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Law 2024: THE HON. S. BERNARD GOODWYN
It’s little wonder Goodwyn’s classmates at Southampton High School handed him the “most likely to succeed” superlative. Quarterback of the high school football team, Goodwyn was also president of the student body and valedictorian. Goodwyn headed to Harvard, where he played football and ran track. An economics major, Goodwyn graduated magna cum laude. After earning […]
Health Care 2024: MARY N. MANNIX
Following its mission to promote the health of its Shenandoah Valley community, Augusta Health, which Mannix has led since 2008, opened a new community clinic at its main campus in Fishersville in July. Designed for those who do not have a primary care provider or need to be seen quickly, the clinic is staffed by […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: BOB HUGHES
In April, Hughes joined Deltek as its president and CEO, leading a team of more than 4,000 people across the globe — including about 500 in Virginia. Mike Corkery, Deltek’s former leader, moved to an operating executive role at its Florida-based parent company, Roper Technologies. In August 2023, Deltek, a Herndon-based soft[...]
Manufacturing 2024: ASHLEY B. SMITH
Smith, the third generation of his family to lead the precast concrete company, became CEO in 2018 and board chairman in 2022. His grandfather, David G. Smith, started the company in 1960 as Smith-Cattleguard, a nod to the company’s concrete cattleguard innovation. The publicly traded company now has manufacturing facilities i[...]
Real Estate 2024: GARY BOWMAN
Bowman Consulting Group, founded in 1995 as a five-person company, followed Bowman’s 15-year stint at Urban Engineering. The publicly traded engineering services firm has about 2,000 employees with 97 offices nationwide, nine of them in Virginia. In July, Bowman, who remains chairman and CEO, was succeeded as president by Mich[...]
Government | Politics 2024: SCOTT SUROVELL
In 2023, long-time Democratic Sen. Dick Saslaw’s announcement that he would retire from office after a half-century in the General Assembly left a power vacuum within his caucus. After Democrats narrowly hung onto control of the Senate in November, Surovell edged out Hampton Sen. Mamie Locke for the majority leader post in a c[...]
Banking | Finance 2024: TRISTAN CAUDRON
Caudron leads the newly named RiverFront Wealth Advisors, formerly known as Caudron Megary Blackburn Wealth Management Group, a member of the Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network. A native of Washington, D.C., Caudron earned a bachelor’s in economics and psychology at Georgetown University. His background in “behavioral fi[...]
Professional Services 2024: HARVEY L. JOHNSON
Having joined accounting and consulting firm PBMares in October 2003, Johnson had nearly two decades of experience at the accounting and consulting firm when he took over the helm from co-founder Alan S. Witt in January 2021; to date, Johnson is only the second person to lead PBMares. Before becoming CEO, Johnson served as pract[...]
Living Legends 2024: NANCY HOWELL AGEE
In April, Agee received the American Hospital Association’s Distinguished Service Award, the organization’s highest honor, recognizing “significant lifetime contributions and service to health care institutions and associations.” Agee, who has led Carilion Clinic since 2011, announced her retirement in July. Carilion Pre[...]
Media 2024: JAYME SWAIN
Swain leads VPM, a network of television, radio and digital media outlets across the Central Virginia and Shenandoah Valley regions that reaches nearly 2 million people. The foundation manages its endowment. Before joining VPM in 2019, Swain spent nearly a decade as senior vice president of strategy and operations at the Arlingt[...]
Virginia 500 Spotlight August 2024: MAGGIE REED
PERSONAL MOTTO: She believed she could, so she did. WHAT MAKES ME HAPPIEST: I am happiest outdoors doing almost anything or curled up with a book and my dogs. HOBBY/PASSION: I love to read and to learn — be it podcasts, audiobooks, physical books or life experiences. HOW I CHOSE MY CAREER: I went to […]
Virginia 500 Spotlight July 2024: Michael Keegan
FIRST JOB: Installing gas lines into houses in New Jersey TRAIT I ADMIRE: Empathy WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Not to complain. I was complaining recently to a friend about having to go to a speech by some “expert” on AI, only to learn later that my friend was the speaker. True story! SOMETHING I’D NEVER DO […]
