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Health Care 2024: DR. MICHAEL J. DACEY
Dacey has stayed busy since January 2023, when the Riverside Health System president added CEO to his title and responsibilities. Riverside has more than 9,500 employees and operates seven hospitals in Newport News, Williamsburg, Hampton, Yorktown, Gloucester and Onancock, as well as 110 medical offices in the region. In May, Dacey announced Riverside Health System […]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2024: ANGELA F. WILLIAMS
President and CEO of United Way since 2021, Williams is the first Black woman to lead the organization. Previously, she was president and CEO of Easterseals and executive vice president at YMCA of the USA. United Way Worldwide and its four partners in the Power Forward Communities coalition received a $2 billion, seven-year National Clean […]
2024 Virginia 500: Professional Services
JEREMY BLANK U.S. TAX CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, DELOITTE, McLEAN JACOB BLONDIN PRESIDENT AND CEO, RD HOLDINGS, RETAILDATA, INTRICS, GLEN ALLEN RUTH ‘PAIGE’ CLAY GLOBAL SALES AND CLIENT ENGAGEMENT LEADER AND MERCER SENIOR PARTNER, MARSH McLENNAN, RICHMOND MARK ELLENBOGEN CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, BDO USA, McLEAN CASSIE HARTOGS TAX […]
Professional Services 2024: JEANELLE JOHNSON
In August, PwC named Johnson managing partner for the Washington, D.C., office, which serves clients in Northern Virginia. Johnson replaces Kevin Smithson, who was promoted to east regions market leader, a newly created position. Johnson holds on to her previous role as lead client partner in the deals practice, in addition to her new responsibility […]
Real Estate 2024: MARK C. LOWHAM
Since 2011, Lowham has led the Washington, D.C., office of the luxury real estate company, where he sells residential real estate to the rich and famous. In 2024, he was once again named to T3 Sixty’s Swanepoel Power 200 list, a ranking the country’s top leaders in residential real estate. He is ranked among the […]
Real Estate 2024: LOUIS J. ROGERS
Since Rogers founded Capital Square in 2012, the real estate investment company has completed more than $7.8 billion in transaction volume and grown from handling mainly Delaware Statutory Trust 1031 Exchange offerings to launching a real estate investment trust and developing and operating multifamily properties across the nation. In September 2022, Rogers’ son-in-law, Whitson Huffman, [&hellip[...]
Retail 2024: DALE FARINO
A former board vice chair, Farino was named CEO of Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority in April, succeeding Travis Hill, who led the agency for nearly a decade. Farino was executive vice president of Sandston-based Breakthru Beverage Virginia, a wine and spirits wholesaler and brokerage company, and previously worked at Tidewater Wholesalers and Coca-Cola Bottling. […]
Retail 2024: JERRY MURRELL
As a young student in Michigan, Murrell’s academic struggles prompted a warning from a nun at his Catholic school: He would end up flipping burgers. It took a few years, during which he earned an economics degree from the University of Michigan, worked in life insurance, got married twice and had five sons. But eventually […]
Manufacturing 2024: CHRIS KEFFER
Keffer, who took over leadership of U.S. operations in August 2023 for German chainsaw and power tools manufacturer Stihl, has been leading Stihl’s transition toward battery-powered equipment, a $60 million-plus investment that included conversion of 84,000 square feet of warehouse space to battery tool manufacturing. He joined the company in 2022 as vice president for […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: CRAIG P. ABOD
Since Abod founded Carahsoft in 2004, the privately owned IT and cybersecurity solutions provider has grown to land the No. 45 spot on Forbes’ 2023 list of the nation’s largest private companies, with $11 billion in revenue and 2,470 employees. Abod is a University of Maryland alum who previously worked for DLT Solutions and Falcon […]
