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Law 2023: RANDALL S. PARKS
Parks became chair of Richmond-based Hunton Andrews Kurth’s executive committee in April 2022 after nearly 35 years at the firm, which employed just under 200 attorneys in Virginia as of March. A University of Virginia School of Law alumnus who also graduated from U.Va. with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and Engli[...]
Real Estate 2023: MICHAEL A. CULPEPPER
Culpepper serves as Venture Realty Group’s in-house attorney and managing partner, coordinating deal formation, land-use entitlement, and predevelopment services. He previously was an associate with law firm Williams Mullen’s real estate and land use team and was a principal with Fee Simple Legal, focusing on real es[...]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: ROBERT A. ‘BOB’ ARCHER
It’s fitting that Archer lists running as a hobby, noting that he’s completed 13 marathons. Archer’s entire life seems like a marathon toward leading his family business, beginning with earning a business degree from Virginia Tech in 1969, followed immediately by military service with the 82nd Airborne at Fort [...]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: MICHAEL SEVER
Sever, a longtime Hershey employee, was named plant manager of the candymaker’s Stuarts Draft manufacturing facility last year. He had previously worked at the facility, which produces nut-based candies like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Almond Joy, as its site operations leader. The plant, which opened in 1982, is [...]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: CHARLES E. TYSON
This year started out slower for LL Flooring, with sales declining by 13.7% — from $279 million in the first quarter of 2022 to $240.7 million in the same quarter this year. Tyson, who has headed the flooring company formerly known as Lumber Liquidators since 2020, said during an earnings call that the period has […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: THOMAS I. BARKIN
As president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Barkin serves as an alternate on the Fed’s interest-setting Federal Open Market Committee and will be a voting member next year. In his position as head of one of 12 regional Fed banks, he is also responsible for the Fed’s information technology. In June, [...]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2023: TED HART
Since Hart’s 2012 appointment as president and CEO of CAF America, the organization has seen exponential growth, making more than $3 billion in grants in the U.S. and 135 other countries around the world. CAF America works with philanthropists seeking to support charitable organizations around the world, providing back off[...]
Telecommunications 2023: MAGGIE HALLBACH
In May, Verizon Business announced a $145.7 million contract to help the U.S. Postal Service transition to a cloud technology platform as it modernizes. Hallbach said Verizon’s network-as-a-service offering will help USPS’ customer support systems run more efficiently. The Postal Service is among Verizon Public Secto[...]
Living Legends 2023: LOLA C. REINSCH
In October, ArtsFairfax will present its philanthropy award to Reinsch, a major donor to arts, health care and educational institutions in Arlington and Fairfax counties. She also was inducted into the Arlington Chamber’s Business Hall of Fame in May, joining her late father, Emerson Reinsch, who founded the real estate de[...]
Agriculture 2023: CORWIN HEATWOLE
In February, Heatwole announced a $17.8 million expansion to Farmer Focus’ organic poultry processing facility, backed by a $3.6 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant. The expansion will nearly double the number of chickens processed weekly to 630,000 when it starts operating — probably in early 2024, Heatwole sai[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: THOMAS A. BELL
In May, Bell became CEO of Leidos, a Fortune 500 defense, aerospace and information technology firm, replacing Roger Krone, who retired that month as CEO and board chairman after nine years leading Leidos. Bell began his aerospace career at Lockheed Martin. He came to Leidos from Rolls-Royce North America, where he had been chai[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: TOM WALKER
After a 17-year stint as a Navy officer, serving as a nuclear power engineer on submarines, and another 17 years as president of software company Web Teks, Walker launched DroneUp, a provider of aerial drone services, in 2016. The Virginia Beach tech company has grown quickly since then, purchasing Web Teks in 2021 and partnerin[...]
