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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[...]
Hospitality/Tourism: MICHAEL GEORGE
In 2001, George launched Crescent Hotels & Resorts, a hospitality company that manages more than 100 properties and 120 restaurants and bars in the United States and Canada. Crescent’s clients are executives for real estate investment trusts, private equity firms and major developers. His daughter, Caroline, is Crescent’[...]
Retail/Wholesale: MARTIN KELLY
If forced to choose his favorites out of the many condiments, seasonings and spices produced by Sauer Brands, Kelly would go with Duke’s Mayo in a squeeze bottle, Alabama White BBQ Sauce from Duke’s Southern Sauces, Kernel Season’s Garlic Parmesan and Everything Bagel Crunch from The Spice Hunter. Kelly has had a while to [...]
Transportation: STEPHEN C. BRICH
An early January snowstorm snarled traffic and stranded hundreds of travelers — including U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine — for 36 hours along a 48-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Northern Virginia, leading to criticism over the state’s response. Brich, who was appointed in 2018, admitted communications could have been better and tol[...]
Law: MELANIE D. WILSON
In July, Wilson became dean of Washington and Lee University’s School of Law, succeeding Brant Hellwig, who left last year to become faculty director of New York University’s graduate tax program. She was also named the university’s Roy L. Steinheimer Jr. Professor in Law. A former assistant U.S. attorney and assistant Geo[...]
Living Legends: THURSTON MOORE
Moore has spent his career at Hunton Andrews Kurth, joining the state’s second largest firm fresh out of the University of Virginia School of Law in 1974. He served as managing partner from 1991 to 2006 and was also chairman of the firm’s executive committee from 2005 to 2012. Moore continues to practice, focusing on [&helli[...]
Living Legends: GEORGE J. PEDERSEN
In February, Reuters ran an exclusive story: ManTech International Corp. co-founder Pedersen was considering selling the U.S. defense contracting firm that the octogenarian built more than 50 years earlier. It didn’t take long for suitors to come a-calling. In May, ManTech announced that Washington, D.C.-based private equity f[...]
Finance/Insurance: THOMAS RANSOM
Although he has a name straight out of a James Bond movie, Ransom opted to go into the sedate field of banking. He’s spent more than two decades in the industry, first at BB&T, where he served as greater Washington, D.C., market president, and then at Truist, the mega bank founded by the 2019 merger […]
Health Care: Dr. DAVID S. JEVSEVAR
With more than 30 years in orthopedic medicine, Jevsevar leads the largest independent orthopedic practice in Virginia. He joined OrthoVirginia in May after spending more than seven years as chair and regional vice president of orthopedics for Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics in New Hampshire. Before that, he ran [...]
Media: CHARLIE WATKINS
Watkins is the CEO of separate but connected Virginia-based companies: Dominion Enterprises and Landmark. Dominion Enterprises is a digital marketing and software services company that was started under the umbrella of the former Landmark Communications, which owned The Virginian-Pilot and other newspapers. Landmark is a media a[...]
Retail/Wholesale: WARREN THOMPSON
A Black History Month event held in February at Smithfield’s Schoolhouse Museum recognized four prominent Black families of the region. Naturally, that list included the Thompsons. Patriarch Fred Thompson Sr. dreamed of attending the University of Virginia but was denied admission because of his race. Instead, he graduated fro[...]
