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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 […]
Manufacturing 2024: HOWARD BROADFOOT
Broadfoot has been with Electro-Mechanical since 2009. He was promoted from chief operating officer to CEO when founder Russell Leonard retired in 2021. Operating in Bristol, Virginia, for 65 years, Electro-Mechanical’s divisions include Line Power, Federal Pacific, Mafesa and Mirus International. With five manufacturing facilities, including a repair and service division, the company has almost[...]
Hospitality 2024: JAMES CARROLL
A former Navy fighter pilot with a Harvard MBA, Carroll parlayed his financial management expertise into running one of the largest independent hotel operators in the country. Founded in 2000, Crestline Hotels and Resorts operates more than 17,600 rooms in 28 states and Washington, D.C. Recently, the company was selected to manage the luxury Kimpton […]
Banking | Finance 2024: FRANK ROTMAN
Rotman frequently pens advice to folks trying to build companies. “Getting a startup to ‘work’ isn’t simply about doing one thing well,” Rotman wrote in a post on X, where he tweets as @fintechjunkie. “Most startups are extremely complex and require many interconnected parts to all function in concert.” He should know. For 17 years, […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: MARK P. MARRON
Marron started at ePlus, a provider of IT assets and financing services, in 2005. Marron became president and CEO in 2016 and a member of the company’s board in 2018. This January, ePlus announced that it had acquired the assets of Denver-based IT solutions provider PEAK Resources. In February, ePlus announced the availability of AI […]
Health Care 2024: LT. GEN. TELITA CROSLAND
Crosland is the fourth director of the Defense Health Agency, as well as the first African American to lead the agency, which the U.S. Department of Defense established in 2013. The DHA manages military hospitals and clinics, as well as TRICARE, the health insurance program for service members, their families and retirees. Since taking the […]
