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Living Legends: DWIGHT SCHAR
It’s a year of change for Schar. In May, Schar, 80, retired as chair of NVR Inc., the Fortune 500 homebuilding and mortgage banking business he founded back in 1980 that went on to become one of the nation’s largest home builders. Operating under the Ryan Homes, NVHomes and Heartland Homes brands, NVR reported $1.24 [&hellip[...]
Health Care: MARY N. MANNIX
The leader of one of a decreasing number of independently owned health systems, Mannix manages a staff of about 2,500 at Augusta Health, one of the largest employers in the Shenandoah Valley. The health system, which includes the main Fishersville hospital campus and 18 urgent care, family practices and other outpatient faciliti[...]
Professional Services: HARVEY L. JOHNSON
Johnson became CEO of Newport News accounting and consulting firm PBMares on Jan. 1. He’s the firm’s second CEO, having succeeded Alan S. Witt, who co-founded the company in 1979. Johnson joined PBMares in October 2003 and has played a significant role in leading strategy and team development. He was instrumental in launchin[...]
Finance/Insurance: CECILIA A. HODGES
Hodges was named regional president of M&T’s greater Washington, D.C., and Virginia regions in 2018. She manages teams located in Tysons and Richmond as well as in Rockville, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. Passionate about developing the careers of women and minority professionals, Hodges sits on the steering committee of [...]
Finance/Insurance: TOM RYAN
Not long after earning a degree in business management from Fitchburg State University, Ryan accepted a technology position at Marlborough, Massachusetts-based Digital Federal Credit Union. “My career sort of found me,” he told creditunions.com. Ryan stayed for more than two decades, leaving Digital Federal as executive vice[...]
Federal Contractors/Technology: KEVIN M. PHILLIPS
ManTech entered 2022 with fresh acquisitions. In January, the Fortune 1000 tech contractor completed its acquisition of Maryland-based Technical and Management Assistance Corp., a deal that followed closely on the heels of its $350 million purchase of Washington, D.C.-based Gryphon Technologies. In May, ManTech announced it had [...]
Education: TROY PAINO
This summer, Paino was recognized with a president’s award by a national student affairs administrators’ organization in recognition of his approach to strategic planning with students in mind. Since his appointment as Mary Washington’s president in 2016, Paino has focused on student and faculty diversity at the public lib[...]
Retail/Wholesale: TING XU
Evergreen Enterprises designs and manufactures thousands of pieces of home and garden décor, licensed sports products and gifts, which are then distributed to retail establishments around the globe. A Shanghai native who moved to Richmond in 1989 after graduating from Old Dominion University, Xu, along with her husband, Frank Q[...]
Nonprofits/Philanthropy: SHERRIE ARMSTRONG
Armstrong says people look to their community foundations to understand areas of greatest and urgent need. One thing the pandemic highlighted, she says, was the ability of organizations like hers to lead during a crisis. The Community Foundation for a greater Richmond connected with local partners and created a simplified grant [...]
Finance/Insurance: FRANK LUCIA
For almost five years Lucia has led Delta Dental of Virginia, a nonprofit that is the largest dental benefits carrier in Virginia. The company has about 300 employees and reported $750 million in revenue for fiscal year 2021. Through its foundation, Delta Dental of Virginia has contributed more than $6 million to organizations t[...]
Law: THE HON. MICHAEL F. URBANSKI
Born in Italy when his father was stationed there with the U.S. Army, Urbanski went to high school in Newport News and was previously a principal at the Woods Rogers law firm in Roanoke. In 2004, he was appointed to be a U.S. magistrate judge and was appointed to the Western District court’s bench in […]
Hospitality/Tourism: NEIL AMIN
After earning a bachelor’s degree in economics and his MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Amin worked in New York City for Goldman Sachs for a year, advising technology companies on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets. After that, Amin came home to Shamin Hotels, the Richmond-based hospital[...]
