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Energy: DIANE LEOPOLD
Entering her 28th year with Dominion, Leopold is responsible for all the Fortune 500 utility’s operating segments, with oversight for Dominion Energy Virginia and Dominion Energy South Carolina, as well as the company’s gas distribution and contracted assets division. In all, she is responsible for nearly 7 million customer accounts and operations in at least […]
Federal Contractors/Technology: WILLIAM J. ‘BILL’ LYNN III
In June, Leonardo DRS, a U.S. subsidiary of Italian defense contractor Leonardo SpA, announced it would merge with Israel-based Rada Electronic Industries Ltd., with plans to go public by the end of this year. Rada will become a wholly owned Leonardo subsidiary, operating under DRS’s Advanced Sensing and Computing segment. Lynn told Defense News that […]
Nonprofits/Philanthropy: TED HART
For 30 years, Charities Aid Foundation of America has enabled cross-border giving by Americans to validated charities and charitable projects worldwide. Hart has led the organization for the last decade. His passion for the nonprofit’s work stems from “the privilege of helping our donor clients bring their dreams and prayers for a better world to […]
Nonprofits/Philanthropy: KEVIN A. LYNCH
During his four-decade career working closely with people who are blind, Lynch says he’s observed firsthand the unlimited capabilities of this largely untapped workforce. “Without a doubt, there is nothing that people who are blind can’t do,” says Lynch, who has led the nation’s largest employment resource for people who are blind since 2008. National […]
Retail/Wholesale: MICHAEL A. WITYNSKI
Fortune 500 discount retailer Dollar Tree, which has more than 15,600 Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores across the continental United States and Canada, raised eyebrows in June with a C-suite shake-up. The company said it would seek replacements for its chief operating officer, chief strategy officer, chief financial officer, chief information officer and chief […]
Transportation: MARK PERRYMAN
In May, Perryman replaced Robert Bowen, who retired after leading Norfolk’s airport since 2016. Perryman’s new job came after a retirement of his own. He worked for more than 25 years for Landrum & Brown, an international airport consulting and design firm, serving as president and chief operating officer for 13 years before becoming CEO […]
Law: WENDY COLLINS PERDUE
Perdue is approaching her 12th year as dean of the University of Richmond School of Law. The Wellesley College graduate has spent most of her career in education. After a brief period as an associate at Washington, D.C.’s Hogan & Hartson, Perdue joined the faculty of Georgetown University Law Center in 1982, later becoming an […]
2022 Virginia 500: Living Legends
TESSA GOWEN ADER PHILANTHROPIST, KESWICK JANE NEAL PARKE BATTEN PHILANTHROPIST, VIRGINIA BEACH WHITTINGTON W. ‘WHITT’ CLEMENT SPECIAL COUNSEL, HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH LLP, RICHMOND BENJAMIN J. ‘BEN’ DAVENPORT JR. CHAIRMAN, DAVENPORT ENERGY INC., CHATHAM ROBERT DUVALL ACTOR AND DIRECTOR, THE PLAINS W. HEYWOOD[...]
Living Legends: LINDA RABBITT
The construction company Rabbitt founded in 1989 has grown to a $445 million corporation employing 260 people. Rand is the largest commercial general contractor in the country founded and owned by a woman. A mainstay on Washingtonian magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women in D.C. list, Rabbitt is a board member for The Economic Club of […]
Education: M.G. ‘PAT’ ROBERTSON
Outside of Virginia, Robertson is best known for his decades-long tenure hosting the Christian Broadcast Network’s syndicated news magazine show “The 700 Club,” as well as his provocative pronouncements about LGBTQ people, Muslims and Democrats. But the 92-year-old CBN founder is also known as the head of Regent University, a private Christian institution he founded […]
