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Finance/Insurance: LAWRENCE ‘LARRY’ BERNERT III
A principal and portfolio manager at Wilbanks Smith & Thomas Asset Management LLC, Bernert joined the firm in 1995, five years after the investment advisory firm was founded. He provides investment management and financial advisory services to individuals, families and institutional clients and sits on the firm’s investmen[...]
Health Care: NANCY HOWELL AGEE
The 2020s are shaping up to be a defining time for Agee and Carilion Clinic. In fall 2021, the Roanoke-based health system opened a pediatric outpatient center. Carilion plans to invest $1 billion by 2025 to improve health care services in southwestern Virginia. Half of that money is budgeted to pay for the expansion of [&hellip[...]
Law: MICHAEL HERRING
Herring made headlines in 2019 when he left his longtime position as Richmond commonwealth’s attorney for a partnership at the state’s largest law firm. Two years later, he became managing partner of McGuireWoods’ Richmond office. The Richmond native served 13 years as the city’s top prosecutor. Herring now represents pe[...]
Law: CARL W. TOBIAS
Tobias is a prolific scholar and has held the Richmond School of Law’s prestigious Williams endowed chair since 2004. His career spans 50 years, most of which he has spent in academia. Tobias’ focus often is federal judicial selection. He has written more than 120 law review articles and more than 80 essays, commentaries and[...]
Real Estate: TIMOTHY HELMIG
Helmig works as managing partner alongside his brother-in-law, Anthony Westreich — whose late father, also Helmig’s father-in-law, was commercial real estate icon Stanley Westreich, a major force in the development of Arlington’s Rosslyn area. A graduate of American University, Helmig has overseen $16 billion in capital tr[...]
Manufacturing: HOWARD BROADFOOT
Broadfoot, who joined Electro-Mechanical in 2009, was promoted from chief operating officer to CEO in June 2021 after the retirement of company founder Russell Leonard, who remains on the company’s board. Founded in 1958 as Electric Motor Repair and Sales, Electro-Mechanical manufactures medium voltage electric equipment, prim[...]
Federal Contractors/Technology: SCOTT McINTYRE
Guidehouse completed its acquisition of McLean-based Dovel Technologies in late 2021, adding another 2,000 employees to a workforce that has grown to about 12,000 people in more than 50 locations. Its headquarters move from Washington, D.C., to McLean represented one of Northern Virginia’s largest economic development deals in[...]
Retail/Wholesale: WILLIAM G. ‘BILL’ CRUTCHFIELD JR.
An entrepreneur from the get-go, Crutchfield started out by selling and installing stereo systems in the Charlottesville area as a high schooler before going on to graduate from the University of Virginia. Today, Crutchfield Corp., a privately held electronics retailer based in Albemarle County, employs about 800 workers. In fis[...]
Transportation: REAR ADM. CHRISTOPHER SCOTTY’ GRAY
Gray took over leadership of the U.S. Navy’s mid-Atlantic region from Rear Adm. Charles “Chip” Rock during a change of command ceremony in June. Rock had led operations in the region since 2018 and retired after 35 years of service. Gray is responsible for 14 naval installations — including the Naval Station Norfolk, the[...]
Real Estate: RAYMOND A. RITCHEY
Before becoming senior executive vice president in 2016, Ritchey was national director of acquisitions and development and had overseen Massachusetts-based Boston Properties’ Washington, D.C., office since 1998. Responsible for all business development, leasing and marketing in the D.C. area, he also directly oversees similar [...]
Energy: DAVID SCHLEICHER
In April, Schleicher replaced longtime NOVEC President and CEO Stan Feuerberg, who announced he was retiring after 30 years at the company’s helm. During those three decades, the cooperative grew “into one of the pre-eminent electric utilities in the country,” says its board chairman, Wade House. Now the company is one of [...]
Retail/Wholesale: ELIZABETH ‘LIZA’ MYERS BORCHES
Borches is named after her great-aunt, New York businesswoman Elizabeth Myers, who was the sister of Borches’ great-grandfather, H. Carter Myers. H. Carter Myers co-founded Petersburg Motor Co. Inc. in 1924. During the Depression, he desperately needed cash to keep the business open, so Elizabeth Myers invested in his business[...]
