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Nonprofits/Philanthropy: SHERRIE ARMSTRONG
Armstrong says people look to their community foundations to understand areas of greatest and urgent need. One thing the pandemic highlighted, she says, was the ability of organizations like hers to lead during a crisis. The Community Foundation for a greater Richmond connected with local partners and created a simplified grant process that enabled faster […]
Retail/Wholesale: TING XU
Evergreen Enterprises designs and manufactures thousands of pieces of home and garden décor, licensed sports products and gifts, which are then distributed to retail establishments around the globe. A Shanghai native who moved to Richmond in 1989 after graduating from Old Dominion University, Xu, along with her husband, Frank Qiu, started Evergreen in 1993 as […]
Transportation: PIERCE COFFEE
Coffee’s work has an immediate impact on her neighbors. The McLean native leads North American operations for Transurban, an Australian firm that operates 53 miles of express toll lanes on the Capital Beltway and Interstates 95 and 395. Among its projects, Transurban is extending toll lanes along I-95 by 10 miles to Fredericksburg. An expansion […]
Law: BROOKS M. SMITH
With more than a decade of experience in environmental and natural resources proceedings, Smith handles litigation, enforcement defense, project development and compliance counseling. Among his notable clients are Dominion Energy Inc., the Virginia Manufacturers Association and the Virginia Coal & Energy Alliance. Besides managing more than 150 attorneys at the firm’s Richmond office, Smith [...]
Law: THE HON. MICHAEL F. URBANSKI
Born in Italy when his father was stationed there with the U.S. Army, Urbanski went to high school in Newport News and was previously a principal at the Woods Rogers law firm in Roanoke. In 2004, he was appointed to be a U.S. magistrate judge and was appointed to the Western District court’s bench in […]
Economic Development: BUDDY RIZER
Under Rizer, Loudoun attracted $6.55 billion in new commercial investment in 2021, and in June, Irish energy management company Hanley Energy announced an $8 million expansion of its electrical division in Ashburn, a move expected to create 343 jobs. The self-styled “godfather of data center alley,” Rizer, who became Loudoun’s economic development head in 2007, […]
Federal Contractors/Technology: TOM ARSENEAULT
When asked what makes him passionate about his work, Arseneault restates part of BAE Systems’ mission: “We protect those who protect us.” Arseneault, whose first job was as a farmhand in Connecticut, added CEO to his title in 2020, after becoming president and chief operating officer in May 2019. He’s spent more than two decades […]
Federal Contractors/Technology: LYNN MARTIN
Martin joined Google Cloud in December 2021 after spending eight years as vice president of government, education and health care at another cloud services provider, VMware Inc. In June, Google announced the creation of Google Public Sector, a subsidiary focused on bringing Google Cloud technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning tools, to federal, state […]
Federal Contractors/Technology: CAREY A. SMITH
Smith joined Parsons, a Fortune 1000 federal defense contractor, in 2016 as president of its federal solutions business, leading the acquisition and integration of four companies and helping take the company public in 2019. She was tapped as the defense contractor’s new CEO in 2021, a promotion from her previous post as president and chief […]
Government/ Politics: STEPHEN E. CUMMINGS
With more than 40 years in the banking industry, Cummings now serves as Virginia’s secretary of finance, appointed in January by Gov. Glenn Youngkin. His duties include oversight of the state’s departments of accounts, taxation, treasury, and planning and budget. His most recent position was president and CEO of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group in […]
