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Education: KARL McDONNELL
CEO of Strategic Education Inc., an education services holding company that owns for-profit Strayer and Capella universities, McDonnell was previously SEI’s chief operating officer and serves on its board of directors. He’s also served as president and CEO of Strayer University, which has an enrollment of more than 50,000 st[...]
Government/Politics: TIM KAINE
After the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, Kaine and his congressional colleagues worked to respond with measures like passing a stimulus package, the CARES Act and the Paycheck Protection Act. After battling the virus himself and facing long-term effects, Kaine introduced the CARE for Long COVID Act this year. Kaine’s politic[...]
Transportation: W. SHEPPARD ‘SHEP’ MILLER III
A lifelong Norfolk resident, Miller was appointed state transportation secretary by Gov. Glenn Youngkin in January. He was previously appointed by Gov. Ralph Northam to serve on the Commonwealth Transportation Board, a body he now chairs. In 2017, Miller retired as chairman of Virginia Beach defense contractor KITCO Fiber Optics[...]
Finance/Insurance: MONIQUE S. ADAMS
Born out of recommendations from a group seeking to make Hampton Roads less dependent on federal defense spending, 757 Angels matches a network of more than 100 business and community leaders in the Hampton Roads region with Virginia-based entrepreneurs who need funding and mentoring to develop their early-stage companies. So fa[...]
Manufacturing: PABLO DI SI
Di Si is credited as the chief architect for Volkswagen’s turnaround in Latin America, including its largest product launch, with 20 models. Amid a shakeup in leadership as the German automaker seeks to gain a foothold in the North American electric vehicle market, Di Si was named in July to succeed Scott Keogh, who has [&hell[...]
Media: MIKE REED
The owner of flagship newspaper USA Today, Gannett is the largest newspaper group in the nation with more than 600 papers, and under Reed’s leadership, the company’s digital revenue has skyrocketed. In 2021, Gannett’s digital revenue exceeded $1 billion for the first time, comprising one-third of the media company’s reve[...]
Media: DAVE LOUGEE
In February 2022, Tegna, the nation’s largest owner of NBC affiliate TV stations, reached an agreement to be bought by New York hedge fund Standard General for $5.4 billion, ending its seven-year stint as a publicly traded company formed after Gannett Co. Inc. spun off its broadcast and digital media divisions. Tegna owns[...]
Finance/Insurance: THEODORE ‘TED’ L. CHANDLER JR.
Chandler partnered with well-known Richmond executives Jim Ukrop and Bob Mooney in 2011 to build a venture capital firm initially called New Richmond Ventures. The firm, which shortened its name to NRV, provides counseling, connections and capital to early-stage companies. In 2017, NRV launched its Early Stage Growth Fund LP, as[...]
Manufacturing: R. MARCUS ‘MARC’ AMMEN
Ammen joined Universal Fiber Systems in 2000 and has served as its chief financial officer and president of its Universal Fibers Inc. subsidiary. A Clemson University alumnus, he has served as the fiber manufacturer’s CEO since 2009 and is on The Carpet and Rug Institute’s board of directors. Founded in 1969 in Bristol, Tenn[...]
Living Legends: J. KNOX SINGLETON
Back in 1983, when Singleton took a job as executive vice president for operations at Fairfax Hospital Association, he expected to stay only a few years. But a year later, he was made president of the three-hospital system, which he transformed into Inova Health System, now a $4 billion regional health provider with five hospita[...]
Media: DOUG DAVIS
Davis spent more than 20 years managing various aspects of Norfolk television stations WAVY and WVBT before taking charge of a vast region of what would become America’s largest local television and media company in 2017. Davis was among a handful of general managers promoted to senior, regional positions that year, after Nexs[...]
Law: JONATHAN P. HARMON
Harmon is a highly sought-after and nationally recognized trial lawyer who brings in millions of dollars representing Fortune 500 companies in bet-the-company litigation actions. Harmon became the leader of Virginia’s oldest and largest law firm in 2017. Before that, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point graduate and Gulf Wa[...]
