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Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2024: KERRY ALYS ROBINSON
Robinson, who assumed her role in August 2023, is only the second layperson and second woman to lead the domestic humanitarian work branch of the Catholic Church in the United States. She followed Sister Donna Markham’s eight-year tenure. A member of the Leadership Roundtable — a network of lay people and Catholic clergy[...]
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[...]
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 [...]
Professional Services 2024: GARY G. WALLACE
Accounting firm Keiter’s managing partner since 2019, Wallace has more than three decades of finance experience. In his current role, Wallace oversees the firm’s growth strategy and tax services for corporate clients. With $42.89 million in revenue and nearly 200 employees, Keiter was named a firm to watch this year [...]
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 20[...]
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[...]
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 ass[...]
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 activ[...]
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 responde[...]
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 [...]
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 dec[...]
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[...]
