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2024 Virginia 500: Arts | Entertainment | Sports
TONY BENNETT DEAN AND MARKEL FAMILIES MEN’S HEAD BASKETBALL COACH, VIRGINIA CAVALIERS MEN’S BASKETBALL, CHARLOTTESVILLE BRIDGETTE C. BYWATER VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, KINGS DOMINION/SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT, DOSWELL CLAY CAMPBELL PRESIDENT, MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY; PRESIDENT, MID-ATLANTIC REGION, NASCAR, MARTINSVILLE CORAN CAPSHAW OWNER, RED LIG[...]
2024 Virginia 500: Banking | Finance
JOHN C. ASBURY CEO, ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES, RICHMOND G. ROBERT ASTON JR. EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, TOWNEBANK, SUFFOLK VIKRAM ‘VIK’ ATAL PRESIDENT AND CEO, PRA GROUP, NORFOLK THOMAS I. BARKIN PRESIDENT AND CEO, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND, RICHMOND JEFF BENTLEY PRESIDENT AND CEO, NORTHWEST […]
2024 Virginia 500: Economic Development
JONATHAN S. BELCHER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND GENERAL COUNSEL, VIRGINIA COALFIELD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, LEBANON JOE BENEVENTO PRESIDENT AND CEO, VIRGINIA INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP CORP., RICHMOND BARRY DuVAL PRESIDENT AND CEO, VIRGINIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, RICHMOND JASON EL KOUBI PRESIDENT AND CEO, VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, RICHMOND &n[...]
2024 Virginia 500: Education
MAKOLA M. ABDULLAH PRESIDENT, VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, PETERSBURG JAVAUNE ADAMS-GASTON PRESIDENT, NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY, NORFOLK LANCE R. COLLINS VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VIRGINIA TECH INNOVATION CAMPUS, ALEXANDRIA MARCIA CONSTON PRESIDENT, TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, NORFOLK MAJ. GEN. DONDI E. COSTIN (U.S. AIR FORCE, RE[...]
2024 Virginia 500: Energy
EDWARD ‘ED’ H. BAINE PRESIDENT, DOMINION ENERGY VIRGINIA, RICHMOND ROBERT ‘BOB’ M. BLUE CHAIR, PRESIDENT AND CEO, DOMINION ENERGY, RICHMOND ROBERT DUVALL PRESIDENT, VIRGINIA NATURAL GAS, VIRGINIA BEACH ANDRÉS R. GLUSKI PRESIDENT AND CEO, AES, ARLINGTON COUNTY JOHN D. HEWA PRESIDENT AND CEO, RAPPAHANNOCK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, FREDERIC[...]
2024 Virginia 500: Federal Contractors | Technology
CRAIG P. ABOD PRESIDENT, CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY, RESTON REGGIE AGGARWAL FOUNDER AND CEO, CVENT, McLEAN MAHFUZ AHMED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, DEXIAN, MCLEAN RYAN ANGOLD CEO, ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, VIRGINIA BEACH TOM ARSENEAULT PRESIDENT AND CEO, BAE SYSTEMS INC., FALLS CHURCH RON ASH CEO, ACCENTURE FEDERAL […]
2024 Virginia 500: Government | Politics
MICHAEL D. BILLS FOUNDER, CLEAN VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE RICHARD CULLEN COUNSELOR TO GOV. GLENN YOUNGKIN, RICHMOND WINSOME EARLE-SEARS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, RICHMOND C. TODD GILBERT MINORITY LEADER, VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES, SHENANDOAH CHARNIELE HERRING MAJORITY LEADER, VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES, ALEXANDRIA &nbs[...]
Economic Development 2024: BUDDY RIZER
Loudoun County has landed approximately $8 billion in new commercial investment for fiscal year 2024, according to the county’s economic development department. This year, construction began on the $3 billion Rivana at Innovation Station project, a 6.4 million-square-foot mixed-use development. Rizer has headed Loudoun’s economic development for 17 years and is best known for helping […[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: KIM LYNCH
Lynch joined Fortune 500 tech company Oracle in January 2023. As Oracle’s executive vice president of government intelligence and defense, Lynch has executed Oracle’s growth strategy and driven innovation in cloud technology. In August 2023, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure was approved to host top secret/sensitive compartmented information missions, allowing the intelligence community and the Depa[...]
Government | Politics 2024: CHARNIELE HERRING
When Democrats took control of the House of Delegates in 2020, Herring became the first woman and first African American to serve as majority leader. After Republicans retook the chamber following the 2021 elections, she became caucus chair but returned to her majority leader role when her party narrowly reassumed power this year. Early experience […]
