The 2025 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards: The Achievers
Black business leaders have played a pivotal role in shaping modern Virginia’s economic and cultural landscapes and driving progress across industries and communities. From the entrepreneurial spirit of pioneers who built thriving enterprises during times of immense adversity amid segregation and civil rights battles to today’s leaders breaking boardroom barriers, their stories are a t[...]
2025 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards: Toni Stubbs
Stubbs was recognized in 2022 with the annual Women in Technology Award, presented by multiple cable telecommunications organizations. At Cox, Stubbs oversees network planning, engineering and telecommunications operations across the state, but she started with the company in Texas in 2005. She’s also Virginia chapter adviser for the Women in Cable Telecommunications board. FIRST JOB: [&hell[...]
Virginia 500 Spotlight June 2024: J.D. MYERS II
HOW I CHOSE MY CAREER: I believe that when you discover your purpose, and have the courage to persuade it, the path to your career goals and aspirations will be clearly defined. Work no longer feels like work but feels like you’re doing what you were put here to do. HOW I BALANCE WORK AND […]
Telecommunications 2023: J.D. MYERS II
Myers has been with Cox since 2006, leading its Virginia operations and now its East Coast region. Earlier this year, the home and business telecommunications and cable TV provider expanded Myers’ role, placing him in charge of day-to-day operations for much of the eastern U.S., including Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and […]
Cox expands Myers’ role to East Coast
Cox Communications Inc. has expanded Virginia executive J.D. Myers II’s’ role so that he now oversees much of the East Coast. Myers, who is based in Chesapeake, previously had oversight of operations and business growth in Virginia. As senior vice president and region manager of Cox’s East Region, he now has oversight of the cable […]