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Manufacturing 2024: DOUG BASSETT
Since 2012, Bassett has served as president of Vaughan-Bassett, the fourth generation of his family to lead the company. Vaughan-Bassett has been crafting furniture for 105 years now, since 1919. Its brands include Vaughan-Bassett Furniture, Artisan & Post and Laurel Mercantile Co. Home by Ben & Erin Napier. The company, which employs about 500 craftsmen, […]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2024: CORAN CAPSHAW
In January, Red Light and Live Nation broke ground on Riverfront Amphitheater, a new 7,500-capacity music venue in downtown Richmond that is expected to open in summer 2025. The $30 million amphitheater will host about 30 events per year and is expected to become a premier outdoor destination, bringing top-name artists to the greater Richmond […]
Media 2024: TIMOTHY J. O’SHAUGHNESSY
O’Shaughnessy was named president and CEO of Graham Holdings in November 2015, taking over from his father-in-law. He had been elected to the board a year before, joining Graham Holdings to guide the company in a new direction following its 2013 sale of The Washington Post. Co-founding LivingSocial in 2007, O’Shaughnessy served as its CEO […]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2024: JACK DYER ‘J.D.’ CROUCH II
Following a long and distinguished diplomatic and national security career that included leadership roles in the public and private sectors, Crouch became the USO’s 23rd president and CEO in 2014. The USO, which receives about $200 million in contributions annually, works in more than 250 locations throughout the world and serves 4.5 million service members […]
Retail 2024: REID A. BROWN
Brown is among the fourth generation to run Brown Distributing, a company that began in 1919 as a bottling operation for cherry cola and has grown into a major beverage-distribution business. He joined the family business in 2006. His brother, Jason Brown, came on board in 1999 and serves as vice president. Brown Distributing serves […]
Retail 2024: GEORGE L. HOLM
Holm became Performance Food Group’s leader in 2008 after more than four decades in the food service-distribution industry, with leadership roles at Sysco, US Foods, Alliant Foodservice and Vistar. He became president and CEO of PFG when the Blackstone Group and Wellspring Capital Management purchased PFG and merged it with a subsidiary of Vistar, where […]
Retail 2024: JOEL RAMPOLDT
Lidl, a German discount retail grocery chain, entered the U.S. market in 2017. But it struggled to compete with its chief rival, Aldi, and other discount retailers, and Lidl has changed its U.S. CEO three times since 2018. In August 2023, Rampoldt took the reins as the first American to lead Lidl’s U.S. division. His […]
Transportation 2024: JUDY BARRETT
Barrett, who grew up in Hampton Roads and scored her first job working at the candy counter at Irwin’s Pharmacy, has accumulated more than 30 years of experience in banking and finance. She has been with TowneBank for over 16 years. She is the second woman president in the Virginia Maritime Association’s 104-year history. Barrett […]
Transportation 2024: MICHAEL W. COLEMAN
As head of CV International and Capes Shipping Agencies, a family-owned global logistics and vessel agency service company, Coleman is responsible for the overall management, direction and growth of the company. He serves as chairman of the Virginia Maritime Association (VMA) and is a board member of the Hampton Roads Shipping Association. He previously served […]
Transportation 2024: STEPHEN A. EDWARDS
The Virginia Port Authority runs the Port of Virginia, which is one of the state’s chief economic drivers. In fiscal 2022, the port’s output sales hit $124.1 billion, up from $100.1 billion in 2021. Meanwhile, Edwards and other port leaders have stayed focused on finishing the $1.4 billion dredging and widening project in the port’s […]
