2025 Living Legends: ASTON JR., G. ROBERT
Back in 1998, Aston and friends famously launched what would become Hampton Roads’ largest community bank from his garage. By April of the following year, TowneBank opened three offices with the support of 4,000 founding shareholders. Once the $203 million purchase of Old Point Financial is complete later this year, TowneBan[...]
Power Reading: How to get on the Virginia 500
Welcome to the sixth annual edition of the Virginia 500 — Virginia Business’ 2025-26 list of the commonwealth’s most powerful and impactful leaders in business, nonprofits, government and higher education.
Health Care 2025: JACKSON, REESE
Since 2016, Jackson has led Chesapeake Regional Healthcare, which includes the Chesapeake Regional Medical Center and more than 40 practice locations, as well as about 600 physicians serving Hampton Roads. In early April, the hospital opened a psychiatric emergency room, the first on Hampton Roads’ south side, and at the end o[...]
Health Care 2025: JEVSEVAR, DR. DAVID S.
In 2022, Jevsevar became CEO of OrthoVirginia, the largest independent orthopedic practice in the state, with 155-plus orthopedic specialist physicians across more than 35 locations in Lynchburg, Northern Virginia, Richmond, Southwest Virginia and Hampton Roads. The practice, which is the official orthopedic and sports medicine [...]