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Virginia 500

Dr. Marlon Levy
Aug 29, 2024

Health Care 2024: DR. MARLON LEVY

Levy has held his interim posts for nearly two years since Virginia Commonwealth University leadership pushed Dr. Art Kellermann to resign. Kellermann’s November 2022 exit came shortly before news broke in 2023 that VCU Health had paid approximately $73 million to back out of a $325 million development project that Kellermann [...]

Aug 29, 2024

Banking | Finance 2024: GWEN FAW

In April, Faw, who has worked at Wells Fargo for close to three decades, was named the regional executive for the greater Virginia market, a territory that spans from Virginia Beach to Bristol. She replaced Janet M. Tope, who worked at Wells Fargo for more than 35 years before retiring this spring.    Faw, who lives […[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Real Estate 2024: CARL L. HARDEE

Hardee has been with Lawson Cos. for more than half of its 52-year tenure, and he became president and CEO in 2016. He oversees a 190-employee real estate company specializing in the development, construction and management of affordable, low-income and market-rate multifamily housing communities. Although the company got its st[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Hospitality | Tourism 2024: NEEL DESAI

Desai joined LTD Hospitality Group in 1998 as the second generation of the family-owned hotel development and management company co-founded by Desai’s father in 1983. As a managing principal, he oversees property management and the profitability of its portfolio Following in those entrepreneurial footsteps, Desai in 2021 inves[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Real Estate 2024: MARK DAVID EIN

Founded in 1972, Kastle Systems is a building and security systems provider that employs 700 people, including more than 100 Virginians. An investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Ein also is a minority owner of the Washington Commanders as of 2023. Ein is founder and owner of MDE Sports, which owns the Mubadala Citi DC Open [...]

Aug 29, 2024

Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: WILLIAM H. ‘BILL’ DEAN

In August 2023, Dean opened the doors to a new, 168,000-square-foot building on his company’s manufacturing campus in Caroline County, completing a five-year, $63 million phase three expansion that created more than 500 jobs in Virginia. It’s just the latest development for Dean, who grew the relatively small business that h[...]

Aug 29, 2024

2024 Virginia 500: Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage

ROBERT A. ‘BOB’ ARCHER CHAIRMAN, BLUE RIDGE BEVERAGE, SALEM     ELIZABETH ‘LIZA’ MYERS BORCHES PRESIDENT AND CEO, CARTER MYERS AUTOMOTIVE, CHARLOTTESVILLE     YOUNG CHOI PRESIDENT AND CEO, STARKIST, RESTON     REID A. BROWN PRESIDENT, BROWN DISTRIBUTING, RICHMOND MICHAEL DAVIS CEO AND PRESIDENT, CORT BUSINESS SERVICES, CHANTILLY     RICK DREILING CHAIRMAN AND […][...]

Aug 29, 2024

Transportation 2024: CHARLES W. McDANIEL

McDaniel is Hilldrup’s fourth president since the Fredericksburg-based moving, storage and logistics company was founded in 1903. The McDaniel family has owned the company since 1940. McDaniel also chairs the board for UniGroup, the Missouri-based parent company of United Van Lines and Mayflower Transit. McDaniel has grown the[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Health Care 2024: DR. K. CRAIG KENT

Since joining UVA Health in 2020, Kent, a vascular surgeon who grew up in Nevada, has overseen significant expansion of the integrated health system. With University of Virginia President Jim Ryan, Kent helped establish the $350 million Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology, which broke ground in late 2023. Recognizi[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Real Estate 2024: PATRICK BAIN

Bain joined Long & Foster Cos. in 2010 as president of its insurance and home warranty businesses. Berkshire Hathaway affiliate HomeServices of America acquired Long & Foster in 2017, and in 2018, Bain took on oversight of Long & Foster Property Management and Long & Foster Rental Service Center. Bain rebranded t[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Health Care 2024: AMY SAMPSON

For more than a year, Sampson has led the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, where she oversees 4,000 employees, but she has worked for the pediatric health system for nearly 35 years. Established in 1961, CHKD offers special units for neonatal and pediatric intensive care, cancer care, acute inpatient rehabilitati[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Law 2024: COURTNEY MOATES PAULK

Paulk has led Hirschler since 2018, when she became the first female president of the now-78-year-old firm, which has more than 90 attorneys in offices in Fredericksburg, Richmond and Tysons, and is the state’s seventh largest law firm. Paulk also heads Hirschler’s litigation section.  After graduating from Mary Washington [...]

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