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GHADA IJAM
As executive sponsor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Women in Technology group, Ghada Ijam focuses on outreach, development and advancement of women in technology roles. This position is a natural fit for Ijam, who oversees the central bank’s tech and cybersecurity employees and has held similar positions with Amtr[...]
COURTNEY MOATES PAULK
Not only is Courtney Moates Paulk the first woman president of Hirschler law firm and ranked among the top construction lawyers in Virginia, but she is a record-setting ultra-distance, open-water marathon swimmer. In 2021, Paulk became the first person to complete a two-way crossing of the English Channel, a two-way crossing of [...]
DEB DAVIS
Not only has Deb Davis earned a place as a leader at a major Fortune 500 federal contracting company, but she’s made it her mission to help train the next generation of leaders at Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics Corp. where she serves as vice president and general[...]
LUCIA ANNA “PIA” TRIGIANI
A real estate lawyer who is passionate about education, Lucia Anna “Pia” Trigiani enjoys training and mentoring new attorneys, and for more than 20 years, she has taught continuing legal education courses. She has received numerous awards throughout her career, including being named Educator of the Year seven times since 199[...]
Wonder women
At an early June networking reception to celebrate this year’s Virginia Business Women in Leadership Awards winners, many in attendance pointed out how unusual it was for dozens of women executives from across various industries to join together in the same room. Held at law firm Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP’s Richmo[...]
JOANNE INMAN
Since 2016, Joanne Inman has seen tremendous growth during her tenure at Sentara Leigh Hospital, one of Norfolk-based Sentara Health’s largest hospitals. Sentara Leigh’s emergency department surged from seeing more than 70,000 patients a year to 93,000 patients in 2022, while inpatient and obstetrics admissions increased by [...]
LINDA HUTSON GREEN
Throughout her career, Linda Hutson Green has been the only woman on her work team more than once, but it hasn’t prevented her from making an impact. Today, she’s the first woman to hold the role of vice president of economic development for the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, in addition to directing and [&hel[...]
MY LAN TRAN
During the past 12 years, My Lan Tran has led an organization giving a voice to more than 187,000 Asian American-owned enterprises in Virginia: the Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce. The chamber’s executive director, she also is administrator of the Virginia Asian Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps develop educat[...]
KIMBERLY CHRISTNER
During her 35-year career in hospitality, Kimberly Christner has seen major changes in female representation in her industry. “For many of those years, I might be the only female at the table in a leadership position,” she says, “but that has changed, thankfully.” As president and CEO of Cornerstone Hospitality LLC, Chri[...]
ERIN BURCHAM
Erin Burcham says she has “a growth mindset,” making her a perfect fit to lead Verge, an umbrella organization for the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council and the Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program (RAMP). Burcham’s job is to pursue initiatives that can expand the tech and life sciences sector of the Roanoke Vall[...]
MELANIE McGRATH
Since 2013, Melanie McGrath has worked for Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. and its subsidiary, Newport News Shipbuilding, and she’s seen some massive federal contract awards come in — especially since 2019, when she was promoted to director of its submarine division. In February, HII broke ground on a facility to support[...]
AISHA McGILL
Since joining Chantilly-based Koniag Government Services (KGS) four years ago, Aisha McGill has been instrumental in standing up several units at the Alaska native-owned government contractor, including its IT department and marketing and communications organization, as well as a unit focused on compliance. But what McGill takes[...]
