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Government Contractors | Technology 2025: USTICA, JOHN
Before being named president and CEO in 2022 of the U.S. contracting arm of German tech conglomerate Siemens, Ustica served as SGT’s senior vice president and chief financial officer. Now, he oversees a government contracting firm focused on securing and modernizing technology infrastructure. Before joining SGT in 2018, Us[...]
Education 2025: COLLINS, LANCE R.
Collins came to Virginia from Cornell University in August 2020 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 opened earlier this year, but computer science and engineering students sta[...]
Health Care 2025: DAVIS-HAGENS, PAT
Davis-Hagens has had a busy 2025 as Bon Secours expands its Hampton Roads facilities. The health system opened its Harbour View Medical Center, an approximately $80 million, 100,000-square-foot hospital in Suffolk, in May. That month, Bon Secours also opened a primary care clinic in Portsmouth, and in June, its women’s ima[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: DAHUT, KAREN
Dahut became CEO of Google Public Sector, a subsidiary focused on government and educational contracting, in 2022. Before joining Google, Dahut led Booz Allen Hamilton’s $4 billion global defense business. Dahut served in the U.S. Navy for six years, including at the Navy Medical Research Institute in Maryland. As a civili[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: ASH, RON
In 2024, Ash succeeded John Goodman as CEO and board chair for Accenture Federal Services, an Accenture subsidiary that serves U.S. federal government clients. Ash served as chief operating officer at AFS since 2022. He joined Accenture in 1996 and moved to AFS in 2002, taking on various executive roles. Ash landed for the first[...]
Education 2025: ABDULLAH, MAKOLA M.
A scan of Abdullah’s accomplishments since joining the public, historically Black university in 2016 makes clear why his résumé includes so many accolades, prestigious board appointments and spots on top 10 and “best of” lists — not to mention a multimillion-dollar contract to stay on as president through 2029. Und[...]
2025 Living Legends: SANGHANI, MEHUL P.
Sanghani announced his departure in February from the technology firm he founded nearly 20 years ago, writing, “Octo is not just something I built; it’s a part of me, as essential as any bodily organ. It is not something that can ever be transplanted or excised.” Sanghani was born in India and raised in Blacksburg, [&h[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: STOTTLEMYER, TODD
With nearly eight years leading Acentra Health, Stottlemyer oversees a health care solutions company that employs approximately 3,000 people across the United States and India. Founded in 1994 as Client Network Services, the company was acquired by Carlyle Group in 2021, then merged with Nashville, Tennessee-based health care ma[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: WATSON, TOM
Watson became CEO of federal contractor Serco in 2022, after four years as senior vice president of defense business at the North American subsidiary of British parent company Serco Group. He previously worked for Science Applications International Corp. for 22 years, including as senior vice president of SAIC’s Navy and M[...]
Government Contractors | Technology 2025: WINTER, LINDSAY BERRY
A Hampton Roads native, Winter oversees the e-commerce giant’s economic and community investments in Virginia, where Amazon has its East Coast HQ2 headquarters in Arlington County. Since 2010, Amazon has invested more than $135 billion in Virginia through infrastructure and compensation for its 42,000 employees in the stat[...]
Education 2025: WILLIAMS, LT. GEN. DARRELL K. (U.S. ARMY, RET.)
Williams served more than 37 years in the U.S. military and in 2022 became president of Hampton University, a private, historically Black university founded in 1868 — and Williams’ alma mater. A retired Army lieutenant general, Williams was the first Black director of the Department of Defense’s Defense Logistics A[...]
Education 2025: HENRY, DONNA PRICE
Henry is the college’s first female chancellor since its founding in 1954 as a junior college with two buildings. She presides over a four-year liberal arts college encompassing 396 acres with 26 main buildings, attended by more than 1,900 students. Chancellor since 2013, Henry previously spent 16 years in a variety of pos[...]
