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1131<p class="p1"><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/blog/tag/black-history-month/" class="st_tag internal_tag taglinks" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Black History Month">Black History Month</a> traces its origins to an annual weeklong observance started in 1926 by historian and scholar Carter G. Woodson, a Virginia native. And since then, the February celebration of Black history makers and events has been intertwined with commemorating successful business icons like fellow Virginia-born greats Maggie Walker and Booker T. Washington.</p> 1132<p class="p3"><span class="s2">With this in mind, Virginia Business presents our 2023 Virginia <a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/blog/tag/black-business-leaders/" class="st_tag internal_tag taglinks" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Black business leaders">Black Business Leaders</a> Awards, recognizing a reader-nominated group of some of the state’s most accomplished Black executives. On this inaugural list are 17 leaders, chosen from 108 nominated executives in finance, federal contracting, higher education, law, technology and other sectors. Our editorial team selected the 17 winners, scoring nominations based on factors including overall professional achievement, community impact and mentoring. </span></p> 1133<p class="p3"><span class="s2">Additionally, Virginia Business’ editors selected four of these 17 award-winning executives for additional recognition as inaugural members of our Virginia Black Business Leaders Hall of Fame, celebrating their outstanding careers and general excellence in business leadership. Our 2023 Hall of Fame members are: Gilbert Bland of the Urban League of Hampton Roads; Victor Branch of Bank of America; Victor O. Cardwell of Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black; and Warren Thompson of Thompson Hospitality Corp. </span></p><div class="article_dfp_ads"><!-- in_content_300x250_a --> <div id="div-gpt-ad-in_content_300x250_a" 1134 class="div-gpt-ad-in_content_300x250_a in_content_300x250_a dfp_ad_pos"> 1135
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1152 1153 </div> 1154 </div> 1155<h2 class="p1"><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E.png"><img decoding="async" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-75776 alignleft" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%20150'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" width="150" height="150" data-lazy-srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-150x150.png 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-386x386.png 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-768x768.png 768w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-16x16.png 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-320x320.png 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-112x112.png 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-362x362.png 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-250x250.png 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E.png 1080w" data-lazy-sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-lazy-src="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-150x150.png" /><noscript><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-75776 alignleft" src="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-150x150.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-150x150.png 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-386x386.png 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-768x768.png 768w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-16x16.png 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-320x320.png 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-112x112.png 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-362x362.png 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E-250x250.png 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Ampy_Kenneth-E.png 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></noscript></a><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/article/ken-ampy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>KEN AMPY</b></a></h2> 1156<p class="p1"><em><span class="s1">CEO, Â </span></em><em><span class="s1">Astyra Corp., </span><span class="s2"><b>Richmond</b></span></em></p> 1157<p> </p> 1158<p> </p> 1159<hr> 1160<h2><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended.png"><img decoding="async" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-75780 alignleft" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%20150'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" width="150" height="150" data-lazy-srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-150x150.png 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-386x386.png 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-768x768.png 768w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-1536x1536.png 1536w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-16x16.png 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-320x320.png 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-112x112.png 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-362x362.png 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-250x250.png 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended.png 1800w" data-lazy-sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-lazy-src="https://virginiabusiness.com/w
1160p-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-150x150.png" /><noscript><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-75780 alignleft" src="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-150x150.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-150x150.png 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-386x386.png 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-768x768.png 768w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-1536x1536.png 1536w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-16x16.png 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-320x320.png 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-112x112.png 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-362x362.png 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended-250x250.png 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Bowe_Aisha-WEH_8581-Extended.png 1800w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></noscript></a><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/article/aisha-bowe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>AISHA BOWE </b></a></h2> 1161<p><em><span class="s1">Founder and CEO, STEMBoard, </span><span class="s2"><b>Arlington</b></span></em></p> 1162<p> </p> 1163<p> </p> 1164<hr> 1165<h2 class="p1"><b></b><b><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004.png"><img decoding="async" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-75783 alignleft" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%20150'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" width="150" height="150" data-lazy-srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-150x150.png 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-386x386.png 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-768x768.png 768w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-16x16.png 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-320x320.png 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-112x112.png 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-362x362.png 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-250x250.png 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004.png 1080w" data-lazy-sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-lazy-src="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-150x150.png" /><noscript><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-75783 alignleft" src="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-150x150.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-150x150.png 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-386x386.png 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-768x768.png 768w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-16x16.png 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-320x320.png 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-112x112.png 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-362x362.png 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004-250x250.png 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/CTD_2070-Edit-Created-Photography-0004.png 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100v
