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Finance | Insurance 2023: TOM RYAN
Ryan’s business philosophy is simple: “Take great care of your team and they’ll take care of our [customers], and the business will take care of itself.” Ryan joined Langley Federal in 2012 after more than 20 years with Massachusetts-based Digital Federal Credit Union, where he was executive vice president and chief oper[...]
Manufacturing 2023: BRADFORD ‘BRAD’ BEAUCHAMP
Even early in life, Beauchamp was a businessman: He and his brother earned money by fishing balls out of the ponds and woods by a golf course, cleaning them up and selling them back to golfers. With such a business mindset, it’s no wonder he rose to Carpenter’s top leader, a role he’s held since […]
2023 Virginia 500: Finance | Insurance
John C. Asbury CEO, ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES, RICHMOND G. Robert Aston Jr. EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, TOWNEBANK, SUFFOLK Vikram “Vik” Atal PRESIDENT AND CEO, PRA GROUP, NORFOLK Thomas I. Barkin PRESIDENT AND CEO, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND, RICHMOND Jeff Bentley PRESIDENT AND CEO, NORTHWEST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, HERNDON […][...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: MIKE SALVINO
Since 2019, Salvino has led Fortune 500 IT contractor DXC as its CEO, and he became its board chairman last year. DXC, which employs 133,000 people worldwide, has experienced declining revenue over the past few years. In fiscal year 2023, it reported $14.4 billion in revenue, down from $16.3 billion in 2022 and $17.73 billion [&[...]
Education 2023: GORDON P. ROBERTSON
In addition to succeeding his famous and controversial late father, the evangelical Christian leader Pat Robertson, as president and CEO of the Virginia Beach-based Christian Broadcasting Network and host of its flagship weekday news magazine show, “The 700 Club,” Robertson became Regent’s chancellor in July. Pat Robertson[...]
Hospitality | Tourism 2023: CLIFFORD B. ‘CLIFF’ FLEET
A corporate executive and college professor, Fleet became the ninth president of the world’s largest living history museum in 2020. He is charged with sharing America’s enduring story with new and diverse audiences, while improving its financial health. Before joining the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Fleet served as CEO[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: RYAN ANGOLD
Angold, a former Navy SEAL who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, wore one of ADS’ wetsuits when he was deployed on missions. In 2005, Angold left the Navy and joined Blackbird Technologies, a solutions provider for the intelligence community that became part of Raytheon Technologies (now RTX). He joined ADS in 2010 as Nav[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JENNIFER FELIX
As head of Reston-based ASRC Federal, Felix leads a family of companies serving government IT customers in the defense and civilian sectors. ASRC Federal is a subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional, an Alaska Native corporation, and employs about 8,000 people in 44 states and territories, with 861 employees in Virginia. In May, ASR[...]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: JACK WOODFIN
For Woodfin, heating and cooling is a family affair: His parents, John and Anne, started Woodfin Heating in 1977 to sell heating oil, growing it into one of the largest privately held HVAC-related businesses in Virginia. A Virginia Military Institute and University of Virginia Darden School of Business alum, Woodfin began workin[...]
Energy 2023: ROBERT DUVALL
As president of VNG for the second time, Duvall is responsible for the delivery of natural gas to more than 310,000 customers in southeastern Virginia. A civil engineering graduate of Clemson University, Duvall started his career in 1984 as a distribution engineer at Atlanta Gas Light, a subsidiary of Southern Company Gas, VNG�[...]
Economic Development 2023: ROBERT J. ‘BOB’ STOLLE
Editor’s note: Stolle announced his resignation on Aug. 31, after publication of the Virginia 500. A former state secretary of commerce and trade under Gov. George Allen, Stolle brings years of experience in economic development and public policy to his role leading VIPC. Formerly the Center for Innovative Technology, VIPC is [...]
Finance | Insurance 2023: JOSEPH W. ‘JOE’ MONTGOMERY
It’s coming up on Montgomery’s 50th anniversary of working at Optimal Service Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, a wealth management firm with about $28 billion in funds under advisement. A former All-American captain of William & Mary’s football team, Montgomery was inducted this year into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame[...]
