BROOKE BIRTCHER GUSTAFSON
CO-OWNER/PRESIDENT
BIRTCHER DEVELOPMENT
WHY: President of the industrial development and investment firm, marking the fifth generation to lead the family-owned company, which has operated in Orange County for decades.
NOTABLE: Birtcher Gustafson, the great-great-granddaughter of company founder Justus Birtcher, is the company’s firm’s first female president. Her father, Brandon “Brandy” Birtcher, served as CEO since 2002. Justus Birtcher founded the company in 1939.