1165w, 150px" /></noscript></a><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/article/chandra-briggman/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CHANDRA BRIGGMAN</a> </b></h2> 1166<p class="p1"><em><span class="s1">President and CEO, Activation Capital, </span><span class="s2"><b>Richmond</b></span></em></p> 1167<p> </p> 1168<p> </p> 1169<hr> 1170<h2 class="p1"><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-72180 alignleft" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%20150'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" width="150" height="150" data-lazy-srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-150x150.jpg 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-386x386.jpg 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-768x768.jpg 768w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-16x16.jpg 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-320x320.jpg 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-112x112.jpg 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-362x362.jpg 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-250x250.jpg 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE.jpg 1080w" data-lazy-sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-lazy-src="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-150x150.jpg" /><noscript><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-72180 alignleft" src="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-150x150.jpg 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-386x386.jpg 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-768x768.jpg 768w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-16x16.jpg 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-320x320.jpg 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-112x112.jpg 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-362x362.jpg 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE-250x250.jpg 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2022/09/Conston-Marcia-USE-THIS-ONE.jpg 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></noscript></a><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/article/marcia-conston-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>MARCIA CONSTON </b></a></h2> 1171<p class="p1"><em><span class="s1">President, Tidewater Community College, </span><span class="s2"><b>Norfolk</b></span></em></p> 1172<p> </p> 1173<p> </p> 1174<hr> 1175<h2 class="p1"><b></b><b><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col.png"><img decoding="async" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-75788 alignleft" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%20150'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" width="150" height="150" data-lazy-srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-150x150.png 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-386x386.png 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-768x769.png 768w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-16x16.png 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-320x320.png 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-112x112.png 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-362x362.png 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-250x250.png 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col.png 1028w" data-lazy-sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100v
1175w, 150px" data-lazy-src="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-150x150.png" /><noscript><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-75788 alignleft" src="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-150x150.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-150x150.png 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-386x386.png 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-768x769.png 768w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-16x16.png 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-320x320.png 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-112x112.png 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-362x362.png 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col-250x250.png 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Hasty_Tom-NEW-Col.png 1028w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></noscript></a><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/article/thomas-hasty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THOMAS HASTY</a> </b></h2> 1176<p class="p1"><em><span class="s1">Senior executive vice president and chief regulatory and risk management officer, TowneBank, </span><span class="s2"><b>Suffolk</b></span></em></p> 1177<p> </p> 1178<p> </p> 1179<hr> 1180<h2 class="p1"><b></b><b><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12.png"><img decoding="async" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-75792 alignleft" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%20150'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" width="150" height="150" data-lazy-srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-150x150.png 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-386x386.png 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-768x768.png 768w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-16x16.png 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-320x320.png 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-112x112.png 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-362x362.png 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-250x250.png 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12.png 1080w" data-lazy-sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-lazy-src="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-150x150.png" /><noscript><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-75792 alignleft" src="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-150x150.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-150x150.png 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-386x386.png 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-768x768.png 768w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-16x16.png 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-320x320.png 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-112x112.png 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-362x362.png 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12-250x250.png 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/VA-Style-MAg-12.png 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></noscript></a><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/article/floyd-e-miller-ii/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FLOYD E. MILLER II</a> </b></h2> 1181<p class="p1"><em><span class="s1">President and CEO, Metropolitan Business League, </span><span class="s2"><b>Richmond</b></span></em></p> 1182<p> </p> 1183<p> </p> 1184<hr> 1185<h2 class="p1"><b></b><b>
