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Government | Politics 2023: SCOTT A. SUROVELL
A Democrat representing parts of Fairfax, Prince William and Stafford counties, Surovell is one of several state senators who could land top leadership roles in next year’s General Assembly. A trial lawyer with degrees from the University of Virginia and James Madison University, Surovell won election to the House of Delegates in 2009 and then […]
Health Care 2023: DR. MARLON LEVY
Levy was appointed to lead the VCU Health System last year on an interim basis, having served as chief medical officer of the VCU Medical Center and director of the Hume-Lee Transplant Center. He replaced Dr. Art Kellermann, who resigned in November 2022. In the past year, VCU Health’s Massey Cancer Center was designated a […]
Transportation 2023: REAR ADM. WESLEY McCALL
McCall became the Navy’s mid-Atlantic commander in May after Rear Adm. Christopher “Scotty” Gray was promoted to lead the Navy Installations Command in Washington, D.C. McCall previously commanded Navy Region Southeast, which includes operations in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and much of the Southeastern United States. He was based in Jacksonville, Florida, at its Naval Air […]
Professional Services 2023: TIMOTHY H. GILLIS
Gillis joined Big Four accounting firm KPMG as a partner in 1998, bringing a wealth of experience as an auditor, lawyer and tax professional for Fortune 500 and mid-market companies in a variety of industries. As the Chesapeake region’s managing partner since 2019, Gillis is responsible for leading market strategy, supervising more than 2,700 employees […]
Living Legends 2023: PAUL C. SAVILLE
After nearly 17 years as president and CEO of the nation’s fourth largest homebuilder, Saville became executive chairman of NVR’s board in 2022. Saville began his tenure with the publicly traded company in 1981 when he joined Ryan Homes, which later became a subsidiary of NVR. The Reston-based Fortune 500 company reported $10.5 billion in […]
Economic Development 2023: WILL PAYNE
A Richmond native, Payne is now a full-fledged Southwest Virginian who leads marketing efforts to readapt former coal-mining land into other uses. Under Payne’s guidance, invoice automation company Paymerang expanded into Big Stone Gap’s downtown coworking space with 50 jobs. Working with Coronado Global Resources, Payne helped the Australian metallurgical coal producer boost operations in [&h[...]
Energy 2023: DAVID E. SCHLEICHER
Since 2022, Schleicher has led the not-for-profit utility serving nearly 180,000 metered customers in Prince William, Loudoun, Fairfax, Fauquier, Stafford and Clark counties, the City of Manassas Park and the Town of Clifton. With $1.2 billion in total assets and total revenues of more than $990 million in 2022, NOVEC is one of the largest […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JILL SINGER
Singer has been leading the telecommunications company’s business activities for the Department of Defense and the U.S. intelligence community since 2020. She oversees efforts to bring 5G connectivity to a broad swath of uses from helping first responders communicate during disasters to enabling U.S. Air and Space forces to adopt autonomous vehicles and robots. Recently, […]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: DREW PARKER
Carter Machinery has deep roots in Virginia, tracing back to 1928, when Robert Hill Carter founded Virginia Tractor in Richmond. The company was the state’s first Caterpillar dealership, and it is still going today as an independent Caterpillar dealer, with more than 30 locations and around 2,300 employees in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: BYRON BOSTON
A St. Louis native who was the first person in his family to graduate from college, Boston says he’s learned a lot, having “lived my life outside of my comfort zone since the age of 18.” After earning his degree from Dartmouth College, he received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of […]
