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Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: DeETTE GRAY
A former executive at Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems, Gray worked as a math and science middle school teacher after graduating from North Carolina State University and East Carolina University in the 1990s. Her interest in coding led her into the IT field, and she became a software developer. Over the past decade, she’s won [[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JENNIFER CHRONIS
Chronis came aboard VMware in 2022 as vice president in charge of public sector business. A former Army paratrooper with 45 jumps under her belt, Chronis spent 21 years in the military, serving in Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm and retiring as a lieutenant colonel. After that, she went to work for IBM, managing its Army [[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
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[...]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: POUL WEIHRAUCH
Since taking over the reins at the candy and pet food giant in September 2022, Weihrauch has set a goal of doubling its sales by 2033. With $45 billion in sales in 2022, Mars is the largest privately held company in Virginia and the fourth largest in the nation. It has approximately 140,000 employees in […]
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: JAMES GRAMM
In 1983, barely five years after graduating from high school in Alexandria, Gramm sold two new cars on his first day as a sales rep at a dealership in Vienna. “The retail automobile business,” he says, “has been in my blood ever since.” Gramm worked in car sales in Virginia and Maryland, rising to vice […]
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[...]
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[...]
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 [...]
Real Estate 2023: TERRIE L. SUIT
When Suit started her career, she worked for a builder, then became a Realtor and later a mortgage loan officer. Today, after serving as the state’s first secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, as well as a Republican state delegate for eight years, Suit now leads Virginia’s largest trade association. She advoc[...]
