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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 beco[...]
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 […][...]
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 Economi[...]
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 Univer[...]
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 h[...]
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 [...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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 [...]
Federal Contractors/Technology: JOHN WASSON
Wasson reached the top of the global consulting and digital services company in 2019, after joining ICF in 1987 as an associate. Before becoming CEO and president, he served as ICF’s chief operating officer for 16 years. Under his leadership, ICF has acquired other companies and expanded its reach. The company has about 8,[...]
Media: JIM VANDEHEI
As co-founder of media outlet Politico, VandeHei helped reinvent political reporting in 2007. He followed that 10 years later by launching Axios, a media news site that announced in August it would be acquired for $525 million by Cox Enterprises Inc. VandeHei will remain in charge of Axios, which is known for its “smart br[...]
