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Media 2023: DAVE LOUGEE
Lougee is no stranger to the world of mergers and acquisitions that have become part of the media business. In May, Tegna terminated its merger agreement with New York hedge fund Standard General when the financial agreements needed to fund the deal expired. In 2015, Gannett Co. spun off its broadcasting and digital business to […]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: REID A. BROWN
What began in 1919 as a bottling operation for cherry cola is now a major beverage-distribution business delivering more than 5 million cases of domestic and craft beers, ciders, seltzers and nonalcoholic beverages annually. Reid Brown is among the fourth generation to run Brown Distributing, joining the family business in 2006. His brother, Jason Brown, […]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: TING XU
A Shanghai native, Xu graduated from Old Dominion University and settled in Richmond in 1989. She was working as a computer programmer for the state health department in 1993 when she started a small decorative flag venture in her garage, investing $20,000. Established in part to provide work for her parents, who had been engineers […]
Health Care 2023: SEAN T. CONNAUGHTON
As leader of the nonprofit trade association representing 27 health care systems and hospitals since 2014, Connaughton strives to support the sustainability of Virginia’s health care system, reduce health care costs and improve the health of Virginia residents. A former chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors who also practiced law for 15 […]
Manufacturing 2023: KATHERINE WILLIAMS
On July 1, Williams succeeded CEO Gary Mignogna, who became Framatome’s board chairman upon his retirement after 45 years leading the nuclear reactor and fuel manufacturer. Williams has worked for the U.S. subsidiary of French nuclear reactor manufacturer Framatome (formerly Areva NP) for more than 20 years and manages all of the parent company’s financial […]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2023: ANGELA F. WILLIAMS
As the head of United Way Worldwide since October 2021, Williams has been focused on aligning stronger partnerships with the nonprofit’s 45,000 corporate partners and managing its 1.5 million volunteers. The first Black woman to lead the organization, Williams brings 30-plus years of management experience to her position at UWW, including executive leadership roles at […]
Real Estate 2023: TONY FIORILLO
Fiorillo was promoted to president of the ECS Group of Cos. in April 2020 after serving as chief operating officer. He began his career at ECS in 1993 as a field technician. Fiorillo leads the development of the organization’s long- and short-term strategies and manages overall operations. He also oversees the company’s fiscal activity, including […]
Real Estate 2023: CHRISTOPHER MOLIVADAS
Molivadas’ career in commercial real estate spans more than 30 years, and he directly oversees JLL’s brokerage business in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, providing strategic leadership to more than 1,000 employees. In the 1980s, Molivadas began working as a construction project manager, then became a broker with Spaulding & Slye Colliers before the firm […]
Real Estate 2023: JAMIE THOMAS
In January, Thomas was named executive managing director and brokerage market leader for Virginia, a position that gives him oversight for about 60 brokers as well as all brokerage operations, recruitment, retention and business development in Norfolk, Richmond and Charlottesville. A Richmond native, Thomas replaced J. Scott Adams, who jumped to Harbor Group International in […]
Real Estate 2023: CHRIS WILLIAMS
A 25-year Dollar Tree veteran, Williams serves as senior vice president for the Fortune 500 discount retailer’s real estate portfolio, a position in which he leads Summit Pointe Realty, the entity developing Summit Pointe. A downtown Chesapeake district being built around Dollar Tree’s 12-story corporate headquarters, Summit Pointe includes three apartment communities, restaurants, off[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: MATT CALKINS
In 1999, Calkins co-founded cloud computing and enterprise software firm Appian, which reaped $236.9 million in cloud subscriptions revenue in fiscal 2022, up 32% from 2021. The company’s total 2022 revenue was $468 million, up 27% from the prior year. Calkins expects cloud subscription revenue to continue climbing and anticipates total 2023 revenue to be […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: CHARLES ‘CHUCK’ PROW
Prow has been named to Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list of top government contracting executives nine out of the 10 years since the list began in 2014. He worked at Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers and IBM before becoming president and CEO of Vectrus in 2016. In July 2022, Colorado-based Vectrus merged with Mississippi-based The Vertex Co. […]
