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They’re uncommon achievers, whether as entrepreneurs, CEOs, nonprofit leaders, visionaries critical to their companies’ success or, in some cases, all of those roles. This year’s Top 25 Young Professionals figure to continue making a difference professionally and in their communities for years to come.
Read on to learn about the 2023 Top 25 Young Professionals and to see the list of this year’s top 50 finalists.
READ: GenXYZ 2023 — Top 25
Danielle Shoots, 37
Founding Partner & Managing Director, New Community Transformation Fund | Denver
Danielle Shoots is an unapologetic warrior for equity and inclusion. She has a deep understanding of how economic inequities result in a lack of access to quality health care, affordable housing and getting a college degree for disadvantaged populations.
Shoots has challenged the philanthropic and investment communities to use the tools of wealth building to increase investments in marginalized, undercapitalized people and communities.
Shoots founded the New Community Transformation Fund (NCTF-Denver), a $50 million fund focused on early stage investing in high-growth companies founded, owned and operated by members of the Black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) community. NCTF-Denver invests $250,000 to $1 million in first-round BIPOC companies.
In addition to NCTF-Denver, Shoots has built a multimillion-dollar consulting and leadership development enterprise and a $1 million fund that invests in BIPOC real estate and home ownership.
Shoots embarked on her executive leadership path at age 26, ascending to the position of CFO for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. After working for the state, Shoots managed the Comcast West Division’s billion-dollar capital portfolio, financial planning and analysis, mergers and acquisitions and a team of 60 employees in seven states.
Before founding NCTF-Denver, Shoots was the chief financial officer for The Colorado Trust, where she grew the foundation’s endowment from $430 million to nearly $600 million.
Shoots considers her greatest successes to be her kind, thoughtful and hardworking children and the leaders she has nurtured who, she believes, are going to change the world.