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Virginia 500

Aug 29, 2024

Banking | Finance 2024: JEFF GRINSPOON

In a 2022 entry nominating Grinspoon for the Savvy Ladies’ Male Ally award at Hightower Advisors, which recognizes men in the financial field who value equality, VWG’s CEO, Elana Fine, talked about how Grinspoon created a culture at the firm that attracts, retains and promotes women.  “Jeff gave me the room to lead and pl[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Real Estate 2024: JEFFREY M. HYDER

In August 2023, Hyder succeeded Stewart D. Roberson as president and CEO of the architecture firm, as Roberson stepped into the board chair role. Hyder was no newcomer; he joined Moseley in 1993 after earning his bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture. In the past 30 years, Hyder has served as an archi[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Economic Development 2024: VICTOR HOSKINS

Hoskins has led the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority since 2019, when he made the move from Arlington Economic Development after helping bring Amazon.com’s HQ2 East Coast headquarters to the state. FCEDA has helped the county land a string of new headquarters recently, including nonprofit government contractor The[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: JOHN SERAFINI

Founded by Serafini in 2015, HawkEye 360 is a geospatial analytics company that collects radio frequency data by satellite to identify and track human activity and trends for military, maritime and intelligence clients. Before launching HawkEye 360, Serafini was senior vice president of Allied Minds. A former U.S. Army infantry [...]

Aug 29, 2024

Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: JENNIFER FELIX

Reston-based ASRC Federal is a family of companies that serve IT customers in the defense and civilian sectors. Felix joined ASRC Federal in 2019 as executive vice president and chief operating officer, becoming president and CEO in 2020. ASRC Federal is a subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional, an Alaska Native corporation, and em[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Insurance 2024: JEFF WRIGHT

Since 2022, Wright has served as CEO of the U.S. division of the Munich-based global travel insurance and assistance company. In April, he received another title: managing director for North America. Elena Edwards had been CEO for North America, as well as chief markets officer and a board member for the parent company, until sh[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Manufacturing 2024: DOUG BASSETT

Since 2012, Bassett has served as president of Vaughan-Bassett, the fourth generation of his family to lead the company. Vaughan-Bassett has been crafting furniture for 105 years now, since 1919. Its brands include Vaughan-Bassett Furniture, Artisan & Post and Laurel Mercantile Co. Home by Ben & Erin Napier. The company,[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2024: DR. ELIZABETH CHEROT

Cherot is the first physician to lead the 85-year-old March of Dimes, an organization founded in 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat polio. Today, the March of Dimes focuses on healthy pregnancies and births. An OB-GYN, Cherot joined the nonprofit in January 2023 as senior vice president and chief medical and healt[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Real Estate 2024: JAMIE THOMAS

With more than 25 years of experience directing commercial real estate operations, Thomas is the executive managing director and market leader for Colliers Virginia. At Colliers Virginia, he oversees all brokerage operations, recruitment, retention and business development in Richmond, Hampton Roads and Charlottesville, which in[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Retail 2024: REID A. BROWN

Brown is among the fourth generation to run Brown Distributing, a company that began in 1919 as a bottling operation for cherry cola and has grown into a major beverage-distribution business. He joined the family business in 2006. His brother, Jason Brown, came on board in 1999 and serves as vice president. Brown Distributing serves […]

Aug 29, 2024

Manufacturing 2024: HOWARD BROADFOOT

Broadfoot has been with Electro-Mechanical since 2009. He was promoted from chief operating officer to CEO when founder Russell Leonard retired in 2021. Operating in Bristol, Virginia, for 65 years, Electro-Mechanical’s divisions include Line Power, Federal Pacific, Mafesa and Mirus International. With five manufacturing facil[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Media 2024: TIMOTHY J. O’SHAUGHNESSY

O’Shaughnessy was named president and CEO of Graham Holdings in November 2015, taking over from his father-in-law. He had been elected to the board a year before, joining Graham Holdings to guide the company in a new direction following its 2013 sale of The Washington Post. Co-founding LivingSocial in 2007, O’Shaughnessy ser[...]

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