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EMILY HARTMAN | North America general manager, Allianz Partners
Eight years ago, Emily Hartman joined Allianz Partners, a travel insurance and assistance company that’s a unit of German financial services company Allianz. After starting out as director of strategic partnerships, Hartman was later named head of e-commerce. In 2021, she became chief of Allianz’s USA business teams. Three years later, Hartman was elevated to […]
NIKKI HASTINGS | Co-founder and executive director, CvilleBioHub,
Co-founded in 2016 by Nikki Hastings, CvilleBioHub works to accelerate the life sciences sector in the region by supporting biotech startups, facilitating strategic connections and building infrastructure to commercialize academic research. Hastings, who has a doctorate in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia, has served as the nonprofit’s executive director since 2018. Thr[...]
NANCY HELMAN | Director, Virginia Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau
The first woman to lead the city’s tourism program since its inception, Nancy Helman oversees an organization that welcomes 14.1 million annual visitors, generating $3.8 billion in economic impact. In the role since 2021, Helman manages a multimillion-dollar budget and leads more than 100 full-time professionals tasked with promoting meetings and conventions and leisure, business, […]
AMANDA HERRON | Partner and U.S. internal audit leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers
As U.S. internal audit leader, Amanda Herron’s responsibilities at the Big Four firm include oversight of methodology, marketing, innovation and client management. Early in her career, Herron liked the challenge of tackling specific audits. These days, she gravitates toward big picture topics. “I get a lot of energy thinking through broader issues such as how […]
CAROLINE LAWSON | Director of M&A and corporate development, Air Control Concepts
Early this year, Caroline Lawson joined Air Control Concepts, a Norfolk-based company that partners with and supports commercial HVAC solutions providers. In that short period, Lawson executed multiple strategic acquisitions that expanded Air Control Concepts’ presence across the United States and Canada, according to her nominator. One of Lawson’s first efforts was working to optimize[...]
JENNIFER S. LEHMAN | CEO and managing partner, Hantzmon Wiebel
If a time traveler had visited Jennifer S. Lehman during her early days as a first-generation college student at James Madison University to reveal she would one day be the first female CEO at Hantzmon Wiebel, a Charlottesville accounting firm founded in 1928, it likely would have been a shock. Initially, Lehman planned to become […]
MARY N. MANNIX | President and CEO, Augusta Health
Since 2008, Mary N. Mannix has led Augusta Health, which has 2,600 employees who work at the community-owned hospital, family practices and other outpatient facilities. The health system has expanded in recent years, with Shenandoah Valley Orthopedics & Sports Medicine and Rockingham Family Physicians joining the Augusta Medical Group. “By investing in the right people, […]
AMY D. McCRACKEN | Associate dean, University of Richmond
Amy McCracken’s career path to serving as an associate dean at the University of Richmond didn’t run in a straight line. Before entering higher education, McCracken held a variety of positions, including executive director of the Richmond Animal League and chief advancement officer for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond. She also helped […]
CATHERINE McGHEE | Chief deputy commissioner, Virginia Department of Transportation
Catherine McGhee was appointed chief deputy commissioner of the Virginia Department of Transportation in May 2022. She is the first woman to ascend to this level at the state agency. McGhee has more than 30 years of experience in traffic engineering and system operations, intelligent transportation systems and data and performance measurement. Prior to her […]
DR. THUY-ANH MELVIN | Northern Virginia physician in chief, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group | Kaiser Permanente
The Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group | Kaiser Permanente appointed Dr. Thuy-Anh Melvin, a head and neck surgeon, to be its Northern Virginia physician in chief in 2023. In this role, she is responsible for a roughly $350 million budget and oversees about 550 physicians across 13 medical office buildings in Virginia, in addition to seeing […]
