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Finance/Insurance: NIGEL MORRIS
The website Crowdfund Insider describes Morris “as one of the most famous and successful fintech investors in the world.” Along with Richard Fairbank, who Morris calls “one of the most special human beings on the planet,” Morris co-founded Capital One Financial Corp. in the early 1990s. He left his position as Capital One’s president and […]
Law: WILLIAM R. ‘BILL’ VAN BUREN III
A past president of the Virginia Bar Association and the Virginia Law Foundation, Van Buren joined his firm — then known as Canoles, Mastracco, Martone, Barr and Russell — in 1981, after graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law. Also a William & Mary alum, Van Buren comes from the family that formerly […]
Real Estate: MATTHEW ‘MATT’ GANNON
Gannon oversees Colliers’ offices in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Maryland, with more than 50 real estate professionals providing clients with an array of services including representing commercial tenants and landlords and providing valuations and appraisals, and marketing and research. Colliers, an international commercial real estate and investment management corporation, has opera[...]
Real Estate: BOB MILKOVICH
Milkovich joined Rand, a privately owned, nationwide commercial general contractor specializing in retail and restaurant construction, tenant interiors and building renovations, in January 2019 as its chief. He succeeded Linda Rabbitt, who founded the company more than three decades ago. Before that, Milkovich served as CEO of First Potomac Realty Trust, where he led the […]
Education: MAJ. GEN. CEDRIC T. WINS (U.S. ARMY, RET.)
Wins has had one of academia’s toughest jobs since returning to his alma mater as its interim superintendent in 2020. The public military university has been under fire for a “racist and sexist culture,” a charge laid at its doorstep during an independent, state-ordered investigation last summer. Wins, a 1985 alumnus, also has received criticism […]
Federal Contractors/Technology: STU SHEA
Shea started his career in national security by building some of the CIA’s earliest computer systems. Today, he’s leading the integration of three businesses into one, as well as moving into a new corporate headquarters in Reston Town Center. A national security contractor formed in 2017 after private equity fund Veritas Capital purchased Harris Corp. […]
Finance/Insurance: RIC EDELMAN
It’s been a year of change for popular financial adviser Edelman. In 1986, Edelman and his wife, Jean, founded Edelman Financial Services. In 2018, the firm merged with a West Coast firm to form Edelman Financial Engines. Edelman walked away from his leadership role in that company in June 2021. In December 2021, the last […]
Hospitality/Tourism: THOMAS J. BALTIMORE JR.
Gray skies are gonna clear up. If Baltimore were to sum up the hospitality industry in song, that might be the lyric he’d choose. The pandemic decimated the hotel business, but Baltimore is optimistic 2022 may be remembered as a return to normal, saying in May, “I am extremely pleased with Park’s first quarter results, […]
Hospitality/Tourism: CLYDE STACY
In 2018, Stacy purchased the failed Bristol Mall for $2.6 million, intending for it to become an economic driver for the depressed region. He partnered with high school friend and United Co. Chairman Jim McGlothlin on a high-stakes gamble to transform the vacant property into a casino and resort. The two hired Richmond lobbying and […]
Nonprofits/Philanthropy: JENNIFER MORRIS
Morris has spent roughly 25 years working to protect the environment, most recently as CEO for The Nature Conservancy; before that, she was president of nonprofit Conservation International. She recently weighed in on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling curbing the power of the Environmental Protection Agency. “This case may be complex, but the harmful impact […]
