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Federal Contractors/Technology: BRIAN HUSEMAN
Huseman’s first job was at a Walmart in his Oklahoma hometown. “It’s where I first learned the importance of a customer service mindset,” he says. A former U.S. attorney and Federal Trade Commission general counsel, Huseman is passionate about the responsibility Amazon has “to be a good employer and neighbor.” That i[...]
Professional Services: ALISON ROGISH
In 2021, Rogish became the first woman to lead Deloitte’s Central Virginia market. She succeeded Dan Hudgens, who transitioned to serve clients on the West Coast. The Big Four accounting firm’s Central Virginia practice, which includes Richmond and Hampton Roads, has about 300 employees providing audit and assurance tax, con[...]
Hitting home
“The stereotypical view is that every young lawyer wants to work from home,” unlike their older peers, observes Victor O. Cardwell, principal and chairman of Roanoke-based Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC. Indeed, 51% of baby boomer attorneys report being eager or very eager to get back to the office, but just 22% of t[...]
Hospitality/Tourism: CHRISTOPHER J. NASSETTA
Hilton dropped off the elite Fortune 500 list in 2021 amid a massive revenue drop brought on by the pandemic, but it’s homing in on a return, rising from No. 596 to No. 538 on this year’s Fortune 1000 list. Hilton has about 7,000 hotel properties in 122 countries and territories. It opened 76 new […]
Federal Contractors/Technology: JASON PROVIDAKES
Mitre sprang into action during the pandemic. The not-for-profit organization, which manages federally funded research and development centers, partnered with the Mayo Clinic to create infrastructure to collect, analyze and share pandemic data among 1,000 entities to anticipate disease spread and develop real-time guidance and s[...]
Federal Contractors/Technology: ANTHONY ‘TONY’ SABATINO
Formerly known as Securitas Critical Infrastructure Services Inc., the private security and investigation services firm rebranded in January 2021 as Paragon Systems Inc., which had been a subsidiary of the company founded in 2013. Sabatino was named CEO of Securitas just a year earlier, though he is a veteran of the company, hav[...]
Manufacturing: JEREMY R. HOFF
Hoff joined Hooker Furniture in 2017, serving consecutive terms as president of the upholstery, case goods and then legacy brands divisions before being named CEO in February 2021. He also serves on its board of directors. An industry veteran, Hoff is only the fourth CEO in the company’s 98-year history and is the first nonfam[...]
Living Legends: WHITTINGTON W. ‘WHITT’ CLEMENT
With first-class people skills, Clement might have become Virginia’s governor if he hadn’t failed to win the Democratic nomination for attorney general in 2001 — or so mused a Virginian-Pilot editorial writer last summer. Instead, Clement, a well-known attorney, is currently putting those skills to work as the University o[...]
Professional Services: DANNY ROBINSON
A creative officer who came from the client relations side of the business, Robinson was named Ad Age’s chief creative officer of the year in April, noting The Martin Agency increased output after Robinson took charge of the advertising firm’s creative department in 2020. He is Martin’s first Black chief creative officer a[...]
Telecommunications: MAGGIE HALLBACH
In February, Hallbach was named senior vice president for Verizon Public Sector, which serves federal, state and local government customers as well as customers of Verizon Frontline, the telecom giant’s line of public safety technology solutions and services. The role may be new, but she’s been with the company for 25 years.[...]
Real Estate: FRANK ‘BUDDY’ GADAMS
Gadams prides himself on his passion for changing communities and cities for the better, as well as his willingness to take on challenging projects. His business, which has eight employees in Virginia, has restored historic landmarks that run along the colonial neighborhoods in Tidewater. He has developed town houses, condos and[...]
Federal Contractors/Technology: JENNIFER CHRONIS
Chronis joined Palo Alto, California-based cloud computing virtualization software company VMware in March, moving over from Verizon, where she had also overseen federal contracting. In May, VMware agreed to be acquired for $61 billion by Broadcom Inc. A retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and combat veteran with more than two [...]
