Best Places to Work
Flex time
Best workplace perks include flexibility, time off
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The traditional 9-to-5 workday at the office is a thing of the past at forward-thinking companies looking to recruit and retain top talent. “That’s out the door,” says Melody Donovan-Hopkins,
Best Places To Work 2022
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This is the 12th year that Virginia Business has compiled the Best Places to Work in Virginia list in collaboration with Pennsylvania-based Best Companies Group. More than 200 companies applied
Primary care
McLean-based B&A spreads kindness to employees, community
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When the pandemic rocked employees’ well-being last year, executives at McLean-based software solutions company B&A went out of their way to make people feel valued and connected. “We realized that
12th Annual Best Places To Work list
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This is the 12th year that Virginia Business has compiled the Best Places to Work in Virginia list in collaboration with Pennsylvania-based Best Companies Group. More than 200 companies applied
Business Person of the Year
By the book
The 7 habits of the highly effective Stephen Moret
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On a sunny, crisp fall morning in late October, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam stood at a lectern in the atrium of Danville’s Institute for Advanced Learning and Research, announcing to
Health-care visionary
The innovative leader of Inova Health System has embarked on his most ambitious project
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Knox Singleton, CEO, Inova Health System, Fairfax is the 2015 Virginia Business Person of the Year
Turnaround CEO
Nassetta transforms ‘sleeping giant’ into the world’s largest hotel company
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2014 Virginia Business Person of the Year
Christopher J. Nassetta
President and CEO Hilton Worldwide, McLean
2013 Virginia Business Person of the Year
Tonya Mallory wants to revolutionize the practice of medicine in the U.S.
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Tonya Mallory, Chief executive officer of Health Diagnostic Laboratory in Richmond is the 2013 Virginia Business Person of the Year.
CEO Pay
All about the Benjamins
Despite pandemic, Va. CEO pay was up in 2020
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After a tumultuous and unpredictable pandemic year, the executives leading Virginia’s largest publicly traded companies still brought home sizable pay increases in 2020. While median salaries for Virginia’s top CEOs
Virginia CEO pay report
Compensation of CEOs at Virginia’s major public companies
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Nothing to complain about
Average Va. CEO pay fell in 2019, but the top earner still made $21.37 million
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Virginia’s top-paid CEOs brought home an average total compensation of $6.68 million each in 2019. That’s not too shabby, considering their average annual base salary was $900,218. Conducted by Redwood
Bringing in the big bucks
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Virginia’s CEOs received an average pay increase of 12.5% last year, with the top earner reaping $39 million
Coronavirus 2020
Va. CEOs say labor shortages, inflation hurting business
Sales, employment expectations lower than Q1, Q2
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Labor shortages and inflation are negatively impacting Virginia businesses, and expectations for sales, employment and capital spending are less positive than during the previous two quarters, according to the third
April Va. hotel revenues down slightly from pre-pandemic
Lagging NoVa hotel market drives state numbers down
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Virginia hotel revenues in April were down 3.5% compared with pre-pandemic April 2019 revenues, largely due to the lagging Northern Virginia market, according to data released Wednesday by STR Inc.,
Va. CEOs expect increased sales despite shortages
In Q1 survey, 70% expect sales to increase in next six months
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About 70% of CEOs expect sales to increase in the next six months, despite supply chain and labor shortages, according to the first quarter CEO Economic Outlook survey conducted by
Va. hotels expect 28% drop in 2022 biz travel revenue
National revenues expected to be 23% below pre-pandemic levels
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Virginia hotel revenue from business travel this year is projected to be down 28.3% from pre-pandemic levels, or about $674 million less than the $2.39 billion the lodging industry took
Fantastic 50
Veterans helping veterans
Vet-owned tech firm contracts for U.S. Veterans Affairs
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September 2019 was a big month for B3 Group Inc. The Herndon-based information technology services company was among the contract winners for a $686 million task order from the U.S.
2020 Virginia’s Fantastic 50
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A list of Virginia’s fastest-growing companies, the 2020 Fantastic 50. Subscribe to Virginia Business. Get our daily e-newsletter.
