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Insurance 2024: RICHARD G. ‘RICKY’ SPIRO
With more than 30 years of experience in insurance and financial services, Spiro has led the Henrico County-based property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and advisory firm since 2017. A portfolio company of Washington, D.C.-based Carlyle Group, The Hilb Group has more than 2,200 employees in 29 states. The f[...]
Law 2024: JONATHAN P. HARMON
In 2017, McGuireWoods’ board of partners elected Harmon to be the first Black chairman of the state’s largest law firm. In the role, Harmon is the face of the firm, responsible for its big-picture strategy and vision. In addition to leading McGuireWoods, Harmon continues to work as a trial lawyer skilled at communicating c[...]
Education 2024: BRIAN O. HEMPHILL
In July, after more than two years of planning, Old Dominion merged with Eastern Virginia Medical School to form the largest suite of health care programs in the state, with 56 academic programs. The newly integrated entity, in recognition of a $20 million gift from Joan Brock, is known as Macon & Joan Brock Virginia [&helli[...]
Banking | Finance 2024: JEFF GRINSPOON
In a 2022 entry nominating Grinspoon for the Savvy Ladies’ Male Ally award at Hightower Advisors, which recognizes men in the financial field who value equality, VWG’s CEO, Elana Fine, talked about how Grinspoon created a culture at the firm that attracts, retains and promotes women. “Jeff gave me the room to lead and pl[...]
Economic Development 2024: VICTOR HOSKINS
Hoskins has led the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority since 2019, when he made the move from Arlington Economic Development after helping bring Amazon.com’s HQ2 East Coast headquarters to the state. FCEDA has helped the county land a string of new headquarters recently, including nonprofit government contractor The[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: JENNIFER FELIX
Reston-based ASRC Federal is a family of companies that serve IT customers in the defense and civilian sectors. Felix joined ASRC Federal in 2019 as executive vice president and chief operating officer, becoming president and CEO in 2020. ASRC Federal is a subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional, an Alaska Native corporation, and em[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: JOHN SERAFINI
Founded by Serafini in 2015, HawkEye 360 is a geospatial analytics company that collects radio frequency data by satellite to identify and track human activity and trends for military, maritime and intelligence clients. Before launching HawkEye 360, Serafini was senior vice president of Allied Minds. A former U.S. Army infantry [...]
Real Estate 2024: JEFFREY M. HYDER
In August 2023, Hyder succeeded Stewart D. Roberson as president and CEO of the architecture firm, as Roberson stepped into the board chair role. Hyder was no newcomer; he joined Moseley in 1993 after earning his bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture. In the past 30 years, Hyder has served as an archi[...]
Transportation 2024: WEBB ESTES
A family man, Estes follows in his great-grandfather’s footsteps leading Estes Express Lines, the largest privately owned freight carrier in North America. In January 2023, he was promoted to president and COO, succeeding his father, Rob Estes, who is now board chairman and CEO. The 93-year-old Estes Express has acquired 24 te[...]
Transportation 2024: BEAU MEMORY
Memory started with Transurban, an Australian transportation company operating express toll lanes in Northern Virginia, in November 2023 after serving as executive director of the E-470 Public Highway Authority in Denver. At Transurban, he oversees the company’s 53 miles of toll lanes on the Capital Beltway and interstates 95 [...]
Insurance 2024: JEFF WRIGHT
Since 2022, Wright has served as CEO of the U.S. division of the Munich-based global travel insurance and assistance company. In April, he received another title: managing director for North America. Elena Edwards had been CEO for North America, as well as chief markets officer and a board member for the parent company, until sh[...]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2024: DR. ELIZABETH CHEROT
Cherot is the first physician to lead the 85-year-old March of Dimes, an organization founded in 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat polio. Today, the March of Dimes focuses on healthy pregnancies and births. An OB-GYN, Cherot joined the nonprofit in January 2023 as senior vice president and chief medical and healt[...]
