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Living Legends 2024: CLYDE STACY
Stacy, a former coal mining executive who headed Rapoca Energy, founded Par Ventures in 2000. In 2018, he purchased the vacant Bristol Mall for $2.6 million through Par Ventures and partnered with high school chum Jim McGlothlin to build Virginia’s first casino. Stacy and McGlothlin were instrumental in changing state gambling[...]
Manufacturing 2024: GREGORY H. TREPP
Trepp had served as president and CEO at Hamilton Beach Brands since 2017. In February, he became CEO alone, as R. Scott Tidey was appointed company president, part of the appliance manufacturer’s succession plan. Tidey previously was senior vice president of global sales at subsidiary Hamilton Beach Brands Inc. Trepp joined H[...]
Manufacturing 2024: JOHN M. STEITZ
In 2019, Steitz was named president and CEO of plastic films and aluminum extrusions manufacturer Tredegar, a 1989 spinoff of Richmond fuel additives company Ethyl. Steitz had served on Tredegar’s board of directors since 2017 while also serving as CEO of polymer additives supplier Addivant, which merged with SI Group in 2018.[...]
Manufacturing 2024: JON MOORE
Since 2019, Moore has served as president and CEO of tobacco products manufacturer Philip Morris USA, maker of Marlboro cigarettes. He has worked under parent company Altria Group since 2003, serving as vice president of its heated tobacco products division and director of marketing for NuMark, Altria’s early e-vapor subsidiar[...]
Professional Services 2024: JEREMY BLANK
With nearly three decades under his belt at Deloitte, Blank was promoted in January from head of the Big Four global accounting firm’s Greater Washington market to a national role as U.S. tax chief strategy officer. In his new job, Blank oversees services for national and global tax clients, including specializations such as t[...]
Telecommunications 2024: MATTHEW J. DESCH
Desch joined Iridium as CEO in 2006, took the company public in 2009 and subsequently replaced its first-generation network with new satellites that are expected to last into the mid-to-late 2030s. Iridium has been inventing new services and finding new partners since. In April, the global satellite communications company acquir[...]
Transportation 2024: WILLIAM E. ‘BILL’ WOODHOUR
A University of Delaware alumnus, Woodhour has devoted 32 years to Maersk Line, rising to president and CEO in 2016. Headquartered in Virginia with offices in Norfolk and Dulles, Maersk is the U.S. arm of Danish shipping giant A.P. Møller-Mærsk and has the largest U.S. flag fleet in commercial service. The company was in the [[...]
Banking | Finance 2024: DIETRICH KUHLMANN
Kuhlmann took the helm at the credit union March 1, replacing Mary McDuffie, who was Navy Federal’s first woman CEO. She retired after 25 years with the financial institution, including five as CEO. After retiring from the U.S. Navy as a rear admiral, Kuhlmann joined Navy Federal in 2019 as head of branch operations. He [&hell[...]
Transportation 2024: STEPHEN C. BRICH
With 26 years in transportation, Brich oversees VDOT’s almost 58,000 miles of road, 21,000 bridges and other structures, six tunnels and three ferry systems. Appointed in 2018, he manages approximately 7,700 VDOT employees and an $8 billion annual budget for the nation’s third largest transportation agency. April 17 was a mo[...]
Real Estate 2024: ALBERT G. ‘BEAU’ VAN METRE JR.
Van Metre’s late father founded his family real estate development company in 1955, partnering with B.B. Wills to build the first Van Metre Homes in Burke, a Fairfax County suburb. Beau Van Metre joined the company in 1963. In 2002, he was appointed vice chairman, and he became chairman in 2008. Today, the company has [&hellip[...]
Real Estate 2024: ROBERT C. ‘BOB’ KETTLER
While a student at George Washington University in 1974, Kettler got his start in real estate by remodeling apartments. A third-generation builder and the product of a long line of real estate developers, he left school to focus on work. After discovering a passion for community development, he founded real estate development co[...]
Living Legends 2024: RALPH SAMPSON
University of Virginia basketball legend Sampson already has made his stamp on state history. After winning three Naismith Awards as the National Player of the Year, the 7-foot-4 Sampson graduated from U.Va. in 1983 and played for the Houston Rockets through 1987. The Harrisonburg native won the NBA Rookie of the Year award in t[...]
