Best Places to Work
A healthy balance
Ashburn-based Sriven Technologies puts employees first
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For Ashburn-based IT company Sriven Technologies LLC, an emphasis on work-life balance and leading a healthy lifestyle, as well as a strong benefits packages creates a stress-free place for employees
A shot in the arm
Best practices help winning companies fight pandemic
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Virginia’s Best Places to Work were hit by the consequences of COVID-19 just like every other business this year. But characteristics that won them the “best places” title — including
11th Annual Best Places to Work list
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This is the 11th 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
On even ground
Female leaders are mission critical at Patriot Group International
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Marlana Fraser joined Warrenton-based Patriot Group International Inc. (PGI) with a special insight into the people on the ground carrying out PGI’s special operations. Her husband had served in the
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
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
VEC reduces backlog by 89%
Backlog of separation claims down to to 27,728 from 246,273
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The Virginia Employment Commission has decreased its backlog by nearly 89%, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday. The VEC reduced the backlog of employment separation reports from 246,273 to 27,728 and
Va. new jobless claims edged up last week
Continued claims remain in decline
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Virginia’s initial unemployment claims increased slightly last week while continued claims decreased again, as they have for several weeks, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending
Virginia unemployment rate improves to 4.3% in June
State had the fourth-lowest jobless rate in U.S.
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Virginia’s unemployment rate dropped again in June, landing at 4.3%, 0.2 points below May’s jobless rate, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday. In June 2020, the unemployment rate was at 8.8%,
Va. jobless claims continued decline last week
New filings dipped below 6,000
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The state’s initial unemployment claims continued to decrease last week, dipping below 6,000 in the filing week ending July 10, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. Continued claims also decreased
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 best of times?
Year of pandemic and civil strife also saw transformative giving
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The past year or so in America has often seemed a dark time, with headlines dominated by COVID-19, the tumult surrounding social justice issues and our deeply politically divided nation.
Gifts of healing
Virginians counter COVID-19, racial injustice via philanthropy
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When tech entrepreneur Pete Snyder and his wife, Burson, returned home to Charlottesville from taking their 5-year-old daughter to Walt Disney World this spring, they came home to a business
Donations by companies and corporate foundations
A sample of donations of at least $100,000 made to Virginia nonprofits in 2019.
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The 50 largest Virginia charities
A list of the commonwealth’s major charities as ranked by GuideStar USA Inc.
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Hampton Roads Business Guide
Change in the air
Dominion debuts offshore wind farm
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After almost a decade of planning, Dominion Energy Inc. will begin harnessing offshore wind power this fall as two massive test turbines go into operation off the coast of Virginia
Good deeds
Commercial real estate moves forward in pandemic
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The pandemic hasn’t seemingly slowed down commercial real estate development and transactions in Hampton Roads. Despite significant financial hits to the hospitality industry, the $125 million, 305-room Marriott Virginia Beach
A healthy outlook
Region’s hospital systems growing through partnerships
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Even as the COVID-19 pandemic stresses Virginia hospitals, Hampton Roads’ health care sector continues to grow. Richmond-based VCU Health System is making inroads in the region through partnerships with Riverside
On the fast track
Local Fantastic 50 companies have seen big growth
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Six Hampton Roads-based companies, including two newcomers, landed on the Virginia Chamber’s 2020 Fantastic 50 list of the state’s fastest-growing privately owned businesses. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the winners
Legal Elite
The 21st edition of the Virginia Business Legal Elite
Legal Elite recognizes top Virginia attorneys across 20 specialties
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Launched in cooperation with the Virginia Bar Association, the Legal Elite polls lawyers licensed to practice in Virginia each year, asking them to identify which of their peers are the
2020 Legal Elite — Taxes/Estates/Trusts Profile
Christine Nguyen Piersall, Williams Mullen, Norfolk
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Title: Partner/chair of Estate Planning: Private Client & Fiduciary Services Practice Other legal specialties: Business succession, commercial real estate Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Virginia; law degree, University of Richmond
2020 Legal Elite — Real Estate/Land Use Profile
Clark H. Worthy, Gentry Locke Attorneys, Roanoke
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Title: Partner Other legal specialties: General business practitioner Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Virginia; law degree, Washington & Lee School of Law Spouse: Mary “Kate” Robey Worthy Children: C. Hatcher
2020 Legal Elite — Legislative/Regulatory/Administrative Profile
Daniel C. Summerlin III, Woods Rogers PLC, Richmond, Roanoke
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Title: President, principal Other legal specialties: Employment law Birthplace: Chapel Hill, North Carolina Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; law degree, William & Mary Spouse: Laura
Maritime Guide
A fair trade?
U.S.-China tensions still impact Va. economy
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While President Joe Biden will likely strike a more diplomatic tone with China than his predecessor, economists and other observers believe the United States’ rocky trade relationship with its biggest
Making it rain
Increased e-commerce fuels wave of distribution centers
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For Hanover County Economic Development Director Linwood Thomas, things couldn’t get much better. “It’s really been a perfect storm,” Thomas says. That storm — the good type — is a
The largest yard
Newport News Shipyard steams ‘full speed ahead’
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In a year when the world stood still, forcing businesses to adjust, the shipbuilding industry in Hampton Roads was told from the start to keep working. In early spring 2020,
The Port of Virginia
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By 2024, the Port of Virginia expects to be the deepest port on the East Coast at 55 feet, with room for two-way traffic for some of the world’s largest
Regional Report
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.
James Madison teams rise to Google challenge
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James Madison University students helped businesses and nonprofits promote themselves as part of Google’s Online Marketing Challenge.
Site Locator
2020 Virginia Business Site Locator
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Welcome to the 2020 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
Congratulations to the 2021 Virginia CFO Awards winners!
Watch our video presentation for this year's nominees, finalists and winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 Virginia CFO Awards, honoring the commonwealth’s top nonprofit and companies’ chief financial executives, announced Friday by Virginia Business Editor and Chief Content Officer
2020 Virginia CFO Awards winners
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In an annual special report, here are the four outstanding chief financial officers nominated by their peers and chosen by a group including the editorial staff of Virginia Business magazine
Smooth sailing
CFO overhauls law firm’s IT infrastructure
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Small business | Mark Baumgartner, CFO Pender & Coward PC, Norfolk It’s safe to say Mark Baumgartner knows the ins and outs of Virginia Beach-based law firm Pender & Coward
Growth mode
Harbor Group International CFO instrumental in $1.8B acquisition
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Large Business | Carla Stoner, CFO Harbor Group International LLC, Norfolk Carla Stoner doesn’t come from a typical CFO background of working strictly as an accountant or CPA, but she
Virginia Meetings
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’s largest conference hotels
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Virginia Society of CPAs’ 2021 Virginia Economic Expectations Survey
CPAs discuss the economic health of their regions in 2020
A Q&A with five members of the Virginia Society of CPAs
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We asked five certified public accountants for their take on the state of their regions. This is what they had to say. Answers have been edited for length and clarity.
A taxing time
Amid pandemic, CPAs are concerned about health, safety
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In early March, Ryan Losi just arrived home after traveling around the world for 10 of the past 13 weeks. He probably won’t be doing that again for a while.
The Results of the Virginia Society of CPAs’ 2021 Virginia Economic Expectations Survey
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To download the results as a PDF click here Related Articles We asked five certified public accountants for their take on the state of their regions. This is