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Media 2023: KELLY TILL
In 2022, Till became the first woman to lead the Richmond Times-Dispatch in its 172-year history, after leading Southeastern U.S. regional advertising sales for parent company Lee Enterprises, a position she also holds. Before joining Lee, Till was an ad executive for The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press. An alumna of Old Dominio[...]
Real Estate 2023: CHRIS WILLIAMS
A 25-year Dollar Tree veteran, Williams serves as senior vice president for the Fortune 500 discount retailer’s real estate portfolio, a position in which he leads Summit Pointe Realty, the entity developing Summit Pointe. A downtown Chesapeake district being built around Dollar Tree’s 12-story corporate headquarters, Summit[...]
Real Estate 2023: JAMIE THOMAS
In January, Thomas was named executive managing director and brokerage market leader for Virginia, a position that gives him oversight for about 60 brokers as well as all brokerage operations, recruitment, retention and business development in Norfolk, Richmond and Charlottesville. A Richmond native, Thomas replaced J. Scott Ada[...]
Manufacturing 2023: KATHERINE WILLIAMS
On July 1, Williams succeeded CEO Gary Mignogna, who became Framatome’s board chairman upon his retirement after 45 years leading the nuclear reactor and fuel manufacturer. Williams has worked for the U.S. subsidiary of French nuclear reactor manufacturer Framatome (formerly Areva NP) for more than 20 years and manages all of [...]
Media 2023: DAVE LOUGEE
Lougee is no stranger to the world of mergers and acquisitions that have become part of the media business. In May, Tegna terminated its merger agreement with New York hedge fund Standard General when the financial agreements needed to fund the deal expired. In 2015, Gannett Co. spun off its broadcasting and digital business to [...]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: TING XU
A Shanghai native, Xu graduated from Old Dominion University and settled in Richmond in 1989. She was working as a computer programmer for the state health department in 1993 when she started a small decorative flag venture in her garage, investing $20,000. Established in part to provide work for her parents, who had been engine[...]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: TONY BENNETT
The No. 4-seeded Cavaliers suffered a painful loss to No.13-seed Furman University in the first round of this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament, but Bennett — who this season became the winningest coach in the team’s history — took the setback in stride, celebrating the Cavaliers’ 25th appearance at the Big Dan[...]
Health Care 2023: SEAN T. CONNAUGHTON
As leader of the nonprofit trade association representing 27 health care systems and hospitals since 2014, Connaughton strives to support the sustainability of Virginia’s health care system, reduce health care costs and improve the health of Virginia residents. A former chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisor[...]
Real Estate 2023: TONY FIORILLO
Fiorillo was promoted to president of the ECS Group of Cos. in April 2020 after serving as chief operating officer. He began his career at ECS in 1993 as a field technician. Fiorillo leads the development of the organization’s long- and short-term strategies and manages overall operations. He also oversees the company’s fisc[...]
Finance | Insurance 2023: FRANK ROTMAN
Rotman started fintech venture capital firm QED Investors with Capital One co-founder Nigel Morris in 2007. With $4.3 billion under management, QED has invested in more than 200 companies, including Credit Karma, Klarna and SoFi Technologies. As a student at the University of Virginia, Rotman worked as a research assistant at NA[...]
Real Estate 2023: CHRISTOPHER MOLIVADAS
Molivadas’ career in commercial real estate spans more than 30 years, and he directly oversees JLL’s brokerage business in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, providing strategic leadership to more than 1,000 employees. In the 1980s, Molivadas began working as a construction project manager, then became a broker with Sp[...]
Finance | Insurance 2023: JANET N. TOPE
Many executives at Tope’s level have a long list of employers on their résumés. Tope has just one: Wells Fargo. The Florida State University alumna “stumbled into” the bank in 1988 straight out of college with her business degree in hand and has been there ever since. In 2017, she was promoted to director of […]
