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Law: BENJAMIN LEIGH
A real estate attorney, Leigh is president-elect of the Virginia Bar Association and will serve his term in 2023. Leigh joined the bar association in 1997, became active in its real estate section in 2011 and joined its board of governors in 2019. Raised in Northern Virginia, Leigh works with business and real estate clients […]
Professional Services: KEVIN VIROSTEK
Virostek coordinates EY’s full array of services for some of the company’s largest global clients and leads high-performing teams across the Washington, D.C., area. “As managing partner for EY’s Greater Washington-area offices, my priority is to connect clients with professionals who have had cutting-edge development opportunities,” Virostek says. “We have more than 3,500 i[...]
Government/ Politics: GLENN YOUNGKIN
A first-time political candidate, Youngkin led a statewide Republican sweep last fall, in a campaign that mostly kept its distance from former President Donald Trump. Since taking office in January, Youngkin has leaned further rightward, saying he would seek to ban most abortions after 15 weeks and attempting to bar “inherently divisive concepts like Critical […]
Finance/Insurance: LAWRENCE ‘LARRY’ DI RITA
Di Rita joined Bank of America in 2006 following a long and distinguished career in public service. Initially an external affairs executive, Di Rita was tapped in 2019 to be the bank’s market president for the greater Washington, D.C., area, including Northern Virginia. From 1980 until 1993, Di Rita served as a U.S. naval officer. […]
Health Care: DR. J. STEPHEN JONES
With a $1 billion, new Inova Alexandria Hospital set to start construction in 2023 with a Level II Trauma Center and a new cancer center, Jones is keeping very busy as head of the five-hospital, 20,000-employee system that is a major player in Northern Virginia. A urological surgeon, Jones previously led Cleveland Clinic’s regional hospitals […]
Health Care: SETH BLACKLEY
Previously executive director of corporate development for the Advisory Board Co., Blackley co-founded health care software company Evolent Health in 2011 in Arlington with the goal of partnering with payers and providers to reduce the total cost of health care. By 2015, Evolent became a publicly traded company and was added to the New York […]
Health Care: AMY CARRIER
Now leading a health care system that cares for more than 500,000 people, Carrier began her journey in the health care profession in the early 1990s as a part-time medical record clerk in a physician’s practice. Over the course of her career, she has worked at every level in nonclinical roles at hospitals, health systems […]
Health Care: MICHAEL J. FRIEDLANDER
Friedlander is among the top leaders in Virginia focused on growing the biomedical research industry. Since he founded the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion a decade ago, the institute has doubled its lab facilities in Roanoke and expanded to new laboratories on the Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus in Washington, D.C. […]
Health Care: LT. GEN. RONALD J. PLACE
Place oversees a Department of Defense agency responsible for providing a medically ready force during peace and war. For Place, that includes leading a staff of nearly 140,000 and overseeing a budget of more than $54 billion. Place has directed the Defense Health Agency since September 2019, leading it through a worldwide pandemic, including reports […]
Law: CALVIN W. ‘WOODY’ FOWLER JR.
Fowler joined Williams Mullen as a young attorney more than 30 years ago and today occupies the top position at Virginia’s third-largest law firm. A seasoned and highly regarded litigator, Fowler helps businesses facing a wide variety of legal disputes. His clients have included colleges and universities, health care systems, insurance companies, nursing homes and […]
