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Aug 30, 2023

Government | Politics 2023: BARRY KNIGHT

As one of the state’s budget leaders, Knight has been caught up in an election-year tug-of-war that, as of August, prevented an amended 2022-24 budget, despite a $5.1 billion state revenue surplus. Knight is a Virginia Beach Republican who chairs the House of Delegates’ powerful Appropriations Committee, which is charged wit[...]

Foster Fuels CEO Watt R. Foster Jr.
Aug 30, 2023

Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: WATT R. FOSTER JR.

In 1989, Watt Foster Jr. bought Foster Fuels from his father, the late Watt R. “Bobby” Foster Sr. The younger Foster marks the third generation to run the family business, which was founded in 1921. In June, Foster was named one of 11 winners of Ernst & Young’s 2023 Entrepreneur of the Year Mid-Atlantic Award. [&hellip[...]

Aug 30, 2023

Law 2023: WENDY COLLINS PERDUE

“If you are not having fun,” says Perdue, “you are not doing it right.” A longtime leader in legal education, Perdue joined the faculty of Georgetown University Law Center in 1982, ultimately becoming an associate dean. Since 2011, she has been the University of Richmond’s law dean and specializes in civil procedure, c[...]

Aug 30, 2023

Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: VINCE SHEEHY IV

Sheehy carries on his father’s legacy as an auto dealer, manning the second largest dealership group in Virginia and No. 31 in the nation. His father, Vincent Sheehy III, founded Sheehy Ford in Maryland in 1965 as a suburban business near the newly built Capital Beltway. After graduating from Dickinson College, receiving an MB[...]

Luminoah founder and CEO Neal Piper was inspired to build a better tube-feeding system by the experiences of his son, Noah. Photo by Jeneene Chatowsky
Aug 30, 2023

Son’s cancer fight inspires startup

The sight of Neal Piper’s then-3-year-old son, Noah, stuck on the couch all day, tethered to an IV pole with a feeding tube after the boy’s cancer diagnosis in 2019 put his father on a new mission. Piper, who had 15 years of experience in commercializing health care products, including 10 years in sales, marketing […]

Aug 30, 2023

Health Care 2023: DR. MICHAEL J. DACEY

In January, Dacey, Riverside’s president, also became the health system’s CEO, succeeding Bill Downey, who transitioned to executive vice chairman and is remaining in an advisory role until his 2024 retirement. Dacey has also served as chief operating officer at Riverside, which has 9,000 employees and operates seven hospita[...]

Aug 30, 2023

Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: STEPHEN TRUNDLE

Trundle has led Tysons-based home security tech company Alarm.com since May 2003. He was chief technology officer at MicroStrategy when Alarm.com was founded in 2000. MicroStrategy sold the spinoff security business to a group of investors in 2009, and Alarm.com went public in 2015. Alarm.com has since been expanding rapidly as [...]

Aug 30, 2023

Finance | Insurance 2023: JAMES SCHENCK 

Since becoming CEO in 2014, Schenck has led a period of growth for PenFed, the nation’s second largest federal credit union, with 2.9 million members. During his tenure, PenFed has grown its assets from $17.6 billion to $35.5 billion in 2022 and more than doubled its membership. The credit union reported $1.18 billion in 2022 [...]

Aug 30, 2023

Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: KATHY WARDEN

Warden was named CEO of the world’s third largest aerospace and defense company in 2019 after serving as its president and chief operating officer. Ranked No. 38 on Forbes’ 2022 World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list, she previously worked for General Dynamics and Veridian before joining Northrop Grumman in 2008. Ranked No. [...]

Aug 30, 2023

Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: BRIAN KENNER

When Amazon.com was scouting for potential locations for its East Coast HQ2 headquarters years ago, Kenner was Washington, D.C.’s deputy mayor for planning and economic development, a position in which he worked hard to lure the e-tailer to the district, although ultimately Amazon picked nearby Arlington County. Now, Kenner wo[...]

Fairbank
Aug 30, 2023

Finance | Insurance 2023: RICHARD FAIRBANK

With bachelor’s and MBA degrees from Stanford University under his belt, billionaire Fairbank began his path to a Fortune 500 corner office at Virginia’s Signet Bank. There, he teamed up with Nigel Morris, now managing partner of QED Investors, to co-found a credit card spinoff business that became Capital One Financial, one[...]

Aug 30, 2023

Living Legends 2023: GILBERT T. BLAND

As Urban League of Hampton Roads president and chairman, Bland guides an organization focused on enabling African Americans and others in Hampton Roads to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights through its services and programs. As a James Madison University student, the Harrisonburg native was a standout [...]

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