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Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: DREW PARKER
CEO, CARTER MACHINERY, SALEM
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Carter Machinery has deep roots in Virginia, tracing back to 1928, when Robert Hill Carter founded Virginia Tractor in Richmond. The company was the state’s first Caterpillar dealership, and it
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: TRAVIS HILL
CEO, VIRGINIA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL AUTHORITY, MECHANICSVILLE
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Hill presides over Virginia ABC, a state agency that produced $1.4 billion in 2022 revenue, with $622.8 million going to the state general fund. Before becoming CEO in 2018, Hill
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Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: ELIZABETH ‘LIZA’ MYERS BORCHES
PRESIDENT AND CEO, CARTER MYERS AUTOMOTIVE, CHARLOTTESVILLE
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Founded in 1924 by Borches’ great-grandfather, Carter Myers Automotive is Virginia’s fifth largest car sales group; it garnered $933 million in revenue during fiscal year 2022 and employs more than
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: DENNIS ELLMER
CEO, PRIORITY AUTO GROUP, CHESAPEAKE
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Ellmer launched Priority Auto in 1999 with the acquisition of two dealerships in Chesapeake. By 2023. he grew the business to No. 55 on Automotive News’ list of the top
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: JERRY MURRELL
FOUNDER AND CEO, FIVE GUYS ENTERPRISES, ALEXANDRIA
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Five Guys founder Murrell’s mother always told him, “If you can give a good haircut, or if you can serve a good drink at a bar, or if you can
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: ARTHUR ‘BO’ FISHER III
CEO, FISHER AUTO PARTS, STAUNTON
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Bo Fisher spoke of “the great loss of my father, partner, boss and best friend,” when his father, Art Fisher, died in 2004. Already serving as president of Fisher Auto
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: JIM KOONS
OWNER, JIM KOONS AUTOMOTIVE, VIENNA
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Koons owns and operates 20 auto franchises in the mid-Atlantic region, under the umbrella of the nation’s 13th largest used-vehicle dealership and Virginia’s biggest, according to Automotive News. Koons’ father,
Winchester shopping center sale could revitalize area
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During his time on Winchester City Council, Jeff Buettner recalls, plans to revitalize Ward Plaza shopping center were a frequent topic of conversation at every council retreat, going back as
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: GEOFFREY POHANKA
CHAIRMAN, POHANKA AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, VIENNA
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Pohanka’s family has been selling cars since Frank Pohanka opened a Washington, D.C., dealership in 1919. Today, the family’s business, run by Frank’s grandson Geoffrey, has 18 locations in Virginia,
Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: LORI RAYA
PRESIDENT, MID-ATLANTIC DIVISION, KROGER, GLEN ALLEN
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In 2021, Raya became president of Kroger’s mid-Atlantic division, overseeing more than 100 stores in five states and 18,000 employees. She brings more than three decades in the grocery business