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Living Legends 2023: PAUL C. SAVILLE
After nearly 17 years as president and CEO of the nation’s fourth largest homebuilder, Saville became executive chairman of NVR’s board in 2022. Saville began his tenure with the publicly traded company in 1981 when he joined Ryan Homes, which later became a subsidiary of NVR. The Reston-based Fortune 500 company reported $10.5 billion in […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: BYRON BOSTON
A St. Louis native who was the first person in his family to graduate from college, Boston says he’s learned a lot, having “lived my life outside of my comfort zone since the age of 18.” After earning his degree from Dartmouth College, he received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of […]
Health Care 2023: MARK NANTZ
Joining Valley Health in June 2020, Nantz is responsible for overseeing about 6,000 employees and six hospitals, including two in West Virginia. He previously held executive roles at Bon Secours Mercy Health, including as chief administrative officer and president of its Atlantic Group. In January, Valley Health joined West Virg[...]
Real Estate 2023: JULIAN G. FRANCIS
Francis joined Beacon Roofing Supply, a Fortune 500 distributor of roofing material and complementary building products, in 2019. Beacon has 7,400 employees and operates in all 50 U.S. states and in Canada. The United Kingdom native and two-time Swansea University graduate previously served as president of the insulation busines[...]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: DREW PARKER
Carter Machinery has deep roots in Virginia, tracing back to 1928, when Robert Hill Carter founded Virginia Tractor in Richmond. The company was the state’s first Caterpillar dealership, and it is still going today as an independent Caterpillar dealer, with more than 30 locations and around 2,300 employees in Virginia, Wes[...]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2023: CHARLES D. ‘CHUCK’ HENDERSON
Henderson was appointed the American Diabetes Association’s permanent CEO in May 2022, having previously served as interim CEO for six months. He joined ADA in 2020 as chief development officer and previously was president and CEO of Champion Fire & Security, a Texas-based emergency services company. He also worked for[...]
Finance | Insurance 2023: MONICA SCHMUDE
After more than a dozen years with Cigna Healthcare, most recently as its mid-Atlantic market president, in April Schmude stepped into the top position at rival Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, which has more than 3 million customers and is one of the state’s largest health plans. She oversees about 9,000 employees. A Un[...]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2023: TIM ROSE
As CEO of the U.Va. Foundation for the past three decades, Rose oversees most of the real estate endeavors for the state’s flagship public university and its associated organizations. Currently, Rose is working with U.Va. on a large affordable housing project, as well as the construction of a $130.5 million hotel and confe[...]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: TRAVIS HILL
Hill presides over Virginia ABC, a state agency that produced $1.4 billion in 2022 revenue, with $622.8 million going to the state general fund. Before becoming CEO in 2018, Hill served four years as the agency’s chief operating officer and previously was a state deputy secretary of agriculture and forestry. In June, repor[...]
Education 2023: TROY D. PAINO
It’s been a big year for Paino and the public liberal arts university he oversees. In March, UMW received the largest financial gift in its 115-year history — a $30 million bequest from a 1959 alumna to support undergraduate research and scholarships. The month before, Paino received the National Association of Student P[...]
Health Care 2023: DENNIS MATHEIS
Last year, Matheis became CEO of Sentara, an $11 billion not-for-profit health system with 12 hospitals in Virginia and North Carolina, employing 30,000 workers, including 1,375 physicians. He succeeded Howard P. Kern, who retired after a 40-year career at Sentara. In May, he oversaw the health system’s rebranding from Sen[...]
Health Care 2023: MARY N. MANNIX
A surgical ICU nurse at the start of her career, Mannix manages a staff of about 2,500 at Augusta Health, one of the largest employers in the Shenandoah Valley. The health system includes the main Fishersville hospital campus and 18 urgent care and family practices and other outpatient facilities. Last year, the system opened a [...]
