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Health Care: EDWARD A. PESICKA
Pesicka leads a Hanover County Fortune 500 health care logistics and medical supplies company that reported almost $9.8 billion in 2021 revenue and employs more than 20,000 people worldwide, about 1,400 of whom are in Virginia. He spent 15 years at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., leading go-to-market strategies as chief commercia[...]
Real Estate: PAUL C. SAVILLE
Saville joined Ryan Homes, now a subsidiary of NVR, in 1981. Rising through the ranks of the homebuilding business, Saville worked as its chief financial officer, treasurer and executive vice president before being named president and CEO in 2005. Earlier this year, Saville was named executive chairman of NVR’s board, and Eugene J. Bredow succeeded […]
Federal Contractors/Technology: TOM BELL
Though its name conjures luxury, Rolls-Royce is also a major force in powering the U.S. military. In September 2021, Rolls Royce North America won a $500 million Air Force contract to manufacture 650 replacement engines for the service’s fleet of B-52 Stratofortresses, extending the life of the iconic bomber by three decades. The award could […]
Manufacturing: M. SCOTT CULBRETH
Culbreth is a Virginia Tech graduate who has worked for American Woodmark since 2014, starting as its chief financial officer before being named president and CEO in 2020. The company, which sells cabinets under the brands American Woodmark, Shenandoah Cabinetry, Timberlake Cabinetry and Waypoint Living Spaces, grew its revenue [...]
Law: FARHAD AGHDAMI
An expert in tax and corporate law, Aghdami works with high net-worth individuals, middle-market business owners, institutional fiduciaries and charitable organizations on tax planning for wealth transfer, business succession, income tax planning and fiduciary litigation. A graduate of the University of Virginia and the Wake For[...]
Finance/Insurance: JEFF BENTLEY
Boasting more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, Bentley has served as president and CEO of Northwest Federal Credit Union since 2017. Bentley came to Northwest Federal from Florida’s Achieva Credit Union in 2014 to work as senior vice president of lending. During his career, Bentley held leadershi[...]
2022 Virginia 500: Energy
EDWARD H. ‘ED’ BAINE PRESIDENT, DOMINION ENERGY VIRGINIA, RICHMOND ROBERT ‘BOB’ BLUE CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, DOMINION ENERGY INC., RICHMOND ROBERT DUVALL PRESIDENT, VIRGINIA NATURAL GAS INC., VIRGINIA BEACH ANDRÉS GLUSKI PRESIDENT AND CEO, AES CORP., ARLINGTON COUNTY JOHN HEWA PRESIDENT AND CEO, RAPPAHANNOCK ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, FREDERICKSBURG DIANE [...]
Government/Politics: KELLY T. GEE
After serving as the Virginia Lottery’s acting executive director since January, Gee was made the lottery’s permanent leader by Gov. Glenn Youngkin in June. She heads an agency that generated $3.5 billion in fiscal 2022, with more than $770 million in lottery profits going to Virginia public schools. Gee has been with the in[...]
Law: THE HON. ROGER GREGORY
The son of tobacco factory workers, Gregory has spent his life blazing trails. He’s the first person in his family to graduate from high school. After graduating from Virginia State University and the University of Michigan Law School, he and future Gov. L. Douglas Wilder founded a Richmond law firm in 1982. Wilder became the [...]
Arts/Entertainment/Sports: ALEX NYERGES
Last year, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts embarked on a $190 million expansion and renovation plan that will add a 170,000-square-foot wing. Earlier this year, Nyerges said that wing would be named for philanthropists James W. and Frances Gibson McGlothlin, who made a $60 million gift toward the expansion campaign. A project o[...]
Law: PHILIPPE J.C. SIGNORE
Signore began his career as a physicist, earning a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and then a Ph.D. from the University of Florida. After earning his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, he transitioned to handling patents and intellectual property matters for a variet[...]
Economic Development: TAYLOR V. ADAMS
Adams’ favorite vacation spot is Virginia Beach, and his favorite beverage is the city’s famous orange crush, a mixture of vodka, orange liqueur, a splash of lemon-lime soda, and freshly squeezed orange juice. Nevertheless, this summer Adams was a finalist for the position of city manager in Salem, Oregon, a job that went to[...]
