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Real Estate 2024: TONY FIORILLO
Fiorillo began his career at ECS in 1993 as a field technician. In 2020, he was promoted to president of the ECS Group after serving as chief operating officer. Because Fiorillo joined the company when it was new, he had the opportunity to work on projects for the primary owners while developing strong relationships with […]
Real Estate 2024: FRANK ‘BUDDY’ GADAMS
In 2000, Gadams founded Marathon Development Group, known for its commercial and residential projects in Hampton Roads, including the Icon Norfolk and the James Apartments residential buildings in Norfolk. Gadams also has led historic renovation projects such as the restoration of the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts. Late last year, Marathon pulled out of a […]
Real Estate 2024: JASON GUILLOT
Guillot is a commercial real estate developer focused on mixed-use projects with Class A office, retail and multifamily. He joined Thalhimer in 2007 as an office broker and developer, and led the redevelopment of the former Westhampton Theater in Richmond’s West End into the Westhampton on Grove retail complex. In recent years, he has become […]
Manufacturing 2024: ROB WERGE
In 2022, Werge became Cadence’s president and CEO. He previously held leadership positions at Nypro (now Jabil Healthcare), where he led its consumer and electronics business for the Americas region and led India operations. He also was vice president and general manager of Phillips-Medisize’s global commercial division. Cadence, a contract manufacturer of medical and drug […]
Banking | Finance 2024: TOM RYAN
When Ryan arrived at Langley Federal in 2012, the credit union had about $1.7 billion in assets and 165,500 members. It now boasts $5.45 billion in assets and 378,000 members. With more than 700 employees, Langley Federal has 21 branches. The credit union opened a new branch in Raleigh, North Carolina, in September 2023 and […]
2024 Virginia 500: Nonprofits | Philanthropy
SHERRIE ARMSTRONG PRESIDENT AND CEO, COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR A GREATER RICHMOND, RICHMOND DR. ELIZABETH CHEROT PRESIDENT AND CEO, MARCH OF DIMES, ARLINGTON COUNTY SORAYA CORREA PRESIDENT AND CEO, NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND, ALEXANDRIA JACK DYER ‘J.D.’ CROUCH II PRESIDENT AND CEO, UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, ARLINGTON COUNTY [&he[...]
Telecommunications 2024: CHRISTOPHER E. FRENCH
In April, Shentel completed the acquisition of Horizon Telcom, a commercial fiber provider, for $385 million. The combined company has approximately 15,400 fiber route miles across seven states. Shentel plans to re-brand the Horizon commercial and residential fiber businesses to Glo Fiber. Earlier this year, Shentel sold its tower portfolio to Vertical Bridge for $310.3 million in […]
Real Estate 2024: ROBERT M. ‘BOB’ KING
Since 1978, King has been leasing shopping centers for individuals, private partnerships and institutional clients, and has led the commercial real estate company’s retail leasing team since 1985. He was named president of the firm in 2019, and took over as chairman last year when his adoptive father, Harvey L. Lindsay Jr., died at 93. […]
Education 2024: JAMES E. RYAN
Since becoming president in 2018, Ryan has spearheaded several growth initiatives at the state’s flagship university, including the School of Data Science, a new performing arts center and the Karsh Institute of Democracy — all projects funded by donors, including a record 2019 gift of $120 million from alumni couple Jaffray and Merrill Woodriff for […]
Retail 2024: STEVE PRESLEY
Presley has been overseeing the U.S. market — Nestlé’s largest market, with around $30 billion in annual sales — since 2018. In 2021, he also became head of the Swiss food producer’s continent-wide business when Nestlé created a North America business zone, along with a China zone, to align with its market-led approach. In this […]
