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SHARON SMOOT
President, BWXT Nuclear Operations Group Inc., Lynchburg
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Smoot is a unicorn — a Black woman overseeing 4,700 employees in the highly technical field of manufacturing components for nuclear reactors. Named last summer as head of the Lynchburg-based
THOMAS HASTY
Senior executive vice president and chief regulatory and risk management officer, TowneBank, Suffolk
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Although Virginia has had notable Black banking leaders — including Maggie Walker at the start of the 20th century — it’s still a business that has not had a lot
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KEN AMPY
CEO, Astyra Corp., Richmond
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Growing up in rural Dinwiddie County, Ampy saw firsthand the power of community. After studying computer science at Old Dominion University, he built a career as a programmer analyst and
KEVIN M. WIDEMAN
CEO, Koniag Government Services, Chantilly
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In just over four years, Wideman has quintupled the annual revenues of his Fairfax County-based government contracting agency from $100 million to $500 million, expanding its workforce from 130 to
‘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
‘A seat at the table’
From Fortune 500 to small biz, CFO finds her niche
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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 business | Cynthia Macturk, CFO Fahrenheit Advisors, Richmond When
Out and about
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Virginia Business held its 17th annual Virginia CFO Awards banquet at The Jefferson Hotel in Richmond on June 16. Sponsored by Truist and Brown Edwards, the event honored 51 CFOs
EY names eight Virginians mid-Atlantic entrepreneurs of year
Six out of 13 companies recognized are based in Va.
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Eight leaders from six Virginia businesses have been named winners of Ernst & Young LLP’s Mid-Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2022. The winners, named in early July by
Taking the reins
42 women execs who set the standard for leadership
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To quote the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, “Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. … It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.”