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Agriculture 2024: WAYNE F. PRYOR
In November 2022, Pryor was elected to his ninth term as president of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation. As of June, Pryor had not announced if he would seek another term; his current term will end in November. The owner of a hay and grain farm in Goochland, Pryor is president, CEO and chairman of […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: THOMAS A. BELL
Formerly chairman and CEO of Rolls-Royce North America, Bell became CEO of Fortune 500 defense, aerospace and information technology firm Leidos in May 2023, replacing the retiring Roger Krone. So far, he’s presided over some big wins, including an $823 million task order announced in late July from the Defense Information Sys[...]
Manufacturing 2024: FREDRIK HÖGBERG
A native of Sweden, Högberg became president of Volvo Penta North America in 2022. He joined Volvo Group in 1994 and has held a variety of positions, including in digital services, retail development and aftermarket sales. He previously was the senior vice president for digital and IT services for Mack and Volvo Trucks North Am[...]
Manufacturing 2024: BRYAN FAIRBANKS
Fairbanks was named Trex’s president and CEO after the retirement of James Cline in April 2020. He had been executive vice president and chief financial officer before stepping into the top role. Fairbanks joined the publicly traded composite decking and railing manufacturer in 2004. Before Trex, he served in several senior fi[...]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2024: CLAY CAMPBELL
Campbell’s life has taken him off to the races for as long as he can remember. Grandson of Martinsville Speedway founder H. Clay Earles, who built the paperclip-shaped speedway in 1947, Campbell has worked at Martinsville since he was a child. He worked in maintenance, concessions and souvenirs before moving up to vice preside[...]
Real Estate 2024: RONALD J. LAUSTER JR.
President of the firm since 2018, Lauster manages a wide array of innovative projects. One such project is the Virginia Living Museum’s 23-acre campus: the Wild Care Center. Opening in early fall, the 5,000-square-foot facility, which includes numerous sustainable and energy-conserving design features, is creating a window int[...]
Professional Services 2024: JENNIFER WOLD
In June, Wold marked her one-year anniversary as the Virginia market manager for Forvis Mazars, a top 10 global accounting firm. Wold came to Virginia from Wichita, Kansas, and oversees the firm’s offices in Richmond and Norfolk. Forvis Mazars was formed this June when Forvis acquired Paris-based audit, tax and advisory firm M[...]
Manufacturing 2024: NEIL D. WILKIN JR.
Wilkin was named Optical Cable’s chairman and CEO in September 2003. Those titles joined his other roles as Optical Cable’s president and board member. Wilkin joined Optical Cable in 2001 as senior vice president, chief financial officer and director. He became acting president in December 2001, in addition to his role as CF[...]
Hospitality | Tourism 2024: DOUG BRADBURN
The most popular historic estate in the U.S., Mount Vernon receives about 1 million visitors annually. Bradburn is currently overseeing a privately funded preservation project to ensure the structural integrity of George Washington’s mansion for decades to come. The $40 million project, which started last year and will stretch[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: TODD STOTTLEMYER
With nearly seven years leading Acentra Health, Stottlemyer oversees a health care solutions company that employs approximately 3,000 people across the United States and India. Founded in 1994 as Client Network Services, the company was acquired by Carlyle Group in 2021, then merged with Nashville, Tennessee-based health care ma[...]
Health Care 2024: REESE JACKSON
Since 2016, Jackson has led Chesapeake Regional Healthcare, which includes the Chesapeake Regional Medical Center and nearly 40 practice locations, as well as about 600 physicians serving southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina. Sometimes the job requires Jackson to go to the mat; in April he charged in a newspaper col[...]
Real Estate 2024: CHRIS WILLIAMS
Williams serves as senior vice president for Fortune 500 discount retailer Dollar Tree’s real estate portfolio, a position in which he leads Summit Pointe Realty, the entity developing Summit Pointe. Dollar Tree formed the Summit Pointe Realty subsidiary in 2015 after acquiring North Carolina-based Family Dollar Stores for $8.[...]
