EY taps 14 Virginians as Mid-Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year finalists

Fourteen Virginia business leaders are among the 30 finalists for Ernst & Young’s 2024 Mid-Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year award.

EY announced the finalists, selected by a panel of independent judges, on April 22. The Big Four professional services company will name the regional awards winners on June 15.

The Virginia finalists include:

• Anil Sharma, CEO of 22nd Century Technologies, Tysons
• Kevin Kelly, chair and CEO of Arcfield, Chantilly
• Julie Sciullo, CEO of Association Analytics, Arlington County
• Sukumar Iyer, founder, executive chair and CEO of Brillient, Reston
• Sid Chowdhary, founder and CEO of Credence Management Solutions, Tysons
• Dan Berkon, CEO and president of Culmen International, Alexandria
• Tom Walker, founder and CEO of DroneUp, Virginia Beach
• Burton White, co-founder and CEO of Excella, Arlington County
• Tim McLaughlin, co-founder and CEO of GoTab, Arlington County
• Tim Springer, founder and CEO of Level Access, Arlington County
• Kristina Bouweiri, president and CEO of Reston Limousine, Sterling
• Dave Sterling, founder and CEO of Royce Geospatial Consultants, Arlington County
• Glenn Diersen, founder and president of Summit Human Capital, Richmond
• Tobias Dengel, president of WillowTree, Charlottesville

EY’s Mid-Atlantic region covers Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Of the 30 finalists, nine were from Maryland, and the remaining seven from the District. In total, the mid-Atlantic regional finalists generated nearly $2.8 billion in 2023 and employed more than 16,000 people. Over the most recent three-year period, they averaged an 86% growth in revenue and a 38% growth in employees.

In the U.S., the EY competition is divided into 17 regions. Regional winners compete in November for national awards, and the national winner represents the U.S. in EY’s World Entrepreneur of the Year competition, which includes winners from nearly 60 countries. EY founded its Entrepreneur of the Year program in 1986.