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Virginia500 2024

Aug 29, 2024

Government | Politics 2024: L. LOUISE LUCAS

Since Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s election, Lucas has become the face of Virginia Democrats’ “blue brick wall” strategy to block Republican priorities in Richmond. Key to her public image is the state senator’s brash and outspoken presence on X, where she has more than 95,000 followers. Democrats’ success in the November e[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Health Care 2024: DR. MICHAEL J. DACEY

Dacey has stayed busy since January 2023, when the Riverside Health System president added CEO to his title and responsibilities. Riverside has more than 9,500 employees and operates seven hospitals in Newport News, Williamsburg, Hampton, Yorktown, Gloucester and Onancock, as well as 110 medical offices in the region. In May, Da[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2024: ANGELA F. WILLIAMS

President and CEO of United Way since 2021, Williams is the first Black woman to lead the organization. Previously, she was president and CEO of Easterseals and executive vice president at YMCA of the USA. United Way Worldwide and its four partners in the Power Forward Communities coalition received a $2 billion, seven-year Nati[...]

Aug 29, 2024

2024 Virginia 500: Professional Services

JEREMY BLANK U.S. TAX CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, DELOITTE, McLEAN     JACOB BLONDIN PRESIDENT AND CEO, RD HOLDINGS, RETAILDATA, INTRICS, GLEN ALLEN     RUTH ‘PAIGE’ CLAY GLOBAL SALES AND CLIENT ENGAGEMENT LEADER AND MERCER SENIOR PARTNER, MARSH McLENNAN, RICHMOND     MARK ELLENBOGEN CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, BDO USA, McLEAN     CASSIE HARTOGS TAX […]

Aug 29, 2024

Professional Services 2024: JEANELLE JOHNSON

In August, PwC named Johnson managing partner for the Washington, D.C., office, which serves clients in Northern Virginia. Johnson replaces Kevin Smithson, who was promoted to east regions market leader, a newly created position. Johnson holds on to her previous role as lead client partner in the deals practice, in addition to h[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Real Estate 2024: MARK C. LOWHAM

Since 2011, Lowham has led the Washington, D.C., office of the luxury real estate company, where he sells residential real estate to the rich and famous. In 2024, he was once again named to T3 Sixty’s Swanepoel Power 200 list, a ranking the country’s top leaders in residential real estate. He is ranked among the […]

Aug 29, 2024

Real Estate 2024: LOUIS J. ROGERS

Since Rogers founded Capital Square in 2012, the real estate investment company has completed more than $7.8 billion in transaction volume and grown from handling mainly Delaware Statutory Trust 1031 Exchange offerings to launching a real estate investment trust and developing and operating multifamily properties across the nati[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Retail 2024: DALE FARINO

A former board vice chair, Farino was named CEO of Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority in April, succeeding Travis Hill, who led the agency for nearly a decade. Farino was executive vice president of Sandston-based Breakthru Beverage Virginia, a wine and spirits wholesaler and brokerage company, and previously worked a[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Retail 2024: JERRY MURRELL

As a young student in Michigan, Murrell’s academic struggles prompted a warning from a nun at his Catholic school: He would end up flipping burgers. It took a few years, during which he earned an economics degree from the University of Michigan, worked in life insurance, got married twice and had five sons. But eventually [&he[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Manufacturing 2024: CHRIS KEFFER

Keffer, who took over leadership of U.S. operations in August 2023 for German chainsaw and power tools manufacturer Stihl, has been leading Stihl’s transition toward battery-powered equipment, a $60 million-plus investment that included conversion of 84,000 square feet of warehouse space to battery tool manufacturing. He joine[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: CRAIG P. ABOD

Since Abod founded Carahsoft in 2004, the privately owned IT and cybersecurity solutions provider has grown to land the No. 45 spot on Forbes’ 2023 list of the nation’s largest private companies, with $11 billion in revenue and 2,470 employees. Abod is a University of Maryland alum who previously worked for DLT Solutions and[...]

Aug 29, 2024

Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: MAHFUZ AHMED

In the mid-1990s, Ahmed founded what’s now Dexian as a side venture while working as a consultant for Northrop Grumman and a senior technical manager for Mobil Oil. Today, the McLean-based provider of staffing, IT and workforce solutions employs about 12,000 workers across 70 locations worldwide. Originally known as Digital In[...]

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