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Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2023: LAWRENCE A. ‘LARRY’ SELZER
Selzer has led The Conservation Fund, an environmental nonprofit that aims to restore nature while creating economic and recreational opportunities, since 2001. Last year was one of the fund’s most impactful years in its nearly 40-year history. The organization made significant strides in its efforts to expand public acces[...]
Economic Development 2023: BRYAN K. STEPHENS
Stephens has headed the Hampton Roads Chamber for the past 10 years, promoting business concerns in the region, home to Naval Station Norfolk, the world’s largest naval complex, as well as significant manufacturing and hospitality sectors. The chamber maintained its U.S. Chamber of Commerce five-star accreditation in 202[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JAMES J. RHYU
Rhyu has led online learning company Stride since January 2021. Founded in 2000 and formerly known as K12, the company provides K-12 education for students and schools, including career learning services for middle and high school curricula, and offers programs for the military and businesses, as well as professional skills trai[...]
Education 2023: TRACY FITZSIMMONS
SU’s president since 2008, Fitzsimmons is overseeing the renovation of a former National Guard armory on the private university’s main Winchester campus into the Hub for Innovators, Veterans and Entrepreneurs (HIVE). Scheduled to open in 2024, HIVE will support startups, offer career pathways for veterans and serve a[...]
Professional Services 2023: JULIE SWEET
Sweet has been global CEO of IT services and consulting company Accenture since 2019 and became its chair in 2021. She joined the Fortune Global 500 company in 2010 and previously held roles including CEO of Accenture’s business in North America from 2015 to 2019. Accenture’s fiscal 2022 revenue was $61.6 billion, up[...]
Finance | Insurance 2023: FRANK LUCIA
Since 2017, Lucia has led Delta Dental of Virginia, one of the state’s largest dental benefits carriers, with about 350 employees and $766 million in revenue, and its holding company, Corvesta. Previously, he was president and CEO of Dean Health Plan and worked in finance for Cigna and WR Grace. Lucia has been involved wit[...]
Government | Politics 2023: C. TODD GILBERT
A state legislator since 2006, Gilbert has risen quickly through the GOP House leadership. He served as Republican leader of the House for two terms before ascending to the powerful speakership in 2022 following the party regaining majority control of the chamber. The Shenandoah Valley conservative is a key ally of Gov. Glenn Yo[...]
Transportation 2023: SHEPPARD ‘SHEP’ MILLER III
A Norfolk native, Miller takes pride in the state’s transportation accomplishments, including the start this year of the Interstate 64 Gap Project, which will widen a 29-mile corridor between Richmond and Williamsburg, as well as the August opening of a 10-mile stretch of express lanes in Stafford County and Fredericksburg[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: Todd Stottlemyer
Stottlemyer has overseen the health care solutions company for the past five years, first as CNSI, and now as the post-merger, rebranded Acentra Health. Founded in 1994 as Client Network Services Inc., the company processes medical claims, billing and health benefits for Medicaid and Medicare. After being acquired by Carlyle Gro[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: CHRISTOPHER D. KASTNER
Kastner has now completed his first year as head of the nation’s largest military shipbuilding company, Huntington Ingalls Industries, which owns Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia’s largest industrial employer. He was tapped as HII’s president and CEO in March 2022, after previously serving as chief operating[...]
2023 Virginia 500: Finance | Insurance
John C. Asbury CEO, ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES, RICHMOND G. Robert Aston Jr. EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, TOWNEBANK, SUFFOLK Vikram “Vik” Atal PRESIDENT AND CEO, PRA GROUP, NORFOLK Thomas I. Barkin PRESIDENT AND CEO, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND, RICHMOND Jeff Bentley PRESIDENT AND CEO, NORTHWEST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, HERNDON […][...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: DeETTE GRAY
A former executive at Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems, Gray worked as a math and science middle school teacher after graduating from North Carolina State University and East Carolina University in the 1990s. Her interest in coding led her into the IT field, and she became a software developer. Over the past decade, she’s w[...]
