The fast track: 30 leaders who are 30 and under

ANDREW D. GILLUM, 24, Tallahassee, Fla., city commissioner; youngest person ever elected to City Commission (was Florida A&M University student at the time); recognized by Congressional Black Caucus Foundation as "Emerging Leader for 2003"; board member, Black Youth Vote Coalition, a program of the National Coalition of Black Civic Participation in Washington, D.C.; president, FAMU Student Government Association (2001-2002); first student member of FAMU Board of Trustees.

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OSCAR A. JOYNER, 28, Dallas, president, Reach Media Inc., media conglomerate based in Dallas; board member, the Tom Joyner Foundation and BlackAmericaWeb.com Inc.; responsible for creating and managing marketing synergies among Tom Joyner brand extensions, including the Tom Joyner Morning Show, the Tom Joyner Sky Show, Tom Joyner.com, BlackAmericaWeb.com, the Fantastic Voyage Cruise, and the Tom Joyner Foundation; recipient, NAACP Benjamin L. Hooks Award and National Coalition of Black Civic Participation Award.

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KELLEY A. KING, 28, New York City, director of Strategic Technology Relationships, American Express Co; vice president, Professional Women's Alliance, which serves more than 700 professional women in New York; co-chair, Career Development Committee, University of Pennsylvania's Women's Track Alumni Association; founding member and partner, JB Polk Real Estate Development Group; member, Black Employee Network's Career Committee at American Express.

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THE REV. FELICIA F. LONG, 27, Baltimore, executive minister and assistant pastor of Empowerment Temple A.M.E. Church; has administrative oversight of all church ministries; conducts weekly Tuesday noonday services; teaches weekly discipleship Bible study; co-founder, The Youth Pastoral Alliance; formerly youth pastor at Shekinah Youth Chapel of Greater Allen Cathedral of New York, where she had responsibility for 25 ministries.

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LATRICE A. MCBEE, 29, St. Louis, team manager and process engineer, Sulfonation Department, the Dial Corporation; serves on Dial's Cultural Improvement Team, First Responders Team and Confined Space Rescue Team; appointed to St. Louis Archdiocesan Committee for National Black Catholic Congress IX; co-chair, Bowman-Francis Young Adult Ministry.

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MARCO W. McMILLIAN, 24, Jackson, Miss., assistant to vice president for Institutional Advancement, Jackson State University; member, Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Advisory Board; vice president, Leadership at its Best LLC (based in Columbus, Ohio); board member, NAACP Coahoma County Branch, Arms of Love National Project (adoption advocacy) and Community Bridge Builders Inc.; first and only Black member of University Center Kiwanis Club in Jackson; member, Rotary Club of Jackson, 100 Black Men of Columbus.

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BRANDON NEAL, 24, Baltimore, national director, Youth and College Division, NAACP; responsible for more than 650 youth councils and college chapters, representing more than 68,000 youth in the U.S., Germany and Japan; at Howard University, one of 10 students selected to meet with President Bill Clinton at the White House to discuss student loan issues; co-chaired Howard's "Brother to Brother" youth conference.