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Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: LAURA K. IPSEN
After 25 years in Silicon Valley working as an executive for Oracle, Microsoft and Cisco Systems, Ipsen was hired to lead higher education tech company Ellucian in 2017. With 3,800 employees worldwide — including 230 in Virginia — Ellucian boasts an annual revenue approaching $1 billion. In October 2023, Ellucian announced an agreement to purchase […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: ADAM RIDDLE
In April 2023, Riddle was named chairman and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America and president of its defense division. Riddle has more than a decade of experience under his belt with the British aerospace, defense and engineering company. Most recently, Riddle headed up Rolls-Royce’s global services division, which accounts for more than half of Rolls-Royce’s […]
Government | Politics 2024: MARK WARNER
Virginia’s Democratic senior senator, Warner is particularly known for chairing the Senate’s Select Committee on Intelligence — and, thanks to a viral pandemic-era video, for making a tuna melt that has been variously described as “cursed” and “an atrocity.” The co-founder of Nextel and Capital Cellular, with an estimated net worth of $215 million, Warner […]
Health Care 2024: DR. DAVID S. JEVSEVAR
In 2022, Jevsevar became CEO of OrthoVirginia, the largest independent orthopedic practice in the state with 150-plus orthopedic specialists across more than 35 locations in Lynchburg, Northern Virginia, Richmond, Southwest Virginia and Hampton Roads. An orthopedic surgeon with more than three decades of experience, Jevsevar specializes in hip and knee replacements. Jevsevar earned a degree [&hell[...]
Real Estate 2024: JULIAN G. FRANCIS
Francis joined Beacon Roofing Supply, a Fortune 500 distributor of roofing material, as president and CEO in 2019. Founded in 1928, Beacon is a distributor of building products, including roofing materials and complementary products, such as siding and waterproofing. It has approximately 8,000 employees and operates in all 50 states and in Canada. In 2023, […]
Manufacturing 2024: DAVID LEDESMA
Ledesma became the plant manager of DuPont’s Spruance site in 2021 after serving in the same role at its Buffalo, New York, facility. Built in 1929, DuPont’s Spruance site is the largest of the company’s manufacturing facilities worldwide; it has more than 2,000 employees and produces Tyvek, Nomex and Kevlar. In May, DuPont de Nemours […]
Living Legends 2024: GLORIA BOHAN
As the founder of the largest woman-owned business in the greater Washington, D.C., area, Bohan has been breaking glass ceilings since before the phrase was invented. Inspired by her honeymoon cruise on the Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1970, she founded her company in 1972 with one employee. It has grown it into a billion-dollar company […]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2024: DANY GARCIA
Garcia, the ex-wife of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, is now his part-time neighbor in the horse country of Virginia’s Orange County. Although the couple divorced in 2008 and both are remarried to different partners, Garcia still is the movie star’s global strategic adviser and co-owns Seven Bucks Productions, their film and television production company. She […]
Banking | Finance 2024: JEAN STACK
A look at Baird’s defense and government sector business for 2023 shows that the year proved challenging, with merger and acquisitions down by 24%. Even so, the team managed to close 12 M&A transactions valued at more than $7 billion in aggregate. In 2024, Baird advised Herndon’s LinQuest, an engineering, data analytics and digital integration […]
Government | Politics 2024: C. TODD GILBERT
After a 2022-24 stint as speaker of the House during Republicans’ two-year control of that chamber, Gilbert returned to the position of minority leader after Democrats narrowly retook power this year following the 2023 elections. The Shenandoah Valley conservative is a key ally to Gov. Glenn Youngkin in the General Assembly, where Gilbert has served […]
