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Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: WILLIAM H. ‘BILL’ DEAN
Founded by Dean’s grandfather in 1949 as an electrical construction company, M.C. Dean was still a relatively small business, with just 150 employees, when Dean became CEO in 1997. Today, M.C. Dean has more than 5,200 employees worldwide, including 2,000 in Virginia, and the privately owned design-build systems integration company reportedly earned $1.3 billion in […]
Real Estate 2023: DAN NOVACK
Novack was named president of the Dallas-based contracting and construction management company’s mid-Atlantic operation in January, but his career with Balfour started more than two decades ago. As mid-Atlantic president, he provides strategic oversight for Balfour Beatty’s construction projects in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, and works with teams to sustain m[...]
Real Estate 2023: DONALD E. STONE JR.
Stone, who has been Dewberry’s chief executive since 2010, oversees a $602.7 million engineering, architecture and construction firm with more than 60 offices nationwide. A 1980 civil engineering graduate of The Citadel, Stone was an Army second lieutenant, and after leaving the military in 1983, he joined the engineering firm O’Brien & Gere, serving in […]
Living Legends 2023: JOAN P. BROCK
Brock embraces the art of philanthropy, as well as philanthropy through art. A longtime art collector and patron, the Norfolk native donated $34 million to the Chrysler Museum of Art in 2022. Her gift funded endowments for two curator posts and included 40 pieces from her private collection, including works by John Singer Sargent, Winslow […]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2023: ROMAINE SEGUIN
Seguin’s global supply chain and logistics expertise as former president of UPS Global Freight Forwarding has served her well as CEO of Good360, a nonprofit that gathers essential goods and distributes them to nonprofits. The organization, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, distributed more than $2.5 billion in essential items in 2022. In her […]
Professional Services 2023: KEVIN VIROSTEK
Virostek works with some of the fastest growing companies in the Washington, D.C., area, leading 3,500 professionals at Big Four accounting and professional services firm Ernst & Young across assurance, tax consulting and transaction practices. With 2022 global revenue of $45.4 billion and about 365,000 employees worldwide, EY provides a host of assurance, tax advisory, […]
Agriculture 2023: JOHN KING
Turkey growers in the Shenandoah Valley formed the Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative in 2004, after Pilgrim’s Pride announced it was closing a processing plant in Hinton, a major economic hit to the region. Approximately 200 farmers own 100% of the co-op and receive a portion of profits based on how much business each farm does […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JASON PROVIDAKES
With a doctorate from Cornell University and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Providakes is accustomed to addressing complex problems. A strong believer that “in times of uncertainty, there is opportunity,” the president and CEO of not-for-profit Mitre is at the forefront of some of today’s most pressing challenge[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JOHN USTICA
In his new role leading federal contractor Siemens Government Technologies, Ustica oversees a company focused on securing and modernizing technology infrastructure. Ustica was named president and CEO in October 2022 for SGT, the U.S. contracting arm of German tech conglomerate Siemens. He joined SGT in 2018 as chief financial officer and had served as interim […]
Health Care 2023: MAUREEN H. McBRIDE
In April, after serving as interim CEO for seven months, McBride became the first woman to lead UNOS, the beleaguered nonprofit that operates the national Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). Following years of criticism over problems such as discarded or damaged organs, long waiting lists and technological issues, Congress voted in late July to […]
