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Elizabeth River Crossings CEO announces retirement
Elizabeth River Crossings OpCo LLC (ERC) CEO David Sullivan announced his retirement, effective Jan. 21. ERC finances, operates and maintains the Elizabeth River Tunnels. A new CEO will be named next week. ERC owners Abertis Infraestructuras S.A. and Manulife Investment Management named Sullivan CEO in January 2021. He had previously served as director of revenue, […]
HCA hires new Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center CEO
HCA Virginia has hired Ryan DeWeese to be the new chief executive officer of Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, effective Feb. 14. DeWeese is currently chief operating officer of HCA Healthcare sister hospital Ocala Health, in Ocala, Florida, where he has been since 2020. But he is no stranger to Virginia. Before his role in Ocala, […]
Breeden Co. names new president and CEO
More than 60 years after Ramon W. Breeden Jr. founded his Virginia Beach-based real estate development company, The Breeden Co. has new leadership. Chief Operating Officer Timothy Faulkner has been promoted as the company’s next president and CEO, after more than 20 years with the Virginia Beach-based company, and Breeden, who founded the company in […]
ASGN promotes Rand Blazer to president
Henrico County-based ASGN Inc. has promoted Rand Blazer, president of Glen Allen-based ASGN subsidiary Apex Systems LLC, to president of ASGN. At the same time, ASGN promoted three other executives as presidents of its subsidiaries, the Fortune 1000 provider of IT and professional staffing services announced Monday. A former U.S. Army Captain, Blazer joined Apex […]
Chesapeake-based Yupo names new CEO
Chesapeake-based synthetic paper manufacturer Yupo Corp. America has named Byron E. Bassett as its new president and CEO. Bassett joins Yupo from North Carolina-based Precision Fabrics Group Inc., where he served as corporate vice president. Bassett replaces Andre Fischbach, who had been in the top spot since 2016. “Byron is a recognized business leader with […]
VEDP board taps interim president
The Virginia Economic Development Partnership Board of Directors’ executive committee voted unanimously on Nov. 17 to name Jason El Koubi interim president and CEO of the partnership, effective Jan. 1. VEDP’s executive vice president, El Koubi has been with the organization since July 2017. “We have succeeded because we have a highly talented, dedicated team, […]
Stephen Moret to leave VEDP
Virginia Economic Development Partnership President and CEO Stephen Moret will leave VEDP to become president and CEO of Indianapolis-based Strada Education Network in January, Strada and VEDP announced Wednesday. Moret expects that VEDP’s board will appoint Executive Vice President Jason El Koubi to serve as interim CEO and a nationwide search will be conducted for […]
Getting ahead, giving back
Brought to you by Virginia Business and Bank of America, join us every other month for the Diversity Leadership Series — virtual fireside chats with a diverse group of Virginia business leaders sharing their insights and thoughts on leadership, their career paths and diversity and equity. The second installment in our series took place Sept. […]
Arlington agriculture nonprofit names first president and CEO
Arlington-based sustainability agriculture nonprofit Leading Harvest announced Friday that it has named Kenny Fahey as its first president and CEO. Fahey, who works remotely from Seattle, has been Leading Harvest’s executive director since its launch 18 months ago. He has enrolled more than 1.3 million acres across 29 states in the organization’s Farmland Management Standard […]
Airbus U.S. Space & Defense promotes COO to CEO
Robert Geckle has been promoted to be the CEO of Arlington-based aerospace and aviation contractor Airbus U.S. Space & Defense Inc., moving up from serving as the chief operating officer and head of operations and corporate functions, the company announced Thursday. Geckle has worked with Airbus across its major business lines in multiple countries for […]
ValleyStar Credit Union names new CEO
Martinsville-based ValleyStar Credit Union hired Mike Warrell as CEO, it announced Wednesday. “As ValleyStar strengthens relationships and builds upon its digital integration, Mike Warrell was the clear choice to move the credit union forward,” ValleyStar Chairman James Rorrer said in a statement. “He has the experience and deep understanding needed to optimize member engagement and [...]
United Way Worldwide names new president and CEO
United Way Worldwide has hired Angela F. Williams to be its next president and CEO, the global nonprofit announced Thursday. She will be the first woman and the first African American to lead the Alexandria-based organization. Currently the president and CEO of Easterseals, Williams will take the top post at United Way Worldwide on Oct. […]
