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Manufacturing: TERRENCE ‘TERRY’ HORAN
Horan took the helm of Stihl Inc. in April, about six months after the Virginia Beach-based chainsaw and outdoor power equipment manufacturer announced that his predecessor, former Stihl Inc. President Bjoern Fischer, and the company’s top U.S. sales executive had both exited Stihl by mutual agreement with the company. The lar[...]
Education: JAVAUNE ADAMS-GASTON
The seventh president of Norfolk State University, Adams-Gaston, who began her tenure in 2019, has led the public institution to U.S. News & World Report’s top 20 list of historically Black colleges and universities. She’s also forged a university partnership with Virginia Beach native and music superstar Pharrell Willia[...]
Government/Politics: BARRY KNIGHT
Something Del. Knight, R-Virginia Beach, never wants to do again is “unload corn silage out of a silo at 100 degrees.” When he was a teenager, he recalls, he worked a series of jobs that included truck driving and farm work. He eventually owned his own hog farm and went on to be appointed to […]
Finance/Insurance: BYRON L. BOSTON
A first-generation college student, Boston arrived at Dartmouth College from his native St. Louis without a proper New Hampshire wardrobe. “I froze my butt off,” he recalled in a profile published by the university. Quick to give credit to all the people — from his high school football coach to Dartmouth alumni to business[...]
Health Care: DR. SANDY L. CHUNG
An alumna of the University of Virginia, from which she received her bachelor’s and medical degrees, Chung is CEO of pediatric group Trusted Doctors, president of Fairfax Pediatric Associates and medical director of Informatics for the Pediatric Health Network at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. After a young[...]
Nonprofits/Philanthropy: ISAM GHANIM
Ghanim is new to the president and CEO role, but he’s a familiar face at ChildFund International, having previously served as executive vice president for programs at the global nonprofit formerly known as Christian Children’s Fund. The ninth top executive in ChildFund International’s 84-year history, he succeeds Anne Lyna[...]
Transportation: JENNIFER AUMENT
Aument leads a global team of more than 14,000 employees across the highway, transit, aviation, port and freight sectors for AECOM, a Fortune 500 infrastructure engineering, planning and consulting firm that reported $13.3 billion in 2021 revenue. A month after joining AECOM in April 2021, Aument was diagnosed with breast cancer[...]
Real Estate: BOB CLARK
Clark started his career with multidisciplinary design firm Baskervill more than 25 years ago, following a five-year stint in the U.S. Air Force, and was named Baskervill’s president in 2004. The company has projects under development in 18 states and six countries. Recent projects include the Virginia Commonwealth University [...]
Arts/Entertainment/Sports: KEVIN LEMBKE
Aside from a brief exit during 2019, Lembke has served as Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s president since February 2018. He spent the last two years ushering the popular theme park through the pandemic. Most recently he’s overseen the rollout of a new park attraction. Billed as “the world’s fastest multi-launch coaster,” [...]
Federal Contractors/Technology: JENNIFER BOYKIN
Newport News Shipbuilding is ingrained in the fabric of Hampton Roads. As the nation’s only builder of nuclear aircraft carriers and the military’s largest shipbuilding company, the shipyard is the state’s top industrial employer, with about 25,000 employees. Boykin is the first woman to lead the company, and she’s been [...]
Government/Politics: TERRY KILGORE
First elected in 1993, Republican Del. Kilgore is part of the new group of House of Delegates leadership, serving as both majority leader and vice chair of the Commerce and Energy Committee. Conservatives for a Clean Energy Future named the Southwest Virginia native a “champion” in 2018, in part for his work on the Grid [&he[...]
Retail/Wholesale: ROBERT S. ‘BOBBY’ UKROP
Twelve years have passed since a Dutch conglomerate purchased the Ukrop’s grocery chain, which got its start from a Richmond market opened in 1937 by Ukrop’s parents, the late Joseph and Jacquelin Ukrop. Not long after the sale, Bobby Ukrop, who spent many years as CEO of the family-owned stores, founded Ukrop’s Homestyle [...]
