Earl T. Granger III, chief development officer, Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg
Granger was named chief develop- ment officer at the Colonial Williams- burg Foundation last summer. He joined the foundation in August as the pandemic continued to impact Colonial Williamsburg, which had furloughed or placed on administrative leave more than 700 employees during the pandemic’s early months. Bolstered by a move to outdoor programming and the return of furloughed employees, Granger says the world’s largest living history museum, which has faced declining revenues and visitation in recent years, has “cause for cautious optimism” in 2021.
Nancy Grden, executive director, Hampton Roads Maritime Collaborative for Growth & Innovation, Norfolk
Last September, Grden was named the first executive director of the newly formed Hampton Roads Maritime Collaborative for Growth & Innovation, an umbrella organization
that aims to bolster the region’s maritime industry. Grden, who most recently served as the associate vice president of Old Dominion University’s Insti- tute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, says the collaborative will be “action-oriented” as it focuses on maritime economic development and innova- tion, as well as initiatives involving offshore wind, coastal resilience and talent pipelines.
Jehmal Hudson and Angela Navarro, State Corporation Commission judges, Richmond
Hudson, who held several roles at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, was appointed to the three-member Virginia State Corporation Commission last June as its first Black judge. Navarro, former deputy secretary of commerce and trade under Gov. Ralph Northam and previously deputy secretary of natural resources, joined the commission in January.
D. Jermaine Johnson, Greater Washington Area and Virginia regional president, PNC Bank, Washington, D.C.
With 25 years of industry experience, Johnson honed his skills at Bank of America and GE Capital prior to joining PNC 15 years ago. Tapped last August as PNC’s D.C.-region
president, he is responsible for $18 billion in local deposits and 1,600 employees in the bank’s corporate, business, retail, real estate and financial institutions groups. He has big shoes to fill in a slot previously held by regional banking icon Richard Bynum, who was promoted to PNC’s chief responsibility officer.
Dr. Thomas Kayrouz, president and chief medical officer, Riverside Medical Group, Newport News
In September 2020, Kayrouz was named president and chief medical officer by the Riverside Medical Group, a multispecialty group practice for Newport News-based
Riverside Health System. He oversees the group’s more than 600 providers and 100 practice sites. With a career in pediatric critical care medicine and physician-led health care leadership, Kayrouz previously served as executive vice president and chief physician executive for AnMed Health in South Carolina. He also held roles at Piedmont Health Partners, Sentara Northern Virginia Medical and Carilion Children’s Hospital in Roanoke.
Kathryn Keller, president, The Harvest Foundation, Martinsville
Keller took the helm of The Harvest Foundation in July 2020, following a 20-year career with Cincinnati-based health foundation Interact for Health, where she worked in strategy, policy
and external relations. Founded in 2002 with proceeds from the sale of Memorial Hospital, The Harvest Foundation seeks economic development opportunities for the Martinsville-Henry County area. In the past year, the foundation has focused on assisting small businesses hard-hit by the pandemic as well as promoting racial justice. This year, the foundation plans to formulate a new strategic plan, Keller says.
Kevin Leslie, executive director, Hampton Roads Biomedical Research Consortium, Norfolk
A William & Mary grad who holds a doctorate in biophysics from Virginia Commonwealth University, Leslie was tapped in November 2020 to lead this new partnership
between Old Dominion University, Eastern Virginia Medical School and Sentara Healthcare. HRBRC’s mission is to strengthen and initiate research collaborations among ODU, EVMS and Sentara as well as to find solutions for making health care in Hampton Roads more efficient and less expensive. Leslie previously served as associate director of VCU’s health care startup arm, VCU Ventures.
Mark Nantz, president and CEO, Valley Health, Winchester
A former chief administrative officer and Atlantic group president for Bon Secours Mercy Health, Nantz started his job in June 2020, in the early months
of the pandemic. Overseeing six hospitals and 50 medical practices in the Shenandoah Valley, Nantz immediately had to contend with financial
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shortfalls due to cancellations of elective surgeries. However, the health system avoided layoffs. In December 2020, Valley Health finalized a contract extension with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Virginia, after months of tense negotiations with the insurer, which covers about 40,000 area residents.
Elizabeth Porter, health group president, Leidos Holdings Inc., Reston
Porter, who previously held leadership positions at Lockheed Martin Corp., was promoted to president of Reston-based federal
contractor Leidos’ $2 billion health group in August 2020, after serving as the division’s acting president for five months. In February, Porter’s division landed a $2 billion contract to provide nonmedical counseling to military service members and their families through the Department of Defense’s Military and Family Life Counseling (MFLC) program.
Doug Wagoner, president and CEO, LMI, Tysons
Hired as president and CEO of Tysons-based government and defense consultancy LMI in August 2020, Wagoner previously served as
sector president at Reston-based Science Applications International Corp. In that role, which he had held since 2013, he oversaw SAIC’s operations and its 15,000 consultants and engineers. Wagoner helped oversee the 2013 split of SAIC into two publicly traded companies, Leidos and SAIC. He also previously worked for DSA Inc., ChoicePoint (now LexisNexis) and Electronic Data Systems (now part of DXC Technology).
Gregory Washington, president, George Mason University, Fairfax
In July 2020, Washington became GMU’s eighth president. An innovator in the field of dynamic systems, he was the first
in his family to attend college, earning his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University. While serving as dean of the engineering school at the University of California, Irvine, Washington increased school enrollment and diversified the faculty. Among the projects on his plate are GMU’s $250 million Institute for Digital InnovAtion (IDIA). Set to open in 2025, the institute will foster the tech talent pipeline and anchor an “innovation district.” ■
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