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Government/Politics: CHARNIELE L. HERRING
During her 13-year political career, Herring has scored a few “firsts.” When she was elected in 2009, she became the first Black woman to represent a Northern Virginia district in the House of Delegates. She then went on to become the first woman and first Black person to serve as House majority leader after the […]
Real Estate: LOUIS J. ROGERS
Rogers oversees the firm’s Delaware statutory trust programs that help investors qualify for tax deferments under IRS Section 1031 by investing their capital gains on replacement properties. Founded in 2012, Capital Square has raised more than $3 billion in equity. In recent years, the company has become an active developer o[...]
Economic Development: DOUGLAS L. SMITH
A former Norfolk city manager who also has worked as a deputy city manager in Portsmouth and Virginia Beach, Smith now heads up the Hampton Roads Alliance, a public-private economic development organization representing 13 localities across Eastern Virginia. (James City County, Williamsburg and York County were the latest to joi[...]
Economic Development: CHRISTINA WINN
Winn leads a 20-person economic development team during a time of tremendous growth in the county. George Mason University is expanding its tech campus, adding a $75 million Life Sciences and Engineering building to anchor the county’s Innovation Park, a 1,500-acre corporate research park. Though the General Assembly backed ou[...]
Living Legends: FRANCES LEWIS
National retailer Best Products helped pioneer the shopping experience, and it started with a swap with pop artist Andy Warhol. Lewis and her late husband, Sydney, founded their mail-order catalog business in 1957, turning it into a Henrico County-based empire, with hundreds of stores across the nation and annual sales of up to [...]
Education: KATHERINE A. ROWE
Since taking the helm of “public ivy” William & Mary in 2019, Rowe has overseen a number of initiatives, including establishing an entrepreneurial hub and a teaching innovation studio, as well as implementing climate action plans and efforts to increase diversity. In 2021, William & Mary announced a partnership with [...]
Education: LT. GEN. DARRELL K. WILLIAMS (U.S. ARMY, RET.)
An alumnus of the private historically Black university, Williams returned to Hampton in July to succeed William R. Harvey. One of the nation’s longest-serving college presidents, Harvey retired in June after 44 years leading Hampton. A retired lieutenant general in the Army, Williams graduated in 1983 along with his wife, Myr[...]
Finance/Insurance: JOHN C. STANCHINA
For over a decade, Stanchina has served as CEO of the mid-Atlantic region for the Marsh & McLennan Agency, which provides business insurance, employee health and benefits, retirement and private client insurance solutions. Previously, Stanchina also served as the company’s region president. Guy Morrison took over that role[...]
Transportation: DEVON ANDERS
In November 2021, Gov. Ralph Northam visited InterChange Group Inc. to announce that Nature’s Touch Frozen Foods was expanding into a new 126,000-square-foot building from its current spot within the third-party logistics firm’s warehousing. Originally slated to open in April for around $25 million, the planned warehouse has[...]
Law: THE HON. S. BERNARD GOODWYN
Growing up in rural Southampton County in the 1960s, Goodwyn recalls how his parents sacrificed to give him opportunities. In return, he gave it his all — and Goodwyn excelled at just about everything he tried. He was a football star, student body president, valedictorian and first chair tenor saxophone player for the tri-coun[...]
Professional Services: GLORIA BOHAN
Inspired by her honeymoon cruise aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2, Bohan started Omega World Travel in Fredericksburg in 1972 as a storefront travel agency. In 2021, Bohan was recognized by Washingtonian magazine in its Washington’s Most Powerful Women list. One of the nation’s top travel firms, Omega, which has 285 employees, i[...]
Real Estate: CATHERINE BUELL
Amazon.com Inc.’s $2.5 billion-plus HQ2 in Arlington raised the stakes for affordable housing in Northern Virginia, and economic factors boosting residential prices everywhere have also affected the market. In 2021, the e-tail giant launched its $2 billion housing fund in Arlington, Nashville, Tennessee, and Washington state, [...]
