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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 […]
Banking | Finance 2024: CECILIA A. HODGES
Hodges has worked in the banking industry for more than 37 years. Leading the greater Washington, D.C., and Virginia regions since 2018, Hodges manages teams in more than 60 branches, and she’s also well known for her community service, including for the Washington, D.C.-area Easterseals chapter and Women Giving Back, which supports women and children […]
Banking | Finance 2024: TYRONE NOEL
Noel became president of Bank of America’s Hampton Roads market in September 2023, replacing Frank Castellanos, who is the Merrill market executive for the greater Washington, D.C., area. In this role, Noel leads 500 employees across eight business lines and oversees the bank’s efforts to grow “by fostering local connections and identifying opportunities to grow […]
2024 Virginia 500: Media
JON CARPENTER CEO, COMSCORE, RESTON DOUG DAVIS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/REGIONAL MANAGER, NEXSTAR BROADCASTING, PORTSMOUTH JOSH EASTRIGHT CEO, BLOOMBERG INDUSTRY GROUP, ARLINGTON COUNTY PAULA A. KERGER PRESIDENT AND CEO, PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE, ARLINGTON COUNTY TIMOTHY J. O’SHAUGHNESSY PRESIDENT AND CEO, GRAHAM HOLDINGS, ARLINGTON COUNTY [...]
Energy 2024: ROBERT DUVALL
In his second stint at the helm of Virginia Natural Gas, Duvall is responsible for delivering natural gas to more than 310,000 customers across southeastern Virginia. After earning a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Clemson University, Duvall began his career in 1984 as a distribution engineer at Atlanta Gas Light, a subsidiary of VNG’s […]
Real Estate 2024: TIMOTHY A. FAULKNER
Named CEO in 2022, Faulkner previously served as chief operating officer and president of property management for Breeden, which has about 425 employees in Virginia. Previously, Faulkner was president and COO of Lawton Lumber, and also worked for American Coating Technologies and Procter & Gamble. As Breeden’s CEO, he oversees a real estate development and […]
Real Estate 2024: CHRIS MOLIVADAS
Molivadas has been in commercial real estate for more than 30 years. He previously was senior vice president at Spaulding & Slye Colliers, which was acquired by JLL in 2005, and he became JLL’s mid-Atlantic market director in 2018. Before that, he was a project manager for Clark Construction and a project director for Quadrangle […]
