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Economic Development: CHRISTINA WINN
Winn leads a 20-person economic development team during a time of tremendous growth in the county. George Mason University is expanding its tech campus, adding a $75 million Life Sciences and Engineering building to anchor the county’s Innovation Park, a 1,500-acre corporate research park. Though the General Assembly backed out of providing state incentives for […]
Living Legends: FRANCES LEWIS
National retailer Best Products helped pioneer the shopping experience, and it started with a swap with pop artist Andy Warhol. Lewis and her late husband, Sydney, founded their mail-order catalog business in 1957, turning it into a Henrico County-based empire, with hundreds of stores across the nation and annual sales of up to $2 billion […]
Education: KATHERINE A. ROWE
Since taking the helm of “public ivy” William & Mary in 2019, Rowe has overseen a number of initiatives, including establishing an entrepreneurial hub and a teaching innovation studio, as well as implementing climate action plans and efforts to increase diversity. In 2021, William & Mary announced a partnership with The Posse Foundation to grant […]
Education: LT. GEN. DARRELL K. WILLIAMS (U.S. ARMY, RET.)
An alumnus of the private historically Black university, Williams returned to Hampton in July to succeed William R. Harvey. One of the nation’s longest-serving college presidents, Harvey retired in June after 44 years leading Hampton. A retired lieutenant general in the Army, Williams graduated in 1983 along with his wife, Myra, and went on to […]
Finance/Insurance: JOHN C. STANCHINA
For over a decade, Stanchina has served as CEO of the mid-Atlantic region for the Marsh & McLennan Agency, which provides business insurance, employee health and benefits, retirement and private client insurance solutions. Previously, Stanchina also served as the company’s region president. Guy Morrison took over that role in 2021 and now reports to Stanchina. […]
Transportation: DEVON ANDERS
In November 2021, Gov. Ralph Northam visited InterChange Group Inc. to announce that Nature’s Touch Frozen Foods was expanding into a new 126,000-square-foot building from its current spot within the third-party logistics firm’s warehousing. Originally slated to open in April for around $25 million, the planned warehouse has fallen behind schedule and gone over budget […]
Law: THE HON. S. BERNARD GOODWYN
Growing up in rural Southampton County in the 1960s, Goodwyn recalls how his parents sacrificed to give him opportunities. In return, he gave it his all — and Goodwyn excelled at just about everything he tried. He was a football star, student body president, valedictorian and first chair tenor saxophone player for the tri-county band. […]
Professional Services: GLORIA BOHAN
Inspired by her honeymoon cruise aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2, Bohan started Omega World Travel in Fredericksburg in 1972 as a storefront travel agency. In 2021, Bohan was recognized by Washingtonian magazine in its Washington’s Most Powerful Women list. One of the nation’s top travel firms, Omega, which has 285 employees, is also among the […]
Real Estate: CATHERINE BUELL
Amazon.com Inc.’s $2.5 billion-plus HQ2 in Arlington raised the stakes for affordable housing in Northern Virginia, and economic factors boosting residential prices everywhere have also affected the market. In 2021, the e-tail giant launched its $2 billion housing fund in Arlington, Nashville, Tennessee, and Washington state, areas where it has significant presences. Buell, a former […]
Real Estate: MIKE PHILLIPS
Since joining London-based Balfour Beatty in 1987, Phillips has overseen construction of more than 45 projects totaling more than $5 billion, including the striking National Museum of the Marine Corps near Quantico and the $1.4 billion National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Campus East Headquarters at Fort Belvoir. In April, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a […]
