Education 2023: ANNE M. KRESS
PRESIDENT, NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ANNANDALE
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As president of Virginia’s largest community college — and one of the largest community colleges in the country — Kress oversees faculty, staff and nearly 70,000 internationally diverse students on
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: KAREN DAHUT
CEO, GOOGLE PUBLIC SECTOR, RESTON
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Last year, Google announced it was standing up a subsidiary focusing on government and educational contracting. In October 2022, Dahut left Booz Allen Hamilton, where she led its $4 billion
2023 Virginia 500: Federal Contractors | Technology
AEROSPACE
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Craig P. Abod PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY, RESTON Reggie Aggarwal FOUNDER AND CEO, CVENT, McLEAN Mahfuz Ahmed CHAIRMAN AND CEO, DEXIAN, McLEAN
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: JUDI DOTSON
PRESIDENT, GLOBAL DEFENSE SECTOR, BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON, McLEAN
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With more than 30 years working for the Fortune 500 global management consultant, Dotson leads Booz Allen Hamilton’s national security and global defense business. In 2022, Dotson succeeded Karen Dahut,
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: PHARRELL WILLIAMS
ENTERTAINER, PRODUCER AND DEVELOPER, PARIS*
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* EDITOR’S NOTE: Since this entry was written, Williams has moved with his family to Paris, where Louis Vuitton’s corporate headquarters is located. He previously had dual homes in Virginia
Amazon HQ2 opens to high expectations
Tech giant held grand opening for $2.5B Arlington headquarters
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Let the tech wizardry begin: Amazon.com Inc. held the grand opening and ribbon cutting for the first phase of HQ2, the ecommerce goliath’s $2.5 billion East Coast headquarters in Arlington
For The Record June 2023
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CENTRAL VIRGINIA Henrico County-based Fortune 500 tobacco manufacturer Altria Group Inc. settled at least 6,000 state and federal lawsuits related to its stake in Juul Labs Inc. for $235 million
June 2023: Heard around Virginia
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Agricultural biotech startup AgroSpheres will invest $25 million to expand in Albemarle County, creating an estimated 50 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced May 4. The company, founded in 2016 by
Our new AI overlords
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A worker who never tires — who never needs to take a coffee break, who doesn’t get sick, who doesn’t disagree and who doesn’t have a messy home life or
On cloud nine
Virginia is world’s data center capital, reaping billions
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In 2007 — the same year that Apple unveiled the iPhone and Netflix introduced the idea of “streaming” movies — Buddy Rizer started aggressively targeting an industry that many of