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Government Contractors | Technology 2025: PETERS, MARK

Peters succeeded Jason Providakes as president and CEO of Mitre, a not-for-profit research and development corporation that manages federally funded R&D centers, in September 2024. Mitre has more than 60 sites worldwide, employing about 8,000 workers and more than 200 labs.

Peters served as executive vice president of laboratory management and operations at Charlottesville’s Battelle Memorial Institute from 2020 to 2024. He previously directed Idaho National Laboratory and was president of Battelle Energy Alliance. He is vice president/president-elect of the American Nuclear Society’s board.

Mitre expected to lay off 442 Virginia employees this year as the result of the Trump administration cancelling 11 contracts totaling more than $28 million.

In April, a last-minute reprieve from the Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency saved Mitre’s Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program from shuttering.

Peters received his first Wash100 award, which recognizes top government contracting leaders, from Executive Mosaic in 2025. He has a doctorate from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree from Auburn University.

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Education 2025: HALLOCK, KEVIN F.

An economist with a doctorate from Princeton, Hallock joined University of Richmond in 2021. One of the private school’s long-term goals has been affordability. Need-based aid packages average $64,880 toward roughly $84,000 in annual costs for tuition and room and board. Starting this fall, families earning $75,000 or less qualify for a full ride.

This fall, UR plans to launch The Center for Liberal Arts and AI, “bringing together researchers, students, and educators from across the Associated Colleges of the South to explore pressing social, cultural, and legal questions and dimensions of artificial intelligence.”

In 2023, UR’s Robins School of Business received an anonymous $10 million gift to establish an endowed scholarship fund, and alumni Carole and Marcus Weinstein donated $25 million to support a student learning center based at UR’s library.

With a student body of about 3,700 students, 10% of UR’s enrollment is made up of international students representing almost 80 countries.

Hallock spent 16 years at Cornell University, including as dean of its business college. He co-founded PayStandards, a software company that assists companies in setting equitable salaries.

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Government Contractors | Technology 2025: MARRON, MARK P.

Marron started at , a provider of IT assets and financing services, in 2005. He became president and CEO in 2016 and a member of the company’s board in 2018.

In August 2024, ePlus acquired Minnesota-based IT services company Bailiwick Services for an undisclosed amount. In June, the company sold off its U.S. finance business to New Jersey-based PEAC Solutions for an undisclosed sum; Marron said ePlus plans to focus on its solutions while using money from the sale for future growth and acquisitions.

In November 2024, the company and Texas-based data center services company Digital Realty announced a partnership to launch the AI Experience Center at Digital Realty’s Ashburn innovation lab.

In fiscal 2025, ePlus reported $2.06 billion in net sales, down 7% percent from the year prior. The company has about 2,100 employees across the globe.

Marron formerly served as senior vice president of worldwide sales and service for Net IQ and was general manager of worldwide channel sales for Computer Associates International. He is a graduate of Montclair State University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science.

Government Contractors | Technology 2025: SCHORER, STEVE

Schorer took on the top leadership role at Reston-based federal contractor in 2024 after former CEO Stu Shea announced his departure.

Peraton is a portfolio company of Veritas Capital and has more than 19,000 employees. Schorer previously served from 2017 to 2021 as CEO of Alion Science and , which Huntington Ingalls Industries purchased for $1.65 billion from Veritas, and he served as a senior adviser for Veritas before taking the lead at Peraton. He was president of DynCorp International and in high-level positions at L-3 Communications and DRS Technologies.

In June, Peraton filed a protest after the U.S. Strategic Command awarded a $1.5 billion task order to General Dynamics Information Technology, a contract Peraton was competing for. In July, the company issued notice to the state of Texas that its $339.1 million NASA contract to operate the agency’s balloon facility in Texas could be cut as soon as Sept. 30, four years before its scheduled end.

Schorer has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Massachusetts and completed executive management training at the University of California Los Angeles.

Government Contractors | Technology 2025: AGGARWAL, REGGIE

Initially a lawyer, Aggarwal shifted to the events business after planning hundreds of events as president of the Indian CEO Network. In 1999, he founded , a market-leading meetings, events and hospitality provider. Cvent has grown to employ more than 5,000 people and serves more than 24,000 customers globally. While not on the , Cvent says more than half of Fortune 500 companies use its platforms.

Cvent has bounced between public and private over the years. It was acquired in 2023 for $4.6 billion by private equity firm Blackstone and the company has since acquired numerous other firms that have expanded its offerings. Cvent has also rolled out 20 artificial intelligence initiatives among its products.

In 2024, Gov. Glenn Youngkin appointed Aggarwal to the governing board for GO Virginia, the state economic development and job creation initiative. More recently, Aggarwal was named Hospitality Executive of the Year for 2025 by Pennsylvania State University’s prestigious School of Hospitality Management.

