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Home>Alissa Skelton

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HURT
Women In Leadership June 28, 2022

GWEN HURT

Gwen Hurt spent more than 15 years working in the tech industry. Then, unexpectedly, days after being laid off from her job in 2013, Hurt and her daughter were in a car accident. During their months of recovery, Hurt decided to start her own winemaking business in 2014. Her daughter suggested she name it for […]

Johnson
Women In Leadership June 28, 2022

JYLINDA JOHNSON

Jylinda Johnson sees the world for what it could be. That’s why she thrives in a role that requires her to solve complex problems facing the federal government. Johnson oversees a 2,000-person team for General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of Reston-based Fortune 500 global aerospace and defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. Her team […]

Hunter
Women In Leadership June 28, 2022

JENNIFER HUNTER

Education and mentorship are important to Jennifer Hunter. “If you want to create change and create opportunities … you’ve got to bring people to the table,” she says. “And that means supporting folks, equipping them, preparing them and then pulling them to the table with you.” Outside of mentoring others, she was appointed by former […]

Agee
News June 28, 2022

NANCY HOWELL AGEE

NANCY HOWELL AGEE President and CEO, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke Nancy Howell Agee calls herself “a bit of a unicorn” because, as a woman and a nurse, the odds of her ever heading a health care system were poor. When asked about obstacles she faced along the way to becoming CEO and president of Carilion Clinic […]

GILMER
Women In Leadership June 28, 2022

MARY ANN GILMER

Workforce development and community betterment are key goals of Roanoke-based Goodwill Industries of the Valleys. And Mary Ann Gilmer, the nonprofit’s chief strategy and people officer, is furthering its mission through GoodCare, a medical workforce training program. The program connects Roanoke Valley residents to workforce training in health care — something that has become even [&hellip[...]

Underwood
Women In Leadership June 28, 2022

CATHY UNDERWOOD

Cathy Underwood says her greatest strength is her ability to build relationships in the construction industry. She’s done that while working her entire 22-year career for Branch Builds, a subsidiary of The Branch Group, a Roanoke-based construction company. As president, Underwood leads Branch Builds’ commercial construction projects across Virginia and in neighboring states. In 2000, [...]

EILAND
Women In Leadership June 28, 2022

JOANIE EILAND

Joanie Eiland recalls wishing she had a woman mentor in the early days of her career — so she became one. “I think we process things differently and experience things differently. And there’s nobody to talk to,” Eiland says. On mentoring others, she calls it a joy “to be there for the firsts — whether […]

Jessica Butterworth. Photo courtesy Colliers International
Women In Leadership June 28, 2022

JESSICA BUTTERWORTH

There are male-dominated industries, and then there’s Jessica Butterworth’s office, where she is in charge of 145 engineering workers for Colliers’ Real Estate Management Services (REMS). Every last one is male. “It’s very different to be a female lead of engineering,” Butterworth says, in a gentle understatement. Her job entails overseeing 750,000 square feet of [&hell[...]

MADRY-SMITH
Women In Leadership June 28, 2022

NAKIA MADRY-SMITH

Few people can say they sing in a choir with Pharrell Williams. Or that they’ve performed on Netflix, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “Good Morning America” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” But Nakia Madry-Smith has done all those things. Yet, she still finds time to connect with the community, representing Old Dominion University regionally as […]

WAKEFIELD
Women In Leadership June 28, 2022

JENNIFER WAKEFIELD

Jennifer Wakefield is on a mission to turn the greater Richmond area into the top midsize region in the U.S. for business. To accomplish her goal, she is laser-focused on persuading companies to relocate to the area. She aims to create enough jobs to encourage youth to stay, instead of moving to other cities to […]

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