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Professional Services 2024: RUTH ‘PAIGE’ CLAY
In January, Clay became global sales and client engagement leader for Marsh McLennan in addition to being a senior partner for its Mercer subsidiary. In her new role, she develops sales and client engagement strategies for the Fortune 500 professional services firm’s four businesses, which collectively have more than 85,000 employees in about 130 countries; […]
Real Estate 2024: STEPHEN BALLARD
Working from home, Ballard and his sister, Brenda, founded S.B. Ballard Construction by completing small projects for the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority and minor renovations for their neighbors. Over the course of the past 40 years, Ballard has served as a project manager, superintendent, estimator, carpenter and laborer. As president and CEO of S.B. […]
Real Estate 2024: T. RICHARD LITTON JR.
Litton oversees the day-to-day operations of the commercial real estate and management company, which currently boasts $19 billion in real estate investment properties, with diversified property portfolios including office, retail and multifamily properties. Additionally, he manages Harbor Group International’s transaction group and is involved with capital-raising efforts, and also chairs the f[...]
Real Estate 2024: C. LEE WARFIELD
First joining Thalhimer as an associate broker in 1995, Warfield now leads the real estate firm’s seven offices and 450 associates in Virginia. In 2016, he became Thalhimer’s fourth CEO since its 1913 founding, adding to the role of president, which he has held since 2011. Warfield has been chairman of Thalhimer’s board since 2017. […]
Education 2024: SCOTT FLEMING
After a nationwide search, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) found its next leader under its nose — Fleming was serving his first term on SCHEV’s governing board when he was hired. Fleming began his new duties in May, replacing interim director Alan Edwards, who served after longtime SCHEV director Peter Blake stepped […]
Manufacturing 2024: SCOTT KEOGH
Keogh is leading German parent company Volkswagen AG’s new electric truck and sport utility vehicle division. Scout is a revamp of the iconic Scout all-terrain vehicle brand produced by International Harvester in the 1960s and ’70s. In 2021, Volkswagen acquired the rights to Scout’s name after buying Navistar International, which succeeded International Harvester, for $3.7 […]
Manufacturing 2024: G. DAVID OAKLEY JR.
Serving as president of Strongwell, Oakley joined the company in 2011, when its president for nearly 40 years and majority stockholder, John Tickle, transitioned to chairman of the board. Oakley previously served as president of Abingdon’s HAPCO Pole Products for nearly four years, and before that, was its vice president of product management. Strongwell creates […]
Manufacturing 2024: BRIAN D. PALIOTTI
Paliotti was named president of Afton Chemical in January 2023, succeeding Gina Harm, who retired at the end of 2022. The Richmond-based subsidiary of NewMarket produces and sells petroleum additives. Before assuming his role at its subsidiary, Paliotti had been with NewMarket since 2008, most recently as its vice president and chief financial officer. Before, […]
Law 2024: THE HON. MARK STEVEN DAVIS
As chief judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, Davis hears the stories of people’s lives, stories that are often terribly sad. There are armed carjackings and gang violence. Last summer, Davis listened to allegations that police officers had retaliated against a man for accusing a police officer of lying by putting false information on […]
Agriculture 2024: SHANE SMITH
Smith became CEO of Smithfield Foods in 2021, just as Smithfield, the world’s largest pork product manufacturer and hog producer, announced an end to slaughter operations in its hometown of Smithfield, the country’s self-proclaimed “ham capital.” In 2023, Smith navigated headwinds of low sales and high costs in the U.S. pork market. That year, Smithfield […]
