The top professionals 35 and under, surfaced by LinkedIn data and more. These are the stars changing our world.

CEO and co-founder, ClassDojo

Before Chaudhary, 29, and his roommate-turned-co-founder Liam Don even started building their company, they asked more...

Superintendent, Baltimore Co. Schools

Dance might be the new model for a big-city superintendent. Up at 4:30...

COO (incoming CEO), DoSomething.org

Finger takes on a big new job next month, becoming CEO of the largest online youth organization in America. The promotion...

CEO and co-founder, Chalkbeat

Before becoming a New York Times bestseller with “Building a Better Teacher,” Green, 31, founded an independent...

Director of Open Agriculture Initiative, MIT

Harper’s goals for the future of global food production read like the stuff of a naively optimistic middle-schooler...

North America managing director, Minerva Project

Minerva’s pitch to students goes like this: What would Harvard, Stanford or Yale look like if built from scratch today? Its answer...

Activist and organizer, We the Protesters

About a year ago, McKesson, 30, was a little-known school administrator in Minneapolis. Today, he’s one of the most...

Global director of Mobilisation Lab, Greenpeace

Since Silberman, 35, was hired four years ago from a digital strategy firm to found the Mobilisation Lab, he has helped...

Manager, online marketing, World Wildlife Fund

Thomas, 32, is carving out a name for herself by getting the cautious World Wildlife Fund to be more nimble in how it...

CEO and founder, AltSchool

Before attempting to transform the U.S. education system, Ventilla sold two startups focused on connecting people, one of...