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Hospitality | Tourism 2025: CLIFFORD B. ‘CLIFF’ FLEET
PRESIDENT AND CEO, COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION, WILLIAMSBURG
Virginia Business //September 1, 2025//
Hospitality | Tourism 2025: CLIFFORD B. ‘CLIFF’ FLEET
PRESIDENT AND CEO, COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION, WILLIAMSBURG
Virginia Business //September 1, 2025//
Fleet became the ninth president of the world’s largest living history museum in 2020. Prior to that, he was CEO and president of 22nd Century Group and, before that, president and CEO of Richmond-based tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris USA. He’s also an adjunct professor at William & Mary’s Raymond A. Mason School of Business.
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation launched in 2023 a $600 million fundraising campaign to support preservation, education and civic engagement projects.
In March, the foundation and the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission hosted their third conference for officials planning events to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026, drawing participants from 40 states. And this year, Colonial Williamsburg Resorts expects to open a new nine-hole golf course.
Fleet holds four degrees from William & Mary: a law degree, an MBA, a master’s degree in history and a bachelor’s in history and religion. He is a past chair of the William & Mary Foundation and co-chair of the Hampton Roads Executive Roundtable, and he is part of the VA250 Commission.
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