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Retail 2024: WATT R. FOSTER JR.
In 1989, Foster bought Foster Fuels from his father, the late Watt R. “Bobby” Foster Sr. The younger Foster marks the third generation to run the family business, which was founded in 1921. With about 240 employees, the company in fiscal 2023 had $215 million in revenue. Foster held the titles of CEO and president […]
Law 2024: RANDALL S. PARKS
Parks joined Hunton & Williams, Hunton Andrews Kurth’s predecessor, after graduating from law school at the University of Virginia in 1988. He has served as the chair of the state’s second largest law firm’s executive committee since 2022. With 35 years of experience under his belt, Parks handles complex corporate tr[...]
Agriculture 2024: NEIL A. HOUFF
Starting as a liquid fertilizer business on a Shenandoah family farm in 1975, Houff Corp. grew to provide a range of agricultural and industrial services, including agronomy, supply chain solutions, transloading and biosolids management. Two years ago, the company acquired 14 acres to expand its Doswell rail transload yard, wher[...]
Professional Services 2024: JACOB BLONDIN
As leader of competitive retail pricing data provider RetailData, its parent company RD Holdings, and sister retail intelligence and consulting firm Intrics, Blondin has a lot on his plate. After seven years with RetailData, serving as chief operating officer and vice president of strategic initiatives, Blondin was tapped to bec[...]
Law 2024: W. RYAN SNOW
Benjamin D. Leigh, the immediate past president of the Virginia Bar Association, administered the oath of office to Snow in January, installing him as the 136th president of the voluntary organization composed of Virginia-based lawyers, judges, law school faculty members and students. The VBA was founded in 1888 and advocates fo[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: DeETTE GRAY
After starting her career as a middle school math and science teacher, Gray’s interest in coding led her into the IT field, where she worked as a software developer. A former executive at Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems, Gray has won the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association International Women’s Apprecia[...]
Law 2024: MICHAEL M. YORK
Formerly a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who covered federal courts for The Washington Post, York became an attorney in 1994 and started his own firm focused on corporate litigation and white-collar criminal cases. He became president of the state bar July 1, starting his one-year term after serving on the bar’[...]
Law 2024: THOMAS C. INGLIMA
Inglima has been at Willcox & Savage for more than a quarter of a century. In 2021, he was named managing partner of the firm. Inglima’s practice centers around mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and securities transactions, intellectual property, licensing and technology transfers, and general corporate work, inc[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: SHAWN PURVIS
President and CEO of security and defense contractor QinetiQ US since February 2022, Purvis previously worked at Northrop Grumman, where she was enterprise services sector president and a corporate vice president. Prior to joining Northrop Grumman in 2012, Purvis worked for Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), where [...]
Retail 2024: YOUNG CHOI
Choi was announced as the new leader of StarKist in December 2023, replacing Chae-Ung Um, who had been in the role for about a year and left to “pursue new professional opportunities,” according to a company news release. Choi starts the new position just as South Korea’s Dongwon F&B, also a subsidiary of StarKist pare[...]
Education 2024: KARL McDONNELL
Focused on primarily online learning for working adults, Strategic Education was formed in 2018 through the $2 billion merger of Strayer Education and Capella Education. The education services holding company owns for-profit Strayer and Capella universities and other entities. McDonnell previously was president and CEO of Straye[...]
Banking | Finance 2024: STEPHAN Q. CASSADAY
Since Cassaday founded his Northern Virginia firm in 1993, it has grown from $40 million in assets under management to $5.5 billion. Today, Cassaday & Co. has 86 employees who work with more than 3,000 investors. The firm is ranked No. 42 on Barron’s Top 250 Private Wealth Management Teams list for 2024. A Radford [&hell[...]
