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Government/Politics: BARRY KNIGHT
News August 29, 2022

Government/Politics: BARRY KNIGHT

Something Del. Knight, R-Virginia Beach, never wants to do again is “unload corn silage out of a silo at 100 degrees.” When he was a teenager, he recalls, he worked a series of jobs that included truck driving and farm work.  He eventually owned his own hog farm and went on to be appointed to […]

Finance/Insurance: BYRON L. BOSTON
News August 29, 2022

Finance/Insurance: BYRON L. BOSTON

A first-generation college student, Boston arrived at Dartmouth College from his native St. Louis without a proper New Hampshire wardrobe. “I froze my butt off,” he recalled in a profile published by the university. Quick to give credit to all the people — from his high school football coach to Dartmouth alumni to business mentors […]

Health Care: DR. SANDY L. CHUNG
News August 29, 2022

Health Care: DR. SANDY L. CHUNG

An alumna of the University of Virginia, from which she received her bachelor’s and medical degrees, Chung is CEO of pediatric group Trusted Doctors, president of Fairfax Pediatric Associates and medical director of Informatics for the Pediatric Health Network at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. After a young patient killed a man while waiting […]

Nonprofits/Philanthropy: ANGELA F. WILLIAMS
News August 29, 2022

Nonprofits/Philanthropy: ISAM GHANIM

Ghanim is new to the president and CEO role, but he’s a familiar face at ChildFund International, having previously served as executive vice president for programs at the global nonprofit formerly known as Christian Children’s Fund. The ninth top executive in ChildFund International’s 84-year history, he succeeds Anne Lynam Goddard, who retired in May after […]

Transportation: ED ALDRIDGE
News August 29, 2022

Transportation: JENNIFER AUMENT

Aument leads a global team of more than 14,000 employees across the highway, transit, aviation, port and freight sectors for AECOM, a Fortune 500 infrastructure engineering, planning and consulting firm that reported $13.3 billion in 2021 revenue. A month after joining AECOM in April 2021, Aument was diagnosed with breast cancer. “Today I am healthy, […]

Real Estate: KIM ROY
Virginia 500 August 29, 2022

Real Estate: BOB CLARK

Clark started his career with multidisciplinary design firm Baskervill more than 25 years ago, following a five-year stint in the U.S. Air Force, and was named Baskervill’s president in 2004. The company has projects under development in 18 states and six countries. Recent projects include the Virginia Commonwealth University Engineering Research Building and the Hearth […]

Arts/Entertainment/Sports: KEVIN LEMBKE
News August 29, 2022

Arts/Entertainment/Sports: KEVIN LEMBKE

Aside from a brief exit during 2019, Lembke has served as Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s president since February 2018. He spent the last two years ushering the popular theme park through the pandemic. Most recently he’s overseen the rollout of a new park attraction. Billed as “the world’s fastest multi-launch coaster,” The Pantheon reaches speeds of […]

Boykin
News August 29, 2022

Federal Contractors/Technology: JENNIFER BOYKIN 

Newport News Shipbuilding is ingrained in the fabric of Hampton Roads. As the nation’s only builder of nuclear aircraft carriers and the military’s largest shipbuilding company, the shipyard is the state’s top industrial employer, with about 25,000 employees. Boykin is the first woman to lead the company, and she’s been at its helm since 2017 […]

Government/Politics: TERRY KILGORE
News August 29, 2022

Government/Politics: TERRY KILGORE

First elected in 1993, Republican Del. Kilgore is part of the new group of House of Delegates leadership, serving as both majority leader and vice chair of the Commerce and Energy Committee. Conservatives for a Clean Energy Future named the Southwest Virginia native a “champion” in 2018, in part for his work on the Grid […]

Retail/Wholesale: POUL WEIHRAUCH
News August 29, 2022

Retail/Wholesale: ROBERT S. ‘BOBBY’ UKROP

Twelve years have passed since a Dutch conglomerate purchased the Ukrop’s grocery chain, which got its start from a Richmond market opened in 1937 by Ukrop’s parents, the late Joseph and Jacquelin Ukrop. Not long after the sale, Bobby Ukrop, who spent many years as CEO of the family-owned stores, founded Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods with […]

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A rendering of Colonna’s Shipyard’s latest investment, a new $70 million drydock currently under construction. Image courtesy Colonna's Shipyard

Colonna’s Shipyard invests $79M to build 4th drydock

Norfolk-based Colonna’s Shipyard announced Friday that it has invested $70 million to acquire its [...]

Health systems forecast pain from Medicaid cuts

Health systems forecast pain from Medicaid cuts

Virginia hospitals face closures as Medicaid cuts hit budgets; Augusta Health closes clinics, warns [...]

Brian Warpup inspects one of his soybean fields in Warren, Ind., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Trump’s trade battle with China puts soybean farmers in peril

China stops buying U.S. soybeans, leaving Virginia farmers with fewer export markets. Simultaneously[...]

Trump slaps tariffs on drugs, furniture, trucks

Trump slaps tariffs on drugs, furniture, trucks

Starting Oct. 1, Trump will impose tariffs of up to 100% on drugs, cabinets, furniture and heavy tru[...]

White House budget office tells agencies to draft mass firing plans ahead of potential shutdown

White House budget office tells agencies to draft mass firing plans ahead of potential shutdown

OMB told agencies to prepare mass layoffs if the government shuts down next week, escalating pressur[...]

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People

Dale Wagoner plans to retire as CEO at the end of the year. Photo courtesy LMI

LMI CEO transitions to chairman

6/10/2025

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Rivers Casino Portsmouth hires new general manager

2/10/2025

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Richmond-area car wash chain promotes CEO, other execs

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Regions

Digital Gateway opponents score legal win

Digital Gateway opponents score legal win

A Virginia judge voided the rezoning for the $500M Prince William Digital Gateway project, siding wi[...]

Federal funding repeals could halt rural broadband expansion

Federal funding repeals could halt rural broadband expansion

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

Danville invests $3 million to prep Coleman site

Danville invests $3 million to prep Coleman site

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

Data centers stir debate in Frederick

Data centers stir debate in Frederick

After rejecting two major data centers, Frederick County supervisors back a fact sheet to study impa[...]


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