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Professional Services 2025: METNICK, DAVID
Metnick leads Accenture’s health and public service sectors business across Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland. In that role, he is responsible for advancing the Fortune Global 500 company’s work with government, education and nonprofit clients in the region. He joined Accenture as a senior manager in 2001. In July, Me[...]
Professional Services 2025: SWEET, JULIE
CEO of Fortune Global 500 firm Accenture since 2019 and its chair since 2021, Sweet is ranked No. 11 on Fortune’s 2025 list of the 100 Most Powerful People in Business. She’s also been on Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business list since 2016, ranking No. 2 for 2025. Sweet leads Accenture’s 770,000-person global workf[...]
Professional Services 2025: WALL, KATIE
In 2024, Wall became Richmond market managing partner for Big Four accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. She oversees approximately 175 employees and is part of a network of managing partners nationally and regionally who help PwC run its local businesses. Wall joined PwC in 2006 as an assurance director before making partner[...]
Professional Services 2025: WALLACE, GARY G.
Accounting firm Keiter’s managing partner since 2019, Wallace has more than three decades of finance experience. He oversees the firm’s growth strategy and tax services for corporate clients. With approximately 200 employees, Keiter was named a firm to watch this year by Accounting Today. Keiter was the 125th largest account[...]
Professional Services 2025: TAYLOR JR., JOHNNY C.
Since 2017, Taylor has led SHRM, an association that represents nearly 340,000 HR professionals in 180 countries. Named one of the “300 Most Influential Executives in Corporate America” for 2024 by Savoy magazine, Taylor frequently testifies before Congress about issues impacting American workers. He also authored “Reset:[...]
Professional Services 2025: WOLD, JENNIFER
Wold became Virginia market manager for Forvis in 2023. She came to Virginia from Wichita, Kansas, and oversees the firm’s offices in Richmond and Norfolk. Forvis Mazars was formed in June 2024 when Forvis acquired Paris-based audit, tax and advisory firm Mazars’ U.S. arm. Forvis Mazars, which recorded $5.2 billion in fisca[...]
Professional Services 2025: JOHNSON, JEANELLE
In August 2024, PwC named Johnson managing partner for the Washington, D.C., office, which serves clients in Northern Virginia. Johnson succeeded Kevin Smithson, who was promoted to east regions market leader, a newly created position. She leads 2,500 PwC professionals. Johnson holds on to her previous role as lead client partne[...]
Professional Services 2025: HABEEB, GREGORY D.
Habeeb has been a fixture in Virginia politics and political consulting for decades. He served as a Republican delegate for Virginia’s 8th District in the House of Delegates from January 2011 until his resignation in August 2018; Habeeb wanted to devote more time to his work at Gentry Locke Attorneys. Today, he is president [...]
Professional Services 2025: KEARNEY, BRIAN
Kearney serves as CEO of Kearney & Co., one of the largest CPA firms in the U.S., which was founded in 1985 by Ed Kearney, who is now chairman. According to Washington Technology, the firm as of this year had about $286 million in revenue and about 5,300 employees. Kearney & Co. has also been named […]
Professional Services 2025: De ARMOND, LAURIE
After about two decades with one of the largest public accounting, tax, consulting and business advisory firms in the world, De Armond became market managing principal for the Washington, D.C., area in 2023. She had previously served in various roles, including Greater Washington, D.C., nonprofit and education practice leader. [...]
Professional Services 2025: HANSON, THEODORE ‘TED’
After becoming ASGN’s CEO in 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 ASGN purchased Apex in 2012,[...]
