Out and About May 2025

1. Rod Garvin, Ernst & Young’s U.S. economic development advisory services manager, spoke March 19 at the Greater Richmond Partnership’s strategic plan launch, held at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. (Photo by Hunter Henkel; courtesy Greater Richmond Partnership) 2. NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski stands with employees and guests of Lynchburg’s BWX Technologies prior to the March 30 NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway. (Photo courtesy BWXT) 3. Chef Torrece “Chef T” Gregoire, owner of Bristol restaurant Union 41, competes in “Yes, Chef!” a culinary competition TV show from the creators of Bravo’s “Top Chef” that premiered April 28 on NBC and Peacock. Gregoire previously was an all-star contestant on Fox’s “Hell’s Kitchen” and competed on Food Network’s “Big Restaurant Bet.” (Photo by Pief Weyman, courtesy NBC) 4. Mary Washington Hospital employees, along with families of babies treated at the Fredericksburg facility, celebrated the March 25 opening of the Joe and Mary Wilson Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. (Photo courtesy Mary Washington Healthcare) 5. L to R: Kristylea Ojeda, a professor of biotechnology at Virginia Western Community College, works in a campus lab March 31 with student Raychel Hahn, who had recently passed the Biotechnology Aptitude and Competency Exam, a bioscience industry-recognized credential. Virginia Western received approval in 2024 to be a BACE testing site. (Photo courtesy Virginia Western Community College)