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Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: MICHAEL SEVER
Sever, a longtime Hershey employee, was named plant manager of the candymaker’s Stuarts Draft manufacturing facility last year. He had previously worked at the facility, which produces nut-based candies like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Almond Joy, as its site operations leader. The plant, which opened in 1982, is the second largest of Hershey’s seven […]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: CHARLES E. TYSON
This year started out slower for LL Flooring, with sales declining by 13.7% — from $279 million in the first quarter of 2022 to $240.7 million in the same quarter this year. Tyson, who has headed the flooring company formerly known as Lumber Liquidators since 2020, said during an earnings call that the period has […]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2023: TED HART
Since Hart’s 2012 appointment as president and CEO of CAF America, the organization has seen exponential growth, making more than $3 billion in grants in the U.S. and 135 other countries around the world. CAF America works with philanthropists seeking to support charitable organizations around the world, providing back office support for grantmaking and maintaining […]
Telecommunications 2023: MAGGIE HALLBACH
In May, Verizon Business announced a $145.7 million contract to help the U.S. Postal Service transition to a cloud technology platform as it modernizes. Hallbach said Verizon’s network-as-a-service offering will help USPS’ customer support systems run more efficiently. The Postal Service is among Verizon Public Sector’s federal, state and local government customers. Verizon Publi[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: THOMAS A. BELL
In May, Bell became CEO of Leidos, a Fortune 500 defense, aerospace and information technology firm, replacing Roger Krone, who retired that month as CEO and board chairman after nine years leading Leidos. Bell began his aerospace career at Lockheed Martin. He came to Leidos from Rolls-Royce North America, where he had been chairman and […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: TOM WALKER
After a 17-year stint as a Navy officer, serving as a nuclear power engineer on submarines, and another 17 years as president of software company Web Teks, Walker launched DroneUp, a provider of aerial drone services, in 2016. The Virginia Beach tech company has grown quickly since then, purchasing Web Teks in 2021 and partnering […]
Health Care 2023: DR. DAVID S. JEVSEVAR
In 2022, Jevsevar became CEO of OrthoVirginia, the largest independent orthopedic practice in the state, with 140-plus specialists across more than 35 locations in Lynchburg, Northern Virginia, Richmond, Southwest Virginia and Hampton Roads. A board-certified orthopedic surgeon, he previously served as chair and regional vice president of orthopedics for Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clin[...]
Real Estate 2023: BOB MILKOVICH
Milkovich joined Rand, a privately owned, nationwide commercial general contractor specializing in retail and restaurant construction, tenant interiors and building renovations, in January 2019 as its CEO. He succeeded Linda Rabbitt, who founded the company more than three decades ago. Before that, Milkovich served as CEO of First Potomac Realty Trust, where he led the […]
Education 2023: MAKOLA M. ABDULLAH
Abdullah received the ultimate show of support from VSU in 2022, when he signed a multimillion-dollar deal to stay on as president through 2029. The public historically Black university was struggling financially when Abdullah arrived in 2016, but he has since righted the ship, leading the school to a budget surplus. VSU was ranked No. […]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: WILLIAM G. ‘BILL’ CRUTCHFIELD JR.
At age 15, Crutchfield founded what would eventually become his electronics retail business by installing hi-fi sound systems in Charlottesville-area homes. Today, his privately held corporation has 750 employees in Virginia and brought in $460 million in revenues in 2022. After launching his first mail-order catalog in 1974, Crutchfield grew the business into a major […]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2023: DR. ELIZABETH CHEROT
In July, Cherot took office as the first physician to lead the 85-year-old March of Dimes. She previously served as March of Dimes’ senior vice president and chief medical and health officer, leading the nonprofit’s Office of Maternal and Child Health Impact. Cherot succeeded Karen Walker Johnson, who served as interim CEO since January, following […]
Real Estate 2023: CARL L. HARDEE
Lawson’s president and CEO since 2016, Hardee has been with the company for more than half of its 51 years. He oversees a 190-employee real estate development, construction and management company. In June, Lawson held a grand opening for Market Heights, a 164-unit apartment community in Norfolk, and the company is near completion of 80 […]
