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Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2024: DEBORAH M. DiCROCE
After spending more than 35 years as a university professor and college president in Virginia, DiCroce has led the Hampton Roads Community Foundation for more than a decade. The foundation is the largest grant and scholarship provider in southeastern Virginia, distributing more than $23 million in 2022. For the 2023-24 school year, the organization provided […]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2024: TIM ROSE
As CEO of the University of Virginia Foundation for three decades, Rose is in charge of stewarding most of the real estate endeavors for the commonwealth’s flagship university. He oversees about 400 employees and 5,200 acres of properties, including iconic locations such as Boar’s Head Resort, Morven Farm and Birdwood Golf Course. The foundation is […]
Education 2024: LANCE R. COLLINS
Collins came to Virginia from Cornell University four years ago for a transformative purpose: to build Virginia Tech’s $1 billion Innovation Campus and aid the commonwealth’s efforts to close a regional tech talent gap. The first academic building on the Alexandria campus is set to open in spring 2025 — pushed back from its planned […]
Education 2024: ANNE M. KRESS
After starting her post-secondary education career as a faculty member teaching English, Kress now presides over Virginia’s largest community college — and one of the nation’s largest — with more than 70,000 students across six campuses, including NOVA’s Medical Education Campus in Springfield. Her tenure began in 2020 following a nearly 30-year career that includes […]
Real Estate 2024: MARK J. HOURIGAN SR.
Hourigan founded construction and development company Hourigan Group in 1993 after stints with Westinghouse and Galloway. The company has more than 200 employees, all based in Virginia. Notable Hourigan Group projects in the works include the $18 million VCU CoStar Center for Arts & Innovation, which will span seven stories and encompass 209,000 square feet. […]
Living Legends 2024: Y. MICHELE KANG
Kang is known primarily as the founder and former CEO of Cognosante, which provides IT support to federal, state and local government agencies in public health; founder of Cognosante Ventures, an early-stage health IT startup investor; and the Cognosante Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes workforce access and opportunity for women and veterans. In May, Arlington […]
Banking | Finance 2024: THOMAS I. BARKIN
Barkin has served as head of one of 12 regional Fed banks since 2018. He’s also a voting member on the Fed’s interest-setting Federal Open Market Committee for 2024, holding one of four rotating seats on the committee. In June, Barkin told a gathering of the Richmond chapter of the Risk Management Association that the […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: MATT CALKINS
A top economics graduate at Dartmouth and a world champion board gamer, Calkins co-founded cloud computing and enterprise software firm Appian in his basement in 1999. It grew to become the most successful software IPO of 2017. In 2023, Appian reaped $304.5 million in cloud subscription revenue, up 29% compared with 2022. The company’s total […]
Law 2024: BROOKS M. SMITH
In early 2019, Smith was named managing partner of the Atlanta-based Troutman Sanders’ Richmond office. Since then, the firm became Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders through a merger, but Smith held on to his leadership role. Today, he oversees more than 150 attorneys working in numerous practice areas, including the strategies group, which is the firm’s […]
Law 2024: MELANIE D. WILSON
A former assistant U.S. attorney and University of Tennessee law dean, Wilson was inducted as president of the Association of American Law Schools in January. In her inaugural address, Wilson said law school academics will continue to accomplish ambitious goals, “provided we pursue our aims tenaciously and bravely with an open mind.” Dean of Washington […]
