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Hospitality 2024: JAMES CARROLL
A former Navy fighter pilot with a Harvard MBA, Carroll parlayed his financial management expertise into running one of the largest independent hotel operators in the country. Founded in 2000, Crestline Hotels and Resorts operates more than 17,600 rooms in 28 states and Washington, D.C. Recently, the company was selected to mana[...]
Transportation 2024: STEPHEN A. EDWARDS
The Virginia Port Authority runs the Port of Virginia, which is one of the state’s chief economic drivers. In fiscal 2022, the port’s output sales hit $124.1 billion, up from $100.1 billion in 2021. Meanwhile, Edwards and other port leaders have stayed focused on finishing the $1.4 billion dredging and widening project in th[...]
Retail 2024: JOEL RAMPOLDT
Lidl, a German discount retail grocery chain, entered the U.S. market in 2017. But it struggled to compete with its chief rival, Aldi, and other discount retailers, and Lidl has changed its U.S. CEO three times since 2018. In August 2023, Rampoldt took the reins as the first American to lead Lidl’s U.S. division. His […[...]
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 […]
Retail 2024: GEORGE L. HOLM
Holm became Performance Food Group’s leader in 2008 after more than four decades in the food service-distribution industry, with leadership roles at Sysco, US Foods, Alliant Foodservice and Vistar. He became president and CEO of PFG when the Blackstone Group and Wellspring Capital Management purchased PFG and merged it with a [...]
Transportation 2024: MICHAEL W. COLEMAN
As head of CV International and Capes Shipping Agencies, a family-owned global logistics and vessel agency service company, Coleman is responsible for the overall management, direction and growth of the company. He serves as chairman of the Virginia Maritime Association (VMA) and is a board member of the Hampton Roads Shipping A[...]
Retail 2024: ROBERT A. ‘BOB’ ARCHER
Archer’s career began after earning a business degree from Virginia Tech in 1969, followed immediately by military service and a tour in Vietnam. Upon his discharge in 1972, Archer was named general manager and vice president of Blue Ridge Beverage, the wholesale beer, wine and nonalcoholic distributorship his family has owned[...]
2024 Virginia 500: Transportation
DEVON C. ANDERS PRESIDENT, INTERCHANGE GROUP, MOUNT CRAWFORD MONICA BACKMON CEO, NORTHERN VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, FAIRFAX COUNTY RYAN BANAS ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT AND HRBT EXPANSION PROJECT DIRECTOR, HNTB, NORFOLK JUDY BARRETT PRESIDENT, VIRGINIA MARITIME ASSOCIATION; SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, TOWNEBANK, NORFOLK P. DALE BENNETT PRESIDENT AND CEO, VIRGINIA […][...]
Law 2024: FARHAD AGHDAMI
Born in Tehran, Iran, in 1968, Aghdami came to the United States in 1971 when his father joined the faculty of the Medical College of Virginia as an anesthesiologist. After graduating from the University of Virginia with a history degree, Aghdami earned his law degree from Wake Forest University, and a master of laws degree in [...]
Retail 2024: WILLIAM D. ‘BILL’ NASH
Nash began at CarMax in 1997 as an auction manager, working his way up to president and CEO in 2016. Founded in 1993 in Richmond as a subsidiary of electronics retailer Circuit City, Fortune 500 company CarMax is the country’s largest retailer of used cars, employing almost 30,000 people, including 3,300 in Virginia. According[...]
Real Estate 2024: JACKIE THIEL
Overseeing Long & Foster Real Estate’s 200-plus offices and more than 9,000 real estate agents across eight states and Washington, D.C., Thiel is responsible for the organization’s strategic business direction and operations. The company is owned by The Long and Foster Cos., a subsidiary of HomeServices of America, a Ber[...]
2024 Virginia 500: Manufacturing
DOUG BASSETT PRESIDENT, VAUGHAN-BASSETT FURNITURE, GALAX BRADFORD ‘BRAD’ BEAUCHAMP PRESIDENT AND CEO, CARPENTER, RICHMOND MANMEET S. BHATIA PRESIDENT AND CEO, TMEIC CORP. AMERICAS, ROANOKE HOWARD BROADFOOT PRESIDENT AND CEO, ELECTRO-MECHANICAL, BRISTOL ESTER CODINA MANAGING DIRECTOR, ALFA LAVAL U.S. SALES; CLUSTER PRESIDENT, NORTH AMERICA, ALFA LAVAL, RICHMOND […][...]
