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Federal Contractors/Technology: THEODORE ‘TED’ COLBERT III
Colbert has led Boeing’s defense division since April, after taking over from Leanne Caret, who is retiring this year. He’s worn several hats since joining the world’s third largest defense contractor in 2009, most recently serving as president and CEO of its global services, leading aerospace services development and deli[...]
Finance/Insurance: JEAN STACK
Four years have passed since Stack, John Song and Alex Sevilla left the government services sector at California-based investment bank Houlihan Lokey to lead government services investment banking for Wisconsin-based Baird Financial Group. At the time, Stack said that she chose to join her two decades of experience in investment[...]
Retail/Wholesale: ROBERT ‘BOB’ ARCHER
Since 2001, Archer has served as chairman and CEO of Blue Ridge Beverage, a family- owned business that annually sells approximately 10 million cases of drinks, from beer to soda, in a 49-county area reaching across Central and Southwest Virginia. The company has more than 460 employees. Since James M. Archer Jr., Bob’s dad, p[...]
Federal Contractors/Technology: JENNIFER FELIX
The path to CEO was a little quicker than Felix expected, she said in an alumni profile by the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. She was promoted to her current job in 2020, just six months after joining ASRC Federal, which has co-headquarters in Reston and Beltsville, Maryland. ASRC Federal employs [...]
Retail/Wholesale: MARC KATZ
After fighting to stay in business amid the height of the pandemic, Custom Ink is growing again. In January, the Fairfax-based online custom apparel company acquired Printfection, a “swag management” platform that allows companies and organizations to easily create and manage custom promotional items like tote bags. The acqu[...]
Retail/Wholesale: MICHAEL SEVER
Dennis Winnett, plant manager of Hershey’s Stuarts Draft manufacturing facility, retired late last year, not long after workers at the plant began efforts to form a union. Sever, who reports to the company’s vice president of North American manufacturing, filled the plant manager position in February, a few weeks before 79% [...]
Professional Services: JEREMY BLANK
A former tax practice partner at Deloitte, Blank took over as Washington, D.C., market leader for the Big Four accounting firm in January, succeeding Tamika Tremaglio, who left to become executive director of the National Basketball Players Association. Blank has extensive experience in tax research and analysis, tax planning, m[...]
Real Estate: DONALD D. GRAUL
With more than 38 years of industry experience, Graul joined Branch in 2020 from Centreville-based Parsons Corp., where he was president of construction and a senior executive for alternative project delivery. He also worked previously for AECOM. Branch has 853 employees, all in Virginia, and reported $452 million in revenue for[...]
Real Estate: BRETT HITT
Hitt leads one of Virginia’s biggest general contractors, a family business started by his grandparents in 1930. The company finished 1,400 projects in 2021, reporting $3.38 billion in revenue — a 34% growth rate. Hitt, who’s been with the company nearly 40 years, earned his bachelor’s degree in construction from Georgia[...]
Real Estate: WILLIAM ‘BILL’ PAULETTE
With $1,000 in seed money, Paulette founded KBS as a one-person construction company in 1975. Over four decades, it’s become one of the top-rated construction firms in the mid-Atlantic, delivering high-profile, multimillion-dollar projects such as remaking the old Putney Shoe Factory into the CarMax Midtown Innovation Center i[...]
Real Estate: MAGGIE REED
A 2005 Penn State University graduate who holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture and has worked for Gilbane for 19 years, Reed was promoted to head up the construction firm’s Richmond office in April. With 2,800 employees worldwide (125 in Virginia) and $6 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2021, Gilbane is responsible [...]
Living Legends: W. HEYWOOD FRALIN
A lawyer, healthcare executive and philanthropist, Roanoke native Fralin has been working since age 13, when he started out as a paperboy. Fralin is chairman of Retirement Unlimited, which owns and operates 19 senior independent living, assisted living and memory care communities in Virginia and Florida. He previously chaired Ro[...]
