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Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2024: TONY BENNETT
After another winning season, Bennett signed a contract extension in May that would take him through the end of the 2029-30 season, with an extra year added if he remains Virginia’s men’s basketball coach as of April 30, 2026. A former point guard for the Charlotte Hornets, Bennett celebrated 16 years with the Cavaliers this[...]
Telecommunications 2024: MICHAEL KEEGAN
As CEO of TNS since 2013, Keegan is responsible for setting global strategy for the privately held networking, integrated data and voice services provider. TNS was acquired by a Koch Industries subsidiary in 2021 and, in 2022, TNS acquired Agnity Global, a leading provider of intelligent business communication applications and i[...]
Health Care 2024: MICHAEL J. FRIEDLANDER
As founder and head of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Friedlander leads 40 research teams with more than 450 faculty, staff and students working together to solve major health challenges, including brain disorders, heart disease and cancer. Under his leadership, the institute, which was founded in 2010, has bee[...]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2024: ANDY EDMUNDS
Edmunds originally began his career in the music industry. As a musician and song writer, he produced a video for MTV, and thus began his love affair with film production. Today, he’s Virginia’s go-to guy for movie and TV projects being filmed in the state. As director of the Virginia Film Office since 2011, Edmunds [&hellip[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: JEREMY WENSINGER
In June, Wensinger replaced outgoing president and CEO Chuck Prow at aerospace and defense contractor V2X. The move was part of a “board-led succession planning process,” the company stated in a press release. Wensinger also serves on V2X’s board of directors. The change follows the move of V2X’s headquarters from Colora[...]
Health Care 2024: PAT DAVIS-HAGENS
Davis-Hagens speaks enthusiastically about the construction of the Harbour View Medical Center, an $80 million, 98,000-square-foot hospital scheduled for completion in Suffolk in spring 2025. Davis-Hagens is passionate about expanding access to care, and the new hospital, as the former nurse has pointed out, will allow residents[...]
Health Care 2024: RONY THOMAS
Bill Anderson, who founded the Eastern Virginia Tissue Bank in 1982, died in a car accident in 2002 at the age of 50. His death left the organization now known as LifeNet with an uncertain future, Thomas said in a 2023 speech. Under Thomas’ leadership since 2004, the nonprofit that provides organ, tissue and cell […]
Economic Development 2024: JAY A. LANGSTON
In the last two years, the four-employee Shenandoah Valley Partnership was involved with more than $300 million in economic development deals representing nearly 500 new jobs in the region. It’s helped create almost 3,000 jobs in the past five years. Langston has led the regional economic development organization since 2018, a[...]
Education 2024: LANCE R. COLLINS
Collins came to Virginia from Cornell University four years ago for a transformative purpose: to build Virginia Tech’s $1 billion Innovation Campus and aid the commonwealth’s efforts to close a regional tech talent gap. The first academic building on the Alexandria campus is set to open in spring 2025 — pushed back from it[...]
Education 2024: ANNE M. KRESS
After starting her post-secondary education career as a faculty member teaching English, Kress now presides over Virginia’s largest community college — and one of the nation’s largest — with more than 70,000 students across six campuses, including NOVA’s Medical Education Campus in Springfield. Her tenure began in 20[...]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2024: TIM ROSE
As CEO of the University of Virginia Foundation for three decades, Rose is in charge of stewarding most of the real estate endeavors for the commonwealth’s flagship university. He oversees about 400 employees and 5,200 acres of properties, including iconic locations such as Boar’s Head Resort, Morven Farm and Birdwood Golf C[...]
Real Estate 2024: MARK J. HOURIGAN SR.
Hourigan founded construction and development company Hourigan Group in 1993 after stints with Westinghouse and Galloway. The company has more than 200 employees, all based in Virginia. Notable Hourigan Group projects in the works include the $18 million VCU CoStar Center for Arts & Innovation, which will span seven stories [...]
