Rod Nobrega, 36

Rod Nobrega is a great example of how a business community can combat brain drain. That’s what happens when young people are educated in a community, leave to work elsewhere and then never come back.

Nobrega is a project executive for the Southwest Florida region of Suffolk Construction, a position he’s held since 2016. In that role he’s overseen some of Suffolk’s largest projects for Moorings Park, a high-end senior living community in Naples. That includes supervising a collection of projects totaling more than $250 million, including Moorings Park Clubhouse, Buildings A, G and R, as well as its newest endeavor, the 55-acre Moorings Park at Grande Lake.