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Finance | Insurance 2023: RICHARD G. ‘RICKY’ SPIRO
When Spiro stepped into the leadership role for Henrico County-based insurance company The Hilb Group, he brought with him more than 30 years of experience in insurance and financial services. Prior to joining Hilb, Spiro served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of property and casualty insurer Chubb. Befor[...]
Nonprofits | Philanthropy 2023: M. SANJAYAN
In his role as host of the PBS series “Changing Planet,” Sanjayan explores how communities from Australia to the Arctic are confronting climate change and creating innovative solutions. And as CEO of Conservation International since 2017, Sanjayan has been instrumental in advancing the organization’s mission to safeguard n[...]
Transportation 2023: DAVID WHITE
In addition to leading the Virginia Maritime Association, an advocacy organization for nearly 500 member companies, White is executive vice president and secretary for the Hampton Roads Shipping Association. A William & Mary alum, White has been with the VMA since 2003 and became its executive director in 2018. The associati[...]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: PHARRELL WILLIAMS
* EDITOR’S NOTE: Since this entry was written, Williams has moved with his family to Paris, where Louis Vuitton’s corporate headquarters is located. He previously had dual homes in Virginia Beach and Miami. Williams made a worldwide splash in June when the 13-time Grammy winner debuted his first fashion collection as men’s[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: MAHFUZ AHMED
It’s been a landmark year for Ahmed and the $1.3 billion global managed services and staffing firm he founded as a side venture back in the 1990s. In May, his company, Digital Intelligence Systems (DISYS), rebranded as Dexian, the result of its 2021 acquisition of Florida-based IT staffing firm Signature Consultants. Ahmed sta[...]
Finance | Insurance 2023: FREDRICK D. SCHAUFELD
After graduating from Lehigh University in 1981, Schaufeld took a job selling extended warranties to auto dealers. When he learned his employer hadn’t actually taken out policies on all his clients, Schaufeld went into business for himself, working directly with the insurance company and dealers. That adventure led to Schaufel[...]
Health Care 2023: SETH BLACKLEY
With an eye toward cutting health care costs by bringing together the people, processes and technology that focus on preventive care, Blackley co-founded health care tech company Evolent Health in 2011 with fellow Harvard alums Frank Williams and Tom Peterson. Four years later, Evolent went public on the New York Stock Exchange.[...]
Health Care 2023: DR. STERLING N. RANSONE JR.
A third-generation family physician, Ransone also serves as board chair for the American Academy of Family Physicians, the professional association representing 136,700 physicians and medical students nationwide. A family medicine practitioner for more than 25 years, he is physician practice director at Riverside Fishing Bay Fam[...]
Transportation 2023: DEVON C. ANDERS
In 1993, Jerry Morris and Wayne Ruck bought an old Weyers Cave factory, seeking to maintain their box-manufacturing business while entering the logistics sector. Anders, then an accountant seeking a different field, became InterChange’s president in 2000. Since then, InterChange’s portfolio has grown to nearly 2 million squa[...]
Transportation 2023: STEPHEN C. BRICH
Appointed in 2018, Brich manages about 7,700 VDOT employees and an $8 billion annual budget. The nation’s third largest transportation agency, VDOT opened Interstate 66’s new express toll lanes outside the Capitol Beltway ahead of schedule last year. In Hampton Roads, VDOT is working on the biggest transportation project in [...]
Transportation 2023: PETER LEVESQUE
Levesque, an international global supply chain executive with more than 30 years of industry leadership experience, assumed the presidency of both CMA CGM America and APL following Ed Aldridge’s December 2022 retirement. Levesque was previously president of Ports America and spent 25 years based in Hong Kong. He has held execu[...]
Economic Development 2023: STU SOLOMON
Solomon has been leading the public-private Connected DMV economic development group since 2019. In May, the organization and partners submitted a landmark U.S. Department of Energy application to create the Mid-Atlantic Hydrogen Hub, which would displace more than 420,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide each year and create an es[...]
