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Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JILL SINGER
Singer has been leading the telecommunications company’s business activities for the Department of Defense and the U.S. intelligence community since 2020. She oversees efforts to bring 5G connectivity to a broad swath of uses from helping first responders communicate during disasters to enabling U.S. Air and Space forces to adopt autonomous vehicles and robots. Recently, […]
Health Care 2023: MARK NANTZ
Joining Valley Health in June 2020, Nantz is responsible for overseeing about 6,000 employees and six hospitals, including two in West Virginia. He previously held executive roles at Bon Secours Mercy Health, including as chief administrative officer and president of its Atlantic Group. In January, Valley Health joined West Virginia University Health System, Mountain Health […]
Professional Services 2023: JASON A. HARTMAN
In 1986, Hartman joined Roanoke-based accounting firm Brown Edwards, which has made Inside Public Accounting’s list of the top 100 U.S. accounting firms based on net reviews for six years running. (It’s ranked at No. 72 this year, rising one spot from 2022.) Responsible for spearheading the company’s financial management, strategic plan, growth and direction, […]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: DREW PARKER
Carter Machinery has deep roots in Virginia, tracing back to 1928, when Robert Hill Carter founded Virginia Tractor in Richmond. The company was the state’s first Caterpillar dealership, and it is still going today as an independent Caterpillar dealer, with more than 30 locations and around 2,300 employees in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and […]
Real Estate 2023: JULIAN G. FRANCIS
Francis joined Beacon Roofing Supply, a Fortune 500 distributor of roofing material and complementary building products, in 2019. Beacon has 7,400 employees and operates in all 50 U.S. states and in Canada. The United Kingdom native and two-time Swansea University graduate previously served as president of the insulation business at Owens Corning, a provider of […]
Energy 2023: DAVID E. SCHLEICHER
Since 2022, Schleicher has led the not-for-profit utility serving nearly 180,000 metered customers in Prince William, Loudoun, Fairfax, Fauquier, Stafford and Clark counties, the City of Manassas Park and the Town of Clifton. With $1.2 billion in total assets and total revenues of more than $990 million in 2022, NOVEC is one of the largest […]
Health Care 2023: DR. WILLIAM LUNN
Previously CEO of HCA’s Chippenham and Johnston-Willis Hospitals, Lunn was promoted in January to president of the Nashville, Tennessee-based health system’s division that includes 19 hospitals in Virginia, New Hampshire, Indiana and Kentucky. He succeeded Tim McManus, who now leads HCA’s national operating group. HCA, which reported $60.23 billion in 2022 revenues, employs 16,80[...]
Education 2023: TROY D. PAINO
It’s been a big year for Paino and the public liberal arts university he oversees. In March, UMW received the largest financial gift in its 115-year history — a $30 million bequest from a 1959 alumna to support undergraduate research and scholarships. The month before, Paino received the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators’ 2023 […]
Manufacturing 2023: ROBERT H. SPILMAN JR.
Spilman, who has been CEO of home furniture manufacturer and seller Bassett Furniture since 2000, said in March that the company has fulfilled a large backlog of orders and subsequent supply chain disruptions created during the pandemic. In the second quarter, consolidated revenue declined by 22% compared with last year, although the reported $100.5 million […]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2023: TIM ROSE
As CEO of the U.Va. Foundation for the past three decades, Rose oversees most of the real estate endeavors for the state’s flagship public university and its associated organizations. Currently, Rose is working with U.Va. on a large affordable housing project, as well as the construction of a $130.5 million hotel and conference center, set […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: SCOTT McINTYRE
With 2,910 employees in the greater Washington area and 16,500 employees worldwide, Guidehouse is a global provider of consulting services, with capabilities in management, technology and risk consulting. It was formed in 2018 after Veritas Capital purchased PricewaterhouseCoopers’ U.S. public sector business, for which McIntyre served as managing partner. With the change of ownership, he [&[...]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2023: CHARLES D. ‘CHUCK’ HENDERSON
Henderson was appointed the American Diabetes Association’s permanent CEO in May 2022, having previously served as interim CEO for six months. He joined ADA in 2020 as chief development officer and previously was president and CEO of Champion Fire & Security, a Texas-based emergency services company. He also worked for MTV Networks in content and […]
