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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 [...]
Real Estate: TERRIE L. SUIT
After getting her start as an ice cream scooper at Baskin Robbins, Suit began her real estate career in 1985 as a Realtor. She makes a point to list her associate degree as a means of letting others know that she fully embraces starting one’s education at a community college. A former Republican state delegate […]
2022 Virginia 500: Manufacturing
R. MARCUS ‘MARC’ AMMEN CEO, UNIVERSAL FIBER SYSTEMS LLC, BRISTOL BRADFORD ‘BRAD’ BEAUCHAMP PRESIDENT AND CEO, CARPENTER CO., RICHMOND MANMEET S. BHATIA PRESIDENT AND CEO, TMEIC CORP. AMERICAS, ROANOKE HOWARD BROADFOOT PRESIDENT AND CEO, ELECTRO-MECHANICAL CORP., BRISTOL ESTER CODINA CLUSTER PRESIDENT FOR NORTH AMERICA AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, […][...]
Manufacturing: BRYAN FAIRBANKS
Founded on sustainable principles in 1996, composite decking and railing manufacturer Trex debuted this year on IndustryWeek’s list of the 50 best-performing U.S. manufacturers, ranking at No. 6, just behind mega-companies like Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. An alumnus of the University of Dayton and the University of Pittsbur[...]
Economic Development: MAURICE A. JONES
Since 2021, Jones has led OneTen, a coalition of Fortune 500 corporations and CEOs focused on training, hiring and promoting 1 million Black Americans without four-year college degrees in the next decade. The former president and CEO of Local Initiatives Support Corp. and deputy secretary of housing and urban development under P[...]
2022 Virginia 500: Media
DOUG DAVIS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/REGIONAL MANAGER, BROADCASTING, NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP INC., PORTSMOUTH JOSH EASTRIGHT CEO, BLOOMBERG INDUSTRY GROUP, ARLINGTON COUNTY PAULA KERGER PRESIDENT AND CEO, PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE, ARLINGTON COUNTY DAVE LOUGEE PRESIDENT AND CEO, TEGNA INC., TYSONS TIMOTHY O’SHAUGHNESSY PRESIDENT AND CEO, GRAHAM HOLDINGS CO., ARLINGTON […][...]
Living Legends: CATHERINE B. REYNOLDS
Reynolds’ foundation supports myriad groups, including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Gallery of Art and the Library of Congress. The first self-made woman to make BusinessWeek’s list of the 50 most philanthropic living Americans, Reynolds has been included multiple times on Washingtonian magazine�[...]
Government/Politics: RICHARD ‘DICK’ SASLAW
The longest-serving legislator in the state Senate, Sen. Saslaw has represented parts of Fairfax County in Virginia’s state Senate since 1980 and is currently the Democratic caucus leader as well as chair of the commerce and labor committee. Saslaw, who was first elected to the House of Delegates in 1975, is chiefly known as a[...]
Finance/Insurance: SIMON HAMILTON
A financial adviser for nearly three decades, Hamilton joined the Wise Investor Group at Baird in 2007 and serves as one of the firm’s three partners. Hamilton leads the portfolio management department and co-hosts the firm’s “The Wise Investor Show” podcast. In 2022, Barron’s ranked Hamilton as the 16th-best financial[...]
