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Banking | Finance 2024: CHRISTOPHER M. ‘CHRIS’ SHOCKLEY
Following a vote by Roanoke-based Member One Federal Credit Union’s customers, Virginia Credit Union’s merger with Member One was finalized Aug. 1. The combined credit union is expected to be the state’s third largest, with combined assets of $7 billion and about 500,000 members. Shockley will remain president and CEO of the combined credit union, […]
Professional Services 2024: DAN KOTTER
In August 2023, Kotter was tapped to become Greater Washington managing partner for Ernst & Young, replacing Kevin Virostek, who retired. Kotter has worked at EY since 1998 and previously served as an assurance partner. In addition to client-serving responsibilities, Kotter is responsible for managing Ernst & Young’s Greater Washington offices. He has served as […]
Real Estate 2024: DERRICK SWAAK
A licensed broker in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., Swaak is co-chief operating officer, partner and managing broker for TTR Sotheby’s International Realty, which he joined in 2007 as a partner. The firm has handled some of the most expensive residential sales in the Washington, D.C., area, including the Fairfax County home purchased by the […]
Economic Development 2024: JOE BENEVENTO
Benevento was named the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corp.’s permanent president and CEO in April. He had served as interim leader since September 2023, after his predecessor, Bob Stolle, stepped down. The nonprofit operations arm of a state authority, VIPC provides strategic commercialization and funding support to Virginia-based tech startups. Benevento takes its reins amid a […]
Economic Development 2024: CHRISTINA WINN
Before taking the reins in Prince William County in 2019, Winn was the director of Arlington Economic Development’s Business Investment Group, where she played a major role in recruiting Amazon.com’s $2.5 billion-plus HQ2 East Coast headquarters. Prince William reported it had won 31 projects, representing more than $1.9 billion in intended capital investment, 641 new […]
2024 Virginia 500: Hospitality | Tourism
CHRIS ALBRECHT SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, CAESARS VIRGINIA, DANVILLE THOMAS J. BALTIMORE JR. CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, PARK HOTELS & RESORTS, TYSONS DOUG BRADBURN PRESIDENT AND CEO, GEORGE WASHINGTON’S MOUNT VERNON, FAIRFAX COUNTY JAMES CARROLL PRESIDENT AND CEO, CRESTLINE HOTELS AND RESORTS, FAIRFAX CHRISTY S. [&hell[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: MARK PETERS
On Sept. 3, Peters will succeed Jason Providakes as president and CEO of Mitre, a not-for-profit research and development corporation that manages federally funded R&D centers. Mitre has more than 60 sites worldwide, employing 10,000 workers. The corporation’s 200-plus labs develop innovations in applied science and technologies in sectors ranging from artificial intelligence, cybersecurity [...]
Government | Politics 2024: MICHAEL D. BILLS
The state’s biggest individual campaign donor, Michael Bills has become a lightning rod in Virginia political circles for who he funds — candidates who pledge not to take money from Dominion Energy — and who he doesn’t. The founder and chief investment officer of Charlottesville-based Bluestem Asset Management, Bills founded Clean Virginia in 2018 with […]
2024 Virginia 500: Health Care
STEVE ARNER PRESIDENT, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND CEO-DESIGNATE, CARILION CLINIC, ROANOKE ANTHONY ‘TONY’ BAKER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, TECHNICAL OPERATIONS LEAD, MERCK, ELKTON SETH BLACKLEY CEO AND CO-FOUNDER, EVOLENT HEALTH, ARLINGTON COUNTY SEAN T. CONNAUGHTON PRESIDENT AND CEO, VIRGINIA HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION, GLEN ALLEN &nb[...]
Retail 2024: KEVIN MURPHY
Ferguson, an American-British plumbing and heating products distributor with about 35,000 employees, reported $29.7 billion in net sales in 2023. In August, the company announced its North American subsidiary, Ferguson Enterprises, would also be headquartered in Newport News, following a corporate reorganization. Ferguson has become known as a “serial acquirer” in recent years, having complete[...]
