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Health Care: MICHAEL J. FRIEDLANDER
Friedlander is among the top leaders in Virginia focused on growing the biomedical research industry. Since he founded the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion a decade ago, the institute has doubled its lab facilities in Roanoke and expanded to new laboratories on the Children’s National Research &am[...]
Health Care: LT. GEN. RONALD J. PLACE
Place oversees a Department of Defense agency responsible for providing a medically ready force during peace and war. For Place, that includes leading a staff of nearly 140,000 and overseeing a budget of more than $54 billion. Place has directed the Defense Health Agency since September 2019, leading it through a worldwide pande[...]
Living Legends: TESSA GOWEN ADER
Ader’s influence on the Charlottesville arts community and beyond took a leap in September 2021 with a $50 million gift to the University of Virginia to help build an 1,100-seat performing arts center. A university official said the gift — made in the name of Ader and her late husband, Richard — was the largest […]
Real Estate: ROBERT C. ‘BOB’ KETTLER
Kettler comes from a real estate family. He attended the University of Miami with an interest in architecture. But after taking a year off to sail to South America with a friend, he switched his focus to real estate and business. He also studied at George Washington and American universities, though he didn’t finish his [&hell[...]
Real Estate: TONY FIORILLO
Fiorillo started his career at ECS in 1993 as a field technician, serving as chief operating officer before he was promoted to president in 2020. Founded in 1988, ECS focuses on geotechnical, construction materials, environmental and facilities engineering. It has more than 80 offices and testing facilities in the U.S. and more [...]
Law: F. DOUGLAS ROSS
Ross’ practice focuses on banking, real estate, title insurance, shareholder and partnership disputes, and defamation. His notable courtroom victories include a summary judgment that favored a national underwriter on a title insurance claim, which was upheld by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He also defended a client in [...]
Nonprofits/Philanthropy: STACEY D. STEWART
Great leaders inspire others to be their best, says Stewart, and young women especially benefit from managers who value their input and opinions and encourage them to express both. “Believing in yourself, knowing your self-worth and leaning on those who have succeeded before you can be so vital,” says Stewart, recalling a co[...]
Health Care: DR. MICHAEL P. ‘MIKE’ McDERMOTT
Since 2015, McDermott has led the not-for-profit hospital system that includes two hospitals in Fredericksburg and Stafford County, three emergency departments and about 50 clinics and other outpatient facilities, as well as more than 5,000 health care professionals, including 600 doctors. McDermott is a past chair of the Virgin[...]
Federal Contractors/Technology: MAX PETERSON
Peterson has run Amazon’s cloud computing business for the government, health care, education and nonprofit sectors since April 2021, after spending four years as vice president for international sales within the worldwide public sector. He replaced Teresa Carlson, who left to become president of a San Francisco tech company l[...]
Law: RISA L. GOLUBOFF
Since 2015, Goluboff has served as the first woman dean of the University of Virginia School of Law. A renowned legal historian with degrees from Princeton, Yale and Harvard universities, her scholarship and teaching focuses on American constitutional and civil rights law and their historical development throughout the 20th cent[...]
Manufacturing: GARY M. MIGNOGNA
With a nuclear industry career spanning four decades, Mignogna has served as president and CEO of Framatome and its predecessor, Areva Inc., since 2014. He received his undergraduate and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Drexel University and his MBA from the University of Lynchburg. Framatome, a nuclear reactor�[...]
Health Care: SEAN T. CONNAUGHTON
Since 2014, Connaughton has led the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association, which runs the state’s Healthcare Emergency Management Program with the Virginia Department of Health. As president and CEO of the trade organization, he strives to support the sustainability of Virginia’s health care system, reduce health ca[...]
