Bowles was one of the founding senior vice presidents when McGuireWoods Consulting formed in 1998, and he became chairman of the 120-employee public affairs firm in 2018. He’s also a partner with law firm McGuireWoods, the consulting firm’s parent company and Virginia’s largest law firm.

As a lawyer and consultant, Bowles focuses on government relations and public affairs. He works on varying issues, including those related to health care, energy, technology and higher education.

Before McGuireWoods, he served as chief of staff to Democratic U.S. Rep. L.F. Payne and was counsel for a multistate utility. He also served as an assistant attorney general in Virginia after graduating from the University of Richmond’s law school. Bowles earned his bachelor’s degree from James Madison University.

Bowles also served on the finance committee for former Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s campaign and was finance co-chair for his inauguration, as well as co-chair of former Gov. Ralph Northam’s inaugural committee.

A former University of Virginia Board of Visitors member, Bowles serves on the foundation advisory board for U.Va.’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and the advisory board for The Center for Politics at U.Va.

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Having joined PBMares in 2003, Johnson had nearly two decades of experience at the accounting and consulting firm when he took the helm from co-founder Alan S. Witt in January 2021; to date, Johnson is only the second person to lead PBMares.

Before becoming CEO, Johnson served as practice leader for the firm’s financial institutions team and the cyber and control risk services team, as well as regional market partner for Hampton Roads.

PBMares is ranked the nation’s 75th largest accounting firm by Accounting Today. In October 2024, the company announced a merger with Fairfax accounting and tax firm BSB CPAs + Business Advisors, which added five partners for a combined roster of 60 partners, almost 400 employees and more than $90 million in annual revenue.

A graduate of the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Old Dominion University, Johnson serves on TowneBank’s Peninsula region board and the boards of Greater Peninsula Now and RVA757 Connects

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With nearly three decades under his belt at Deloitte, Blank was promoted in January 2024 from head of the Big Four global accounting firm’s Greater Washington market to a national role as U.S. tax chief strategy officer.

Blank oversees services for national and global tax clients, including specializations such as tax planning, tax research and analysis, and mergers and acquisitions. He previously served on the Deloitte U.S. Board Council and its U.S. Board Risk Committee. He currently serves as the audit and compliance chair for The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.

Blank also serves on the advisory council for the Wolf Trap Foundation and on the boards of the Greater Washington Board of Trade and the District of Columbia College Access Program. He’s also an alumnus of Leadership Greater Washington. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from the University of Florida.

For fiscal 2024, Deloitte reported record revenues of $67.2 billion, a 3.1% increase over fiscal 2023.

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In 2024, Junaideen took over as Greater Washington market leader for Big Four global accounting firm Deloitte.

He also serves as managing partner of Deloitte’s Northern Virginia offices in Rosslyn and McLean. Junaideen was previously principal at the Deloitte & Touche subsidiary.

Junaideen started as a senior consultant with Deloitte’s Australian office. He also previously served as U.S. life sciences and health care leader for Deloitte’s advisory business, spent three years in India, where he was responsible for Deloitte’s risk advisory services, and was market leader for the firm’s U.S. federal contracting business.

Junaideen holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from St. Cloud State University and completed a graduate conversion program in accounting at Macquarie University in Australia.

A member of Leadership Greater Washington’s class of 2025, he serves on multiple boards, including for the DC College Access Program and the United Way of the National Capital Area.

MOST VALUED POSSESSION: A small rock that my late father used to have in his office — he would roll it in his hands while thinking.

INTERESTING PLACE I’VE TRAVELED: Maasai Mara in Kenya

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After seven years with RetailData, serving as chief operating officer and vice president of strategic initiatives, Blondin was tapped to become CEO in 2020. In 2021, RetailData acquired e-commerce data extraction and software development company Loginworks. Blondin launched Intrics that same year. In November 2024, RetailData rebranded as RDSolutions.

With 650 employees, RDSolutions provides market intelligence and analytics to e-commerce and brick and mortar retailers by analyzing real-time, shelf-level pricing and promotions and developing proprietary data validation tools that allow retailers to respond quickly to competitive trends. Its Intrics Intelligence Platform processes billions of data points weekly across brick-and-mortar and online retail stores.

Blondin holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Northeastern

University and an MBA from Arizona State University. He previously served as general manager of Biomass Energy, executive director of engineering and operations for The Earth Partners and vice president of business development for International WoodFuels.

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Hartogs serves as BDO USA’s tax market managing principal for the Greater Washington market. She oversees more than 550 tax professionals across 10 cities and leads the tax practice in operations, strategy, business development, recruiting and professional development. She’s also a leader of BDO USA’s tax efficiency team.

BDO USA is the U.S. member firm of BDO Global, the world’s fifth largest accounting network. In fiscal 2023, BDO USA’s revenues were approximately $2.9 billion; worldwide revenues for BDO topped $15 billion.

Hartogs previously served as BDO’s Atlantic region managing partner in tax services. A West Virginia University graduate, she began her career at CPA firm Argy Wiltse & Robinson and was a partner at the firm when BDO acquired it in 2012.

In 2019, she received BDO’s Seidman Neuhausen award, which recognizes staffers who exemplify BDO’s core purpose and values. She also attended the BDO-Harvard Global Executive Leadership Program.

Hartogs volunteers with the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants’ DEI Advisory Council, Virginia Medical Reserve Corps and SevaTruck Foundation, among others.

WHAT MAKES ME HAPPIEST: I love being near the water, watching and hearing the waves crashing against the shore.

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