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Government | Politics 2024: RICHARD CULLEN
Richmond insider Richard Cullen was an early pick by Gov. Glenn Youngkin to serve on the political newcomer’s cabinet when he took office in 2022, and he has remained a prominent figure in the executive branch since. Before joining the Youngkin administration, Cullen was a senior partner at McGuireWoods, Virginia’s l[...]
Transportation 2024: CHARLES ‘CHUCK’ KUHN
At age 16, Kuhn founded JK Moving Services, now North America’s largest independently owned and operated moving company, with annual revenues exceeding $210 million. JK Moving and Kuhn’s other companies, JK Land Holdings and global corporate relocation firm CapRelo, employ more than 1,300 employees, mostly in Virgini[...]
Retail 2024: JAMES GRAMM
In 1983, barely five years after graduating from high school in Alexandria, Gramm sold two new cars on his first day as a sales rep at a dealership in Vienna. “The retail automobile business has been in my blood ever since,” he says. Gramm worked in car sales in Virginia and Maryland, becoming vice president […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: MATT TAIT
A U.S. Navy veteran, Tait joined government contractor ManTech International in 2018 as a division president before becoming its chief operating officer in 2020. Shortly after the company went private in a $4.2 billion sale to Carlyle Group, Tait became CEO and president in October 2022. Previously, Tait spent two decades at con[...]
Media 2024: JON CARPENTER
Since July 2022, Carpenter has served as CEO of Comscore, an analytics company that measures audience and consumer behaviors, along with advertising impact, across media platforms. Carpenter started his career at Comscore by serving as chief financial officer from November 2021 until moving into the CEO role. He came to Comscore[...]
Health Care 2024: MICHAEL J. LUTES
Lutes started as Bon Secours Mercy Health’s Richmond market leader in 2022, not long after The New York Times exposed how the Ohio-based health system made as much as $100 million annually from Richmond Community Hospital through a federal medication discount program. While legal, the 340B overwhelmingly benefited Bon Seco[...]
Professional Services 2024: KATIE WALL
In May, Wall became Richmond market managing partner for Big Four accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. In her role, Wall oversees approximately 175 employees and is part of a network of managing partners nationally and regionally who help PwC run its local businesses. Wall started her career at PwC in 2006 as an assurance dir[...]
Health Care 2024: DR. MICHAEL J. DACEY
Dacey has stayed busy since January 2023, when the Riverside Health System president added CEO to his title and responsibilities. Riverside has more than 9,500 employees and operates seven hospitals in Newport News, Williamsburg, Hampton, Yorktown, Gloucester and Onancock, as well as 110 medical offices in the region. In May, Da[...]
Professional Services 2024: JEANELLE JOHNSON
In August, PwC named Johnson managing partner for the Washington, D.C., office, which serves clients in Northern Virginia. Johnson replaces Kevin Smithson, who was promoted to east regions market leader, a newly created position. Johnson holds on to her previous role as lead client partner in the deals practice, in addition to h[...]
2024 Virginia 500: Professional Services
JEREMY BLANK U.S. TAX CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, DELOITTE, McLEAN JACOB BLONDIN PRESIDENT AND CEO, RD HOLDINGS, RETAILDATA, INTRICS, GLEN ALLEN RUTH ‘PAIGE’ CLAY GLOBAL SALES AND CLIENT ENGAGEMENT LEADER AND MERCER SENIOR PARTNER, MARSH McLENNAN, RICHMOND MARK ELLENBOGEN CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, BDO USA, McLEAN CASSIE HARTOGS TAX […][...]
Real Estate 2024: LOUIS J. ROGERS
Since Rogers founded Capital Square in 2012, the real estate investment company has completed more than $7.8 billion in transaction volume and grown from handling mainly Delaware Statutory Trust 1031 Exchange offerings to launching a real estate investment trust and developing and operating multifamily properties across the nati[...]
Government | Politics 2024: L. LOUISE LUCAS
Since Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s election, Lucas has become the face of Virginia Democrats’ “blue brick wall” strategy to block Republican priorities in Richmond. Key to her public image is the state senator’s brash and outspoken presence on X, where she has more than 95,000 followers. Democrats’ success i[...]
