In 2024, Wall became Richmond market managing partner for Big Four accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

She oversees approximately 175 employees and is part of a network of managing partners nationally and regionally who help PwC run its local businesses. Wall joined PwC in 2006 as an assurance director before making partner in 2021.

PwC’s Richmond office has signed a lease and plans to move in summer 2026 to the Sauer Center on West Broad Street.

For fiscal 2024, PwC reported revenues of $55.4 billion, employing about 370,000 people across 149 countries. Last year, PwC announced a deal to become the largest customer and first reseller of OpenAI’s enterprise product, ChatGPT Enterprise, a version of OpenAI’s chatbot geared towards large companies. Over the past year, PwC has laid off about 3,300 workers, or roughly 4% of its U.S. workforce, in part as a response to “historically low attrition.”

A University of Richmond graduate, Wall serves on the YWCA Richmond’s board.

WHAT MAKES ME HAPPIEST: Being a sports mom to my two boys

TRAITS I ADMIRE: Kindness, curiosity and determination

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Accounting firm Keiter’s managing partner since 2019, Wallace has more than three decades of finance experience. He oversees the firm’s growth strategy and tax services for corporate clients.

With approximately 200 employees, Keiter was named a firm to watch this year by Accounting Today. Keiter was the 125th largest accounting firm in the U.S. by net revenue in 2024, with $42.8 million, according to Accounting Today.

Wallace previously served as tax department leader and a member of Keiter’s teams for state and local tax, international tax, mergers and acquisitions, manufacturing, and retail and distribution. Before joining Keiter in 2010, he was CFO for The Riverstone Group and a partner at KPMG.

Wallace holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from the University of Virginia. He serves on the board for the Richmond chapter of the American Heart Association and is a member of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants.

FIRST JOB: Courtesy clerk at Ukrop’s

FAVORITE TEAM: U.Va. Go Hoos.

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Since 2017, Taylor has led SHRM, an association that represents nearly 340,000 HR professionals in 180 countries.

Named one of the “300 Most Influential Executives in Corporate America” for 2024 by Savoy magazine, Taylor frequently testifies before Congress about issues impacting American workers. He also authored “Reset: A Leader’s Guide to Work in an Age of Upheaval,” which was in the top three of The Wall Street Journal’s list of best-selling hardcover business books in 2021.

Taylor previously served as president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and as an HR exec for IAC, Paramount Parks and Blockbuster Entertainment. He also led McGuireWoods’ HR consulting business as a partner.

Taylor has master’s and law degrees from Drake University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Miami. He is a trustee for United Way Worldwide and serves on the corporate boards of XPO, Flores & Associates and Guild Education.

ON INTEGRATING AI: Integrate AI early, and do so intentionally. Use it to drive innovation and efficiency, but do it with guardrails.

HOW I DEFINE SUCCESS: Success is servant leadership in action— driving results while lifting people up.

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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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