2008 Top 40 Under 40 includes HRP Staff Member

HRP's own Program Manager, Andrew Sinclair, was named to INSIDE BUSINESS' tenth annual Top Forty Under 40. IB picks 40 young, rising, successful (while being involved in the community) businesspeople to spotlight each year.

Andrew received his B.A. from Hampden-Sydney College. He volunteers with the Hampden-Sydney College Alumni Association, Downtown 100, Virginia Ballet Theatre’s BARRE, United Way, Boy Scouts of America/Order of the Arrow, and Christ and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.

His advice for young people in the workforce is to find a mentor who is willing to listen to problems, answer questions and be a guide.

Andrew's proudest accomplishment is co-founding the Young Professionals of Hampton Roads, a program of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce. It has since been rebranded as Sync757 and is designed to engage young professionals, especially to address the serious problem of brain drain affecting Hampton Roads.

"I thoroughly enjoy the work that I am doing at the Hampton Roads Partnership and hope that I am still involved in five years. My goal is to have sufficiently addressed our current issues, especially transportation, such that we can focus on new items to continue raising the bar and improving the region," says Andrew.

If Andrew could change one thing about Hampton Roads, it's this: "Hampton Roads has a bit of an inferiority complex. No one here thinks that we are as strong, competitive or exciting of a region as we really are once you really look at how much we have to offer and compare it to elsewhere in the country. I would make the citizens of the region more confident and proud of Hampton Roads."

Congratulations, Andrew!