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YVONNE ALLMOND
For 30-plus years, Yvonne Allmond has taught free financial literacy classes — so long, in fact, that she typed some of her original class notes on a typewriter. While much has changed in that time, the basics haven’t, nor the need to help people navigate issues such as taking out loans, financing a business or […]
CAPRICE BRAGG
Caprice Bragg first visited the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on a weekday in 2017 while interviewing for the role she’d eventually land. The Chinese “Terracotta Army” exhibit was on display, and she recalls how the museum’s atrium was filled with light and people. “I really was struck by how busy the museum was and [&h[...]
JILL VOGEL
Jill Vogel thought that her clerkship in political law would “merely be a short indulgence,” and then she’d go back to “real work.” But it turned out that she loved that area of the law more than insurance, family and criminal law, and now the former state senator has dedicated her entire career to it. […]
PAULA PANDO
If there’s an overarching theme to Paula Pando’s presidency of Reynolds Community College, she says, it’s removing barriers to completing degrees for the 15,000-plus students who attend classes each year at the college’s various campuses. Such efforts have included opening food pantries, providing mental health services [...]
LYN McDERMID
Lyn McDermid briefly debated whether she wanted to go back to work when the opportunity arose to join Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration. She had already retired twice from chief information officer jobs, first at Dominion Resources (now Dominion Energy) and later for the Federal Reserve. But the chance to serve as secretary[...]
LYNNE HUGHES
Lynne Hughes has seen many, many examples of children who have blossomed and begun to heal following a three-day weekend at Comfort Zone Camp. They may arrive weighed down by a proverbial backpack full of rocks only to leave less burdened, she says. “They’re taller and visibly brighter by the end of the weekend.” Since [&h[...]
RONDA SCHRENK
Ronda Schrenk has always loved maps, and that has shaped her career. Geospatial intelligence, or GEOINT, as it’s known in the trade, “is about understanding the world around us — to include all that happens on, above and below the earth’s surface — and working to make sense of that data,” she says. “You could [&hel[...]
PAT DAVIS-HAGENS
Pat Davis-Hagens earned a reputation as a change agent after she presided over a successful turnaround at the Mercy Health Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati. When she was tapped for another such transformation, this time in Virginia, Davis-Hagens offered a measured promise to the senior leaders of the Bon Secours Mercy Health system[...]
ERICA CARTER
Captaining Pennsylvania State University’s women’s swimming and diving team, Erica Carter learned valuable lessons from the “grueling, grinding sport” that have benefited her career at Kimley-Horn. “Swimming taught me tremendous time management skills, a really strong work ethic and how to achieve goals as a team,” s[...]
KIM SNYDER
Fewer than one in five C-suite positions in financial services are held by women globally, according to Deloitte. But Kim Snyder, founder and CEO of Roanoke-based banking software company KlariVis, defies the odds. After “many rewarding years in community banking,” a 2015 acquisition by BNC Bancorp displaced her from her job[...]
CONNIE NYHOLM
Connie Nyholm had never set foot on a racetrack until 1998, when she and Harvey Siegel decided to resurrect Virginia International Raceway. The duo came to motorsports after successful real estate careers, though their motivations differed; Siegel was a racing enthusiast and competed in vintage racing events all over the country[...]
