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Transportation 2023: WILLIAM E. ‘BILL’ WOODHOUR
Woodhour has spent 32 years with Maersk Line, starting in sales and marketing, working his way up to president and CEO in 2016. Maersk Line is the Virginia-based U.S. arm of Danish shipping giant A.P. Møller-Mærsk, founded in 1983 to support the Navy. With offices in Norfolk and Dulles, it specializes in providing transportation, ship […]
Transportation 2023: RANDY CLARKE
In July 2022, Clarke joined WMATA, the Washington, D.C., regional public transit system, which manages the Metro subway system and Metrobus. He took leadership of WMATA when it was struggling with lingering low ridership from the pandemic and the removal of 60% of its railcars due to a wheel defect. Things have picked up somewhat. […]
Transportation 2023: SHEPPARD ‘SHEP’ MILLER III
A Norfolk native, Miller takes pride in the state’s transportation accomplishments, including the start this year of the Interstate 64 Gap Project, which will widen a 29-mile corridor between Richmond and Williamsburg, as well as the August opening of a 10-mile stretch of express lanes in Stafford County and Fredericksburg. As state transportation secretary, Miller […]
Transportation 2023: CHARLES ‘CHUCK’ KUHN
Kuhn was just a teenager when he started JK Moving, which has grown into North America’s largest independently owned and operated moving company. Employing more than 1,000 workers, it was ranked best moving company for 2023 by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to his business successes, Kuhn is also known for his land […]
Transportation 2023: NISSIM YOCHAI
Zim American Integrated Shipping Services, a subsidiary of Israeli cargo shipping company Zim Integrated Shipping Services, announced in June its plans to move its headquarters from Norfolk to Virginia Beach, an expansion expected to create several hundred jobs over the next five years in Virginia. Yochai, who joined Zim’s parent company in 2011, became the […]
Transportation 2023: AUBREY L. LAYNE JR.
A former state secretary of finance and secretary of transportation under two governors, Layne currently chairs the powerful Virginia Port Authority, which oversees the Port of Virginia, one of the state’s primary economic engines. His five-year term on the board runs through June 2026. And in July, he marked two years at Sentara. Layne oversees […]
Transportation 2023: KEITH HALL
Previously vice president of TForce’s field operations, Hall took over as president in June, after his predecessor, Paul Hoelting, retired. A Virginia Commonwealth University graduate, Hall started working for Overnite Transportation, which later became UPS Freight, more than 30 years ago. In 2021, Montreal-based TFI International purchased UPS’ less-than-truckload freight business for[...]
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: 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 […]
