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Virginia 500

Aug 30, 2023

Professional Services 2023: RUTH ‘PAIGE’ CLAY

Clay joined the human resources and operations firm, one of Marsh McLennan’s global businesses, in 2011 and uses her expertise in talent assessment and development, organizational design and strategy creation to serve clients in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and the Carolinas. Prior to working at Mercer, Clay was senior vi[...]

Aug 30, 2023

Law 2023: JONATHAN P. HARMON

In 2017, Harmon became the leader of Virginia’s oldest law firm, which had 266 lawyers in Virginia as of March. A nationally recognized trial lawyer, he brings in millions of dollars representing Fortune 500 companies in bet-the-company litigation actions and has represented giants like DuPont, CSX Transportation and UPS G[...]

Aug 30, 2023

2023 Virginia 500: Federal Contractors | Technology

Craig P. Abod  PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY, RESTON     Reggie Aggarwal  FOUNDER AND CEO, CVENT, McLEAN     Mahfuz Ahmed CHAIRMAN AND CEO, DEXIAN, McLEAN        Ryan Angold CEO, ADS, VIRGINIA BEACH     Tom Arseneault PRESIDENT AND CEO, BAE SYSTEMS INC., FALLS CHURCH     Greg Baroni FOUNDER AND CEO, […]

Aug 30, 2023

2023 Virginia 500: Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage

Robert A. “Bob” Archer CHAIRMAN AND CEO, BLUE RIDGE BEVERAGE, SALEM       Elizabeth “Liza” Myers Borches PRESIDENT AND CEO, CARTER MYERS AUTOMOTIVE, CHARLOTTESVILLE       Reid A. Brown PRESIDENT, BROWN DISTRIBUTING, RICHMOND William G. “Bill” Crutchfield Jr. FOUNDER AND CEO, CRUTCHFIELD CORP., CHARLOTTESVILLE     Rick Dreiling CEO, DOLLAR TREE, CHESAPEAKE   […][...]

Aug 30, 2023

Finance | Insurance 2023: FRANCISCO ‘FRANK’ CASTELLANOS

As Greater Washington market executive for Merrill, the wealth management arm of Bank of America, Francisco Castellanos leads the D.C. market’s nearly 150 financial advisers, overseeing some $31 billion in client assets. He was named to the position late last year, having previously been Merrill’s Greater Virginia ma[...]

Aug 30, 2023

Health Care 2023: ANTHONY ‘TONY’ BAKER

Baker leads Fortune 500 pharma manufacturer Merck’s vaccine operations in Elkton, managing hundreds of scientists, engineers who support the manufacturing, validation and process development of medicines to protect people from disease. Before Merck, Baker spent seven years at Biopharm Project Solutions. Baker joined Merck [...]

Aug 30, 2023

Manufacturing 2023: BRIAN D. PALIOTTI

In January, Paliotti took over as Afton Chemical’s president, succeeding Gina Harm, who retired at the end of 2022. A subsidiary of Richmond-based NewMarket, Afton Chemical produces and sells petroleum additives. Paliotti has worked for NewMarket since 2008, most recently as its vice president and chief financial officer. [...]

Aug 30, 2023

Transportation 2023: MARK A. PERRYMAN

Under Perryman’s brief tenure as the Norfolk Airport Authority’s president and CEO, Norfolk International Airport (ORF) has embarked on selecting a developer for an airport hotel, secured federal funding to install a moving sidewalk and brought in Spirit Airlines. In fiscal year 2022, ORF reported $72.5 million in re[...]

Aug 30, 2023

Real Estate 2023: TIMOTHY A. FAULKNER

Named CEO of Breeden in January 2022, Faulkner oversees a real estate development and property management company founded more than 60 years ago by Chairman Ramon W. Breeden Jr. Faulkner previously served as chief operating officer and president of property management for Breeden, which has about 425 employees in Virginia. This [...]

Aug 30, 2023

Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: CLAY CAMPBELL

For Campbell, the past year has been a chance to celebrate milestones — both NASCAR and Martinsville Speedway marked their 75th anniversaries in the second half of 2022. Owned by NASCAR, Martinsville Speedway hosts NASCAR Cup Series races every spring and fall. Campbell’s grandfather, H. Clay Earles, built the paperclip-[...]

Aug 30, 2023

Education 2023: MAJ. GEN. DONDI E. COSTIN (U.S. AIR FORCE, RET.)

A retired 32-year Air Force veteran who served as the branch’s chief of chaplains at the Pentagon, Costin became president of Liberty, one of the nation’s largest Christian universities, in August. Costin, who received master’s degrees in counseling and religion from Liberty, retired from the Air Force in 2018 [...]

Aug 30, 2023

Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: CRAIG P. ABOD

As president of Carahsoft, the privately owned IT and cybersecurity solutions provider, Abod prefers staying out of the media spotlight. It’s enough that everyone in the government contracting industry knows him. A University of Maryland alumnus who founded Carahsoft in 2004, Abod previously worked for DLT Solutions and Fa[...]

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