Wold became Virginia market manager for Forvis in 2023. She came to Virginia from Wichita, Kansas, and oversees the firm’s offices in Richmond and Norfolk. Forvis Mazars was formed in June 2024 when Forvis acquired Paris-based audit, tax and advisory firm Mazars’ U.S. arm.

Forvis Mazars, which recorded $5.2 billion in fiscal 2024, employs more than 40,000 workers across more than 100 countries and territories, including more than 7,000 U.S. employees. In June, Forvis Mazars was selected as the new external auditor for the European Central Bank, overseeing audits for fiscal years 2025 through 2029.

Wold, who has about 30 years of experience and joined Forvis in 2018 as an audit partner, focuses on strategic growth and talent acquisition and development. She previously served as an audit partner at Grant Thornton and BKD CPAs & Advisors.

Forbes named Wold to its America’s Top 200 CPAs list in 2024 and recognized her as a best- in-state CPA this year.

A Wichita State University alumna, Wold serves on the boards of the Medical College of Virginia Foundation and the Virginia Chamber of Commerce. She is a member of Lead Virginia’s 2025 class.

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In August 2024, PwC named Johnson managing partner for the Washington, D.C., office, which serves clients in Northern Virginia. Johnson succeeded Kevin Smithson, who was promoted to east regions market leader, a newly created position. She leads 2,500 PwC professionals.

Johnson holds on to her previous role as lead client partner in the deals practice, in addition to her new responsibility at the Big Four accounting firm where she’s worked since 2015.

In addition to a degree in marketing from George Washington University, Johnson earned an MBA at the University of Maryland. She previously worked for almost a decade at Deloitte.

Johnson is a trustee and sits on the education committee of the PwC Foundation. She is also a board member for The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. Additionally, Johnson sits on the board of Higher Achievement, a D.C. nonprofit that works to close the opportunity gap. She’s also a founding member of Chief, a networking group for female senior executives.

WHAT PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO LEARN ABOUT ME: I am a classically trained violist.

FIRST JOB: Pharmacy technician at Eckerd Drugs

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Habeeb has been a fixture in Virginia politics and political consulting for decades. He served as a Republican delegate for Virginia’s 8th District

in the House of Delegates from January 2011 until his resignation in August 2018; Habeeb wanted to devote more time to his work at Gentry Locke Attorneys. Today, he is president of Gentry Locke Consulting, a lobbying and strategic communications business the law firm launched in 2020.

Habeeb chairs the law firm’s government and regulatory affairs practice. His main practice areas today include government and regulatory affairs, solar and renewable energy, business litigation and franchise law.

Habeeb earned his bachelor’s and law degrees from Wake Forest University. He’s involved with a litany of businesses and other organizations, whether as a member or board member, but some highlights include the Virginia Solar Energy Development and Energy Storage Authority, where he was a member until the authority sunset July 1, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Virginia, for which he served as a board member.

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Kearney serves as CEO of Kearney & Co., one of the largest CPA firms in the U.S., which was founded in 1985 by Ed Kearney, who is now chairman. According to Washington Technology, the firm as of this year had about $286 million in revenue and about 5,300 employees.

Kearney & Co. has also been named several times as one of the top philanthropic companies in the Washington, D.C., area. Kearney also hosts an annual charity golf outing to benefit Warrior Canine Connection and has served as an executive committee member of Heart’s Delight, raising more than $25 million for the American Heart Association.

He also spearheaded several company- sponsored scholarships and programs at George Mason University, King’s College, Howard University, University of the District of Columbia and the Virginia Society of CPAs. Kearney has also served as a member on the board of trustees for DeSales University. He earned his bachelor’s degree from George Mason University and his MBA from the George Washington University School of Business.

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After about two decades with one of the largest public accounting, tax, consulting and business advisory firms in the world, De Armond became market managing principal for the Washington, D.C., area in 2023. She had previously served in various roles, including Greater Washington, D.C., nonprofit and education practice leader.

In her role, she oversees a team of nearly 250 profes- sionals and is responsible for growth and people strategies in her market. She also serves as the executive director of BDO’s Institute for Nonprofit Excellence.

De Armond earned one of the 2013 Women to Watch awards from the Greater Washington Society of CPAs (GWSCPA). She’s the immediate past chair for America’s Charities and past president of the University of Maryland’s Alumni Association (her alma mater). She has also served on the American Institute for CPAs’ Nonprofit Conference Planning Committee and as a board member for the GWSCPA.

HOBBY/PASSION: I love traveling! I also love gardening and cooking. One of my favorite ways to unwind in the summer is to pick whatever vegetables are ripe from my garden and think of something to make with them.

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After becoming ASGN’s CEO in 2019, Hanson moved the Fortune 1000 IT and professional staffing services firm’s headquarters from California to Henrico County in 2020. Hanson previously worked for Apex Systems, one of ASGN’s subsidiaries, serving as its chief financial officer for 15 years. After ASGN purchased Apex in 2012, Hanson became executive vice president of the parent company, then president in 2016.

In fiscal 2024, ASGN earned $4.1 billion in revenue, down from $4.45 billion the previous year. In March, a joint venture between ASGN’s federal government segment, ECS, and Herndon-based IT firm Yakshna Solutions, announced it had won a spot on a $20 billion U.S. Department of Treasury blanket purchase agreement for cybersecurity enhancements. In March, ASGN acquired Chicago-based TopBloc, a Workday services provider, for $340 million.

A graduate of Virginia Tech and Virginia Commonwealth University, Hanson co-founded and serves as an emeritus board member of Virginia Tech’s Apex Center for Entrepreneurs. Hanson was inducted into the Junior Achievement of Central Virginia’s Greater Richmond Business Hall of Fame in 2023.

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