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Real Estate: BOB MILKOVICH
Milkovich joined Rand, a privately owned, nationwide commercial general contractor specializing in retail and restaurant construction, tenant interiors and building renovations, in January 2019 as its chief. He succeeded Linda Rabbitt, who founded the company more than three decades ago. Before that, Milkovich served as CEO of F[...]
Law: WILLIAM R. ‘BILL’ VAN BUREN III
A past president of the Virginia Bar Association and the Virginia Law Foundation, Van Buren joined his firm — then known as Canoles, Mastracco, Martone, Barr and Russell — in 1981, after graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law. Also a William & Mary alum, Van Buren comes from the family that formerly [&h[...]
Finance/Insurance: NIGEL MORRIS
The website Crowdfund Insider describes Morris “as one of the most famous and successful fintech investors in the world.” Along with Richard Fairbank, who Morris calls “one of the most special human beings on the planet,” Morris co-founded Capital One Financial Corp. in the early 1990s. He left his position as Capital On[...]
Federal Contractors/Technology: TODD STOTTLEMYER
The head of health information technology company CNSI since 2018, Stottlemyer remained CEO after the company changed hands in December 2021. Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm The Carlyle Group purchased CNSI, which was founded in 1994 as Client Network Services Inc., for an undisclosed amount. CNSI processes medical cl[...]
Federal Contractors/Technology: WILLIAM H. ‘BILL’ DEAN
When Dean took over as CEO of the electrical engineering firm founded by his grandfather in 1949, M.C. Dean had “150 good employees with good DNA and a great work ethic,” Dean told Virginia Business in 2020. Dean joined the company in 1990 to start its technology division and became president and CEO in 1997. […]
Real Estate: MATTHEW ‘MATT’ GANNON
Gannon oversees Colliers’ offices in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Maryland, with more than 50 real estate professionals providing clients with an array of services including representing commercial tenants and landlords and providing valuations and appraisals, and marketing and research. Colliers, an international c[...]
Education: AIMEE ROGSTAD GUIDERA
With a background in K-12 education strategy, Guidera was the first person appointed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin to his Cabinet, announced a month after the Republican was elected governor. Before becoming state education secretary, she ran an education consultancy, Guidera Strategy, and also founded the Data Quality Campaign, a no[...]
Education: BRIAN O. HEMPHILL
Hemphill is no stranger to building partnerships. After becoming Old Dominion University’s president in summer 2021, he helped forge a partnership between ODU, Norfolk State University and Eastern Virginia Medical School to create a regional school of public health. Later in the year, ODU, EVMS and Sentara Healthcare entere[...]
Federal Contractors/Technology: ROY AZEVEDO
When Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a subsidiary of Fortune 500 defense giant Raytheon Technologies Corp., acquired Colorado-based space electronics firm SEAKR Engineering for an undisclosed sum in late 2021, Azevedo spoke about the race to control space. “Today’s growing space market demands greater innovation, technolo[...]
Manufacturing: JOHN W. STREET
Street launched his nearly 50-year career with Ethyl Corp. as vice president of health, safety and environment in 1975 after he graduated from Mississippi State University. Although he left in 2007 for a comparable role with Ethyl’s sister company, Afton Chemical Corp., Street returned to Ethyl after three years. Since 2015, [...]
Federal Contractors/Technology: STU SHEA
Shea started his career in national security by building some of the CIA’s earliest computer systems. Today, he’s leading the integration of three businesses into one, as well as moving into a new corporate headquarters in Reston Town Center. A national security contractor formed in 2017 after private equity fund Veritas Cap[...]
Hospitality/Tourism: THOMAS J. BALTIMORE JR.
Gray skies are gonna clear up. If Baltimore were to sum up the hospitality industry in song, that might be the lyric he’d choose. The pandemic decimated the hotel business, but Baltimore is optimistic 2022 may be remembered as a return to normal, saying in May, “I am extremely pleased with Park’s first quarter results, [&h[...]
