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Government | Politics 2023: RICHARD CULLEN
After spending the majority of his 45-year career at McGuireWoods, Virginia’s largest law firm, senior partner Cullen is now Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s legal counselor. It‘s hardly the first time Cullen has worked in the public sector — he served as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia from 1991 to 1993 and was […]
Professional Services 2023: GARY G. WALLACE
With more than three decades of finance experience, Wallace has served as managing partner of accounting firm Keiter since 2019. His duties include overseeing growth strategy and providing tax services to public and private industries. Keiter employs 170 people in Virginia and reported revenue of $39 million in fiscal year 2022. He previously served as […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: DAVID CALHOUN
Boeing encountered some issues this spring in producing its 737 Max and 787 Dreamliner planes, due to manufacturing problems, which has contributed to an industrywide shortage of new jets. In a May Bloomberg interview, Calhoun, who heads the world’s fifth largest defense contractor, said that supply chain disruptions to the aerospace industry could continue “for […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: WILLIAM J. “BILL” LYNN III
Leonardo DRS went public in November 2022, with Lynn ringing the closing bell at the Nasdaq, after the completion of a merger with Israel-based Rada Electronic Industries. Leonardo DRS’ parent company, Italian defense contractor Leonardo SpA, retains 80.5% ownership of the $3 billion company. Lynn joined the defense contractor in 2012, after serving as a […]
Real Estate 2023: MICHAEL HALLMARK
Hallmark is lead developer of the $2.3 billion GreenCity development underway in Henrico County that plans to include a 17,000-seat arena billed as the nation’s greenest concert venue, as well as hotels, retail, office and residential space. An architect, he moved to Virginia in 2018 from Los Angeles, where he designed the Crypto.com Arena, formerly […]
Real Estate 2023: JEFFREY M. HYDER
In August, Hyder succeeded Stewart D. Roberson as president and CEO of the architecture firm; Roberson continues serving as the company’s chair. Hyder joined Moseley in 1993 after earning his bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech‘s School of Architecture. Over the past 30 years, Hyder has served as an architect, operations manager and leader of the […]
Real Estate 2023: MAGGIE REED
Reed joined Gilbane in 2003, after graduating from Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), where she was a two-time All-American in women’s rugby. One of the construction company’s youngest vice presidents, she has managed over $1 billion in contracts during her career so far. A registered architect, Reed is responsible for driving sales and supervising more […]
Education 2023: ANNE M. KRESS
As president of Virginia’s largest community college — and one of the largest community colleges in the country — Kress oversees faculty, staff and nearly 70,000 internationally diverse students on six campuses near Washington, D.C., including NOVA‘s Medical Education Campus in Springfield. In May, Gov. Glenn Youngkin visited the college’s Alexandria campus to announce a [&he[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: Y. MICHELE KANG
Born in South Korea, Kang moved to the United States as a teen with her family, driven to succeed. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago and her master’s degree from the Yale School of Management. An entrepreneur who started companies and bought and invested in others, she has always been focused on […]
Media 2023: JIM VANDEHEI
VandeHei began his path to media entrepreneur as a reporter in the Washington, D.C., journalism trenches, first as a congressional and White House reporter for The Wall Street Journal from 2000 to 2003, and then for three years at The Washington Post, where he also covered Congress and the executive branch. He left the Post […]
Manufacturing 2023: JOHN PARKINSON
A subsidiary of Duroc AB, a Swedish manufacturer specializing in filament yarn and staple fiber, Drake Extrusion has been based in Henry County since 1996, with Parkinson as its CEO since 2001. Its staple fiber is used in various applications such as flooring, rugs, furniture, technical filters, car interiors and nonwoven fabrics. Drake has expanded […]
Real Estate 2023: MARK C. LOWHAM
Lowham has led the Washington, D.C.-region arm of the luxury real estate company since 2011. His office handled the record $48 million sale of the state’s most expensive home, Fairfax County estate River View, to former Washington Commanders owners Dan and Tanya Snyder in November 2021. (According to news reports, the couple has moved to […]
