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Manufacturing 2023: KOEN KNIPPENBERG
A longtime Volvo Group employee, Knippenberg moved from his home country of Belgium to become vice president and general manager of the New River Valley Volvo Trucks plant in April 2022. Before that, he was vice president for the company’s plant in Ghent, Belgium, as well as managing director for Volvo Group Belgium for five […]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2023: DEBORAH M. DiCROCE
A passion for higher education and the desire to help build a thriving community with opportunities for all is what drives DiCroce’s continued success at the Hampton Roads Community Foundation. The foundation’s role as the region’s largest grant and scholarship provider continues to grow under her direction, topping $20 million in grants and scholarship awards […]
2023 Virginia 500: Finance | Insurance
John C. Asbury CEO, ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES, RICHMOND G. Robert Aston Jr. EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, TOWNEBANK, SUFFOLK Vikram “Vik” Atal PRESIDENT AND CEO, PRA GROUP, NORFOLK Thomas I. Barkin PRESIDENT AND CEO, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND, RICHMOND Jeff Bentley PRESIDENT AND CEO, NORTHWEST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, HERNDON [&[...]
Economic Development 2023: ROBERT J. ‘BOB’ STOLLE
Editor’s note: Stolle announced his resignation on Aug. 31, after publication of the Virginia 500. A former state secretary of commerce and trade under Gov. George Allen, Stolle brings years of experience in economic development and public policy to his role leading VIPC. Formerly the Center for Innovative Technology, VIPC is a not-for-profit corporation created […]
Education 2023: GORDON P. ROBERTSON
In addition to succeeding his famous and controversial late father, the evangelical Christian leader Pat Robertson, as president and CEO of the Virginia Beach-based Christian Broadcasting Network and host of its flagship weekday news magazine show, “The 700 Club,” Robertson became Regent’s chancellor in July. Pat Robertson was still at the helm of the influential […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: RYAN ANGOLD
Angold, a former Navy SEAL who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, wore one of ADS’ wetsuits when he was deployed on missions. In 2005, Angold left the Navy and joined Blackbird Technologies, a solutions provider for the intelligence community that became part of Raytheon Technologies (now RTX). He joined ADS in 2010 as Navy […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JENNIFER FELIX
As head of Reston-based ASRC Federal, Felix leads a family of companies serving government IT customers in the defense and civilian sectors. ASRC Federal is a subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional, an Alaska Native corporation, and employs about 8,000 people in 44 states and territories, with 861 employees in Virginia. In May, ASRC Federal purchased […]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: JAMES GRAMM
In 1983, barely five years after graduating from high school in Alexandria, Gramm sold two new cars on his first day as a sales rep at a dealership in Vienna. “The retail automobile business,” he says, “has been in my blood ever since.” Gramm worked in car sales in Virginia and Maryland, rising to vice […]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: POUL WEIHRAUCH
Since taking over the reins at the candy and pet food giant in September 2022, Weihrauch has set a goal of doubling its sales by 2033. With $45 billion in sales in 2022, Mars is the largest privately held company in Virginia and the fourth largest in the nation. It has approximately 140,000 employees in […]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: JACK WOODFIN
For Woodfin, heating and cooling is a family affair: His parents, John and Anne, started Woodfin Heating in 1977 to sell heating oil, growing it into one of the largest privately held HVAC-related businesses in Virginia. A Virginia Military Institute and University of Virginia Darden School of Business alum, Woodfin began working with his parents […]
