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2023 Virginia 500: Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage
Robert A. “Bob” Archer CHAIRMAN AND CEO, BLUE RIDGE BEVERAGE, SALEM Elizabeth “Liza” Myers Borches PRESIDENT AND CEO, CARTER MYERS AUTOMOTIVE, CHARLOTTESVILLE Reid A. Brown PRESIDENT, BROWN DISTRIBUTING, RICHMOND William G. “Bill” Crutchfield Jr. FOUNDER AND CEO, CRUTCHFIELD CORP., CHARLOTTESVILLE Rick Dreiling CEO, DOLLAR TREE, C[...]
Finance | Insurance 2023: FRANCISCO ‘FRANK’ CASTELLANOS
As Greater Washington market executive for Merrill, the wealth management arm of Bank of America, Francisco Castellanos leads the D.C. market’s nearly 150 financial advisers, overseeing some $31 billion in client assets. He was named to the position late last year, having previously been Merrill’s Greater Virginia market executive and for 18 months also serving […]
Health Care 2023: ANTHONY ‘TONY’ BAKER
Baker leads Fortune 500 pharma manufacturer Merck’s vaccine operations in Elkton, managing hundreds of scientists, engineers who support the manufacturing, validation and process development of medicines to protect people from disease. Before Merck, Baker spent seven years at Biopharm Project Solutions. Baker joined Merck in 2008 as a process engineer and held engineering management jobs [&h[...]
Manufacturing 2023: BRIAN D. PALIOTTI
In January, Paliotti took over as Afton Chemical’s president, succeeding Gina Harm, who retired at the end of 2022. A subsidiary of Richmond-based NewMarket, Afton Chemical produces and sells petroleum additives. Paliotti has worked for NewMarket since 2008, most recently as its vice president and chief financial officer. He previously worked in finance roles for […]
Transportation 2023: MARK A. PERRYMAN
Under Perryman’s brief tenure as the Norfolk Airport Authority’s president and CEO, Norfolk International Airport (ORF) has embarked on selecting a developer for an airport hotel, secured federal funding to install a moving sidewalk and brought in Spirit Airlines. In fiscal year 2022, ORF reported $72.5 million in revenue. Perryman joined the authority in May […]
Real Estate 2023: TIMOTHY A. FAULKNER
Named CEO of Breeden in January 2022, Faulkner oversees a real estate development and property management company founded more than 60 years ago by Chairman Ramon W. Breeden Jr. Faulkner previously served as chief operating officer and president of property management for Breeden, which has about 425 employees in Virginia. This year, the company’s Breeden […]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: CLAY CAMPBELL
For Campbell, the past year has been a chance to celebrate milestones — both NASCAR and Martinsville Speedway marked their 75th anniversaries in the second half of 2022. Owned by NASCAR, Martinsville Speedway hosts NASCAR Cup Series races every spring and fall. Campbell’s grandfather, H. Clay Earles, built the paperclip-shaped speedway in 1947, and Campbell […]
Education 2023: MAJ. GEN. DONDI E. COSTIN (U.S. AIR FORCE, RET.)
A retired 32-year Air Force veteran who served as the branch’s chief of chaplains at the Pentagon, Costin became president of Liberty, one of the nation’s largest Christian universities, in August. Costin, who received master’s degrees in counseling and religion from Liberty, retired from the Air Force in 2018 to become president of Charleston Southern […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: CRAIG P. ABOD
As president of Carahsoft, the privately owned IT and cybersecurity solutions provider, Abod prefers staying out of the media spotlight. It’s enough that everyone in the government contracting industry knows him. A University of Maryland alumnus who founded Carahsoft in 2004, Abod previously worked for DLT Solutions and Falcon Systems. Carahsoft landed at No. 47 […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: THEODORE ‘TED’ HANSON
A graduate of Virginia Tech and Virginia Commonwealth University, Hanson moved ASGN‘s headquarters to Henrico County from California in 2020, after he became CEO of the Fortune 1000 IT and professional staffing services company firm in 2019. He previously worked for Apex Systems, one of ASGN’s subsidiaries, becoming chief financial officer. After Apex was bought […]
