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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 […]
Law: MICHAEL R. SKLAIRE
Before joining Greenberg Traurig, Sklaire worked for the U.S. Department of Justice as a trial attorney, special assistant U.S. attorney and assistant U.S. attorney. He’s taken that experience with him into private practice, representing clients in government investigations and business crimes. Sklaire is often quoted in national publications due to his extensive experience in public [&helli[...]
Professional Services: RUSSELL ‘RUSS’ MOORE
Moore, who joined the Big Four accounting giant in 1997, has 25 years of experience providing audit, accounting and advisory services to Fortune 1000 companies, as well as a number of other large clients, including industrial manufacturers, health care providers, employee benefit plans, nonprofits, and oil and gas companies. His specialties include leading integrated audits […]
Real Estate: TIMOTHY FAULKNER
In January, Faulkner became president and CEO of The Breeden Co., a real estate development firm led for 60 years by family patriarch and company founder Ramon W. Breeden Jr., who is now board chairman. Before taking the reins, Faulkner had served as chief operating officer and president of property management for the company, which […]
Real Estate : RYAN T. McLAUGHLIN
In 2021, NVAR celebrated its 100-year anniversary and earned the 2021 Diamond Council Global Award from the National Association of Realtors for being among the most active associations in global business. With 34 employees in Virginia and revenue of $8.25 million in 2021, NVAR is one of the largest regional Realtors’ associations in the United […]
Real Estate: DERRICK SWAAK
A first-generation American whose family hails from the Netherlands, Swaak joined TTR Sotheby’s International Realty as a partner in 2007 and is managing broker for the firm’s offices in McLean and The Plains, as well as chief operating officer. With 485 employees, about 350 of whom are in Virginia, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty had $5 […]
Living Legends: TESSA GOWEN ADER
Ader’s influence on the Charlottesville arts community and beyond took a leap in September 2021 with a $50 million gift to the University of Virginia to help build an 1,100-seat performing arts center. A university official said the gift — made in the name of Ader and her late husband, Richard — was the largest […]
Federal Contractors/Technology: MAX PETERSON
Peterson has run Amazon’s cloud computing business for the government, health care, education and nonprofit sectors since April 2021, after spending four years as vice president for international sales within the worldwide public sector. He replaced Teresa Carlson, who left to become president of a San Francisco tech company last year. After working in various […]
Health Care: DR. MICHAEL P. ‘MIKE’ McDERMOTT
Since 2015, McDermott has led the not-for-profit hospital system that includes two hospitals in Fredericksburg and Stafford County, three emergency departments and about 50 clinics and other outpatient facilities, as well as more than 5,000 health care professionals, including 600 doctors. McDermott is a past chair of the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association, which advocates […]
