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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 empl[...]
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 sta[...]
Real Estate: MIKE PHILLIPS
Since joining London-based Balfour Beatty in 1987, Phillips has overseen construction of more than 45 projects totaling more than $5 billion, including the striking National Museum of the Marine Corps near Quantico and the $1.4 billion National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Campus East Headquarters at Fort Belvoir. In April, th[...]
Real Estate: DONALD E. ‘DON’ STONE JR.
Stone joined Dewberry in 2008, serving as the firm’s chief operating officer and infrastructure engineering services practice area leader until he was promoted to CEO in 2010. With more than three decades of professional engineering experience, Stone leads and implements Dewberry’s corporate and market strategies and[...]
Manufacturing: MANMEET S. BHATIA
With facilities in Roanoke and Katy, Texas, Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corp. Americas designs and develops advanced automation systems, large AC and DC motors and photovoltaic inverters. Bhatia, who has been with the Japanese-owned company since 2003 and previously was its chief operating officer, was tapped[...]
Manufacturing: ESTER CODINA
Codina assumed her post at Alfa Laval on March 1, after serving as senior vice president of the Swedish component manufacturer’s U.S. service and marine divisions. The London Business School alumna oversees North American operations for Alfa Laval, which credited Codina with streamlining operations, increasing customer sat[...]
Manufacturing: PRABHAT JAIN
Jain is an engineer and multiple patent holder with a degree in mechanical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras. After moving to the U.S. in 1968, he earned his master’s degree in material science from Villanova University and his MBA from the University of Lynchburg. Jain has led Virginia Transformer Cor[...]
Economic Development: STEPHANIE LANDRUM
The past seven years have been an exciting time in economic development in Northern Virginia, with neighboring Arlington County’s forthcoming Amazon.com Inc. HQ2 project driving significant growth. In 2021, the $1 billion Virginia Tech Innovation Campus broke ground in Alexandria, and the former Landmark Mall is being demo[...]
Finance/Insurance: LAWRENCE ‘LARRY’ BERNERT III
A principal and portfolio manager at Wilbanks Smith & Thomas Asset Management LLC, Bernert joined the firm in 1995, five years after the investment advisory firm was founded. He provides investment management and financial advisory services to individuals, families and institutional clients and sits on the firm’s inves[...]
Health Care: NANCY HOWELL AGEE
The 2020s are shaping up to be a defining time for Agee and Carilion Clinic. In fall 2021, the Roanoke-based health system opened a pediatric outpatient center. Carilion plans to invest $1 billion by 2025 to improve health care services in southwestern Virginia. Half of that money is budgeted to pay for the expansion of [&hellip[...]
Law: MICHAEL HERRING
Herring made headlines in 2019 when he left his longtime position as Richmond commonwealth’s attorney for a partnership at the state’s largest law firm. Two years later, he became managing partner of McGuireWoods’ Richmond office. The Richmond native served 13 years as the city’s top prosecutor. Herring n[...]
Law: CARL W. TOBIAS
Tobias is a prolific scholar and has held the Richmond School of Law’s prestigious Williams endowed chair since 2004. His career spans 50 years, most of which he has spent in academia. Tobias’ focus often is federal judicial selection. He has written more than 120 law review articles and more than 80 essays, commenta[...]
