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Virginia 500

Aug 29, 2022

Retail/Wholesale: MICHAEL A. WITYNSKI

Fortune 500 discount retailer Dollar Tree, which has more than 15,600 Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores across the continental United States and Canada, raised eyebrows in June with a C-suite shake-up. The company said it would seek replacements for its chief operating officer, chief strategy officer, chief financial officer,[...]

Aug 29, 2022

Transportation: MARK PERRYMAN

In May, Perryman replaced Robert Bowen, who retired after leading Norfolk’s airport since 2016. Perryman’s new job came after a retirement of his own. He worked for more than 25 years for Landrum & Brown, an international airport consulting and design firm, serving as president and chief operating officer for 13 years be[...]

Aug 29, 2022

Law: WENDY COLLINS PERDUE

Perdue is approaching her 12th year as dean of the University of Richmond School of Law. The Wellesley College graduate has spent most of her career in education. After a brief period as an associate at Washington, D.C.’s Hogan & Hartson, Perdue joined the faculty of Georgetown University Law Center in 1982, later becoming[...]

Aug 29, 2022

2022 Virginia 500: Living Legends

TESSA GOWEN ADER PHILANTHROPIST, KESWICK     JANE NEAL PARKE BATTEN PHILANTHROPIST, VIRGINIA BEACH     WHITTINGTON W. ‘WHITT’ CLEMENT SPECIAL COUNSEL, HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH LLP, RICHMOND     BENJAMIN J. ‘BEN’ DAVENPORT JR. CHAIRMAN, DAVENPORT ENERGY INC., CHATHAM     ROBERT DUVALL ACTOR AND DIRECTOR, THE PLAINS       W. HEYWOOD FRALIN CHAIRMAN, RETIREMENT […][...]

Aug 29, 2022

Living Legends: LINDA RABBITT

The construction company Rabbitt founded in 1989 has grown to a $445 million corporation employing 260 people. Rand is the largest commercial general contractor in the country founded and owned by a woman. A mainstay on Washingtonian magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women in D.C. list, Rabbitt is a board member for The Economic Cl[...]

Aug 29, 2022

Education: M.G. ‘PAT’ ROBERTSON

Outside of Virginia, Robertson is best known for his decades-long tenure hosting the Christian Broadcast Network’s syndicated news magazine show “The 700 Club,” as well as his provocative pronouncements about LGBTQ people, Muslims and Democrats. But the 92-year-old CBN founder is also known as the head of Regent University[...]

CASWELL
Aug 29, 2022

Federal Contractors/Technology: BRUCE L. CASWELL

Maximus’ president since 2014 and CEO since 2018, Caswell offers this advice: Remain open-minded and flexible, and have a positive attitude toward opportunities. Maximus, a government services provider that operates Medicare and Affordable Care Act customer help lines, expanded in 2021 with two acquisitions and moved its headq[...]

Cullen
Aug 29, 2022

Government/ Politics: RICHARD CULLEN

After spending the majority of his 45-year career in the private sector at McGuireWoods, Virginia’s largest law firm, senior partner Cullen was appointed Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s legal counselor in January.  It’s hardly the first time Cullen has worked in the public sector — he served as U.S. attorney for the East[...]

Aug 29, 2022

Retail/Wholesale: JERRY MURRELL

Five Guys got prime exposure in June during Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee festivities. Almost every shot of famous faces like Prince William, Meghan Markle and Prime Minister Boris Johnson entering St Paul’s Cathedral included a London location of the popular Fairfax County-based hamburger chain with its sign clearly[...]

Aug 29, 2022

Transportation: GEORGE BROWN

Brown has spent more than four decades in the stevedoring industry. Since 2004, he has led CP&O, a partnership between Cooper/T. Smith Corp. and Ports America Inc. This year, CP&O added a new partner when it consolidated with Nashville-based Ceres Marine Terminals Inc. under the CP&O brand in a move that was expected[...]

Aug 29, 2022

Law: LAURA FOOTE REIFF

Reiff shares the job of managing more than 45 attorneys at Greenberg Traurig’s Northern Virginia office, a regional hub for the global firm. Her practice focuses on business immigration, advising and representing companies in compliance issues and government investigations. She also co-chairs the firm’s international employm[...]

Aug 29, 2022

Living Legends: HOWARD P. KERN

After 42 years at Sentara, Kern stepped down as the health care system’s leader in September, handing the reins to Dennis Matheis, who was previously president of Sentara Health Plans. Since 2016, Kern oversaw the $11 billion not-for-profit system with more than 1,200 physicians and 30,000-plus other employees staffing 12 hosp[...]

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