Aggarwal earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia, a law degree from Washington and Lee, and a master of laws degree from Georgetown.

Health Care 2025: LEVY, DR. MARLON

After two years serving as VCU Health’s interim leader, Levy was appointed permanently in November 2024. A specialist in abdominal organ transplant surgery, Levy was named to lead the Richmond system and its health sciences department following the sudden departure of Dr. Art Kellermann in late 2022. Early in 2023, news broke that VCU Health had paid approximately $78 million to get out of a development deal with the City of Richmond, a $325 million project Kellermann warned against.

Levy dealt with the fallout, including a dispute over whether the health system owed the city $56 million related to the project, although the state budget directed the health system to stop paying in 2024. Richmond Mayor Danny Avula said earlier this year he has “no appetite” for a lawsuit.

This May, the new VCU Hume-Lee Transplant Center completed its first lung transplant, and the health system opened a new unit for comprehensive liver care.

Formerly VCU Medical Center’s chief medical officer, Levy joined the health system in 2015 as chair of its transplant surgery department and director of the Hume-Lee center.

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Government Contractors | Technology 2025: ESCARAVAGE, STEVE

Escaravage leads Booz Allen’s newly formed Defense Group, a position he has held since April 1. In his new role, Escaravage is responsible for speeding capabilities for the company’s defense customers.

Escaravage received his fourth Wash100 award from Executive Mosaic in 2025 and chairs the AI group for its 4×24 Executive Leadership Series. He has served in a variety of roles for the global management consulting company for 25 years, including leading its AI business. Booz Allen is the largest provider of AI services to the federal government.

Booz Allen employs more than 35,000 people. The company posted $12 billion in revenue in fiscal 2025, up 12% from the previous year, and 98% of that came from government-related work, according to The Wall Street Journal. In May, the company cut 2,500 jobs as the Trump administration slashed federal spending.

Escaravage earned his bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University and a master’s degree from George Mason University. He is an ex officio member of the Special Olympics Virginia board and is an industry commissioner for the Atlantic Council’s software-defined warfare and defense innovation adoption commissions.

Government Contractors | Technology 2025: LE, PHONG

In February, the company formerly known as , known for being the world’s largest corporate owner, dropped the “micro” from its name, becoming simply . Given that bitcoin reached yet another record high in July, this time reaching $123,000, the Tysons tech company’s strategy looks to be paying off.

As of July 6, Strategy owned 597,325 bitcoin, which it purchased for $42.4 billion at an average price of $70,982 per bitcoin, bringing the value of its holdings to more than $64 billion. Nevertheless, in May, shareholders filed a class-action lawsuit against Strategy, claiming the company misled them about the risks and profitability of its bitcoin strategy.

Le took the helm at Strategy in 2022 after the company’s high-profile billionaire founder and former CEO, evangelist Michael Saylor, transitioned to executive chairman.

Le joined Strategy in 2015 and was its chief financial officer and chief operating officer. He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He previously worked for XO Communications, NII Holdings and Deloitte.

Education 2025: SANDS, TIMOTHY

Sands became the land-grant university’s 16th president in 2014 after serving as interim president at Purdue University, and is under contract to stay through 2027.

He has led the development of Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus, a $1 billion campus in Alexandria for graduate computer science and engineering programs. The campus’s first academic building, costing $302 million, opened for classes in January.

Virginia Tech has received notable donations in recent years, including $50 million from defense contractor Boeing and two $50 million gifts for the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC in Roanoke. In fiscal 2024, its federal research spending exceeded $308 million, Sands said

in February, but in May, the university reported 57 grants worth $57.9 million were terminated.

Sands previously was executive vice president for academic affairs and provost of Purdue University. Trained as a scientist whose research focused on light-emitting diodes, he holds bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of California, Berkeley.

Sands is currently in the middle of his two-year term as chair of the NCAA Division I Board of Directors, which maintains oversight over the division’s finances, litigation and infractions process.

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Government Contractors | Technology 2025: ANGOLD, RYAN

A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and former Navy SEAL, Angold leads a company that was named the 24th largest federal contractor in 2019.

Angold left the military in 2005 and joined Blackbird Technologies, a solutions provider for the intelligence community that’s now part of RTX. After a stint at VP Expeditionary Programs in 2010, Angold joined ADS. He was promoted to CEO in 2022.

ADS started as a small dive shop, Lynnhaven Dive Center, in . The son of the company’s founder created an offshoot in 1997 to manage federal contracts and supply military divers. ADS now offers more than 50,000 products to more than 10,000 customers.

In May, ADS was among several companies named by the Defense Logistics Agency to share in a contract worth up to $5 billion to supply integrated weapons systems equipment and services in support of Virginia-class submarines and active surface ships.