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Insurance 2025: GAYNER, THOMAS S.
Gayner has led the Fortune 500 insurance holding company as its sole CEO since 2023, after serving more than six years as co-CEO with Richard Whitt III, who retired. Gayner oversees about 22,000 employees and three divisions: insurance, investments and Markel Ventures, which owns controlling interests in a portfolio of about 20 businesses. The CEO […]
Professional Services 2025: METNICK, DAVID
Metnick leads Accenture’s health and public service sectors business across Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. In that role, he is responsible for advancing the Fortune Global 500 company’s work with government, education and nonprofit clients in the region. He joined Accenture as a senior manager in 2001. In July, Metnick represented Accenture in its collaboration […]
Professional Services 2025: SWEET, JULIE
CEO of Fortune Global 500 firm Accenture since 2019 and its chair since 2021, Sweet is ranked No. 11 on Fortune’s 2025 list of the 100 Most Powerful People in Business. She’s also been on Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business list since 2016, ranking No. 2 for 2025. Sweet leads Accenture’s 770,000-person global workforce […]
Professional Services 2025: WALL, KATIE
In 2024, Wall became Richmond market managing partner for Big Four accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. She oversees approximately 175 employees and is part of a network of managing partners nationally and regionally who help PwC run its local businesses. Wall joined PwC in 2006 as an assurance director before making partner in 2021. PwC’s Richmond office has […]
Professional Services 2025: WALLACE, GARY G.
Accounting firm Keiter’s managing partner since 2019, Wallace has more than three decades of finance experience. He oversees the firm’s growth strategy and tax services for corporate clients. With approximately 200 employees, Keiter was named a firm to watch this year by Accounting Today. Keiter was the 125th largest accounting firm in the U.S. by […]
Professional Services 2025: TAYLOR JR., JOHNNY C.
Since 2017, Taylor has led SHRM, an association that represents nearly 340,000 HR professionals in 180 countries. Named one of the “300 Most Influential Executives in Corporate America” for 2024 by Savoy magazine, Taylor frequently testifies before Congress about issues impacting American workers. He also authored “Reset: A Leader’s Guide to Work in an Age of […]
Professional Services 2025: WOLD, JENNIFER
Wold became Virginia market manager for Forvis in 2023. She came to Virginia from Wichita, Kansas, and oversees the firm’s offices in Richmond and Norfolk. Forvis Mazars was formed in June 2024 when Forvis acquired Paris-based audit, tax and advisory firm Mazars’ U.S. arm. Forvis Mazars, which recorded $5.2 billion in fiscal 2024, employs more than […]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2025: BALDI, CINIRA
After more than two decades of experience in humanitarian relief, nonprofit work and marketing, Baldi joined Good360 as its CEO in January. She was most recently the chief development and communications officer at Project HOPE, where she spearheaded a four-year capacity- building initiative to rebuild the brand, expand fundraising and broaden the organization’s reach. Before […]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2025: CORREA, SORAYA
Correa became president and CEO of National Industries for the Blind, the nation’s largest employment resource for people who are blind or visually impaired, in 2024. She succeeded Kevin Lynch, who led NIB for 15 years before retiring. NIB manufactures products under the Skilcraft brand, including office products; professional-grade tools; safety equipment and hardware; and […]
Professional Services 2025: JOHNSON, JEANELLE
In August 2024, PwC named Johnson managing partner for the Washington, D.C., office, which serves clients in Northern Virginia. Johnson succeeded Kevin Smithson, who was promoted to east regions market leader, a newly created position. She leads 2,500 PwC professionals. Johnson holds on to her previous role as lead client partner in the deals practice, […]
Professional Services 2025: HABEEB, GREGORY D.
Habeeb has been a fixture in Virginia politics and political consulting for decades. He served as a Republican delegate for Virginia’s 8th District in the House of Delegates from January 2011 until his resignation in August 2018; Habeeb wanted to devote more time to his work at Gentry Locke Attorneys. Today, he is president of Gentry Locke […]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2025: DiCROCE, DEBORAH M.
After spending more than 35 years as a university professor and college president, DiCroce has led the Hampton Roads Community Foundation for more than a decade. The foundation is the largest grant and scholarship provider in southeastern Virginia, distributing more than $33 million in 2024. For the 2024-25 school year, the organization provided more than […]
