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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 lea[...]
Transportation 2024: BEAU MEMORY
Memory started with Transurban, an Australian transportation company operating express toll lanes in Northern Virginia, in November 2023 after serving as executive director of the E-470 Public Highway Authority in Denver. At Transurban, he oversees the company’s 53 miles of toll lanes on the Capital Beltway and interstates[...]
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[...]
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 [...]
Transportation 2024: WEBB ESTES
A family man, Estes follows in his great-grandfather’s footsteps leading Estes Express Lines, the largest privately owned freight carrier in North America. In January 2023, he was promoted to president and COO, succeeding his father, Rob Estes, who is now board chairman and CEO. The 93-year-old Estes Express has acquired 2[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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,[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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 […]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2024: JACK DYER ‘J.D.’ CROUCH II
Following a long and distinguished diplomatic and national security career that included leadership roles in the public and private sectors, Crouch became the USO’s 23rd president and CEO in 2014. The USO, which receives about $200 million in contributions annually, works in more than 250 locations throughout the world and[...]