1185<a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023-.png"><img decoding="async" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-75806 alignleft" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%20150'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" width="150" height="150" data-lazy-srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--150x150.png 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--386x386.png 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--1024x1024.png 1024w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--768x768.png 768w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--16x16.png 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--320x320.png 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--112x112.png 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--362x362.png 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--250x250.png 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023-.png 1080w" data-lazy-sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-lazy-src="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--150x150.png" /><noscript><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-75806 alignleft" src="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--150x150.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--150x150.png 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--386x386.png 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--1024x1024.png 1024w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--768x768.png 768w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--16x16.png 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--320x320.png 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--112x112.png 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--362x362.png 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023--250x250.png 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Reddix-0156-VaBus-Feb2023-.png 1080w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></noscript></a><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/article/angela-d-reddix/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ANGELA D. REDDIX</a> </b></h2> 1186<p class="p1"><em>Founder, CEO and president, ARDX; <span class="s1">founder, Envision Lead Grow, </span><span class="s2"><b>Norfolk</b></span></em></p> 1187<p> </p> 1188<p> </p> 1189<hr> 1190<h2 class="p1"><b></b><b><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/Smoot_Sharon-September-2022_extended.png"><img decoding="async" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-75815 alignleft" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%20150'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" width="150" height="150" data-lazy-srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Smoot_Sharon-September-2022_extended-150x150.png 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Smoot_Sharon-September-2022_extended-386x386.png 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Smoot_Sharon-September-2022_extended-1024x1024.png 1024w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Smoot_Sharon-September-2022_extended-768x768.png 768w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Smoot_Sharon-September-2022_extended-16x16.png 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Smoot_Sharon-September-2022_extended-320x320.png 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Smoot_Sharon-September-2022_extended-112x112.png 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Smoot_Sharon-September-2022_extended-362x362.png 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Smoot_Sharon-September-2022_extended-250x250.png 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Smoot_Sharon-September-2022_extended.png 1198w" data-lazy-sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100v
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WIDEMAN</a> </b></h2> 1206<p class="p1"><em><span class="s1">CEO, Koniag Government Services, </span><span class="s2"><b>Chantilly</b></span></em></p> 1207<p> </p> 1208<p> </p> 1209<hr> 1210<h2 class="p1"><b><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe.png"><img decoding="async" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-75843 alignleft" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%20150'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" width="150" height="150" data-lazy-srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe-150x150.png 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe-386x386.png 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe-16x16.png 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe-320x320.png 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe-112x112.png 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe-362x362.png 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe-250x250.png 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe.png 750w" data-lazy-sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-lazy-src="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe-150x150.png" /><noscript><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-75843 alignleft" src="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe-150x150.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe-150x150.png 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe-386x386.png 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe-16x16.png 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe-320x320.png 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe-112x112.png 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe-362x362.png 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe-250x250.png 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Wilkins_Joe.png 750w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></noscript></a><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/article/joseph-d-wilkins/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JOSEPH D. WILKINS</a></b></h2> 1211<p class="p1"><em><span class="s1">President, Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, </span><span class="s2"><b>Chesterfield County</b></span></em></p> 1212<p> </p> 1213<p> </p> 1214<hr> 1215<h2 class="p1"><b><a href="https://virginiabusiness.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/1/2023/01/Cathy-Williams-photo-Color-3618-0022.png"><img decoding="async" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-75850 alignleft" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%20150'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" width="150" height="150" data-lazy-srcset="https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Cathy-Williams-photo-Color-3618-0022-150x150.png 150w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Cathy-Williams-photo-Color-3618-0022-386x386.png 386w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Cathy-Williams-photo-Color-3618-0022-16x16.png 16w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Cathy-Williams-photo-Color-3618-0022-320x320.png 320w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Cathy-Williams-photo-Color-3618-0022-112x112.png 112w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Cathy-Williams-photo-Color-3618-0022-362x362.png 362w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Cathy-Williams-photo-Color-3618-0022-250x250.png 250w, https://virginiabusiness.com/files/1/2023/01/Cathy-Williams-photo-Color-3618-0022.png 548w" data-lazy-sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100v
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