Recent Articles from Kira Jenkins
2025 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards: Michael Elliott
In 2022, Elliott was named VCU Health System’s first chief operating officer, and moved to Richmond from Lynchburg, where he was chief transformation officer at Centra Health. He also worked for Sentara Health and earned a doctorate in pharmacy and master’s in health administration at VCU. In 2024, he was elected chair of the Virginia […]
2025 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards: Roberta Tinch
Tinch has been a hospital leader for more than 15 years, including at HCA Johnston Willis Hospital in Richmond and HCA Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, and has been recognized for her volunteer work by the March of Dimes. In 2023, Tinch was named one of Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Emerging Leaders. She joined Inova in […]
2025 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards: Melissa Cade
Cade was promoted to her current role in January 2024, after 24 years with the credit union as director of its call center, director of retail, regional president of branches and senior vice president of product and innovation. She now oversees Chartway’s branch and member care teams, as well as the credit union’s multicultural initiatives. […]
2025 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards: Yvonne Allmond
Allmond joined TowneBank in 2005 and has more than three decades of experience in banking and finance. Although she moved around in her youth as part of a military family, Allmond is today settled into Hampton Roads civic life, having served on boards for Old Dominion University, Norfolk State University Foundation and the Virginia Center […]
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Legal Elite 2024: Young Lawyer Q&A Jamie Wood
Legal Elite 2024 Q&A is sponsored content. Title: Associate attorney Legal specialties: Commercial litigation, government and special investigations, regulatory compliance Education: Bachelor’s degree in psychology, University of Texas at Austin; law degree, University of Richmond Family: I live in Floyd with my husband, Alex Wood, who works as a dentist at a local community health center, [...]
Legal Elite 2024: Construction Law Q&A Juanita F. Ferguson
Legal Elite 2024 Q&A is sponsored content. Title: Shareholder Other legal specialties: Commercial and real estate litigation Education: Bachelor’s degree in business administration, University of Michigan; law degree, George Washington University Family: A large extended family throughout the District of Columbia and the Tidewater area Career mentors: Too many to name. They all provided me[...]