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Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2025: DAVIS, MICHAEL
In January 2024, Davis assumed the role of CEO at Cort Business Services, a Berkshire Hathaway-owned company that includes Cort Furniture Rental, Cort Trade Show and Events, and other businesses. Cort has more than 100 offices, rental showrooms and retail furniture outlets nationally and provides furniture rentals in more than 80 countries. A member of […]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2025: BROWN, REID A.
Brown is among the fourth generation to run Brown Distributing, a company that began in 1919 as a bottling operation for cherry cola and has grown into a major beverage-distribution business. He joined the family business in 2006. His brother, Jason Brown, came on board in 1999 and serves as vice president. Brown Distributing serves […]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2025: BORCHES, ELIZABETH ‘LIZA’ MYERS
Founded in 1924 by Borches’ great-grandfather, Carter Myers Automotive is one of Virginia’s largest car sales groups, with 24 dealerships selling 18 brands. It ranks 80th on Automotive News’ Top 150 Dealership Groups list, up seven spots from the previous ranking. Borches became CEO in 2012. CMA employs more than 1,000 people in Virginia, all of […]
Agriculture 2025: KING, JOHN
After multinational food company Pilgrim’s Pride announced it was closing a Hinton poultry processing plant in 2004 — constituting a major hit to the local economy — Shenandoah Valley turkey growers formed the Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative. The co-op employs 565 people and has 165 member-growers; 100% of VPGC’s profits go back to its growers. […]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2025: CREEDON JR., MICHAEL C.
Creedon became permanent CEO of Dollar Tree in December 2024, after being appointed interim CEO the preceding month, when Rick Dreiling stepped down, citing health problems. Creedon joined the Fortune 500 discount retailer as chief operating officer in 2022, after over six years with Advance Auto Parts. Recent years have challenged the chain, which employed […]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2025: WEIHRAUCH, POUL
Since taking the reins at the candy and pet food giant in September 2022, Weihrauch has been aiming to double its sales by 2033. He joined Mars in 2000. With approximately $55 billion in 2024 sales, Mars is the largest privately held company in Virginia and the fourth largest in the nation, with approximately 150,000 […]
Media 2025: EASTRIGHT, JOSH
In 2018, Eastright was named CEO at Bloomberg Industry Group, a Bloomberg affiliate company. His career at Bloomberg began more than 25 years earlier, when he was a college intern. Eastright received his bachelor’s degree in political science from Amherst College. Bloomberg Industry Group employs more than 1,300 people, about 1,200 of whom work in […]
Media 2025: STEIB, MICHAEL
Steib succeeded David Lougee, who retired in August 2024, as president and CEO, as well as a board member, of the nation’s largest owner of NBC-affiliate TV stations. Steib, a University of Pennsylvania alumnus, came to Tegna after serving as CEO for Artsy, an online art marketplace. He’d previously served as president and CEO of […]
Media 2025: TILL, KELLY
After 24 years as an advertising executive with Tribune Publishing’s The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press, Till became the first female publisher in the 175-year history of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in 2022. She also serves as regional vice president of sales for the newspaper’s parent company, Lee Enterprises. Till joined Lee Enterprises in 2020 as vice […]
Media 2025: SWAIN, JAYME
Swain leads VPM, a network of television, radio and digital media outlets across Central Virginia and Shenandoah Valley that reaches nearly 2 million people. The foundation manages its endowment. Before joining VPM in 2019, Swain spent nearly a decade as senior vice president of strategy and operations at the Arlington- based Public Broadcasting Service. With […]
Media 2025: KERGER, PAULA
The longest-serving president and CEO in PBS’ 56-year history, Kerger has served as the public broadcaster’s leader since 2006, and in 2024, PBS’ board extended her contract five more years. She has grown it from traditional TV broadcasting to multiplatform digital media, with 330-plus member stations. Before joining PBS, Kerger was chief operating officer for […]
Media 2025: CARPENTER, JON
Since July 2022, Carpenter has been chief executive for Comscore, an analytics company that measures audience and consumer behaviors, along with advertising impact, across media platforms. Carpenter started his career at Comscore as chief financial officer in 2021, moving up to CEO. Previously CFO for Publishers Clearing House, Carpenter also served in senior divisional CFO […]
