director, Cleveland Tree Coalition
- Sergio Mazzola Poli de Figueiredo, 29 | General Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic
- Aiden Meany, 29 | Founder, Found Surface
- Geeta Minocha, 25 | Cofounder, Ohio Public Banking Coalition
- Andrew Newsome, 29 | Vice President, ScaleCo Capital
- Selina Pagan, 27 | Co-Executive Director, Young Latino Network
- Maria Paparella, 25 | Founder, Chair-ity
- Leopoldo Peña, 28 | Cofounder, Presta
- Nathan Sundheimer, 29 | Head of U.S. Healthcare Partnerships, Plug and Play Tech Center
- Cameron Tolbert, 26 | Founder, Native Ingredients
- David Tirpak, 29 | Founder, Miracle K9 Training
- Mitchell Vargo, 26 | Partner, Forward Hospitality Group
- Dianne Williams, 27 | Founder, Little Zen Yoga
The honorees were nominated via online submissions, industry sources and Forbes alumni. The judges in Cleveland were Cleveland Browns General Manager Andrew Berry, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, CincyTech Partner Ashley Keating, CEO of L'uva Bella Winery Marisa Sergi-Schumann and Taylor Oswald President Eddie Taylor, Jr.
Last year, Forbes Magazine announced that Cleveland was chosen as the city where the 2023 Under 30 Summit will be held. The Summit will take place Oct. 8-11 at the Cleveland Public Auditorium.
Speakers and performers at the summit include Machine Gun Kelly, Renee Montgomery, Matt Rife and many others.
More information on the 2023 Under 30 Summit can be found HERE.
