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Real Estate: DERRICK SWAAK
A first-generation American whose family hails from the Netherlands, Swaak joined TTR Sotheby’s International Realty as a partner in 2007 and is managing broker for the firm’s offices in McLean and The Plains, as well as chief operating officer. With 485 employees, about 350 of whom are in Virginia, TTR Sotheby’s Internati[...]
Health Care: DR. J. STEPHEN JONES
With a $1 billion, new Inova Alexandria Hospital set to start construction in 2023 with a Level II Trauma Center and a new cancer center, Jones is keeping very busy as head of the five-hospital, 20,000-employee system that is a major player in Northern Virginia. A urological surgeon, Jones previously led Cleveland Clinic’s reg[...]
Law: CALVIN W. ‘WOODY’ FOWLER JR.
Fowler joined Williams Mullen as a young attorney more than 30 years ago and today occupies the top position at Virginia’s third-largest law firm. A seasoned and highly regarded litigator, Fowler helps businesses facing a wide variety of legal disputes. His clients have included colleges and universities, health care systems, [...]
Real Estate: TIMOTHY FAULKNER
In January, Faulkner became president and CEO of The Breeden Co., a real estate development firm led for 60 years by family patriarch and company founder Ramon W. Breeden Jr., who is now board chairman. Before taking the reins, Faulkner had served as chief operating officer and president of property management for the company, w[...]
Health Care: LT. GEN. RONALD J. PLACE
Place oversees a Department of Defense agency responsible for providing a medically ready force during peace and war. For Place, that includes leading a staff of nearly 140,000 and overseeing a budget of more than $54 billion. Place has directed the Defense Health Agency since September 2019, leading it through a worldwide pande[...]
Real Estate : RYAN T. McLAUGHLIN
In 2021, NVAR celebrated its 100-year anniversary and earned the 2021 Diamond Council Global Award from the National Association of Realtors for being among the most active associations in global business. With 34 employees in Virginia and revenue of $8.25 million in 2021, NVAR is one of the largest regional Realtors’ associat[...]
Law: MICHAEL R. SKLAIRE
Before joining Greenberg Traurig, Sklaire worked for the U.S. Department of Justice as a trial attorney, special assistant U.S. attorney and assistant U.S. attorney. He’s taken that experience with him into private practice, representing clients in government investigations and business crimes. Sklaire is often quoted in natio[...]
Health Care: MICHAEL J. FRIEDLANDER
Friedlander is among the top leaders in Virginia focused on growing the biomedical research industry. Since he founded the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion a decade ago, the institute has doubled its lab facilities in Roanoke and expanded to new laboratories on the Children’s National Research &am[...]
Professional Services: RUSSELL ‘RUSS’ MOORE
Moore, who joined the Big Four accounting giant in 1997, has 25 years of experience providing audit, accounting and advisory services to Fortune 1000 companies, as well as a number of other large clients, including industrial manufacturers, health care providers, employee benefit plans, nonprofits, and oil and gas companies. His[...]
All businesses great and small
There are 32.5 million small businesses in the United States, employing more than 61 million people and making up a staggering 99.9% of the nation’s businesses, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. As business journalists, though, we tend to focus almost exclusively on the larger businesses that reap bigger pro[...]
Real Estate: TONY FIORILLO
Fiorillo started his career at ECS in 1993 as a field technician, serving as chief operating officer before he was promoted to president in 2020. Founded in 1988, ECS focuses on geotechnical, construction materials, environmental and facilities engineering. It has more than 80 offices and testing facilities in the U.S. and more [...]
Health Care: DR. MICHAEL P. ‘MIKE’ McDERMOTT
Since 2015, McDermott has led the not-for-profit hospital system that includes two hospitals in Fredericksburg and Stafford County, three emergency departments and about 50 clinics and other outpatient facilities, as well as more than 5,000 health care professionals, including 600 doctors. McDermott is a past chair of the Virgin[...]
