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Education 2023: KATHERINE A. ROWE
In 2018, Rowe took the helm of the nation’s second-oldest university, William & Mary, bringing with her a diverse educational background that includes degrees in literature, graduate work in cinema and media studies, and 16 years as an English professor and department chair at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. A Shakespea[...]
Real Estate 2023: ROBB ‘R.J.’ JOHNSON
With 30-plus years of industry experience, Johnson worked with The Staubach Co. beginning in 1995, ultimately serving as president for the mid-Atlantic region until it merged with Fortune Global 500 commercial real estate company JLL in 2008. Johnson has served JLL clients from offices in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Washi[...]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2023: ISAM GHANIM
In his second year as president and CEO at ChildFund International, Ghanim continues to advance the organization’s mission of improving the well-being of children in some of the world’s poorest places. The 85-year-old international children’s charity has assisted more than 21.1 million children and family members in more t[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: D. JAMES BIDZOS
An early advocate of encryption in commercial software, Bidzos is an internet and cybersecurity pioneer. Verisign is the largest internet domain name registry and infrastructure provider. Any address with a .com or .net domain suffix is registered with Verisign. With 350 million registered addresses on its list and 3.5 million m[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: TERRY RYAN
A veteran of the federal technical services market, Ryan stepped in as CEO of the global risk management firm in 2021, following his tenure as its lead director. Ryan has more than 20 years of executive-level experience in the industry, including holding CEO posts at Adroit Systems, VT Group and Tenax Aerospace. He also held [&h[...]
Telecommunications 2023: MATTHEW J. DESCH
Iridium launched five spare satellites in May, completing its plans to upgrade the resilience of its constellation of communication satellites. It now has 66 operational crosslinked satellites and 14 spares. Iridium’s mobile voice and data satellite communications network is used in ships, planes and land vehicles and for Inte[...]
Real Estate 2023: LAURA D. LAFAYETTE
Established in 1874, RAR is Central Virginia’s largest trade association, serving more than 5,000 Realtors in the region. A Richmond native and a champion for affordable housing, Lafayette has been with the association for more than 16 years and also serves as CEO of the region’s Multiple Listing Service. In 2022, Lafayette [...]
Hospitality | Tourism 2023: THOMAS J. BALTIMORE JR.
Baltimore joined the lodging real estate investment trust in 2016, shortly before its 2017 spinoff from McLean-based Hilton Worldwide Holdings. He has led the company through some of its toughest times as the pandemic squelched business and leisure travel. Park continues to bounce back from the pandemic-related downturn, reporti[...]
Real Estate 2023: KIM ROY
From a young age, Roy has been interested in being a builder, and in 2017, she was appointed the first non-family member to lead the 86-year-old company that employs more than 900 workers in the commonwealth. A Virginia Tech alumna with a bachelor’s degree in construction, Roy went to work at Hitt in 1999 as […]
Real Estate 2023: MATT MALONE
Seeking to provide job opportunities to blue-collar workers and skilled tradespeople, Malone started Groundworks in 2016. With more than 700 employees in the state and 4,300 worldwide, Groundworks provides residential foundation and water management solutions, including foundation repair, basement waterproofing, crawl space repa[...]
Professional Services 2023: HORACIO D. ROZANSKI
Rozanski joined the Fortune 500 global management, technology, engineering and consulting firm Booz Allen in 1991 as an intern in Buenos Aires, ultimately rising to CEO in 2015 after holding other leadership positions such as chief operating officer. Booz Allen employs 10,707 people in Virginia and 31,925 worldwide and reported [...]
Health Care 2023: PAT DAVIS-HAGENS
As Bon Secours’ Hampton Roads market president since October 2021, Davis-Hagens oversees nearly 5,000 employees and operations at three hospitals in Franklin, Newport News and Portsmouth, as well as other facilities. Davis-Hagens previously served as president of Cincinnati’s The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health, part of the[...]
