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Insurance 2025: STANCHINA, JOHN C.
Since 2011, Stanchina has led the mid-Atlantic region for Marsh McLennan Agency, which provide business insurance, employee health and benefits, retirement and private client insurance solutions. The region includes offices in Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Stanchina oversees more than 1,100 employees. In 1994, Stanchina went to work at Rutherfo[...]
Law 2025: ROUNTREE, CAMERON
Promoted in 2022 to head the state bar, Rountree leads more than 90 employees who are responsible for licensing the state’s 50,000-plus lawyers. The bar is the administrative agency of the Supreme Court of Virginia, and it disciplines attorneys who violate the court’s rules of professional conduct and evaluates the state’s judges. Rountree joined the bar […]
Insurance 2025: SPIRO, RICHARD G. ‘RICKY’
With more than 30 years of experience in insurance and financial services, Spiro has led the Henrico County-based property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and advisory firm since 2017. A portfolio company of Washington, D.C.- based Carlyle Group, The Hilb Group has more than 2,400 employees. The firm celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2024 […]
Law 2025: MARSTON, K. BRETT
In addition to serving as Gentry Locke’s managing partner, Marston is president of the Virginia State Bar, a post he will hold through June 2026. A graduate of the University of Virginia and George Mason University’s law school, Marston joined Gentry Locke in 1994 and specializes in construction law, including contract negotiations, payment disputes and […]
Insurance 2025: SCHIAVON, ALBERTO
In April, the U.K.-based Admiral Group announced plans to sell Henrico County-based auto insurer Elephant Insurance to J.C. Flowers & Co., a New York-based private investment firm. Subject to regulatory approval, the deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter. Schiavon, who has led the insurer since 2017, stayed on as CEO, continuing to […]
Law 2025: PAULK, COURTNEY MOATES
Paulk has led Hirschler since 2018, when she became the first female president of the now 79-year-old firm. With 86 attorneys in offices in Fredericksburg, Richmond and Tysons, it is the state’s seventh-largest law firm. Paulk also heads Hirschler’s litigation section. After graduating from Mary Washington College (now the University of Mary Washington) with a degree in theater [&he[...]
Insurance 2025: RUSSELL, W. DOUGLAS
The leader of the TowneBank insurance subsidiary since 2021, Russell oversees more than 500 professionals located across Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Founded in 2001, Towne Insurance offers property and casualty insurance, workers’ compensation, bonding and employee benefits, as well as home, auto, umbrella and flood insurance. It brought in $118.5 million in 2024 revenue. [[...]
LAW 2025: PARKS, RANDALL S.
Parks joined Hunton & Williams, Hunton Andrews Kurth’s predecessor, after graduating from law school at the University of Virginia in 1988. He has served as the chairman of the state’s third largest law firm’s executive committee since 2022. With 35 years of experience under his belt, Parks’ practice focuses on corporate transactions, including business process and [&h[...]
Insurance 2025: SCHMUDE, MONICA
Schmude was tapped to lead Anthem in Virginia in 2023. Before that, she spent almost 13 years at Cigna in different leadership positions, including serving as president of its mid-Atlantic market, which covered Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Schmude, who has a degree in industrial and organizational psychology with a concentration in women’s studies from the […]
LAW 2025: LAVOIE, JOHN ‘JACK’
Having joined Cooley in 2008, Lavoie leads the global firm’s real estate practice group and manages its Reston office. His practice centers on commercial real estate transactions, including buying, selling, developing and leasing office, industrial and retail properties. Lavoie represents landlords, tenants, lenders and borrowers in the Washington, D.C., area and the mid-Atlantic region. He&[...]
