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Federal Contractors/Technology: KATHY J. WARDEN
Prior to becoming CEO of the aerospace and defense contractor, Warden served as its president and chief operating officer, responsible for the management of the company’s four sectors as well as its enterprise services organization. She also led the integration of aerospace company Orbital ATK Inc. into Northrop Grumman following its 2018 acquisition of Orbital. […]
Health Care: DENNIS MATHEIS
Matheis, former president of Sentara Health Plans and executive vice president of Sentara Healthcare since 2018, was promoted to CEO to the health system in June. He started on Sept. 1, succeeding Howard P. Kern, who retired after a 40-year career at Sentara. An $11 billion not-for-profit health system with 12 hospitals in Virginia and […]
Retail/Wholesale: GILBERT T. BLAND
Bland manages to juggle a successful business career with extensive work as a civic leader. For nearly four decades, Bland has owned and operated dozens of fast food restaurants, primarily Burger King and Pizza Hut franchises. His company’s Giljoy moniker is a combination of his and his wife’s names. As president and CEO of the […]
Professional Services: JASON A. HARTMAN
Hartman is responsible for executing and promoting the accounting firm’s overall strategic plan, growth and direction, as well as overseeing its day-to-day administration and financial management. Brown Edwards has 500 employees and reported $70 million in revenue for fiscal year 2021. Hartman, who joined the multistate accounting firm in 1986, has said in recent years […]
Real Estate: KYLE SCHOPPMANN
Schoppmann’s first job was selling beach supplies at her uncle’s store in Ocean City, New Jersey. Today she’s a leader in a commercial real estate company that earned $27.7 billion in revenue last year and manages more than 125 million square feet of office space in the Washington, D.C., region. In addition to being president […]
Living Legends: DWIGHT SCHAR
It’s a year of change for Schar. In May, Schar, 80, retired as chair of NVR Inc., the Fortune 500 homebuilding and mortgage banking business he founded back in 1980 that went on to become one of the nation’s largest home builders. Operating under the Ryan Homes, NVHomes and Heartland Homes brands, NVR reported $1.24 […]
Federal Contractors/Technology: SAMIR KAKAR
Aptara focuses on digital learning from kindergarten through “infinity,” Kakar says, “because learning never ends.” That digital environment includes content creation, publishing services and working with several Fortune 500 companies to improve worker trainings. Formerly known as TechBooks, Aptara was founded in Falls Church in 1988. Kakar joined Aptara in 1993 as its vice president [&hel[...]
Federal Contractors/Technology: STEPHANIE MANGO
Mango hit the ground running in March 2021 after being named president of CGI Federal, the U.S. arm of the Montreal-based information technology and business consulting firm. In October, CGI Federal acquired Array Holding Co. Inc., a digital service provider and federal contractor, adding about 275 employees, while expanding CGI’s reach into the public sector. […]
Health Care: DR. K. CRAIG KENT
A vascular surgeon, Kent joined UVA Health in February 2020, just a month before COVID-19 turned everything upside down — with few affected more than health care industry leaders. The University of Virginia Medical Center swiftly opened a new site for COVID-19 patients in April 2020, an expansion planned to open later in the year. […]
Hospitality/Tourism: LESLIE GREENE BOWMAN
Bowman joined Charlottesville’s Thomas Jefferson Foundation as its president in 2008. The nonprofit owns and operates Monticello, the mountaintop plantation of the third U.S. president and author of the Declaration of Independence. Although she’s the lead caretaker of one of America’s most important historic estates, Bowman doesn’t live in the past; rather, she looks for places […]
