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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[...]
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[...]
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: 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 con[...]
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[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: JOHN HENEGHAN
The leader of ECS Federal, ASGN’s federal consulting subsidiary, since 2022, Heneghan was an English teacher before turning to tech. He previously served as ECS’ chief operating officer and held executive roles at Stanley Associates and CGI Federal. In fiscal 2023, ASGN earned $4.45 billion in revenue, down 2.8% from[...]
Education 2024: DAVID DORÉ
When Doré arrived in Richmond in April 2023 to become the 10th chancellor of the Virginia Community College System, he began his tenure by traveling 3,600 miles in 36 days on a listening tour across the state. As head of the state’s community college system, Doré oversees 23 colleges with 40 campuses and more than [&hell[...]
Education 2024: JAVAUNE ADAMS-GASTON
Under Adams-Gaston’s leadership since 2019, Norfolk State has racked up achievements ranging from regularly ranking among U.S. News & World Report’s top 20 historically Black colleges and universities to attaining a 10-year reaffirmation of accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commi[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: LINDSAY BERRY WINTER
A Hampton Roads native, Winter is the head of public policy in Virginia for Amazon, overseeing the e-commerce giant’s economic and community investments in Virginia, where it has its East Coast HQ2 headquarters in Arlington County. Since 2010, Amazon has reportedly invested more than $109 billion in Virginia through cloud [...]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2024: LAWRENCE A. ‘LARRY’ SELZER
Selzer has led The Conservation Fund since 2001, helping to protect vital lands and waters in the United States to provide greater access to nature, strengthen local economies and enhance climate resiliency. The only environmental group in the country chartered for both conservation and economic development, it has protected mor[...]
Government | Politics 2024: CHRIS LaCIVITA
Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Chesterfield County, Republican power player LaCivita is a former Marine, a Purple Heart recipient and one of a handful of insiders who has former President Donald Trump’s ear. LaCivita got his start as a GOP political strategist in the 1990s, working on George Allen’s successful co[...]
Retail 2024: ROBERT PETERSON
Rosenthal Automotive has been a family affair since its beginning in 1954, when the late Robert Rosenthal and his father opened an Arlington County Chevy dealership. During the next six decades, Rosenthal grew the business into a $1 billion company with 16 dealerships at 13 locations across the Washington, D.C., metro area. Upon Rosenthal’s retirement […]
