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Real Estate 2024: TIMOTHY HELMIG
After joining Monday Properties in 2005, Helmig has led the company to capital investments of more than $16 billion, an expanded multifamily portfolio of 6,500 units, and execution of transactions totaling more than 36 million square feet. A developer and investor of multifamily housing, Monday Properties has expanded its footprint into high-growth markets along the […]
Education 2024: KATHERINE A. ROWE
Rowe became president of the nation’s second-oldest university in 2018, after serving as provost and dean of faculty at Smith College. She has shepherded the creation of William & Mary’s first sustainability plan, an entrepreneurship hub and the college’s strategic plan, Vision 2026. In October 2023, William & Mary and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation formed […]
Banking | Finance 2024: SHANE McLAUGHLIN
In his role, McLaughlin oversees 88 branch locations and more than 750 employees. A Virginia Tech alumnus, McLaughlin joined Wachovia in 2004, working as a licensed financial specialist in Richmond. He quickly climbed the ranks, first taking a position as a financial specialist sales leader and, later, becoming West End district manager. Following Wells Fargo’s […]
Banking | Finance 2024: WAYNE F. WILBANKS
Wilbanks developed an interest in stocks and bonds at the age of 14. As a 16-year-old, he formed an investment partnership with other students. “I was hooked,” Wilbanks wrote on a Virginia Business survey. A graduate of Duke, Wilbanks co-founded Norfolk’s Wilbanks Smith & Thomas Asset Management in 1990, serving as the firm’s managing principal […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: SCOTT McINTYRE
McIntyre was retained as chairman and CEO after Guidehouse, a federal contractor and global provider of technology and consulting services, was acquired by a Bain Capital Private Equity affiliate for $5.3 billion in December 2023. Guidehouse had been owned by Veritas Capital since 2018. Employing more than 17,000 people in 55 locations across the globe, […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: STU SHEA
EDITOR’S NOTE: Shortly after the 2024-25 Virginia 500 was released, Shea announced he would step down as of Sept. 9. He is being succeeded by Steve Schorer, former CEO of Alion Science and Technology. Shea has been a fixture in the national security industry for decades. Since taking the helm when it was formed in […]
Real Estate 2024: DONALD E. STONE JR.
Bringing more than 25 years of engineering and architecture industry experience, including 10 years of corporate operational leadership, Stone joined Dewberry in 2008 as the company’s chief operating officer. In 2010, he became CEO. Stone came to Dewberry from O’Brien & Gere, where he held several corporate leadership positions. Dewberry has more than 2,500 employees […]
Education 2024: MICHAEL RAO
It’s been a bumpy year for Rao and VCU, first with an ongoing dispute over VCU Health paying $73 million to exit a redevelopment project, followed in the spring by demands from some students for Rao’s removal following a violent clash between VCU police and pro-Palestinian protesters. Former Gov. Doug Wilder called for Rao, who […]
Transportation 2024: JERROLD ‘JERRY’ MILLER
Founder of The Miller Group, the developer for Fairwinds Landing, Miller is guiding the development of the 111-acre project at Norfolk Southern’s Lambert’s Point Docks in Norfolk. The $500 million development will transform the former docks into a marine logistics center supporting the growth of offshore wind, shipbuilding and intermodal transportation. The 31,167-square-foot operations and [...]
Manufacturing 2024: WILLIAM F. ‘BILLY’ GIFFORD JR.
Joining the company at its subsidiary Philip Morris USA in 1994, Gifford became CEO of Fortune 500 tobacco products manufacturer Altria Group in 2020. He has held various executive posts at Altria for nearly three decades. Among Altria’s operating companies, in addition to Philip Morris USA, are U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, John Middleton, Helix Innovations and […]
