The BigBook: Most Influential Virginians
is chairman of the Shentel Foundation, which supports a variety of community projects. He has held board and officer positions with state and national telecom- munications organizations, including ser- vice as a director of the Virginia Telecom- munications Industry Association. French currently is a member of the Leadership Committee of the USTelecom Association.
Recent developments: Shentel has part- nered with Longwood University to air all of the Farmville-based school’s home basket- ball games on Shentel Digital Channel 81.
Bobbie G. Kilberg, president and CEO, Northern Virginia Technology Council, Herndon
Why she is influential: Kilberg, who has led NVTC for 18 years, was instrumental in publishing the Greater Washington Technology Workforce Needs
Assessment in December. She has launched several programs, such as the inaugural Capital Cybersecurity Summit in November, promoting the region as a global technology hub. She served on U.S. Sen. Mark Warner’s Cybersecurity Task Force and was named to the Loudoun Business Journal’s Women 100 list.
New developments: NVTC hosted the Capital Data Summit in February, and Kilberg is working on a health tech summit scheduled for this June.
Daniel D’Aniello, chairman and co-founder, The Carlyle Group,
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Why he is inf uey he is inflluential: Before co-founding The Carlyle Group, a private-equity firm with $169 billion in assets under man- agement, D’Aniello was a vice president for finance and development at Marriott Corp. D’Aniello is a member of The Council for the United States and Italy and a trustee of the Lumen Institute. He chairs the Wolf Trap Foundation board and is a lifetime trustee of Syracuse University as well as a member of the Chancellor’s Council and the Corporate Advisory Council to the Martin J. Whitman School of Man- agement at Syracuse. In 2014 he donated $20 million to the free-market think tank American Enterprise Institute, where he now serves as co-chairman of the board of trustees.
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Recent developments: Last year The D’Aniello Family Foundation gave $4 million to Syracuse University, half of which went to the Institute for Veterans and Military Families. D’Aniello was also awarded the U.S. Navy Memorial Founda- tion’s Lone Sailor Award and gave substantial gifts to the archdioceses of Washington, D.C., and Arlington, for education and humanitar- ian causes.
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John Reinhart, CEO and executive director, Port of Virginia, Norfolk
Why he is influential: Since tak- ing the helm of the Port of Vir- ginia three years ago, Reinhart has helped guide a dramatic turn- around at the port, which is a
major economic development asset for the commonwealth. He was named the Virginia Business Person of the Year in 2016.
Recent developments: The Port of Virginia is undergoing major expansions at its terminals worth more than $700 million. The port is receiving $350 million from the com- monwealth to grow capacity of its largest terminal, Norfolk International Terminals, by 46 percent. In addition, the port is doubling capacity of the Virginia International Gate- way terminal in Portsmouth. After two years of negotiations, last year the port signed a long-term lease to operate the terminal. The port also set a record last year for the number of containers it moved.
James A. Squires, chairman, president and CEO, Norfolk Southern Corp., Norfolk
Why he is influential: Squires has led Norfolk Southern since 2015. Last year, the company’s profit improved despite economic
headwinds affecting the railroad industry, including falling coal volumes and soft intermodal traffic.
Recent developments: Since Canadian Pacific Railway dropped its repeated takeover bids for Norfolk Southern last April, Squires has continued to lead the company through cost-cutting measures that include consolidating its operating regions and improving productivity. The company consolidated much of its executive workforce at its Norfolk headquarters last year, a move that included closing its Roanoke regional headquarters building, which it sold to a group of investors in December.
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Steve Case, chairman and CEO, Revolution LLC, McLean
Why is he influential: Case co-founded America Online in 1985 and in 2000 negotiated the merger of AOL and Time Warner. He co-founded Revolution LLC, a
Washington, D.C.-based investment firm in 2005. In 2014 he was named presidential ambassador for global entrepreneurship and was the founding chair of Startup America Partnerships, a White House effort to accelerate entrepreneurship. Case currently serves on the Smithsonian Institution board of regents. He and his wife, Jean, own Early Mountain Vineyards in Madison County.
Recent developments: Last April Case published the bestseller “The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future.” This year he will serve as the vice chair of the Smithsonian Institution board of regents.
Ted Leonsis, co-founder and partner at Revolution Growth and majority owner and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, Washington, D.C.
Why he is influential: Last year Leonsis acquired two arena football leagues for Monumental Sports, adding to its roster of other pro teams in the NBA, NHL and WNBA. The company also owns the 20,000-seat Verizon Center and a network delivering film and television content on the internet. The former vice chairman and president of AOL, Leonsis sits on a variety of corporate boards, including American Express and Groupon.
Recent developments: Leonsis is co-leader of the Greater Washington Partnership, a new organization that aims to boost economic growth in a region stretching from Baltimore to Richmond.
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