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Aug 29, 2022

Law: A. BENJAMIN SPENCER

In 2020, Spencer became the first Black dean of America’s oldest law school. A graduate of Morehouse College, Harvard Law School and the London School of Economics and Political Science, Spencer started his career in private practice before joining the law faculty at the University of Richmond in 2004. An expert in civil proce[...]

Aug 29, 2022

Real Estate: JON M. PETERSON

Founded more than 57 years ago by Jon Peterson’s late father, Milt, Peterson Cos. is responsible for some of the most prominent mixed-use retail, residential and office developments in Northern Virginia and Maryland. Its projects include National Harbor, Virginia Gateway, Downtown Silver Spring, Rio Washingtonian Center, Burke[...]

Aug 29, 2022

Law: DAVID C. BURTON

Burton, who specializes in labor and employment law, has repeatedly been named a top attorney on state law lists. In his practice, he defends large corporations in cases involving employee disputes, disability and age discrimination and labor relations. A graduate of Elon College and the University of Richmond School of Law, Bur[...]

Kastner
Aug 29, 2022

Federal Contractors/Technology: CHRISTOPHER D. KASTNER

Kastner has led HII, the country’s biggest military shipbuilding company — and the state’s largest industrial employer — since March 1, after previously serving as chief operating officer as well as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He took over from Mike Petters, who retired after leading the company[...]

Krone
Aug 29, 2022

Federal Contractors/Technology: ROGER A. KRONE

Leidos has performed strongly under Krone, who has led the Fortune 500 IT science and technology contractor since 2014. The company reported $13.7 billion in revenue in 2021 and employs more than 43,000 people globally. In February, the Defense Information Systems Agency awarded Leidos the largest contract in the company’s his[...]

Aug 29, 2022

Law: JOEL M. BIRKEN

A George Washington University School of Law graduate, Birken co-founded Rees Broome & Birken in 1974 with Jon Broome and the late Jim Rees. Half a century on, the law firm has become one of the 20 largest in the state, employing 50 attorneys. Birken remains at its head, handling cases involving closely-held and family [&hel[...]

Owen Swinney completed the Solar Workforce Accelerator program in July, earning credit hours toward an associate degree. Photo by Earl Neikirk
Aug 29, 2022

Accelerating the solar workforce

When local school systems decided to add solar arrays to their buildings, regional environmental nonprofit Appalachian Voices and other members of the Solar Workgroup of Southwest Virginia counted it as a victory in their six-year efforts to develop a renewable energy cluster in Virginia’s coalfield counties. In January, South[...]

Aug 29, 2022

Manchin hits gas on Mountain Valley Pipeline

First proposed in 2014, the 303-mile, $6.6 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline has seen its construction progress delayed time and time again by federal courts, regulators and environmentalists. Indeed, MVP has faced so many setbacks that NextEra Energy Inc. said in February it was reevaluating its investment in the natural gas pip[...]

Aug 29, 2022

Manufacturing: GREGORY H. TREPP

Trepp joined Hamilton Beach in 1996 as director of marketing, holding multiple senior leadership and executive leadership positions in the company’s consumer, international and commercial divisions. Before becoming president and CEO in 2017, he was president and CEO of its Hamilton Beach Brands Canada Inc. and Hamilton Beach[...]

Aug 29, 2022

Government/Politics: THOMAS K. ‘TOMMY’ NORMENT

A Republican mainstay, Norment has been in Virginia’s Senate since 1992 and is the current minority leader, a position that holds significant sway in the narrowly divided political body, where Democrats hold a one-vote majority. He serves on the Senate committees for finance and appropriations, and commerce and labor.  As the[...]

Aug 29, 2022

Law: MONICA T. MONDAY

Monday sits at the helm of a fast-growing Virginia law firm and heads the firm’s appellate practice. Gentry Locke doubled the size of its Richmond office in 2021, adding nine attorneys to expand its criminal and government investigations and renewable energy practices, moving it from the state’s ninth largest firm to the eig[...]

Aug 29, 2022

2022 Virginia 500: Agriculture

    CHAD BALLARD III PRESIDENT, BALLARD FISH & OYSTER CO. LLC, CAPE CHARLES     GEORGE C. FREEMAN III CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, UNIVERSAL CORP., RICHMOND     CORWIN HEATWOLE FOUNDING FARMER AND CEO, FARMER FOCUS, HARRISONBURG     NEIL A. HOUFF PRESIDENT AND TRANSLOADING OPERATIONS MANAGER, HOUFF CORP., WEYERS CAVE     WAYNE […]

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