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Retail 2024: ARTHUR ‘BO’ FISHER III
Fisher Auto Parts, one of the nation’s largest automotive-parts retailers with 500 locations, is a family affair. Blair Coiner, Bo Fisher’s grandfather, founded the company in 1929 as a small auto-parts sales concern, and it grew under the leadership of Fisher’s father, Art, who died in 2004. A James Madison University graduate, the younger Fisher […]
Transportation 2024: DAVID WHITE
A William & Mary alum, White has been at the helm of the Virginia Maritime Association since 2018. He began working with the advocacy organization in 2003, representing the interests of the state’s maritime, logistics and transportation companies. White also serves as executive vice president and secretary for the Hampton Roads Shipping Association and as […]
Manufacturing 2024: ROB COLLIER
Collier served in the U.S. Army from 2004 to 2008 and was an 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper before starting his career path. From 2012 to 2018, he was employed in ChemTreat’s marketing division. He left to become president of McCrometer, a flowmeter manufacturer and Danaher subsidiary out of California. In 2020, Collier returned to ChemTreat […]
Agriculture 2024: WAYNE F. PRYOR
In November 2022, Pryor was elected to his ninth term as president of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation. As of June, Pryor had not announced if he would seek another term; his current term will end in November. The owner of a hay and grain farm in Goochland, Pryor is president, CEO and chairman of […]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2024: CLAY CAMPBELL
Campbell’s life has taken him off to the races for as long as he can remember. Grandson of Martinsville Speedway founder H. Clay Earles, who built the paperclip-shaped speedway in 1947, Campbell has worked at Martinsville since he was a child. He worked in maintenance, concessions and souvenirs before moving up to vice president and […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: THOMAS A. BELL
Formerly chairman and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America, Bell became CEO of Fortune 500 defense, aerospace and information technology firm Leidos in May 2023, replacing the retiring Roger Krone. So far, he’s presided over some big wins, including an $823 million task order announced in late July from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: ROBIN HAYES
Hayes began his career in aviation by delivering duty-free items to passengers at Boston’s Logan International Airport. In June, Hayes became chairman and CEO of Airbus Americas, leading European corporation Airbus SE’s commercial aircraft business and coordinating among its helicopter, space and defense businesses in North America. Hayes oversees 10,000 Airbus employees across all 50 [&hellip[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: JOHN HELLER
2023 was quite a year for Heller and his team. Having joined the federal contractor as its CEO the previous year, Heller led Amentum as it integrated three major acquisitions, executed a strategy to become a mission modernization partner for customers and announced an agreement to merge with Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber and […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: DELBERT PARKS
As vice president and site executive of Micron Technology Virginia, Micron’s high-tech semiconductor manufacturing facility for computer memory chips, Parks oversees more than 1,600 employees at one of Virginia’s largest exporters. And an upcoming, federally subsidized expansion will see the plant’s workforce nearly double in size, as Micron plans to move its existing DRAM manufacturing [&he[...]
Law 2024: MONICA T. MONDAY
As chair of Gentry Locke’s executive board, which was formed in 2023, Monday leads the board’s work and oversees efforts to recruit, develop and retain legal and staff talent. Monday was named managing partner of the state’s eighth largest firm in 2013 — making her one of the first women to lead a large law […]
