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Professional Services 2023: WILLIAM ‘DANNY’ ROBINSON
The Martin Agency’s chief creative officer since 2020, Robinson oversees ad campaigns for big-name clients like Geico, UPS and Old Navy and was named Ad Age’s 2022 Chief Creative Officer of the Year. It’s no coincidence that during his tenure, Adweek named Martin its Agency of the Year for three consecutive years, from 202[...]
Real Estate 2023: ROBERT J. ‘BOB’ CLARK
Clark joined Baskervill, one of the state’s most prominent design firms, more than 25 years ago and was named president in 2004. A graduate of Virginia Military Institute who has an MBA from William & Mary, Clark started his career as a mechanical engineer at Newport News Shipbuilding and served as an Air Force officer [&h[...]
Real Estate 2023: ROBERT M. ‘BOB’ KING
King was named chairman of the commercial real estate company’s board in May after his adoptive father, Harvey L. Lindsay Jr., died on April 19 at age 93. Lindsay adopted King and his brother, Billy, after he married their mother, Frances. Their father, naval pilot Robert M. King Jr., died in a training flight accident [&helli[...]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2023: TRAVIS STATON
In his nearly two decades as head of United Way of Southwest Virginia, Staton has continued to expand the organization’s reach and mission of creating a community impact model to improve the region’s health, education and financial stability. In May, UWSWVA announced a merger with the United Way of the New River Valley. In a[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: MIKE CORKERY
Corkery joined Deltek as its chief financial officer in January 2010 and was appointed president and CEO in November 2012. The company delivers enterprise software, information solutions and consulting services to project-based businesses. Since Corkery took the helm, Deltek has doubled in size; it now has about 30,000 customers[...]
2023 Virginia 500: Manufacturing
Bradford “Brad” Beauchamp PRESIDENT AND CEO, CARPENTER, RICHMOND Manmeet S. Bhatia PRESIDENT AND CEO, TMEIC AMERICAS, ROANOKE Howard Broadfoot PRESIDENT AND CEO, ELECTRO-MECHANICAL, BRISTOL Ester Codina CLUSTER PRESIDENT NORTH AMERICA AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, ALFA LAVAL US SALES, RICHMOND Rob Collier PRESIDENT, CHEMTREAT, GLEN ALLEN […][...]
Real Estate 2023: DONALD E. STONE JR.
Stone, who has been Dewberry’s chief executive since 2010, oversees a $602.7 million engineering, architecture and construction firm with more than 60 offices nationwide. A 1980 civil engineering graduate of The Citadel, Stone was an Army second lieutenant, and after leaving the military in 1983, he joined the engineering firm[...]
Economic Development 2023: DOUG SMITH
After serving as Norfolk’s city manager and Virginia Beach’s deputy city manager, Smith now leads the Hampton Roads Alliance, the regional economic development organization representing 14 municipalities and numerous private-sector investors. For the past four years, Smith and his team have helped establish Hampton Roads as [...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: WILLIAM H. ‘BILL’ DEAN
Founded by Dean’s grandfather in 1949 as an electrical construction company, M.C. Dean was still a relatively small business, with just 150 employees, when Dean became CEO in 1997. Today, M.C. Dean has more than 5,200 employees worldwide, including 2,000 in Virginia, and the privately owned design-build systems integration com[...]
Real Estate 2023: DAN NOVACK
Novack was named president of the Dallas-based contracting and construction management company’s mid-Atlantic operation in January, but his career with Balfour started more than two decades ago. As mid-Atlantic president, he provides strategic oversight for Balfour Beatty’s construction projects in Washington, D.C., Maryland[...]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2023: ROMAINE SEGUIN
Seguin’s global supply chain and logistics expertise as former president of UPS Global Freight Forwarding has served her well as CEO of Good360, a nonprofit that gathers essential goods and distributes them to nonprofits. The organization, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, distributed more than $2.5 billion in e[...]
Living Legends 2023: JOAN P. BROCK
Brock embraces the art of philanthropy, as well as philanthropy through art. A longtime art collector and patron, the Norfolk native donated $34 million to the Chrysler Museum of Art in 2022. Her gift funded endowments for two curator posts and included 40 pieces from her private collection, including works by John Singer Sargen[...]
