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2023 Virginia 500: Economic Development
Jonathan S. Belcher EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND GENERAL COUNSEL, VIRGINIA COALFIELD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VIRGINIA COALFIELDS EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY, LEBANON Corrie Bobe DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM, DANVILLE Barry DuVal PRESIDENT AND CEO, VIRGINIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, RICHMOND Jason El Koubi PRESIDENT AND CEO, VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPME[...]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: ALEX NYERGES
While Nyerges has been director of four museums — including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for the past 17 years — he’s also a photographer. When the VMFA received more than 2,000 books focusing on American and European photography last fall, Nyerges called the gift from Barry and Gretchen Singer “a transformative donation” that […]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: BRENT PRY
Pry’s first full season leading the Hokies ended with a 3-8 record in 2022. But in sports, there’s always next season, so Pry has used the downtime to bolster his staff. In March, he brought in another Brent, former Army offensive coordinator Brent Davis, as a temporary offensive consultant. (Most of Pry’s experience is as […]
Energy 2023: DIANE LEOPOLD
Joining Dominion Energy in 1995 as a power station engineer and rising to chief operating officer in 2020, Leopold is responsible for all the Fortune 500 utility’s operating segments, including Dominion’s branches in Virginia and South Carolina, and its gas distribution and contracted assets division. During her 28-year career, Leopold has led Dominion’s gas infrastructure [&he[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JUDI DOTSON
With more than 30 years working for the Fortune 500 global management consultant, Dotson leads Booz Allen Hamilton’s national security and global defense business. In 2022, Dotson succeeded Karen Dahut, who now serves as CEO of Google’s public sector organization. Under Dotson’s leadership, Booz Allen has performed work for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: THOMAS RANSON
Growing up in Urbanna, Ransom worked with his hands, doing house-roofing jobs and prepping cars to be painted. He moved into the less physically taxing field of banking when BB&T recruited him out of Hampden-Sydney College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics. He’s worked at the bank, which became Truist following its 2019 […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: THOMAS J. McINERNEY
The leader of a Fortune 500 insurance company, McInerney has come a long way since his first job as a newspaper carrier at age 12. Genworth, which provides life, mortgage and long-term care insurance, posted 2022 revenue of $7.5 billion, down from $7.83 billion in 2021 and $8.65 billion in 2020. In June, Genworth acknowledged […]
Government | Politics 2023: TERRY G. KILGORE
Republican Kilgore represents Virginians in the far southwest corner of the state, which is closer to eight other state capitals than it is to Richmond. First elected in 1993, Kilgore became House majority leader after Republicans recaptured control of the chamber in the 2021 elections, and depending on this fall’s elections, he could remain majority […]
Government | Politics 2023: L. LOUISE LUCAS
The undisputed queen of snarky Virginia political tweets, with 90,400 Twitter/X followers, Lucas delights in poking at Gov. Glenn Youngkin. In June, she pulled off a nailbiter primary victory against longtime Democratic Sen. Lionel Spruill. Although she’s expected to win the general election, she has bigger fish to fry as Democrats aim this fall to […]
Government | Politics 2023: RYAN McDOUGLE
Following the retirement of veteran Republican Sen. Tommy Norment, McDougle could be the next majority or minority leader of the state Senate, depending on how party control swings after this fall’s election. Chairman of the Virginia Senate Republican Caucus, McDougle is in the new guard of legislative leaders poised to take the place of retiring […]
