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Wonder women
37 Va. execs who’ve hit great heights
At an early June networking reception to celebrate this year’s Virginia Business Women in Leadership Awards winners, many in attendance pointed out how unusual it was for dozens of women
Opinion
The cost of leaning in
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In 1982, the comic strip “Frank and Ernest” noted that Ginger Rogers — standing in for all women — did everything Fred Astaire did but “backwards and in high heels.” Even
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July 2023 Out and About
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1. Atlantic Union Bank CEO John Asbury visited the New York Stock Exchange on May 2 when the bank’s leadership team rang the exchange’s opening bell. Photo courtesy Atlantic Union
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MELINA DAVIS
CEO and executive vice president, Medical Society of Virginia, Richmond
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Throughout her 35-year career, Melina Davis says that her favorite — and greatest — challenge has been learning to understand people’s motivations and goals. “Whether we are in a family
MAGGIE REED
Vice president and business unit leader, Gilbane Building Co., Richmond
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Maggie Reed is a registered architect, but she found fulfillment in construction. “I’m not great at sitting,” she says, and working for Gilbane Building Co., as she has done for
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KELLY TILL
President and publisher, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Regional vice president of sales, Lee Enterprises Virginia, Richmond
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In its nearly 175-year history, the Richmond Times-Dispatch had never had a female publisher until Kelly Till arrived in Richmond in June 2022. Till also serves as regional vice president
TERRIE L. SUIT
CEO, Virginia Realtors, Glen Allen
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During the past decade, Suit has served as CEO of the largest trade association in Virginia, advocating on behalf of more than 38,000 Realtors across the state. In addition to
LIZA WILSON DURANT
Associate provost for strategic initiatives and community engagement and professor, College of Engineering and Computing, George Mason University; Director, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Northern Virginia Node, Arlington
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Liza Wilson Durant is determined to help Arlington be counted among the nation’s top technology innovation hubs. She has played a pivotal role in the development and ongoing expansion of
DR. MELINA R. KIBBE
Dean, University of Virginia School of Medicine; Chief health affairs officer, UVA Health; Professor, Departments of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
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Since the start of Dr. Melina Kibbe’s five-year appointment as dean of University of Virginia School of Medicine and chief health affairs officer of UVA Health, both organizations have seen
RITA McCLENNY
President and CEO, Virginia Tourism Corp., Richmond
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Rita McClenny, who grew up on a Southampton County farm, has always been an advocate for nature and a believer in the state’s famed 54-year-old tourism motto, “Virginia is for
GHADA IJAM
Chief information officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Richmond
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As executive sponsor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Women in Technology group, Ghada Ijam focuses on outreach, development and advancement of women in technology roles. This position is
COURTNEY MOATES PAULK
President, Hirschler, Richmond
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Not only is Courtney Moates Paulk the first woman president of Hirschler law firm and ranked among the top construction lawyers in Virginia, but she is a record-setting ultra-distance, open-water
Richmond riverfront amphitheater gets green light
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Construction could begin this summer on a $30 million, 7,500-person amphitheater overlooking the James River. On June 12, Richmond City Council approved a 20-year performance grant that gives Red Light