A catalyst for change
Alpha Omega Integration focuses on customers, workers
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An unhappy customer was the engine for change at Alpha Omega Integration LLC — and is a major factor the Vienna-based information technology solutions company attributes to its success. Alpha
Charting growth
Fairfax County is home to state’s fastest-growing companies
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As the Virginia Chamber of Commerce marks its 25th year of celebrating the commonwealth’s 50 fastest-growing companies, this unfortunately will be the first year that Virginia’s Fantastic 50 award winners
Generous Virginians Project
‘The world is behind them’
Virginia companies aid Ukraine relief efforts
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In late March, Stanislas Vilgrain drove in a convoy of eight trucks from France to Ukraine for 26 hours through a snowstorm, keeping an ear to the radio for news
Gift of a lifetime
Doctor’s $104 million VCU donation aids liver research
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For Dr. Todd Stravitz, February was an opportune time to make the largest gift in the history of Virginia Commonwealth University — a $104 million donation to support liver research.
The gift givers
Personal passions, ideals turn into major donations
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While 2020 represented a significant year for philanthropic shifts toward social and racial justice causes, 2021 and early 2022 have seen a return to traditional giving, with many of Virginia’s
The 50 largest Virginia charities
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See the largest donations given to Virginia nonprofits by statewide individual donors, foundations and corporations.
Hampton Roads Business Guide
Sky-high rents
Hampton Roads residential market tightens
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The Navy man sat in Barbara Gatewood Sgueglia’s office in tears. His rent was being raised from $1,600 to $2,750, and with several children and his wife in school, he
Reading the room
Inc. 5000 companies pursue smart growth
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In 2017, David Kern, a retired Naval submarine officer turned entrepreneur, had a lightbulb moment. While working on a data analytics project at a desk in the Naval Station Norfolk
An overview of Hampton Roads
Stats and numbers for the region
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With a population of 1.79 million people spread across 17 localities, Hampton Roads is the second-most populated region of Virginia, just behind Northern Virginia. Virginia Beach, with approximately 457,000 residents,
Coming home
A Q&A with Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Commander Christopher “Scotty” Gray
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As a kid growing up in Virginia Beach, “Scotty” Gray saw military aircraft so routinely that he wanted to become a pilot. Today he is U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Christopher
Legal Elite
Construction Law 2022
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Stephan F. Andrews O’Hagan Meyer PLLC, Richmond Bruce E. Arkema Durrette Arkema Gerson & Gill PC Richmond William E. Artz William E. Artz PC Tysons D. Stan Barnhill
2022 Labor/Employment Law Q&A
Elizabeth M. Ebanks
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Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC, Richmond Title: Equity shareholder Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Virginia; law degree and MBA, University of Richmond Family: My lovely and very active toddler, Isadora, and
Young Lawyer 2022
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Brandon S. Allred Kaufman & Canoles PC Norfolk Carly M. Anderson Cooper Ginsberg Gray PLLC Fairfax Jessica C. Beatty Stiles Ewing Powers PC Richmond Clark J. Belote Kaufman & Canoles
2022 Taxes/Estates/Trusts Q&A
Alvi Aggarwal
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Yates Campbell & Hoeg LLP, Fairfax Title: Of counsel Education: Bachelor’s degree, Georgetown University; law degree, George Washington University; master of laws, University of Miami Family: My spouse, Ian Bolden (also a lawyer,
Maritime Guide
Turning on a dime
Driver shortage affecting trucking industry
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Though many American consumers may not think about it much, trucks move just about everything they buy, use, eat, drink and wear. The U.S. trucking industry hauled 72.5% of all
Setting a course
Businesses, port seek paths around supply chain backlogs and logjams
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Each week, MDV SpartanNash LLC, the nation’s leading supplier for overseas U.S. military commissaries and exchanges, loads 100 to 200 containers filled with everything from peanut butter to clothing aboard
Port of Virginia
Details about the economic engine
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In fiscal 2021, the Port of Virginia set cargo records, generating more than $100.1 billion in ancillary economic impact, according to a report from William & Mary’s Raymond A. Mason
Forward motion
Front Royal sees port-driven progress
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Shenandoah is known for apple blossoms, but something else is popping up this spring in Front Royal: a new 340,000-square-foot warehouse logistics center. About a half-mile from the Virginia Inland
Regional Report
Generation next
A new cohort of regional economic developers band together
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There’s a new wave of “super collaborators” driving economic development in the Roanoke and New River valleys. Many of the top positions in the region’s public and private sector economic
A Roanoke reawakening
Regional revitalization strategies gain traction
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The Roanoke area is anything but sleepy when it comes to economic development these days. In fact, “the opportunity for Roanoke is greater now than it has been in quite
Scott Ukrop joins New Richmond Ventures
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He has been named director of business development.
New normal in downtown D.C.
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Consistent rental rate growth appears unlikely, says Studley report.
