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Government | Politics | Lobbying 2025: SPANBERGER, ABIGAIL
Spanberger first became a household name in 2018, when she narrowly defeated incumbent U.S. Rep. Dave Brat to flip control of a longtime Republican stronghold in Central Virginia. Today, having served three terms in Congress, she is running to become Virginia’s first female governor. A former CIA officer and U.S. Postal Inspection Service law enforcement […]
Health Care 2025: ARNER, STEVE
Arner succeeded Nancy Howell Agee as CEO in October 2024, after being promoted to president in 2023. He leads Carilion’s 13,000-plus workers, who serve about 1 million patients in Virginia and West Virginia at seven hospitals and 250 medical offices. Arner, who joined Carilion in 1996 as a financial analyst, previously served as chief operating […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: KASTNER, CHRISTOPHER D.
Kastner was tapped in 2022 as CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, the nation’s largest military shipbuilder and a Fortune 500 company that owns Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia’s biggest industrial employer. Prior to that, he served as chief operating officer and chief financial officer for HII, which has 44,000 employees and reported $11.5 billion in fiscal […]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: CORRIGAN, MILE
Twenty-one years after joining not-for-profit federal contractor Noblis as a computer scientist, software architect and manager, Corrigan was named president and CEO in 2022. With a bachelor’s in management science and information technology from Virginia Tech and an MBA from Georgetown, Corrigan previously served as Noblis’ executive vice president and before that as senior vice [&hel[...]
Education 2025: SCHMIDT, JAMES C.
Hired in March, Schmidt became JMU’s new president in July. He was most recently chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where he was recognized as a “stellar fundraiser” and brought in one of the largest gifts in that university’s history: a $70 million athletics donation. Schmidt’s 30-year career in higher education, as well as […]
Government | Politics | Lobbying 2025: LUCAS, SEN. L. LOUISE
Since Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s election, Lucas has become the face of Virginia Democrats’ “blue brick wall” strategy to block Republican priorities in Richmond. Key to her public image is the state senator’s brash and outspoken presence on X, where she has more than 82,000 followers. She was instrumental in blocking Youngkin’s $2 billion arena plan […]
Energy 2025: BAINE, EDWARD H. ‘ED’
Raised on a Lunenburg County tobacco farm, Baine attended Virginia Tech, earning an electrical engineering degree. Starting out as an associate engineer, Baine has worked for Fortune 500 utility Dominion Energy for 30 years. Baine became president of Dominion Energy Virginia in 2020. Since January, following the retirement of Diane Leopold, Dominion Energy’s former executive […]
Education 2025: FITZSIMMONS, TRACY
Shenandoah’s president since 2008, Fitzsimmons joined the private liberal arts school in 2001 as dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. This year, the university celebrated its 150th anniversary and had its largest graduating class in history. For the sixth consecutive year, Shenandoah was named a College of Distinction and it opened its Hub […]
Hospitality | Tourism 2025: COLEMAN, CHRISTY S.
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 […]
Hospitality | Tourism 2025: TERRY, ERIC
With four decades of hospitality experience, Terry has advocated for the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association’s 1,500-plus industry members since joining as president in 2014. VRLTA and Virginia Tourism Corp. announced in June that the 2026 VA1 Governor’s Tourism Summit — an annual gathering of 500-plus tourism professionals — will be at the Kalahari […]
