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Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: TOM WALKER
After a 17-year stint as a Navy officer, serving as a nuclear power engineer on submarines, and another 17 years as president of software company Web Teks, Walker launched DroneUp, a provider of aerial drone services, in 2016. The Virginia Beach tech company has grown quickly since then, purchasing Web Teks in 2021 and partnerin[...]
2023 Virginia 500: Professional Services
Jeremy Blank GREATER WASHINGTON MANAGING PARTNER, DELOITTE, McLEAN Jacob Blondin PRESIDENT AND CEO, RD HOLDINGS, RETAILDATA, INTRICS, GLEN ALLEN Gloria Bohan FOUNDER, PRESIDENT AND CEO, OMEGA WORLD TRAVEL, McLEAN Kristen Cavallo CEO, MULLENLOWE GLOBAL, THE MARTIN AGENCY, RICHMOND Ruth “Paige” Clay SENIOR PARTNER, MID-SOUTH MARKET, MERCER, RICHMOND […][...]
Law 2023: THOMAS C. INGLIMA
At Willcox & Savage, Inglima’s practice has focused on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and securities transactions, intellectual property, licensing and technology transfers, and general corporate work, including advising corporations on matters of governance. The firm — among Virginia’s 20 largest — has gr[...]
2023 Virginia 500: Health Care
Nancy Howell Agee CEO, CARILION CLINIC, ROANOKE Anthony ‘Tony’ Baker EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, TECHNICAL OPERATIONS LEAD, MERCK & CO., ELKTON Seth Blackley CEO AND CO-FOUNDER, EVOLENT HEALTH, ARLINGTON COUNTY Amy Carrier PRESIDENT AND CEO, CENTRA HEALTH, LYNCHBURG Dr. Sandy L. Chung CEO, TRUSTED DOCTORS; PRESIDENT, AMERICAN […][...]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2023: DR. ELIZABETH CHEROT
In July, Cherot took office as the first physician to lead the 85-year-old March of Dimes. She previously served as March of Dimes’ senior vice president and chief medical and health officer, leading the nonprofit’s Office of Maternal and Child Health Impact. Cherot succeeded Karen Walker Johnson, who served as interim CEO s[...]
Real Estate 2023: CARL L. HARDEE
Lawson’s president and CEO since 2016, Hardee has been with the company for more than half of its 51 years. He oversees a 190-employee real estate development, construction and management company. In June, Lawson held a grand opening for Market Heights, a 164-unit apartment community in Norfolk, and the company is near complet[...]
Living Legends 2023: CAROLE and MARCUS WEINSTEIN
In March, the Weinsteins pledged $25 million to the University of Richmond to establish a student learning center that will carry the couple’s name. It was the second largest gift from individual donors in the private liberal arts school’s history, Then, in April, the couple put a cherry on that sundae, donating $3 million m[...]
2023 Virginia 500: Transportation
Devon C. Anders PRESIDENT, INTERCHANGE GROUP, MOUNT CRAWFORD Monica Backmon CEO, NORTHERN VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, FAIRFAX COUNTY Ryan Banas ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT AND HRBT EXPANSION PROJECT DIRECTOR, HNTB, NORFOLK Judy Barrett PRESIDENT, VIRGINIA MARITIME ASSOCIATION; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, TOWNEBANK, NORFOLK P. Dale Bennett PRESIDENT AND CEO, […][...]
Education 2023: MAKOLA M. ABDULLAH
Abdullah received the ultimate show of support from VSU in 2022, when he signed a multimillion-dollar deal to stay on as president through 2029. The public historically Black university was struggling financially when Abdullah arrived in 2016, but he has since righted the ship, leading the school to a budget surplus. VSU was ran[...]
September 2023 Top Five stories
The top five most-read daily news stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from July 15 to Aug. 15 included news about Buc-ee’s planning to build a mega-convenience store in Rockingham County in 2025. It would be the chain’s second Virginia store, following a New Kent County store also slated to open in 2025. 1 | Plans revealed f[...]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: WILLIAM G. ‘BILL’ CRUTCHFIELD JR.
At age 15, Crutchfield founded what would eventually become his electronics retail business by installing hi-fi sound systems in Charlottesville-area homes. Today, his privately held corporation has 750 employees in Virginia and brought in $460 million in revenues in 2022. After launching his first mail-order catalog in 1974, Cr[...]
Real Estate 2023: WILLIAM A. ‘BILL’ PAULETTE
In 1975, armed with $1,000 to invest, Paulette laid the foundation for what would eventually become KBS, a top-ranked mid-Atlantic construction firm. What started as a one-person company with an office in a sheet-metal shop has grown to a firm with 160-plus employees and offices in Richmond and Virginia Beach. KBS is known for p[...]
