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Transportation: ED ALDRIDGE
News August 29, 2022

Transportation: GEORGE GOLDMAN

As the global supply chain crisis brought on by the pandemic continues into its second year, Haifa, Israel-based shipping giant ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. reported record financial results for the first quarter of 2022, including $3.7 billion in revenue, compared with $1.7 billion in revenue during the same time last year. The company attributes […]

Professional Services: DANNY ROBINSON
Virginia 500 August 29, 2022

Professional Services: JACOB BLONDIN

RetailData has grown since Blondin took over as president and CEO in 2020, five years after joining as vice president of strategic initiatives. As retailers have transitioned from brick-and-mortar locations to e-commerce operations, RetailData also has evolved to provide analysis on digital pricing and promotion strategies. In 2021, Blondin, who is also president and CEO […]

2022 Virginia 500: Manufacturing
Virginia 500 August 29, 2022

Economic Development: JONATHAN BELCHER

Belcher leads the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority, which was created in 1988 to grow and diversify the region’s economy and help create jobs. Last year, the authority announced 46 new economic development projects plus 14 company expansions and retentions, creating a total of more than 1,000 jobs. Belcher knows Southwest Virginia. He grew up […]

2022 Virginia 500: Manufacturing
Virginia 500 August 29, 2022

Economic Development: BARRY DUVAL

In 2022, DuVal partnered with the Virginia Farm Bureau, the state’s real estate community and more than 100 local and regional chambers across the commonwealth to successfully win expanded and lower-cost health care coverage for small business owners. Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed the legislation earlier this year. The chamber also formed the Virginia Small Business […]

Transportation: ED ALDRIDGE
News August 29, 2022

Transportation: ED ALDRIDGE

As the nation continues to feel the crunch of supply chain shortages, French container ship company CMA CGM Group, the world’s third largest, announced an incentive to encourage the early return of shipping containers to eligible ports. Under the program, which ran for 60 days from May through July, the company offered a $300 credit […]

Law: VICTOR CARDWELL
News August 29, 2022

Law: VICTOR CARDWELL

It’s been a busy year for Cardwell. In January, the accomplished labor and employment attorney became the first Black president of the Virginia Bar Association. Then in July, his Roanoke-based firm, Woods Rogers, merged with Norfolk-based Vandeventer Black. The new Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black, now the state’s fifth largest firm, employs more than 130 attorneys. […]

Real Estate: KIM ROY
Virginia 500 August 29, 2022

Real Estate: ALBERT G. ‘BEAU’ VAN METRE JR.

Van Metre has been involved in the operations of his family real estate company since 1963, when he first joined the company founded by his father eight years earlier. In 2002, he was appointed vice chairman, and in 2008, he was promoted to chairman. He also serves as a trustee for the Van Metre Family […]

Jason El Koubi was named president and CEO of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership in March. Photo by Matthew R.O. Brown
Virginia 500 August 29, 2022

Economic Development: JASON EL KOUBI

El Koubi succeeded Stephen Moret as leader of the state’s chief economic development organization in March, two months after being named interim president and CEO. Moret left to lead Indianapolis-based Strada Education Network, having earned a strong reputation for driving industry interest in Virginia, capped in 2018 with Amazon.com Inc. choosing Arlington County for its […]

News August 29, 2022

Federal Contractors/Technology: TOM BELL

Though its name conjures luxury, Rolls-Royce is also a major force in powering the U.S. military. In September 2021, Rolls Royce North America won a $500 million Air Force contract to manufacture 650 replacement engines for the service’s fleet of B-52 Stratofortresses, extending the life of the iconic bomber by three decades. The award could […]

2022 Virginia 500: Government | Politics
News August 29, 2022

Government/Politics: KELLY T. GEE

After serving as the Virginia Lottery’s acting executive director since January, Gee was made the lottery’s permanent leader by Gov. Glenn Youngkin in June. She heads an agency that generated $3.5 billion in fiscal 2022, with more than $770 million in lottery profits going to Virginia public schools. Gee has been with the independently run […]

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Regions

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Federal funding repeals could halt rural broadband expansion

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The much-heralded broadband expansion efforts in Southwest Virginia may not come to fruition after a[...]

Danville invests $3 million to prep Coleman site

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In July, Danville City Council members OK’d an infusion of funding for 158 acres on Gypsum Roa[...]

Data centers stir debate in Frederick

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