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Manufacturing 2023: GREGORY TREPP
In 1996, Trepp joined appliance manufacturer Hamilton Beach as its director of marketing and has since held various senior and executive leadership positions within the company. In 2017, he became president and CEO, overseeing the company’s consumer, international and commercial divisions. He also previously served as the CEO of various subsidiaries, including Hamilton Beach’s Canadian[...]
Economic Development 2023: ANTHONY ROMANELLO
In the past year, Romanello was instrumental in growing Henrico’s data center footprint, as QTS Data Centers announced a 1.5 million-square-foot expansion to be completed in 2024, and the DE-CIX Richmond internet exchange opened in November 2022. In other sectors, education research firm EAB announced it was bringing 200 more jobs to Henrico, and plans […]
Manufacturing 2023: WILLIAM ‘BILLY’ GIFFORD JR.
Gifford became Fortune 500 tobacco product manufacturer Altria’s CEO in 2020, after having served as president and CEO of subsidiary Philip Morris USA and holding other executive posts at Altria for the past 25 years. After four challenging years, during which Altria saw the value of its 35% stake in Juul Labs’ e-cigarette company plummet […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: ALBERTO SCHIAVON
Schiavon, who joined Elephant Auto Insurance in 2017 as its head of marketing and pricing, became CEO just eight months later. The Italian executive (who shares a name with an Italian Olympic snowboarder) earned his MBA from the University of Manchester in England and his undergraduate engineering degree at the University of Padova in Italy. […]
Manufacturing 2023: ROB COLLIER
Collier has worked for ChemTreat, an industrial water treatment company owned by Danaher, two different times. His first stint was from 2012 to 2018, when he was in the marketing department. He left to become president of Danaher subsidiary McCrometer, a California-based flow meter manufacturer, and returned to ChemTreat in 2020 as senior vice president […]
Transportation 2023: PERRY J. MILLER
This summer, Miller was elected 2023-24 chair of the Alexandria-based American Association of Airport Executives. The world’s largest professional organization for airport managers, the association represents roughly 7,000 executives from about 875 airports and authorities. Miller also leads the Capital Region Airport Commission, which owns and operates Richmond International Airport (RIC), [...]
Transportation 2023: P. DALE BENNETT
Though he originally planned to pursue a law career, Bennett instead took a job for the predecessor organization of the Virginia Trucking Association. It was a job close to home for Bennett, whose father was a trucker for two decades. Nearly 40 years later, he continues to advocate for Virginia’s trucking industry. In 2019, Bennett […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: THOMAS S. GAYNER
On Jan. 1, Gayner became Markel’s sole CEO after serving more than six years in an unusual co-CEO arrangement with Richard Whitt III, who retired after more than two decades at the Fortune 500 insurer and holding company. Gayner, also chief investment officer, joined Markel in 1990. As CEO, Gayner oversees three divisions: insurance, investments […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: THEODORE ‘TED’ HANSON
A graduate of Virginia Tech and Virginia Commonwealth University, Hanson moved ASGN’s headquarters to Henrico County from California in 2020, after he became CEO of the Fortune 1000 IT and professional staffing services company firm in 2019. He previously worked for Apex Systems, one of ASGN’s subsidiaries, becoming chief financial officer. After Apex was bought […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: THOMAS J. McINERNEY
The leader of a Fortune 500 insurance company, McInerney has come a long way since his first job as a newspaper carrier at age 12. Genworth, which provides life, mortgage and long-term care insurance, posted 2022 revenue of $7.5 billion, down from $7.83 billion in 2021 and $8.65 billion in 2020. In June, Genworth acknowledged […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: ELENA EDWARDS
Edwards joined French travel insurance agency Allianz Partners in 2019 as general manager of the U.S. business unit. She was named CEO of Allianz Partners USA in June 2020 and took on the additional the role of regional CEO for North America in July 2021 before being appointed chief markets officer and a board member […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: RICHARD G. ‘RICKY’ SPIRO
When Spiro stepped into the leadership role for Henrico County-based insurance company The Hilb Group, he brought with him more than 30 years of experience in insurance and financial services. Prior to joining Hilb, Spiro served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of property and casualty insurer Chubb. Before that, Spiro was a […]
