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Virginia Business announces inaugural C-Suite Awards winners
Virginia Business has selected its inaugural group of Virginia C-Suite Awards recipients. The Virginia C-Suite Awards celebrate top corporate executives who consistently demonstrate remarkable leadership skills, integrity, values, vision, commitment to excellence, company performance and community engagement. The honorees must have their primary work office in Virginia and hold a top corporate exe[...]
Best Places to Work in Virginia 2025
For the 15th year, Virginia Business is pleased to present the Best Places to Work in Virginia list, produced in collaboration with Pennsylvania-based Best Companies Group, a division of our mutual parent company, BridgeTower Media. This year, 147 companies were chosen for inclusion in the 2025 Best Places to Work in Virginia cohort, divided into […]
Virginia Best Places to Work 2025: Large Company Winners
# 1 LARGE COMPANY PATRIOT GROUPS INTERNATIONAL www.patgroupi.com Patriot Group International (PGI) stands out as a top employer due to its commitment to a flexible, team-oriented and mission-focused workplace. The company provides critical services to the U.S. government, with a strong emphasis on employee well-being, including mental health support for those in challenging environments. PGI [&h[...]
Virginia Best Places to Work 2025: Midsize Company Winners
# 1 MIDSIZE COMPANY THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY www.thundercattech.com ThunderCat Technology, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), is recognized for its innovative approach to solving complex problems in the data center through services in data storage, networking, cyber security and cloud transformations. The company is committed to its purpose of improving the safety and well-bein[...]
Virginia Best Places To Work 2025: Small Company Winners
#1 SMALL BUSINESS SPURRIER GROUP www.spurriergroup.com Spurrier Group fosters a collaborative and supportive environment where employees thrive. The company unites a diverse group of women, from new college graduates to grandmothers, who work together to deliver best-in-class performance media campaigns. Spurrier Group’s unique approach ensures that employees feel valued and appreciated thro[...]
Virginia Best Places to Work 2025 Experience Sponsor: CV International
At CV International (CVI), our vision is to be the most trusted partner in global trade. Headquartered in Norfolk, CVI is Virginia’s preeminent “local” freight forwarder, with a long and proud history of serving shippers in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast region. As a subsidiary of CVI, Capes Shipping Agencies offers port agency and cargo forwarding […]
Virginia Best Places to Work 2025 Experience Sponsor: Norfolk Botanical Garden
Explore Norfolk Botanical Garden‘s 175-acre oasis, home to over 65 themed gardens. This diverse natural beauty can be discovered by foot, tram or boat, offering stunning plant collections and unique experiences like the WOW – World of Wonders: A Children’s Adventure Garden. The Garden’s largest expansion, The Garden of Tomorrow, includes the 26,000-square-foot Perry Conserv[...]
Virginia Best Places to Work 2025 Presenting Sponsor: Spurrier Group
Spurrier Group is a female-founded performance media marketing partner that is dedicated to developing campaigns that are anchored by measurable ROI. They have created and launched customized marketing campaigns that capture audiences and achieve exceptional results for a wide variety of global, national, and regional clients, including a long history in federal and state government communication[...]
Virginia Best Places to Work 2025 Reception Sponsor: Virginia Utility Protection Service
Virginia Utility Protection Service, commonly known as Virginia 811, is a not-for-profit organization serving as the designated one-call notification center for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Established by Virginia’s utility companies, Virginia 811 plays a critical role in protecting underground infrastructure and ensuring public safety. Every year, millions of miles of underground utility l[...]
2025 Virginia Black Business Leaders Hall of Fame Honoree
Toni Townes-Whitley became one of two Black female Fortune 500 CEOs in 2023, when she joined federal contractor SAIC. An alumna of Princeton University, she previously served as president of Microsoft’s U.S.-regulated industries, president of CGI Federal and held management roles at Unisys. At SAIC, she leads a company that reported $7.44 billion in fiscal […]
2025 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards: Denise Chadwick Wright
Chadwick Wright has served in long-term care facilities for nearly three decades and joined Birmingham Green in 2017 as its CEO. She was recognized as one of trade publication McKnight’s 2021 Women of Distinction for improving wellness for residents and implementing telehealth during the pandemic. Chadwick Wright previously held administrative posts at senior living residences […]
