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Retail/Wholesale: GILBERT T. BLAND
Bland manages to juggle a successful business career with extensive work as a civic leader. For nearly four decades, Bland has owned and operated dozens of fast food restaurants, primarily Burger King and Pizza Hut franchises. His company’s Giljoy moniker is a combination of his and his wife’s names. As president and CEO of [...]
Professional Services: JASON A. HARTMAN
Hartman is responsible for executing and promoting the accounting firm’s overall strategic plan, growth and direction, as well as overseeing its day-to-day administration and financial management. Brown Edwards has 500 employees and reported $70 million in revenue for fiscal year 2021. Hartman, who joined the multistate accoun[...]
Real Estate: KYLE SCHOPPMANN
Schoppmann’s first job was selling beach supplies at her uncle’s store in Ocean City, New Jersey. Today she’s a leader in a commercial real estate company that earned $27.7 billion in revenue last year and manages more than 125 million square feet of office space in the Washington, D.C., region. In addition to being presid[...]
Living Legends: DWIGHT SCHAR
It’s a year of change for Schar. In May, Schar, 80, retired as chair of NVR Inc., the Fortune 500 homebuilding and mortgage banking business he founded back in 1980 that went on to become one of the nation’s largest home builders. Operating under the Ryan Homes, NVHomes and Heartland Homes brands, NVR reported $1.24 [&hellip[...]
Federal Contractors/Technology: SAMIR KAKAR
Aptara focuses on digital learning from kindergarten through “infinity,” Kakar says, “because learning never ends.” That digital environment includes content creation, publishing services and working with several Fortune 500 companies to improve worker trainings. Formerly known as TechBooks, Aptara was founded in Falls C[...]
Federal Contractors/Technology: STEPHANIE MANGO
Mango hit the ground running in March 2021 after being named president of CGI Federal, the U.S. arm of the Montreal-based information technology and business consulting firm. In October, CGI Federal acquired Array Holding Co. Inc., a digital service provider and federal contractor, adding about 275 employees, while expanding CGI[...]
Health Care: DR. K. CRAIG KENT
A vascular surgeon, Kent joined UVA Health in February 2020, just a month before COVID-19 turned everything upside down — with few affected more than health care industry leaders. The University of Virginia Medical Center swiftly opened a new site for COVID-19 patients in April 2020, an expansion planned to open later in the y[...]
Hospitality/Tourism: LESLIE GREENE BOWMAN
Bowman joined Charlottesville’s Thomas Jefferson Foundation as its president in 2008. The nonprofit owns and operates Monticello, the mountaintop plantation of the third U.S. president and author of the Declaration of Independence. Although she’s the lead caretaker of one of America’s most important historic estates, Bowm[...]
Nonprofits/Philanthropy: ANGELA F. WILLIAMS
As the first Black woman to helm United Way Worldwide, Williams says she’s proud to have built a leadership team consisting almost entirely of people of color that reflects the perspectives and experiences of the diverse people the global nonprofit serves. “True progress requires we make space for the folks who are directly [...]
Retail/Wholesale: REID A. BROWN
Brown is the fourth generation of his family to run Brown Distributing, which serves more than 6,000 retailers and employs over 500 workers. His brother, Jason, serves as company vice president. Founded in 1919, Brown Distributing began as a bottling operation for a popular cherry cola in Richmond operated by brothers Abraham and Isadore Brown. […]
Real Estate: JEFFREY S. ‘JEFF’ DETWILER
Detwiler guides Long & Foster’s seven business lines: real estate, property management, mortgage, settlement services, insurance, corporate real estate services and new development real estate sales and marketing. Long & Foster has 2,506 total employees, 869 of whom are in Virginia, and reported revenue of $1.58 billio[...]
Real Estate: DANIEL FAUST
Faust says the people at AECOM and their expertise in the business are what make him passionate about his work. “Our professionals are passionate about solving the world’s most complex challenges and building legacies for generations to come,” he says. Since 2016, Faust has led the Dallas-based infrastructure consulting fi[...]
