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Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: DAVID BALDACCI
Bestselling crime and thriller novelist Baldacci, a lifelong Virginian, has made it a mission to give back to the institutions that shaped him. A Virginia Commonwealth University alumnus and former board of visitors member, Baldacci — with his wife, Michelle — established two scholarships at VCU. One supports students in political science (Baldacci’s major), and […]
Education 2023: LANCE R. COLLINS
Collins came to Virginia from Cornell University in 2020 to build Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus in Alexandria, a $1 billion development that will educate computer science and engineering students within a stone’s throw of Amazon’s $2.5 billion-plus HQ2 East Coast headquarters in Arlington. Slated to open in 2024, the Innovation Campus was a key part […]
Government | Politics 2023: TIM KAINE
A Democratic leader who has served as Richmond’s mayor and Virginia’s lieutenant governor and governor, Kaine has been the state’s junior U.S. senator since 2013 and is running for a third term in 2024. He came to national prominence in 2016 as Hillary Clinton’s running mate in her unsuccessful presidential campaign. Kaine grew up in […]
Real Estate 2023: PATRICK BAIN
Promoted to president and CEO in March, Bain first joined The Long & Foster Cos. in 2010 as president of its insurance and home warranty businesses. In 2018, he took on oversight of Long & Foster Property Management and Long & Foster Rental Service Center. He rebranded the property management business to HomeServices Property Management […]
Government | Politics 2023: CHARNIELE L. HERRING
When Democrats controlled the House from 2020 to 2022, Herring was the first woman and the first African American to serve as majority leader and as chair of the House Courts of Justice Committee. Herring kept her position as caucus chair after the GOP regained control of the chamber in 2022. A lawyer who is […]
Health Care 2023: NANCY HOWELL AGEE
Trained as a nurse, Agee oversees a $2.4 billion health system that employs 14,000 people and serves more than 1 million people in western Virginia and West Virginia. Carilion Clinic includes seven hospitals and has a physician group with more than 1,000 doctors, plus outpatient clinics, home health services, freestanding surgical clinics and pharmacies. Before […]
Health Care 2023: DR. SANDY L. CHUNG
Chung got hooked on medicine after a fourth-grade school project that called for her to represent a career. A neighbor who was a nurse helped her choose the profession, lending Chung a stethoscope and giving her shoe covers, a paper gown and tongue depressors. “It was amazing!” recalls Chung, this year’s president of the American […]
Real Estate 2023: KYLE SCHOPPMANN
Schoppmann oversees six offices in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., as well as the performance and strategic growth of business in the mid-Atlantic region for CBRE, a $30.8 billion commercial real estate giant with more than 115,000 employees. A graduate of Duke University and the University of Michigan, she has more than 20 years of […]
Telecommunications 2023: J.D. MYERS II
Myers has been with Cox since 2006, leading its Virginia operations and now its East Coast region. Earlier this year, the home and business telecommunications and cable TV provider expanded Myers’ role, placing him in charge of day-to-day operations for much of the eastern U.S., including Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and […]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: ANDY EDMUNDS
When Hollywood productions like “Dopesick,” “Cold Mountain,” “Wonder Woman 1984” and others want to film in Virginia, they come to Edmunds to get the ball rolling. As director of the Virginia Film Office since 2011 — and the office’s locations manager for 14 years before that — Edmunds helps productions access economic incentives and works […]
Education 2023: PETER BLAKE
Blake will leave quite a legacy when he steps down from his role as director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia at the end of the year. SCHEV is establishing a search committee for his replacement and will work with the state education secretary’s office and others. During Blake’s 11 years at […]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: LORI RAYA
In 2021, Raya became president of Kroger’s mid-Atlantic division, overseeing more than 100 stores in five states and 18,000 employees. She brings more than three decades in the grocery business to the job, mostly spent at Safeway and Albertsons, including as president of Safeway’s Vons division from 2012 to 2015. In 2018, Albertsons acquired Safeway, […]
