On the Cover: SkillsUSA Champion Brady Blue of Bellingham, Wash.
Photo by Lloyd Wolf.

By Craig E. Moore
Our annual list of honorees and gold medalists at the National Leadership and Skills Conference. Plus: Meet the 15 newly elected national officers who'll represent you in the coming year. [Read]

By E. Thomas Hall
He got an early start on a criminal justice career by joining the Army. During tours of Kosovo, a post-9/11 Pentagon and Afghanistan, paratrooper and martial arts expert Jon Wilson had one life-changing experience after another. [Read]

By Tom Kercheval
Meet four SkillsUSA advisors from across the country who are changing the world ... one student at a time. [Read]