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2024 Virginia 500: Federal Contractors | Technology
CRAIG P. ABOD PRESIDENT, CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY, RESTON REGGIE AGGARWAL FOUNDER AND CEO, CVENT, McLEAN MAHFUZ AHMED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, DEXIAN, MCLEAN RYAN ANGOLD CEO, ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, VIRGINIA BEACH TOM ARSENEAULT PRESIDENT AND CEO, BAE SYSTEMS INC., FALLS CHURCH RON ASH CEO, ACCENTURE FEDERAL […]
2024 Virginia 500: Government | Politics
MICHAEL D. BILLS FOUNDER, CLEAN VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE RICHARD CULLEN COUNSELOR TO GOV. GLENN YOUNGKIN, RICHMOND WINSOME EARLE-SEARS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, RICHMOND C. TODD GILBERT MINORITY LEADER, VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES, SHENANDOAH CHARNIELE HERRING MAJORITY LEADER, VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES, ALEXANDRIA &nbs[...]
Economic Development 2024: BUDDY RIZER
Loudoun County has landed approximately $8 billion in new commercial investment for fiscal year 2024, according to the county’s economic development department. This year, construction began on the $3 billion Rivana at Innovation Station project, a 6.4 million-square-foot mixed-use development. Rizer has headed Loudoun’s economic development for 17 years and is best known for helping […[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: KIM LYNCH
Lynch joined Fortune 500 tech company Oracle in January 2023. As Oracle’s executive vice president of government intelligence and defense, Lynch has executed Oracle’s growth strategy and driven innovation in cloud technology. In August 2023, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure was approved to host top secret/sensitive compartmented information missions, allowing the intelligence community and the Depa[...]
Government | Politics 2024: CHARNIELE HERRING
When Democrats took control of the House of Delegates in 2020, Herring became the first woman and first African American to serve as majority leader. After Republicans retook the chamber following the 2021 elections, she became caucus chair but returned to her majority leader role when her party narrowly reassumed power this year. Early experience […]
Health Care 2024: MARK NANTZ
As the head of Valley Health, Nantz oversees more than 6,000 employees and six hospitals, including two in West Virginia, as well as more than 70 medical practices and other facilities. The health system serves a population of more than 500,000 in the Shenandoah Valley, West Virginia and Maryland. It reported $77.8 million in revenue […]
Insurance 2024: ALBERTO SCHIAVON
After earning an MBA at the University of Manchester in England, Schiavon started work at the U.K.’s Admiral Group as an international pricing manager. The Italian executive has led Elephant Insurance, the Admiral Group’s U.S. car insurance segment, since 2017. In a 2023 financial report for the Admiral Group, Schiavon noted that substantial rate increases […]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2024: ELIZABETH A. McCLANAHAN
A Buchanan County native, McClanahan has led the Virginia Tech Foundation since 2021. She was previously a state Supreme Court justice and president and dean of the Appalachian School of Law. McClanahan, who fondly recalls attending 4-H Congress on the Virginia Tech campus as a teenager, also serves as a senior adviser to the dean […]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2024: JENNIFER MORRIS
Morris has spent nearly 30 years in organizations dedicated to protecting the environment, a passion she developed while teaching in Namibia. She saw how the health of the community she was working with in southwest Africa was impacted by the unhealthy environment. Morris heads a global staff of 4,000 in more than 70 countries and […]
Real Estate 2024: MATT MALONE
Under Malone’s leadership, Groundworks is covering a lot of new ground; as of late June, the water management solutions company already had announced nine acquisitions this year. This year, Groundworks purchased businesses in Seattle, California and Texas, and expanded into Canada with its acquisition of a Calgary basement contractor. The firm’s rapid growth garnered it […]
