Michigan Works! West Central Honors '20 Under 30' Winners at Luncheon

October 2, 2023

Annual Publication Highlights Young Professionals Succeeding In Their Careers

Michigan Works! West Central is all about highlighting success, especially when it comes to the next generation of workforce.


Each year, we partner with Hearst Media to open nominations for young professionals in our region younger than age 30 succeeding in their respective careers. The public then votes on those nominations and the top 20 vote-getters are named to that year's "20 Under 30" list. The winners are compiled and printed in our annual publication


On Sept. 29, we hosted an awards luncheon to recognize this year's winners. Awardees received a certificate and placard from Michigan Works! West Central, as well as a certificate of special congressional recognition from U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar.


The 2023, "20 Under 30" winners are:

  1. Autumn Deur
  2. Drake Boomer
  3. Jody Brewer
  4. Grace Currie
  5. Shelby Personette
  6. Hannah Drouin
  7. Mason MacDermaid
  8. Zamorah DeLaPaz
  9. Chris Barton
  10. Thomas Miller
  11. Haley McConnell
  12. Jacob Riggs
  13. Arya Rao
  14. Brendan Cook
  15. Breann Nelson
  16. Jenny Herrygers
  17. LeAnne Ablin
  18. Miranda Battle
  19. Rebecca Stead-Choponis
  20. Makennha Squires


To view the full "20 Under 30" publication for this year, as well as previous years, click here. To view a video highlighting this year's "20 Under 30" winners, click the link below.

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