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Arts/Entertainment/Sports: ALEX NYERGES
Last year, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts embarked on a $190 million expansion and renovation plan that will add a 170,000-square-foot wing. Earlier this year, Nyerges said that wing would be named for philanthropists James W. and Frances Gibson McGlothlin, who made a $60 million gift toward the expansion campaign. A project of such […]
Federal Contractors/Technology: D. JAMES BIDZOS
Verisign reported $1.33 billion in 2021 revenue, a nearly 5% improvement over the previous year. Founded by Bidzos in 1995, the company is a domain name registry and internet infrastructure provider; it serves as the registry for all addresses that end in .com — more than 350 million domain names as of the first quarter […]
Finance/Insurance: CHRISTOPHER M. ‘CHRIS’ SHOCKLEY
Shockley launched his banking career working as a teller while still an economics student at Radford University. The Roanoke native ultimately spent 14 years in retail banking in Virginia and North Carolina before joining Virginia Credit Union in 2003 as senior vice president of member services. Receiving an MBA from Liberty University in 2012, Shockley […]
Hospitality/Tourism: ERIC D. TERRY
The pandemic shuttered one out of five Virginia restaurants. Lingering labor, supply chain problems, inflation and high gas prices have continued to plague the hospitality industry, which had 88,000 vacant jobs statewide as of August. Terry advocates on behalf of the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association’s 1,500 members, calling attention to the ongoing impact […]
Nonprofits/Philanthropy: DEBORAH M. DiCROCE
DiCroce has led the Hampton Roads Community Foundation since 2012, but before that, she spent more than three decades in higher education. As president of Tidewater Community College for 14 years, she led a decade of expansion at TCC. She also served nine years as president of Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville and has […]
Law: THE HON. ROGER GREGORY
The son of tobacco factory workers, Gregory has spent his life blazing trails. He’s the first person in his family to graduate from high school. After graduating from Virginia State University and the University of Michigan Law School, he and future Gov. L. Douglas Wilder founded a Richmond law firm in 1982. Wilder became the […]
Law: PHILIPPE J.C. SIGNORE
Signore began his career as a physicist, earning a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and then a Ph.D. from the University of Florida. After earning his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, he transitioned to handling patents and intellectual property matters for a variety of high-tech industries, including […]
Economic Development: TAYLOR V. ADAMS
Adams’ favorite vacation spot is Virginia Beach, and his favorite beverage is the city’s famous orange crush, a mixture of vodka, orange liqueur, a splash of lemon-lime soda, and freshly squeezed orange juice. Nevertheless, this summer Adams was a finalist for the position of city manager in Salem, Oregon, a job that went to a […]
Agriculture: GEORGE C. FREEMAN III
Universal Corp. may be the world’s biggest supplier of leaf tobacco, but foodstuffs have helped boost the company’s portfolio recently. “Our plant-based ingredients platform is coming together nicely and is exceeding our expectations,” Freeman said in his May fiscal year annual report. Universal’s president since 2006 and its CEO and board chairman since 2008, he […]
Education: PETER BLAKE
A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia Darden School of Business’ executive program, Blake has led the state’s higher education council for a decade. He previously was a SCHEV research analyst and also served as the state’s secretary of education from 2005 to 2006 and as vice chancellor of the Virginia […]
