Clay joined the human resources and operations firm, one of Marsh McLennan‘s global businesses, in 2011 and uses her expertise in talent assessment and development, organizational design and strategy creation to serve clients in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and the Carolinas.
Prior to working at Mercer, Clay was senior vice president of global human resources for Encore Capital Group and vice president and head of human resources for Capital One Financial. She has degrees from Virginia Tech and Virginia Commonwealth University.
A former chair of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, she still serves on its board and is an advisory board member for Virginia Tech’s Apex Center for Entrepreneurs.
Mercer employs 25,000 people worldwide, with almost 100 employees in Virginia. Its client base includes manufacturing, health care, higher education, insurance and financial services businesses. In March, Mercer acquired Leapgen, a Minneapolis-based HR tech consulting firm with McDonald’s and Adobe among its clients.
Also this year, the company’s work design team was recognized in the talent analytics category for Best Advance in Practical AI at the HR Tech Awards, and Clay received directorship certification from the National Association of Corporate Directors.
In 2017, Harmon became the leader of Virginia’s oldest law firm, which had 266 lawyers in Virginia as of March. A nationally recognized trial lawyer, he brings in millions of dollars representing Fortune 500 companies in bet-the-company litigation actions and has represented giants like DuPont, CSX Transportation and UPS Ground Freight.
In the past year, Harmon and the firm have been eyeing expansion in Atlanta, California, Chicago, New York and Texas. “We are looking to grow and aggressively looking to talk to firms who are of the mindset,” Harmon told Bloomberg Law in March.
A West Point graduate, Harmon earned his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. The Gulf War veteran and father of four serves on the Pro Bono Institute’s board of trustees and does volunteer and ministry work in prisons.
HOW I CHOSE MY CAREER: My late wife went to law school first and, after some prayer and thought, I decided to after she completed it.
HOW I BALANCE WORK AND PERSONAL LIFE: Early on in my career, I set my priorities — my faith and family, then work — and I have endeavored to stick to them.
As Greater Washington market executive for Merrill, the wealth management arm of Bank of America, Francisco Castellanos leads the D.C. market’s nearly 150 financial advisers, overseeing some $31 billion in client assets. He was named to the position late last year, having previously been Merrill’s Greater Virginia market executive and for 18 months also serving as Hampton Roads market president for Bank of America.
A native of Cuba, the former Foreign Service officer is vice chair of Merrill’s Hispanic Latino Advisory Council. He holds a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University.
Merrill parent Bank of America boasts 217,000 employees worldwide, including about 4,100
in Virginia. The $95 billion company reported $25.2 billion in revenue for the second quarter of 2023, up from $22.7 billion last year. In the first quarter of 2023, the company reported a record in net new clients for its wealth and investment management business, with 14,500 net new relationships.
Baker leads Fortune 500 pharma manufacturer Merck’s vaccine operations in Elkton, managing hundreds of scientists, engineers who support the manufacturing, validation and process development of medicines to protect people from disease.
Before Merck, Baker spent seven years at Biopharm Project Solutions. Baker joined Merck in 2008 as a process engineer and held engineering management jobs in West Point, Pennsylvania, and Lucerne, Switzerland, before coming to Elkton. The drug company has made significant investment in stages over the past few years to expand its Elkton plant, where it produces vaccines.
Last year, Merck, which posted $59.3 billion in annual revenue, completed a 120,000-square-foot expansion at Elkton, adding 150 jobs at the site to further increase manufacturing of the company’s human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines for global distribution.
Baker earned an MBA in executive leadership from James Madison University in 2019 and holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and philosophy from Lafayette College in Pennsylvania.
In January, Paliotti took over as Afton Chemical‘s president, succeeding Gina Harm, who retired at the end of 2022. A subsidiary of Richmond-based NewMarket, Afton Chemical produces and sells petroleum additives.
Paliotti has worked for NewMarket since 2008, most recently as its vice president and chief financial officer. He previously worked in finance roles for Lenel Systems International and Eastman Kodak.
In announcing Harm’s retirement and Paliotti’s promotion, NewMarket President and CEO Teddy Gottwald said in a statement, “[Paliotti] has extensive market knowledge, a strong financial background and an energetic, results-oriented leadership style that
will lead us into the future.”
In fiscal year 2022, NewMarket reported net income of $279.5 million, and the company sold $2.75 billion in petroleum additives in 2022.
Paliotti is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s general management program and has an MBA from Robert Morris University. In June, he was elected to a one-year term on the American Chemistry Council board that will begin Jan. 1, 2024.
Under Perryman’s brief tenure as the NorfolkAirport Authority’s president and CEO, Norfolk International Airport (ORF) has embarked on selecting a developer for an airport hotel, secured federal funding to install a moving sidewalk and brought in Spirit Airlines. In fiscal year 2022, ORF reported $72.5 million in revenue.
Perryman joined the authority in May 2022, after having served as CEO of Landrum & Brown, an international airport consulting and design firm. A design graduate from Arizona State University, Perryman served as a base architect and planner in the U.S. Air Force during the 1980s and was involved in master planning for Norfolk’s airport while at Landrum & Brown in the 1990s.
Perryman serves on the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization board.
NEW LIFE EXPERIENCE:Being able to come home from work at a reasonable hour
IF I HAD A TIME MACHINE, I’D MEET:Abraham Lincoln — to learn how he managed the weight of our country at its most difficult time in history
PERSONAL MOTTO: Always do what is right; the rest will follow.
Named CEO of Breeden in January 2022, Faulkner oversees a real estate development and property management company founded more than 60 years ago by Chairman Ramon W. Breeden Jr.
Faulkner previously served as chief operating officer and president of property management for Breeden, which has about 425 employees in Virginia. This year, the company’s Breeden Construction subsidiary broke ground on the $27 million Duplex Station apartment complex near Scott’s Addition in Richmond and the $46 million Ascend at Hilltop multifamily project in Virginia Beach. It also completed apartment communities in Albemarle County, Chester and Petersburg.
Prior to working for Breeden, Faulkner was president and COO of Lawton Lumber Co. He has also worked for American Coating Technologies and Procter & Gamble. Faulkner chairs the Virginia Symphony Orchestra’s board and serves on the Neptune Festival board.
HOW I UNWIND FROM WORK: I walk several miles every day, rain or shine, cold or hot. It’s a great stress reliever and I get to enjoy the beautiful city I live in.
HOBBY/PASSION: I am passionate about cooking. I’m not a fan of baking so much, but I love creating a wonderful meal for friends and family to share.
For Campbell, the past year has been a chance to celebrate milestones — both NASCAR and Martinsville Speedway marked their 75th anniversaries in the second half of 2022.
Owned by NASCAR, Martinsville Speedway hosts NASCAR Cup Series races every spring and fall. Campbell’s grandfather, H. Clay Earles, built the paperclip-shaped speedway in 1947, and Campbell started working at the track in 1978, working his way up from maintenance to concessions to souvenirs before becoming vice president and general manager, and then being named president in 1988. The family sold the racetrack in 2004 to International Speedway, which later was absorbed by NASCAR, and Campbell, a key figure in Virginia motorsports, has stayed on as president throughout all the changes in ownership.
In an October 2022 interview with Sportscasting, Campbell recalled going fishing with late NASCAR racing legend Dale Earnhardt around 1987 at a lake since removed from the Martinsville track property. “He and I went out there to the lake and fished for an hour,” Campbell said. “It was wonderful.”
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