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Education 2025: MCDONNELL, KARL
Focused primarily on online learning for working adults, Strategic Education was formed in 2018 through the $2 billion merger of Strayer Education and Capella Education. Year-over-year revenue for Strategic Education increased nearly 5% in the first quarter of this year. McDonnell previously served as president and CEO of Straye[...]
Education 2025: HALLOCK, KEVIN F.
An economist with a doctorate from Princeton, Hallock joined University of Richmond in 2021. One of the private school’s long-term goals has been affordability. Need-based aid packages average $64,880 toward roughly $84,000 in annual costs for tuition and room and board. Starting this fall, families earning $75,000 or less[...]
Health Care 2025: LEVY, DR. MARLON
After two years serving as VCU Health’s interim leader, Levy was appointed permanently in November 2024. A specialist in abdominal organ transplant surgery, Levy was named to lead the Richmond medical system and its health sciences department following the sudden departure of Dr. Art Kellermann in late 2022. Early in 2023,[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: AGGARWAL, REGGIE
Initially a lawyer, Aggarwal shifted to the events business after planning hundreds of events as president of the Indian CEO Network. In 1999, he founded Cvent, a market-leading meetings, events and hospitality technology provider. Cvent has grown to employ more than 5,000 people and serves more than 24,000 customers globally. W[...]
Education 2025: SANDS, TIMOTHY
Sands became the land-grant university’s 16th president in 2014 after serving as interim president at Purdue University, and is under contract to stay through 2027. He has led the development of Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus, a $1 billion campus in Alexandria for graduate computer science and engineering programs[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: ANGOLD, RYAN
A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and former Navy SEAL, Angold leads a company that was named the 24th largest federal contractor in 2019. Angold left the military in 2005 and joined Blackbird Technologies, a solutions provider for the intelligence community that’s now part of RTX. After a stint at VP Expeditionary Prog[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: ABOD, CRAIG P.
Since Abod founded Carahsoft in 2004, the privately owned IT and cybersecurity solutions provider has grown to land the No. 26 spot on Forbes’ 2024 list of the nation’s largest private companies, with more than $15 billion in revenue and 3,200 employees. In January, Abod, a University of Maryland graduate, was named [...]
Education 2025: FLEMING, SCOTT
Named to lead SCHEV in 2024, Fleming was serving his first term on the council’s governing board when he was hired. SCHEV is a coordinating body for the state’s colleges, implementing statewide policies set by the General Assembly and the governor, suggesting policies and funding, and conducting research. Fleming rep[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: CALIO, CHRISTOPHER T.
Calio became president and CEO of Fortune Global 500 aerospace and defense contractor RTX in 2024. Previously known as Raytheon Technologies, the company moved its headquarters to Arlington in 2022. At RTX, Calio, who previously served as chief operating officer, leads 185,000 employees. Calio also was president of RTX subsidiar[...]
Education 2025: ROWE, KATHERINE A.
Rowe became president of the nation’s second-oldest university in 2018, after serving as provost and dean of faculty at Smith College. She has shepherded the creation of William & Mary’s first sustainability plan, an entrepreneurship hub and the college’s strategic plan, Vision 2026. In July, the college op[...]
Energy 2025: SENECHAL, KRISTEN
Following an eight-month national search, Kristen Senechal was selected to lead NOVEC, succeeding David E. Schleicher, who retired in April. One of the nation’s largest electric cooperatives based on energy sales, NOVEC reported operating revenue of $864 million in 2023. The electric cooperative serves more than 180,000 re[...]
Education 2025: DORÉ, DAVID
When Doré became the 10th chancellor of the Virginia Community College System in 2023, he started his tenure by traveling 3,600 miles in 36 days on a listening tour across the state. Doré oversees 23 colleges with 40 campuses and more than 232,000 students. The former president of Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona, rep[...]
