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BETSY FRANTZ
Betsy Frantz arrived at Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network (A-SPAN) in February 2020 as its interim director. “I thought I was going to be there for nine months,” she says. Then the pandemic hit, and her job became all about crisis management as the nonprofit, which serves the homeless, continued to operate 24/7, 365 days […]
DR. DIXIE TOOKE-RAWLINS
When Dr. Dixie Tooke-Rawlins helped found the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2001, doctors were sparse in Southwest Virginia. VCOM’s mission was to change that unhealthy situation, and under Tooke-Rawlins’s watch, it has done just that. Osteopathic physicians take a holistic approach to medicine, but like M.D.s, they attend four-year medical schools and […]
MURPHY TUOMEY
During her 30-plus-year career in engineering and construction management, Murphy Tuomey has seen an increase in the number of women taking industry positions at all levels — both in the private and public sectors. And she’s been there along the way to mentor women entering the industry, and even had a scholarship dedicated in her name […]
CHRYSSA ZIZOS
Chryssa Zizos tells her staff to aim to succeed or fail spectacularly — but whatever they do, don’t be average. “Average is the kiss of death,” Zizos says. “Anyone can be average. Special people do more.” Twenty-five years ago, Zizos started her own media and communications firm in her Alexandria home. Since then, Live Wire […]
Virginia Business wins three national journalism awards
Virginia Business won three national journalism awards Monday during The Alliance of Area Business Publishers’ (AABP) 2023 Editorial Excellence Awards ceremony, held in Detroit. Virginia Business Deputy Editor Kate Andrews placed gold in the Best Coverage of Local Breaking News category for medium-size business publications for her coverage of the Nov. 22, 2022, workplace shooting […]
Virginia Business announces 2023 Va. CFO Awards winners
Virginia Business presented its 2023 Virginia CFO Awards Thursday during the magazine’s annual awards banquet honoring chief financial officers from nonprofits and businesses from across the commonwealth. This year’s Virginia CFO Awards banquet — the largest annual gathering of CFOs in Virginia — was held at The Jefferson Hotel in Richmond. “Being nominated for these [&hellip[...]
Virginia Business wins 18 Va. Press Association awards
Virginia Business won 18 awards in the Virginia Press Association’s 2022 News & Advertising Contest, taking a Best in Show prize for illustration and sweeping the News Writing Portfolio category, the state organization announced Saturday. The annual contest recognizes excellence in design, writing, photography, illustrations and advertising in participating publications across Virginia f[...]
Martin Agency is Ad Age’s 2023 Agency of Year
Richmond advertising firm The Martin Agency has been named Ad Age’s 2023 Agency of the Year, a year after being named as a standout on the trade publication’s A-List. Ad Age, a global media outlet covering the marketing and advertising industries, cited Martin’s record; the ad agency posted its second-best year of growth in its […]
Fairfax’s econ dev leader honored by White House
Fairfax County Economic Development President and CEO Victor Hoskins has a new accolade to add to his list of achievements. Hoskins, who has served in his role in Fairfax County since 2019, received a lifetime achievement award from the White House, the county EDA said Thursday. The award honors Hoskins for his “lifelong commitment to […]
13th annual Best Places to Work
This is the 13th year that Virginia Business has compiled the Best Places to Work in Virginia list in collaboration with Pennsylvania-based Best Companies Group. More than 200 companies applied for inclusion in the 2023 Best Places to Work in Virginia cohort. A hundred companies were chosen, divided into three categories: small (15-99 U.S. employees); […]
RICHMOND VINCENT JR.
“Being a CEO is attainable,” Vincent says. “You just have to have the confidence of knowing that you can do it.” That can-do attitude has taken Vincent steadily up the ranks at Goodwill Industries International chapters from Arizona to Mississippi to Virginia, where last spring he assumed the stewardship of a Goodwill serving 35 counties […]
VICTOR BRANCH
Hall of Fame member The first African American president of Bank of America’s Richmond region oversees almost 2,000 employees at 25 locations, but Branch began his career as a sociology major, earning his bachelor’s degree in the subject from William & Mary. He credits Mary DePillars, a longtime executive at regional banks (and wife of […]
