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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[...]
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 [...]
Real Estate 2024: DAN NOVACK
Novack has been president of Balfour Beatty’s building operations in the mid-Atlantic since January 2023, tasked with providing strategic oversight for construction operations in Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland and Pennsylvania. He has been with the Dallas-based contracting and management company for more than two decades[...]
Education 2024: GORDON P. ROBERTSON
Robertson became chancellor of the private, conservative Christian university in July 2023 following the death at age 93 of his famous and controversial father, Pat Robertson, who founded the school in 1977. Gordon Robertson had succeeded his father in 2007 as president and CEO of Christian Broadcasting Network and host of its f[...]
Hospitality | Tourism 2024: AKHIL JAIN
Jain has run Landmark Hospitality Group for over a decade. With 367 Virginia employees, the hospitality company manages, owns and develops hotels in North Carolina and Virginia under brands such as Marriott, Hyatt and Radisson. The company also expanded into housing in 2021, developing a 287-unit luxury apartment complex in Hamp[...]
Government | Politics 2024: WINSOME EARLE-SEARS
Earle-Sears is a woman of firsts: the first Black woman and immigrant to hold statewide office in Virginia and the commonwealth’s first female lieutenant governor, serving as president of the state Senate and occasionally casting tiebreaking votes. She is widely expected to seek the Republican nomination for governor in 2025. [...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: DAWN M. SCHAIBLE
In July, Kurt Vogel, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), retired, setting off a reshuffling that resulted in Schaible becoming acting director of Langley Research Center, which employs about 3,400 scientists, engineers, researchers and staff at its 764-acre aeronautical research faci[...]
Health Care 2024: DR. ERIC EDWARDS
Frustrated that the United States had so many medications on the Food and Drug Administration’s drug-shortage list, Edwards partnered in 2020 with Frank Gupton, a college of engineering professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, to launch Phlow, a Richmond-based company that develops and domestically manufactures active ph[...]
Energy 2024: ANDRÉS R. GLUSKI
Originally from Venezuela, Gluski joined AES in 2000 and became its president and CEO in 2011. A Fortune 500 global electric utility that generates and distributes power in 15 countries, AES is one of the world’s largest electric utilities. In fiscal year 2023, AES reported $12.6 billion in revenue, with $44 billion in assets.[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: AMY GILLILAND
As president of General Dynamics Information Technology, an $8.5 billion IT company, Gilliland oversees roughly 30,000 employees across 30 countries. Gilliland joined parent company General Dynamics in 2005 and became president of GDIT in 2017. In addition to overseeing numerous federal contracts — including a $922 million co[...]
Health Care 2024: DENNIS MATHEIS
Matheis has led Sentara Health, a not-for-profit health system with 12 hospitals in Virginia and North Carolina, since 2022, overseeing more than 32,000 workers. Having previously led the Norfolk hospital system’s insurance brands, Matheis has stressed Sentara’s commitment to health care education. A long-time financial supp[...]
Telecommunications 2024: MAGGIE HALLBACH
With more than two decades at Verizon, Hallbach served in a number of senior executive positions before being promoted to her current position in 2022. Verizon Public Sector is the telecommunication company’s government contracting arm and is responsible for Verizon Frontline, a 5G communications service for first responders. [...]
