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Troy Dillow has been named Choice Financial Group's president and chief operating officer. Photo Courtesy Choice Financial Group.
May 23, 2025

Choice Financial announces new president, mid-Atlantic leader

Virginia Beach-based insurance broker Choice Financial Group has announced several changes to its leadership this month. Troy Dillow has been named president and chief operating officer, where he will be responsible for leading the company’s day-to-day operations and executing strategic initiatives.

Melinda Montgomery has been selected as Norfolk Airport Authority's new COO.
Apr 28, 2025

Norfolk airport taps new COO in leadership shuffle

The Norfolk Airport Authority has announced that Melinda Montgomery will become its new chief operations officer and a vice president, starting in early June.

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Feb 26, 2025

Pope no longer COO at Boeing but remains head of commercial airplanes unit

Arlington County-based Fortune 500 aerospace company and defense contractor Boeing announced Tuesday that Stephanie Pope is no longer the company’s chief operating officer but still leads its commercial airplane unit, as of Feb. 19. According to an SEC filing posted Tuesday evening, Pope will no longer hold the COO title but will continue to serve […]

Dominion Energy COO Diane Leopold to retire after nearly three decades
Dec 3, 2024

Dominion Energy COO Diane Leopold to retire after nearly three decades

Dominion Energy Chief Operating Officer Diane Leopold plans to retire from the Fortune 500 utility this summer after working for nearly four decades in the industry. Leopold, who will remain as COO and executive vice president until she steps down on June 1, 2025, oversees major construction projects such as Dominion’s $9.8 billion Coastal Virginia […]

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Apr 29, 2024

Flying off the glass cliff?

You’ve no doubt heard of the glass ceiling — the barrier above which women couldn’t rise professionally — but have you heard about the glass cliff? It’s not as familiar a term as the ceiling, but the glass cliff is real. It’s what happens when a woman or someone from another marginalized group is put […]

Fahrenheit Advisors announces new COO
Apr 24, 2024

Fahrenheit Advisors announces new COO

Richmond-based consulting firm Fahrenheit Advisors has added Kris Cravey to its executive ranks. Cravey, formerly chief people officer at Virginia Beach-based DroneUp, will be chief operating officer at Fahrenheit Advisors, the company announced Tuesday. In his new role, he will take primary responsibility for overseeing the execution of Fahrenheit Advisors’ strategy, growth and client servi[...]

100 People to Meet in 2024: Builders
Feb 15, 2024

Armada Hoffler to name Shawn Tibbetts as next CEO

Virginia Beach real estate investment trust Armada Hoffler expects to name Chief Operating Officer Shawn Tibbetts as its CEO next spring, when current CEO Louis Haddad plans to retire. Tibbetts has been promoted to president and will remain COO, Armada Hoffler announced Thursday. Tibbetts has been COO since he joined the company in 2019 after […]

Ellucian names new COO
Jan 18, 2024

Ellucian names new COO

Reston-based Ellucian has named Kelly Rogan its chief operating officer, the higher education software company announced Tuesday. Rogan will oversee Ellucian’s global professional services, managed services, services strategy and innovation, and customer success and support. She joins Ellucian after spending 15 years at Microsoft, most recently as corporate vice president of global systems i[...]

Rick Schult. Photo courtesy Amyx
Jan 8, 2024

Amyx announces new COO

Amyx has appointed Rick Schult as its new chief operating officer, the Reston-based federal contractor announced Monday. Schult will manage more than 600 employees. He succeeds John Selman, who served as COO since 2021. Amyx announced Selman’s retirement on Thursday. Schult joins Amyx from QinetiQ US, where he was most recently executive vice president for […]

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Jun 6, 2023

HII Mission Technology promotes two execs

Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.’s McLean-based Mission Technologies division has promoted Garry Schwartz, formerly a group president, to chief operating officer on June 1. At the same time, the company also promoted Todd Gentry to president of the division’s C5ISR (command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) [...]

Sentara COO resigns to run Ohio health system
Apr 19, 2023

Sentara COO resigns to run Ohio health system

Mike Gentry, Norfolk-based Sentara Healthcare Inc.’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, is leaving the health care system to become CEO of Kettering Health in Ohio, Sentara announced Wednesday. Gentry has been with Sentara since 2008 and has been EVP and COO since 2016. Before he joined Sentara, he was president and CEO of […]

TowneBank promotes HR chief to COO
Jan 5, 2023

TowneBank promotes HR chief to COO

TowneBank has promoted R. Lee Clark from chief human resources officer to chief operating officer, the Suffolk-based bank announced Thursday. In this role, Clark will continue to oversee human resources and will be responsible for bank operations. He’ll also become a member of the corporate management team. “Throughout his career at TowneBank, Lee has led […]

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