Site Locator
Virginia’s Fortune 500 companies
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Virginia continues to perform well on the Fortune 500, with 21 companies from the commonwealth making the 2022 list, which ranks the 500 largest publicly traded companies in the United
Youngkin, CNBC see room for growth in Va.
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In July, Virginia ceded the top spot in CNBC’s America’s Top States for Business rankings to neighboring North Carolina, with Virginia taking third place in the annual list. Virginia had
Big deals
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These are some of the state’s biggest economic development announcements in 2021 and 2022, expected to create at least 100 jobs each. CENTRAL VIRGINIA Chesterfield County: Lego Group, the manufacturer
2021 Virginia Business Site Locator
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Welcome to the 2021 Virginia Business Site Locator Guide! Inside you’ll learn how Virginia stacks up, how Virginia companies rank and learn about big deals in all regions of the
Super CPAs
Commonwealth formally transfers Fort Monroe land to National Park Service
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Historic site will become national monument.
Top CPAs offer insights on their accounting fields
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Introduction to a special report of
the 2013 Super CPAs as well as
twelve Super CPAs profiles and lists by category
The Big Book
What’s next?
Pandemic reveals strengths, vulnerabilities of state’s economy
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This time last year, Virginia’s fortunes seemed as high as Clemente Development Co. Inc.’s proposed 600-foot Iconic Tower. Part of Clemente’s long-planned, 3-million-square-foot The View at Tysons mixed development, the
Double play
Two casinos, just miles apart, will debut in Hampton Roads
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Hampton Roads will be home to two Las Vegas-style casino complexes after Norfolk and Portsmouth voters overwhelmingly approved November 2020 referendums greenlighting the projects in their cities. The referendums passed
A bright spot
Despite pandemic, tech ventures flourish
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The coronavirus pandemic divided Loudoun County into two worlds in 2020 — tech and touch, says Buddy Rizer, the county’s executive director for economic development. While the pandemic devastated in-person
Legal challenges
Virginia’s law firms go virtual amid pandemic
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In any other year, the merger that formed Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP would have gotten top billing in the year’s legal news. But 2020 wasn’t like any other year
Virginia CFO Awards
Guardians of the treasury
Finance execs face array of timely challenges
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How’s this for an anxiety recipe? Serious supply-chain woes. A worsening labor shortage. Historic inflation. Rising lending rates. Soaring fuel and energy costs. An exceptionally volatile stock market. Growing cybersecurity
‘Just when I thought I was out’
Museum CFO is finally retired — maybe
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Virginia Business’ 2022 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits. Large nonprofit | Hossein Sadid, CFO and deputy director for
Broadened horizons
CFO leads diversity, economic development efforts
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Virginia Business’ 2022 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits. Large business | Sal Mancuso, executive vice president and CFO
On a mission
Roanoke-area nonprofit’s CFO takes hands-on approach
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Virginia Business’ 2022 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits. Small nonprofit | David Argabright, CFO Feeding Southwest Virginia, Salem
Virginia Meetings
Rolling with the punches
Meeting planners adjust in pandemic’s second year
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Flexibility is once again the name of the game for meeting planners in 2021. In 2020, most planners’ clients postponed or canceled conferences, while others decided to go virtual instead
Virginia’s largest conference hotels
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Related: Despite pandemic, hotels press forward Meeting planners roll with the punches
Be our guest
Despite pandemic and staff shortage, hotels press forward
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It’s no secret that the hospitality industry is hurting from the ongoing pandemic. Although widespread shutdowns are in the past, hotel executives are now challenged by the sector’s labor shortage
2020 Virginia Meetings
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Welcome to the second issue of Virginia Meetings. Below you’ll find content about how hotels have reopened with caution during the pandemic and how virtual conferences have become the new
Virginia Society of CPAs’ 2021 Virginia Economic Expectations Survey
Virginia Society of CPAs’ 2023 Economic Expectations Survey Results
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Read VSCPA member interviews and more about the survey.
Virginia Society of CPAs’ 2023 Interviews
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SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA Tara E. Adams, CPA Partner | Adams & Delp PC | Wytheville What are the benefits of living and working in Southwest Virginia? I love the mountain scenery,
Belabored shortages
Labor woes, inflation expected to persist
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Faced with a shortage of drivers, Trevor Dunlap had to find a new way to recruit interested candidates for his Chesapeake-based trucking and warehousing companies, Givens Transportation Inc. and Givens
Virginia Society of CPAs’ 2022 Virginia Economic Expectations Survey interviews
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HAMPTON ROADS Richard E. Groover, CPA Shareholder | Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer PC Norfolk What local industries/sectors do you think have potential for growth? Continued growth around the Port of
