In Sacramento’s competitive banking community, Stephen Cairns has built a reputation for leadership that starts with listening — listening to clients, colleagues and the region Cairns has called home for most of his career.

Atlas Disposal serves municipal, commercial and industrial clients throughout the Greater Sacramento region, including residential collection services for the City of Rancho Cordova, delivering scalable, efficient and environmentally responsible waste solutions.

Clean, reliable water is easy to take for granted. You turn on the tap, fill a glass and rarely think about what it takes to make that moment possible. For engineers like Anli Liu at California American Water, that simple act is the end point of years of planning, design and quiet problem-solving that most people never see.

As a pioneer in enterprise data storage, Solidigm designs and manufactures enterprise solid-state drives (eSSDs) for data centers and AI infrastructure worldwide.

About 700 people work at its Rancho Cordova headquarters that serves as an R&D facility, while the company employs nearly 2,000 globally.

Matthew Moseley is a key addition to Plumas Bank’s executive team, driving superior customer service alongside scalable growth.

Mackenzie brings scale and expertise to large, complex projects across the country with licenses in nearly 30 states and more than 200 professionals.

As the Greater Sacramento region attracts new businesses, high-quality jobs and major capital investment, one essential factor often remains behind the scenes: child care. For nearly 50 years, Child Action has ensured families — and the employers who rely on them — have access to reliable, affordable, high-quality child care.

As Sacramento County celebrates its 175th anniversary, it’s entering a new era of economic momentum, strategic investment and a renewed commitment to the 1.6 million residents and over 73,000 establishments it serves.

For over a decade, Sadie St. Lawrence has led at the forefront of AI and data science. From rural Iowa roots to founding the global nonprofit Women in Data, she built her career on one core belief: people deserve access to the future.