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Economic Development 2023: JENNIFER WAKEFIELD
Assuming her current role in 2021, Wakefield served as interim president and CEO twice for the Greater Richmond Partnership, a regional economic development organization for Richmond and the counties of Chesterfield, Hanover and Henrico. She has also been the partnership’s chief operating officer and senior vice president [...]
Education 2023: JONATHAN R. ALGER
Alger, who joined JMU in 2012, has led the public university to new heights. In the past two years, the university received R2 research classification from the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, joined the Sun Belt Conference and the FBS level in NCAA Division I football, and saw the graduation of the first cohort from [&h[...]
Transportation 2023: STEPHEN A. EDWARDS
With oversight of the entire Port of Virginia system, Edwards is responsible for its marine terminal facilities in Hampton Roads as well as the Virginia Inland Port in Front Royal. Formerly CEO of TraPac, Global Container Terminals and Ports America, Edwards joined the port authority during the pandemic in January 2021, a challe[...]
Law 2023: BRADLEY J. LINGO
Lingo became dean of Regent University’s law school in June, after former North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin left to become founding dean of the High Point University School of Law. Lingo has guided Regent Law toward records for enrollment, median LSAT and U.S. News & World Report rankings. In the p[...]
2023 Virginia 500: Real Estate
Patrick Bain PRESIDENT AND CEO, THE LONG & FOSTER COS., CHANTILLY Stephen Ballard PRESIDENT AND CEO, S.B. BALLARD CONSTRUCTION, VIRGINIA BEACH Brendan Bechtel CHAIRMAN AND CEO, BECHTEL CORP., RESTON Brian F. Bortell PRESIDENT, CHAIRMAN AND CEO, TIMMONS GROUP, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY Gary Bowman FOUNDER, CEO AND CHAIRMAN, BOWMAN […]
Agriculture 2023: GEORGE C. FREEMAN III
A Richmond native, Freeman has been Universal’s CEO since 2008 and president since 2006. From 2001 to 2005, he was the corporation’s general counsel and secretary, and he worked at law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth (then Hunton & Williams) in the early to mid-1990s. The world’s largest supplier of tobacco leaf,[...]
Economic Development 2023: BARRY DuVAL
DuVal, who has led the Virginia Chamber since 2010, oversaw the launch this summer of the chamber’s WiseChoice Healthcare Alliance, a multiple employer welfare association to offer health care plans for small businesses. Made possible through new state legislation, WiseChoice was the first such self-funded health insurance[...]
Education 2023: KEVIN F. HALLOCK
Hallock, who joined UR as its president in 2021, launched a new strategic plan for the private university this year that includes more faculty, increased and simplified financial aid and greater community involvement. In March, UR announced a $25 million gift — the second largest in the university’s history — from alum[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: BRIAN HUSEMAN
Huseman is one of the most prominent representatives of Amazon.com in Arlington, where the e-tailer held a grand opening for the first buildings on its HQ2 East Coast headquarters campus in June. A former U.S. Department of Justice attorney and associate general counsel for the Federal Trade Commission, Huseman leads Amazon̵[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: MATT TAIT
Tait was named CEO and president of the government contractor in October 2022, shortly after the 55-year-old company went private in a $4.2 billion sale to Carlyle Group. The Navy veteran joined the company in 2018 as a division president and was named chief operating officer in 2020, leading the company’s expansion and th[...]
Finance | Insurance 2023: ELENA EDWARDS
Edwards joined French travel insurance agency Allianz Partners in 2019 as general manager of the U.S. business unit. She was named CEO of Allianz Partners USA in June 2020 and took on the additional the role of regional CEO for North America in July 2021 before being appointed chief markets officer and a board member […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: RICHARD G. ‘RICKY’ SPIRO
When Spiro stepped into the leadership role for Henrico County-based insurance company The Hilb Group, he brought with him more than 30 years of experience in insurance and financial services. Prior to joining Hilb, Spiro served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of property and casualty insurer Chubb. Befor[...]
