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Savills announces new D.C.-region leaders
Amy Kaufman Brendler and Jon Glass have been appointed executive vice presidents and co-leads of commercial real estate brokerage Savills‘ Washington, D.C., region, which includes the McLean office, the company announced Monday. Tom Fulcher, who was named mid-Atlantic region lead for Savills in 2021, will be stepping back from his regional leadership role, according to […]
McDermott to depart as Mary Washington Healthcare CEO
Dr. Michael McDermott, president and CEO of Fredericksburg-based Mary Washington Healthcare since 2015, will leave to become head of Montage Health in California, the health system announced Monday. Dr. Christopher Newman, MWHC’s chief operating officer and chief medical officer, will succeed McDermott starting in spring 2025. Newman joined Mary Washington in 2019. He previously served [&hel[...]
Hardee to retire as Lawson Cos. CEO in 2025
Lawson Cos., the Norfolk-based residential real estate development and construction company, announced Thursday its president and CEO, Carl Hardee, will retire at the end of 2025. Aaron Phipps, Lawson’s senior vice president and chief financial officer, is expected to succeed Hardee, who was named president and CEO in 2016, according to the company’s announcement. Hardee […]
Colbert leaves as CEO of Boeing’s defense, space sector
Theodore “Ted” Colbert III is no longer president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, the Arlington County aircraft and aerospace manufacturer reported in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday evening, Sept. 20. The announcement comes weeks after NASA decided it was unsafe to send two U.S. astronauts back from the International Space […]
Beauty and the C-suite
Virginia Business’ July issue cover art represents a significant amount of time and thoughtful planning — especially in considering what image we want to convey to you, the reader. From our viewpoint, the Women in Leadership cover should express strength and confidence — attributes that this year’s 38 award winners demonstrate daily as executives. A […]
MELODY DICKERSON
In December, Melody Dickerson added a new set of letters after her name: DNP, or Doctor of Nursing Practice. More than one person wondered aloud: “Why on earth did you go back and get your doctorate now?” The reality was Dickerson had contemplated going back to school for years, but the pandemic gave her the […]
MELISSA FRYE
When Melissa Frye found out her third child would be her third daughter, that news reshaped her focus at General Dynamics Information Technology. “It became very crystal clear that I was not only here to empower the current workforce but that I had to lean in, making the future workplace the best destination for my […]
FRAN RANDALL
In college, Fran Randall formulated her career goal: She wanted to specialize in international tax transactions. While she initially envisioned herself working at a law firm, Randall realized there were other career paths — and that her comfort working with and analyzing data made accounting a good fit. One thing Randall never fathomed — all […]
LYN McDERMID
Lyn McDermid briefly debated whether she wanted to go back to work when the opportunity arose to join Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration. She had already retired twice from chief information officer jobs, first at Dominion Resources (now Dominion Energy) and later for the Federal Reserve. But the chance to serve as secretary of administration to […]
PAT DAVIS-HAGENS
Pat Davis-Hagens earned a reputation as a change agent after she presided over a successful turnaround at the Mercy Health Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati. When she was tapped for another such transformation, this time in Virginia, Davis-Hagens offered a measured promise to the senior leaders of the Bon Secours Mercy Health system: “I’ll come and […]
DANA WESTON GRAVES
Dana Weston Graves will never forget a meeting she had with a vendor who came in and started shaking hands and speaking to a man in the room whom he assumed was the hospital’s president. “It never occurred to him that the one woman in the room could be the hospital president,” Graves says. While […]
NICOLE STUART
Top Guard Security President Nicole Stuart has one word to describe being a woman in her industry: lonely. “Because the security industry has always been male dominated, it was unquestionably more difficult to be accepted as a leader in the field,” Stuart says. But during the past three decades, she’s seen increases in the number […]
