TRANSPORTATION JOHN G. MILLIKEN CHAIRMAN, VIRGINIA PORT AUTHORITY
Before retiring from law firm Venable LLP in 2015, one of Milliken’s focuses was transportation. In the past year, Milliken led the search for former Virginia Port Authority CEO and Executive Director John Reinhart’s replacement, Stephen Edwards, who started his new position this year. Now it’s nearly time for Milliken’s retirement from the VPA board, which he’s served on intermittently since 2002. His retirement date is June 2022. Aside from the board, Milliken was Virginia’s secre-
tary of transportation from 1990 to 1993, and he’s cur- rently a board member of the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing and the Washington Airports Task Force. In 2017, he received the Arlington Community
JOHN E. ‘JACK’ POTTER PRESIDENT AND CEO, METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS AUTHORITY, ARLINGTON
Domestic and international passenger activity at Virginia’s two largest airports, Ronald Reagan Washington National and Washington Dulles International, fell 72% between April 2020 and April 2021. Those figures are due in large part to the pandemic. While the pandemic may have temporarily stalled air travel, it didn’t stop the opening of a new 225,000-square-foot concourse at the Reagan airport. The 14-gate concourse serves as the hub of American Airlines’ regional operations. Potter has led the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which manages and operates the two major D.C. airports, since 2011. He oversees 1,700 employees. Running two airports is a role he’s well compensated for. In 2019, Potter, a former postmaster general, took home more than $720,000, The Washington Post reported, making him one of the country’s highest-paid airport executives. The authority also oversees the management and construction of Metro’s
23-mile Silver Line Dulles extension. The second phase is expected to open in 2022. A Bronx native, Potter has a degree in economics from Fordham University and was a Sloan Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
REAR ADM. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, ARLINGTON
Foundation Spirit of Community Award. The University of Virginia School of Law alumnus is also a senior fellow in residence at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Washington Nationals
HOBBIES: Golf, baseball, collecting Chinese stamps
FIRST JOB: Order filler at a bulk paper warehouse
PERSON I ADMIRE: Anyone willing to seek and hold public office
MOST RECENT BOOK READ: “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration,” by Isabel Wilkerson
KEVIN PRICE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS LLC, NORFOLK
More than two decades on the water- front helped Price prepare for his role at Virginia International Terminals, a nonprofit created by the Virginia Port Authority. As COO, he oversees operations, information technology, expansion, maintenance, safety and security for Norfolk International Terminals, Portsmouth Marine Terminal, Newport News Marine Terminal, the Richmond Marine Terminal and the Virginia Inland Port in Front Royal. Not only does Price concern himself with performance at the terminals today, he must plan for the future. “It’s a balancing act,” he said in a Virginia Port Authority
biography. “Vessel productivity, truck turn times, rail dwell. … We will not lose sight of these key performance indicators. However, we must also commit to casting a vision for tomorrow’s sustain- able growth. How and where will we innovate, building a better terminal experience for all stakeholders?” Price earned a bachelor’s degree from East Stroudsburg
CHARLES ‘CHIP’ ROCK COMMANDER, NAVY REGION MID-ATLANTIC, U.S. NAVY, NORFOLK
There’s no denying the Navy’s impact on Hampton Roads. About 90,000 active-duty sailors and thousands more civilian employees, contractors and families call the area home, bringing the total “Navy Family” up to more than 300,000 people. Rock, a native of Syracuse, New York, oversees all of it, as well as a 20-state region of naval stations and reserve outposts. Six of those are in Hampton Roads. The Navy estimated its economic impact on
Hampton Roads for 2019 at more than $15 billion, a fig- ure that represents direct capital expenditures, includ- ing salaries, and payments for installation services. Construction of a new fleet communications center — estimated to cost about $100 million — on Naval Station Norfolk is expected to be done in 2022.
The Navy also is partnering with Virginia Beach to lease 400 acres of underutilized land at Naval Air Station Oceana for private development. Naval Station Norfolk, the world’s largest naval base, is also home to the ser- vice’s newest nuclear aircraſt carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford. The Navy is “a proud partner of Hampton Roads,” Rock says. “We can’t do our job without the community’s support. I’m just extremely grateful for all the support we’ve received, pandemic or not, and continue to receive by the Hampton Roads community. It’s humbling and really overwhelming.”
FIRST JOB: Lifeguard
MOST RECENT BOOK READ: “2034: A Novel of the Next World War,” by Elliot Ackerman and retired U.S. Navy Adm. James Stavridis
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University in Pennsylvania and has a diploma from Lloyd’s Maritime Academy in terminal management. He has also worked on a master’s degree at the University of Denver’s Transportation Institute. Before joining VIT in 2018, Price worked with Sea-Land Service Inc., APM Terminals and Global Container Terminals.
JAMES A. SQUIRES CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP., NORFOLK
Norfolk Southern is packing to leave for its Atlanta headquarters later this year, but the Fortune 500 railroad company is making sure its impact in Hampton Roads will still be felt. In May, the com-
pany announced plans to contribute $5 million in grants to local nonprofits over five years. “Norfolk has been home to Norfolk Southern for decades,” Squires says. “The Hampton Roads community has helped to shape Norfolk Southern and will remain part of who we are. Even as we relocate our headquarters, we will continue to actively support the prosperity of the Hampton Roads commu- nity to express our ongoing gratitude and commitment.” Also in May, the company reached a $257.2 million deal to expand passenger rail in the New River Valley, which has not had passenger service since 1979. The initiative also includes infra- structure improvements to the Route 29/Interstate 81 corridor. Legal agreements between Norfolk Southern and the state are expected to be completed by the end of 2021. Squires became president of Norfolk Southern in 2013. Aſter graduating from Amherst College, he spent a year in Japan on a fellowship, and from 1985 to 1989, he served as a Japanese language expert in the Army.
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