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Transportation 2023: WEBB ESTES
As the great-grandson of the company’s founder, Estes is the fourth generation of his family to lead Estes Express Lines, one of the nation’s largest privately owned freight carriers. Before being named president and COO in January, he was vice president of process improvement. His father, Rob Estes, continues to serve as chairman and CEO. […]
Transportation 2023: MICHAEL W. COLEMAN
In addition to leading CV International, his family-owned freight logistics and transportation company, Coleman is a Virginia Port Authority commissioner and chairs the century-old Virginia Maritime Association. He’s also a board member of the Hampton Roads Shipping Association and sits on the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s Advisory Committee on International Trade. Colema[...]
Transportation 2023: JOHN CUOMO
In 2019, Cuomo took the helm of VSE, which provides aftermarket distribution and maintenance, repair and overhaul services for government and commercial customers in land, sea and air transportation. This year, VSE made some significant strategic moves, including acquiring Desser Aerospace’s distribution and maintenance, repair and operations sectors in July for $124 million. It also [&helli[...]
Transportation 2023: MONICA BACKMON
Backmon brings more than 20 years of transportation experience to her position, in which she oversees long-range planning, prioritization and funding for Northern Virginia regional transportation, with an aim of reducing congestion and funding multimodal transportation projects. Backmon became the NVTA’s executive director in 2014 and its CEO in 2021. In the past year, the […]
Transportation 2023: RYAN BANAS
Banas oversees the $3.9 billion Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion, the largest transportation infrastructure project in state history. Aimed at increasing capacity and easing congestion, the project will widen existing four-lane segments along 10 miles of the Interstate 64 corridor in Norfolk and Hampton, and also will add twin underwater tunnels crossing the harbor. Running about a […[...]
Transportation 2023: MARK A. PERRYMAN
Under Perryman’s brief tenure as the Norfolk Airport Authority’s president and CEO, Norfolk International Airport (ORF) has embarked on selecting a developer for an airport hotel, secured federal funding to install a moving sidewalk and brought in Spirit Airlines. In fiscal year 2022, ORF reported $72.5 million in revenue. Perryman joined the authority in May […]
Transportation 2023: JOSEPH P. ‘JOE’ RUDDY
In 2021, Ruddy was tapped a second time to be COO for the Virginia Port Authority’s nonprofit affiliate that operates the Port of Virginia, one of the state’s chief economic drivers. Ruddy, who held the same job from 2011 to 2014, is responsible for operations, information technology, safety, security, capacity expansion projects and maintenance at […]
Transportation 2023: JOHN E. ‘JACK’ POTTER
Potter’s responsibilities include managing and operating Ronald Reagan Washington National and Washington Dulles International airports, the only two federally owned airports. He also oversees the Dulles Toll Road. Since taking on his role in 2011, Potter has focused on improving efficiency and technology at the airports. In July, the authority’s board approved a $16.4 million [&hellip[...]
Transportation 2023: STEPHEN A. EDWARDS
With oversight of the entire Port of Virginia system, Edwards is responsible for its marine terminal facilities in Hampton Roads as well as the Virginia Inland Port in Front Royal. Formerly CEO of TraPac, Global Container Terminals and Ports America, Edwards joined the port authority during the pandemic in January 2021, a challenging time for […]
Transportation 2023: DAVID WHITE
In addition to leading the Virginia Maritime Association, an advocacy organization for nearly 500 member companies, White is executive vice president and secretary for the Hampton Roads Shipping Association. A William & Mary alum, White has been with the VMA since 2003 and became its executive director in 2018. The association’s priorities include encouraging investment […]
Transportation 2023: PETER LEVESQUE
Levesque, an international global supply chain executive with more than 30 years of industry leadership experience, assumed the presidency of both CMA CGM America and APL following Ed Aldridge’s December 2022 retirement. Levesque was previously president of Ports America and spent 25 years based in Hong Kong. He has held executive positions at international transportation, […]
Transportation 2023: DEVON C. ANDERS
In 1993, Jerry Morris and Wayne Ruck bought an old Weyers Cave factory, seeking to maintain their box-manufacturing business while entering the logistics sector. Anders, then an accountant seeking a different field, became InterChange’s president in 2000. Since then, InterChange’s portfolio has grown to nearly 2 million square feet and 500-plus acres of prime industrial […]
