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Education 2024: TIMOTHY SANDS
Sands became the land-grant university’s 16th president in 2014 after serving as interim president at Purdue University. He signed a contract in August 2022 to stay on as president through the 2027 academic year. Sands has been leading development of Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus, a $1 billion campus in Alexandria for graduate computer science and […]
Manufacturing 2024: ROBERT H. SPILMAN JR.
Spilman has led Bassett Furniture as CEO since 2000, also becoming the company’s board chairman in 2016. He has been with the home furniture manufacturer and seller for four decades and succeeded his father, Robert H. Spilman Sr., as CEO. The company, with almost 90 locations nationally, reported a 19.6% decrease in net sales for […]
Economic Development 2024: BARRY DuVAL
A former state secretary of commerce and trade, DuVal has led the Virginia Chamber of Commerce for 14 years, during which time the business advocacy organization has grown from around 1,000 members to more than 29,000. DuVal and the chamber recently released the Blueprint Virginia 2030 plan, a strategy for positioning the commonwealth to maintain […]
Hospitality | Tourism 2024: CHRISTY S. COLEMAN
As head of the foundation administering two museums of early American history, Coleman is at the forefront of educators weaving a nuanced and inclusive story of American history. She is the first woman and the first person of color to serve as executive director of the state agency that operates Jamestown Settlement and the American […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: TOM WATSON
Watson became CEO of federal contractor Serco Inc. in September 2022, after four years as senior vice president of defense business at the North American subsidiary of British parent company Serco Group plc. He previously worked for Science Applications International Corp. for 22 years, including as senior vice president of SAIC’s Navy and Marine Corps […]
Health Care 2024: MAUREEN H. McBRIDE
Safe to say, it’s a stressful time to be the CEO of UNOS, the Richmond nonprofit that has managed the national Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) for more than four decades. In March, members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — among them U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Christiansburg — launched a bipartisan […]
Education 2024: LT. GEN. DARRELL K. WILLIAMS (U.S. ARMY, RET.)
Williams served more than 37 years in the U.S. military and in 2022 became president of Hampton University, a private, historically Black university founded in 1868 — and Williams’ alma mater. A retired Army lieutenant general, Williams was the first Black director of the Department of Defense’s Defense Logistics Agency, where he oversaw nine supply […]
Transportation 2024: DEVON C. ANDERS
Since Anders became president of InterChange in 2000, the logistics and industrial land development company’s portfolio has grown to nearly 2 million square feet and 500-plus acres of prime industrial and commercial land. That includes 18 warehouses in the Shenandoah Valley and a cold storage facility in Mount Crawford. InterChange Group ranked No. 22 on […]
Manufacturing 2024: BRADFORD ‘BRAD’ BEAUCHAMP
Beauchamp joined Carpenter in 2008 as national sales manager of its chemicals division. Twelve years later, he was promoted to CEO. Founded in 1950, Carpenter employs more than 6,500 people at its 70-plus locations worldwide. The company manufactures polyurethane foams and related fibers and chemicals for a wide range of industries. In November 2023, Carpenter […]
Law 2024: ROBERT P. BEAMAN III
Beaman became office managing partner in Virginia Beach in May, succeeding John Ramirez, who had led the office since 2016. Ramirez is now general counsel at ADS, a Virginia Beach-based military equipment supplier. Beaman is a member of the firm’s real estate practice group. He handles commercial real estate development, commercial leasing, real estate transactions […]
