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Q LEADERS UNDER 40
HE, HIM | AGE 33 SHE, HER | AGE 37
BRETT DANICA

PETERS ROEM

LEAD, EDUCATION & VA DISTRICT 13 DELEGATE,
PHILANTHROPY, TIKTOK VIRGINIA HOUSE OF
DELEGATES, LONGEST-SERVING
OUT TRANSGENDER ELECTED
I believe my responsibility to this OFFICIAL IN THE U.S.
moment in history is to give as much
space for unique and diverse perspec- My number one job as an elected
tives as possible. I know I can do my representative isn’t to speak. It’s to
job best when the right voices are listen to the residents, write down their
in the room, not just visibly but also concerns, ideas and questions, follow
T in action. Oftentimes those who are up with them and work what they tell
40 LGB overlooked are the ones who have the I took notes and wrote news stories
me into my policy platform. That’s how
most innovative ideas, so it is up to me
and that’s how I’ll craft public policy:
to make sure that they feel comfortable
Research. Question. Listen. Report.
and encouraged to share and be heard.

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SHE, HER | AGE 40
JANET

POPE

VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY,
CAPGEMINI
We are in one of the greatest transfor-
mations of the workforce of my lifetime.
Professionally, my responsibility to this
moment in history is to reinvent how
Capgemini engages employees across
remote and in-office environments now
that video call fatigue has grown roots.
This moment is the best opportunity
of my career to expand how Capgemini
thinks about teaming, inclusion and
wellbeing based on clear lessons
from the last two years. Personally,
I’m focused on providing access to
resources that support women, Black
and LGBTQ+ communities with mental,
financial and physical wellness through
my new nonprofit: The GOOD Lounge.
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