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Virginia 500 2023
Who are Virginia’s most powerful and influential leaders in business, government, politics and education this year? Find out in the fourth annual edition of the Virginia 500: The 2023-24 Power List. Read more about how we assembled the Virginia 500 from our editor. And see a note from our publisher about Virginia’[...]
Agriculture 2023: NEIL A. HOUFF
Founded in 1975, family fertilizer business Houff Corp. expanded to provide a variety of agricultural and industrial services to farmers in the Shenandoah Valley, including crop fertilization and trucking. “We don’t fit in a box,” says Houff, president since the early 1990s. “We are a third-party logistics company th[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: KAREN DAHUT
Last year, Google announced it was standing up a subsidiary focusing on government and educational contracting. In October 2022, Dahut left Booz Allen Hamilton, where she led its $4 billion global defense business, to become CEO of Google Public Sector, based out of Google’s Washington, D.C., and Reston offices. She replac[...]
Finance | Insurance 2023: JAFFRAY WOODRIFF
While many on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) struggle to fit their bios into allotted characters, Woodriff’s says volumes: “Embrace Simplicity, Beware Complexity,” declares the co-founder and CEO of Quantitative Investment Management, a Charlottesville-based hedge fund. Woodriff, Michael Geismar and Greyson[...]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2023: JENNIFER MORRIS
For more than 25 years, Morris has dedicated her life to protecting the environment. She brings decades of global leadership, management skills and a passion for conservation to her role as CEO at The Nature Conservancy, which she joined in May 2020. She began her career in conservation while working with the Ovambo people in [&[...]
Telecommunications 2023: VINCE APRUZZESE JR.
AT&T Virginia’s president since 2010, Apruzzese took on the additional role of president of external affairs for Delaware, Maryland and Washington, D.C., in April. His expanded duties include leading the company’s public policy, legislative and philanthropic activities in the three states and D.C. In a post for t[...]
Real Estate 2023: GEORGE B. CLARKE IV
Clarke graduated from Virginia Tech in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. That same year, he founded MEB. The company started with a handful of employees as a small federal government contractor serving military installations across the Hampton Roads area. Since then, Clarke has grown it into a 250-plus em[...]
Real Estate 2023: MARK DAVID EIN
In addition to serving as Kastle Systems’ executive chairman, Ein is now a new limited partner in the Washington Commanders as part of the group led by majority owner Josh Harris that purchased the Ashburn-based NFL team for a record $6.05 billion in July. Ein also helps run the Citi Open tennis tournament in Washington, [[...]
Real Estate 2023: MATTHEW ‘MATT’ GANNON
Gannon joined Colliers International in his role as executive managing director and D.C. market leader in 2019. He is responsible for the strategic direction and performance of Colliers offices in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Maryland, totaling more than 50 real estate professionals. He had spent the previous five yea[...]
Real Estate 2023: DONALD D. GRAUL
With nearly 40 years of industry experience, Graul joined Branch in 2020 from Centreville-based Parsons Corp., where he was president of construction and a senior executive for alternative project delivery. He also worked previously for AECOM. Founded in 1963, Branch has 1,100 employees and reported $509 million in revenue for f[...]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: ERIK H. NEIL
Neil has been director of the Chrysler Museum of Art since 2014, but his title changed in late 2022 when the position was endowed through a $34 million gift to the museum. He’s now the Macon and Joan Brock director, with the post named for the late Dollar Tree founder and his widow, Joan, both […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: TOM ARSENEAULT
As head of one of the Pentagon’s 10 biggest prime contractors, Arseneault has spent his career heading complex organizations on challenging missions. BAE Systems Inc. is the U.S. arm of the British defense giant and reported $12.6 billion in revenue in 2022. It has 31,300 employees in the U.S., including more than 5,000 in[...]
