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Professional Services 2023: KRISTEN CAVALLO
The Martin Agency’s CEO since 2017, Cavallo was named global head of MullenLowe Group in November 2022 and now holds both jobs, overseeing 13 companies with 4,000 employees worldwide. She previously was president and chief strategy and growth officer of MullenLowe U.S. before leading Martin. Cavallo was named Ad Age’s Executive of the Year in […]
Professional Services 2023: RUTH ‘PAIGE’ CLAY
Clay joined the human resources and operations firm, one of Marsh McLennan’s global businesses, in 2011 and uses her expertise in talent assessment and development, organizational design and strategy creation to serve clients in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and the Carolinas. Prior to working at Mercer, Clay was senior vice president of global human resources for […]
2023 Virginia 500: Federal Contractors | Technology
Craig P. Abod PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY, RESTON Reggie Aggarwal FOUNDER AND CEO, CVENT, McLEAN Mahfuz Ahmed CHAIRMAN AND CEO, DEXIAN, McLEAN Ryan Angold CEO, ADS, VIRGINIA BEACH Tom Arseneault PRESIDENT AND CEO, BAE SYSTEMS INC., FALLS CHURCH Greg Baroni FOUNDER AND CEO, […]
Health Care 2023: ANTHONY ‘TONY’ BAKER
Baker leads Fortune 500 pharma manufacturer Merck’s vaccine operations in Elkton, managing hundreds of scientists, engineers who support the manufacturing, validation and process development of medicines to protect people from disease. Before Merck, Baker spent seven years at Biopharm Project Solutions. Baker joined Merck in 2008 as a process engineer and held engineering management jobs [&h[...]
Manufacturing 2023: BRIAN D. PALIOTTI
In January, Paliotti took over as Afton Chemical’s president, succeeding Gina Harm, who retired at the end of 2022. A subsidiary of Richmond-based NewMarket, Afton Chemical produces and sells petroleum additives. Paliotti has worked for NewMarket since 2008, most recently as its vice president and chief financial officer. He previously worked in finance roles for […]
Real Estate 2023: TIMOTHY A. FAULKNER
Named CEO of Breeden in January 2022, Faulkner oversees a real estate development and property management company founded more than 60 years ago by Chairman Ramon W. Breeden Jr. Faulkner previously served as chief operating officer and president of property management for Breeden, which has about 425 employees in Virginia. This year, the company’s Breeden […]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: CLAY CAMPBELL
For Campbell, the past year has been a chance to celebrate milestones — both NASCAR and Martinsville Speedway marked their 75th anniversaries in the second half of 2022. Owned by NASCAR, Martinsville Speedway hosts NASCAR Cup Series races every spring and fall. Campbell’s grandfather, H. Clay Earles, built the paperclip-shaped speedway in 1947, and Campbell […]
Education 2023: MAJ. GEN. DONDI E. COSTIN (U.S. AIR FORCE, RET.)
A retired 32-year Air Force veteran who served as the branch’s chief of chaplains at the Pentagon, Costin became president of Liberty, one of the nation’s largest Christian universities, in August. Costin, who received master’s degrees in counseling and religion from Liberty, retired from the Air Force in 2018 to become president of Charleston Southern […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: CRAIG P. ABOD
As president of Carahsoft, the privately owned IT and cybersecurity solutions provider, Abod prefers staying out of the media spotlight. It’s enough that everyone in the government contracting industry knows him. A University of Maryland alumnus who founded Carahsoft in 2004, Abod previously worked for DLT Solutions and Falcon Systems. Carahsoft landed at No. 47 […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: THEODORE ‘TED’ HANSON
A graduate of Virginia Tech and Virginia Commonwealth University, Hanson moved ASGN’s headquarters to Henrico County from California in 2020, after he became CEO of the Fortune 1000 IT and professional staffing services company firm in 2019. He previously worked for Apex Systems, one of ASGN’s subsidiaries, becoming chief financial officer. After Apex was bought […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JOHN S. MENGUCCI
Mengucci originally aspired to a career in music, but his father suggested he seek a more practical profession. He attended Clarkson University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science before earning an MBA from Syracuse University. Mengucci became president and CEO of contractor CACI International in July 2019 after spending a decade as […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: TONI TOWNES-WHITLEY
In October, Townes-Whitley will succeed Nazzic S. Keene as SAIC’s CEO, the Fortune 500 contractor announced in May. She also will replace Keene on SAIC’s board, with Keene staying on as a special adviser through February 2024. Townes-Whitley comes to the $7 billion, 26,000-employee SAIC from Microsoft, where she served as president of U.S. Regulated […]
