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2024 Virginia 500: Hospitality | Tourism
CHRIS ALBRECHT SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, CAESARS VIRGINIA, DANVILLE THOMAS J. BALTIMORE JR. CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, PARK HOTELS & RESORTS, TYSONS DOUG BRADBURN PRESIDENT AND CEO, GEORGE WASHINGTON’S MOUNT VERNON, FAIRFAX COUNTY JAMES CARROLL PRESIDENT AND CEO, CRESTLINE HOTELS AND RESORTS, FAIRFAX CHRISTY S. […][...]
Retail 2024: KEVIN MURPHY
Ferguson, an American-British plumbing and heating products distributor with about 35,000 employees, reported $29.7 billion in net sales in 2023. In August, the company announced its North American subsidiary, Ferguson Enterprises, would also be headquartered in Newport News, following a corporate reorganization. Ferguson has be[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: MARK PETERS
On Sept. 3, Peters will succeed Jason Providakes as president and CEO of Mitre, a not-for-profit research and development corporation that manages federally funded R&D centers. Mitre has more than 60 sites worldwide, employing 10,000 workers. The corporation’s 200-plus labs develop innovations in applied science and techno[...]
Economic Development 2024: JOE BENEVENTO
Benevento was named the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corp.’s permanent president and CEO in April. He had served as interim leader since September 2023, after his predecessor, Bob Stolle, stepped down. The nonprofit operations arm of a state authority, VIPC provides strategic commercialization and funding support to Virgini[...]
Economic Development 2024: TODD P. HAYMORE
Since 2018, Haymore has led the global economic development consultancy within Hunton Andrews Kurth, one of the nation’s largest law firms. He previously served as Virginia’s secretary of commerce and trade under Gov. Terry McAuliffe and secretary of agriculture and forestry for Gov. Bob McDonnell. A Danville native, Haymore[...]
Living Legends 2024: WILLIAM G. ‘BILL’ CRUTCHFIELD JR.
A lifelong entrepreneur and self-described “electronics nerd,” Crutchfield was only 13 when he built what he believes to be the first stereo system in Virginia. By age 15, he formed his first business, installing stereo equipment in homes throughout Charlottesville. The war in Vietnam put a hold on his business plans when he[...]
Real Estate 2024: STEVE E. LAWSON
Chairman of his family’s real estate company since 2016, Lawson is focused on the strategic direction, mission and long-term goals of the 52-year-old firm. A third-generation builder and developer, Lawson has long been a passionate advocate for equitable and affordable housing, testifying before Congress and using his leadersh[...]
Law 2024: MICHAEL R. SKLAIRE
Sklaire says sharing the duties of running the Northern Virginia office with Laura Foote Reiff don’t involve the kind of constant tussles for power you see on television law shows. “When two people have [a] similar vision of how the office should be, it’s seamless,” he says. The job hasn’t changed much, Sklaire says,[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: SUSAN WEDGE
Since joining IBM in 2002, Wedge has taken on roles of increasing responsibility. In 2022, she was tapped to lead IBM Consulting’s U.S. public and federal market, a portfolio worth more than $2.2 billion that supports more than 4,000 U.S.-based consultants. She also has served as IBM’s head of federal operational transformat[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: THEODORE ‘TED’ HANSON
After becoming ASGN’s CEO in May 2019, Hanson moved the Fortune 1000 IT and professional staffing services firm’s headquarters from California to Henrico County in 2020. Hanson previously worked for Apex Systems, one of ASGN’s subsidiaries, serving as its chief financial officer for 15 years. After Apex was purchased by AS[...]
How we assemble the Virginia 500
Welcome to our fifth annual edition of the Virginia 500! For those who aren’t familiar with the Virginia 500, we like to say that it’s like the Fortune 500 but instead of companies, it’s about people — specifically, the most powerful Virginia executives and officials in business, nonprofits, higher education, government [...]
Manufacturing 2024: CHARLES ‘CHARLIE’ LUCK IV
Representing the third generation of the Luck family at the helm, Charlie Luck IV became president and CEO of the 101-year-old crushed stone company in 1999. Luck’s first stint at the family business was as a summer trainee while studying at Virginia Military Institute, where he graduated in 1983. He then was a professional NA[...]
