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July 2023 Top Five
1 | 36 Virginia companies make 2023 Fortune 1000 Thirty-six Virginia-based companies made Fortune magazine’s 69th annual Fortune 1000 list, and 24 Virginia companies made the elite Fortune 500. (June 5) 2 | Amazon begins HQ2 move-in Amazon.com Inc. began moving employees into the first phase of HQ2, its $2.5 billion […]
DOLLY OBEROI
“Be unafraid.” That’s the top advice that Dolly Oberoi, CEO of McLean-based technology company C2 Technologies Inc., has for up-and-coming leaders because women are largely underrepresented in both the tech and defense industries, she says. C2 Technologies provides online learning services for aerospace and defense clients[...]
ELENA EDWARDS
Elena Edwards leads by example — she rolls up her sleeves and does the same caliber of work she expects from her team. “Stay focused on employees and what matters to them, and ensure you’re always listening. That’s what drives success for any company,” she says. “You can be there working by their side, and […]
BETSY FRANTZ
Betsy Frantz arrived at Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network (A-SPAN) in February 2020 as its interim director. “I thought I was going to be there for nine months,” she says. Then the pandemic hit, and her job became all about crisis management as the nonprofit, which serves the homeless, continued to operate 24/7,[...]
DR. DIXIE TOOKE-RAWLINS
When Dr. Dixie Tooke-Rawlins helped found the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2001, doctors were sparse in Southwest Virginia. VCOM’s mission was to change that unhealthy situation, and under Tooke-Rawlins’s watch, it has done just that. Osteopathic physicians take a holistic approach to medicine, but like M.D.[...]
CHRYSSA ZIZOS
Chryssa Zizos tells her staff to aim to succeed or fail spectacularly — but whatever they do, don’t be average. “Average is the kiss of death,” Zizos says. “Anyone can be average. Special people do more.” Twenty-five years ago, Zizos started her own media and communications firm in her Alexandria home. Since then, Li[...]
MURPHY TUOMEY
During her 30-plus-year career in engineering and construction management, Murphy Tuomey has seen an increase in the number of women taking industry positions at all levels — both in the private and public sectors. And she’s been there along the way to mentor women entering the industry, and even had a scholarship dedicated[...]
Virginia 500 Spotlight: TODD ‘PARNEY’ PARNELL
FIRST JOB: Pumping gas at a Gulf gas station in high school NEW LIFE EXPERIENCE: Eating good during baseball season WHAT I’VE LEARNED: Eating well while busy is not hard when prepared WHAT MAKES ME PASSIONATE ABOUT MY WORK: Making such a wide-ranging impact on people in the Richmond region on a daily basis, 365 days a [&hell[...]
Reaching the majors
Reaching the “major league” in academic research boosts Old Dominion University’s clout in attracting top talent and grants, emphasizes the university’s vice president for research. Achieving the R1 research classification “enhances the reputation of the university,” says Morris Foster, and “helps in the talent [re[...]
Amazon HQ2 opens to high expectations
Let the tech wizardry begin: Amazon.com Inc. held the grand opening and ribbon cutting for the first phase of HQ2, the ecommerce goliath’s $2.5 billion East Coast headquarters in Arlington County, on Thursday. Dignitaries in attendance included Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Arlington County Board Chair Christian Dorsey, JBG Smith Prope[...]
