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Real Estate 2025: BYRON L. BOSTON
A St. Louis native, Boston joined real estate investment trust Dynex Capital in 2008 as executive vice president and chief investment officer. Four years later, he was promoted to president and given a seat on the board. He took the role of CEO in 2014. In 2023, Dynex board members appointed Boston their chairman, and […]
Real Estate 2025: BOB CLARK
A childhood passion for taking things apart, putting them back together and figuring out how they worked led Clark to Virginia Military Institute for a degree in mechanical engineering. Clark started as a mechanical engineer at Newport News Shipbuilding and served as an Air Force officer for five years. He earned an MBA at William […]
Real Estate |2025: C. LEE WARFIELD
First joining Thalhimer as an associate broker in 1995, Warfield now leads the real estate firm’s seven offices and 450 associates in Virginia. In 2016, he became Thalhimer’s fourth CEO since its 1913 foun ing. He has been chairman of Thalhimer’s board since 2017. As of June 1, Eric Robison succeeded Warfield as company president, […]
Real Estate 2025: GARY BOWMAN
Bowman Consulting Group, founded in 1995 as a five-person company, followed Bowman’s 15-year stint at Urban Engineering. The publicly traded engineering services firm has about 2,400 employees with 100 offices nationwide, nine of them in Virginia. In 2024, Bowman, who remains CEO, was succeeded as president by Michael Bruen, the firm’s former chief operating officer. […]
Real Estate 2025: ALLISON WEINSTEIN
Weinstein leads a multifamily real estate development and management company founded by her father, Marcus Weinstein, in 1952. She joined the company in 1994 with her husband, Ivan Jecklin, who serves as co-president. Weinstein Properties began as a developer of single-family homes in Richmond in the 1950s, expanding into apartments and commercial real estate in […]
Real Estate 2025: BRETT HITT
Hitt Contracting, one of Virginia’s biggest general contracting firms, was started by Hitt’s grandparents in 1930. In 1984, Hitt joined his family’s company as an assistant project manager. He rose through the ranks to become co-president in 2005 and was named co-chairman of the newly formed board in 2017, ushering in a new generation of […]
Real Estate 2025: GEORGE B. CLARKE IV
In 1982, Clarke not only graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering; he also founded MEB General Contractors, a full-service construction firm and master builder. Previously president, he transitioned to CEO and chairman when David M. Ervin was promoted to president in January 2024. Launched with a handful of employees as […]
Real Estate 2025: BOB WILLS
In September 2024, Wills was tapped to succeed Don Graul as CEO. The construction company with clients throughout the mid-Atlantic and Southeast has more than 1,400 employees and reported 2024 revenue of $781.79 million. Branch’s CFO from 2017 to December 2024, Wills also was CFO at M+W Americas, a global engineering, procurement and construction firm. […]
Real Estate 2025: PATRICK BAIN
Bain became Long & Foster’s president and CEO in 2023. Founded in 1968, Long & Foster has more than 7,000 real estate agents across seven states and Washington, D.C. Bain joined Long & Foster in 2010 as president of its insurance and home warranty businesses. Berkshire Hathaway affiliate HomeServices of America acquired Long & Foster […]
Real Estate 2025: BARBARA M. WOLCOTT
A five-decade Hampton Roads real estate veteran, Wolcott leads a residential real estate and property management company created by the 2023 merger of Rose & Womble Realty and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Towne Realty. With more than 750 agents across southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, the firm has the backing of TowneBank and is a […]
Real Estate 2025: CHRISTOPHER CLEMENTE
Founder of the 40-year-old Comstock organization, Clemente is the son-in-law of NVR founder Dwight Schar, who is a co-owner of Comstock Partners with Clemente. Both are major shareholders of Comstock Holdings, which is among the mid-Atlantic’s largest developers of mixed-use and transit-oriented developments. Comstock’s 2024 revenue was $51.3 million, with a managed portfolio of 72 [&h[...]
Real Estate 2025: BRIAN HOLLAND
A Hampton Roads native, Holland started Atlantic Bay in 1996, three years after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in finance from Old Dominion University. Today, the mortgage lender has served more than 180,000 homeowners across the country, and Atlantic Bay employs more than 800 people at 138 branch offices in 17 states. Holland maintains close […]
