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Executive Vice President Sales and Brand Management Philip Morris USA Richmond, Virginia September 19,
2007 Wednesday Topic: The Main Thing |
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Craig Johnson was named executive vice president, Sales and
Brand Management in June 2005. In this position, Mr. Johnson
oversees the 2,800-plus employees in the Sales & Brand
Management organization.
Mr. Johnson joined Philip Morris USA (PM USA) as vice president, Trade Marketing in April 1991. He was named vice president, Sales, in December 1993, and he became senior vice president, Sales, in 1994. In 2002, Mr. Johnson was appointed executive vice president, Sales & Distribution. He received a bachelor of administration degree in marketing from the University of Texas at Austin in 1974. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Texas Century Club. He is also involved on the boards of directors for the Virginia Performing Arts Foundation and the First Tee of Richmond and Chesterfield.PM USA produces a number of leading cigarette brands: Marlboro, the largest selling cigarette in the United States and the world; Benson & Hedges; Merit; Virginia Slims; Parliament; and Basic. PM USA is an operating company of Altria Group, Inc. For more information about PM USA, and its products, programs and positions on tobacco-related issues, visit www.philipmorrisusa.com. |
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Chairman, President & CEO Horne International, Inc. Fairfax, Virginia
October 24,
2007 Wednesday
Topic: The Changing Climate of Corporate Citizenship |
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Darryl Horne is chairman of the Board of Directors, president,
and chief executive officer of Horne International, Inc.,
(formerly Spectrum Sciences and Software Holdings Corp), a
program engineering and technology solutions company
headquartered in Fairfax, Va. Mr. Horne is also chief operating
officer of Horne Engineering Services, LLC, a firm he founded in
1990 and grew into a significant player in the federal
contracting arena. In addition to Horne Engineering, Horne
International’s family of subsidiaries includes Spectrum
Sciences & Software, Inc., and Coast Engine and Equipment
Company, Inc.
Mr. Horne received a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), the nation's oldest state-supported military college, in 1982. Virginia Governor James S. Gilmore (R) appointed Mr. Horne to the Board of Visitors of VMI in August 1999, and Virginia Governor Mark R. Warner (D) reappointed him to the Board in June 2003. Mr. Horne was vice president of the Board and chaired the Audit, Finance and Planning Committee. He is also a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers and the Society of American Military Engineers, and he completed service in the U.S. Army Reserve with the rank of Captain. In 1997, he was recognized as an “Eminent Engineer” by Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society.Mr. Horne was honored by Ernst & Young in 1999 as a Greater Washington Entrepreneur of the Year, and in 2002 he was a finalist for a National Capital Business Ethics Award. In 2004, he was invited to become a Trustee on the Federal City Council, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the improvement of the Nation’s Capital. He was named a Top Technology Entrepreneur by US Black Engineer and Information Technology magazine in 2005, and in 2007, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations selected Mr. Horne to serve on its Industry Advisory Panel. Mr. Horne is a native of Hampton, Va., and currently resides in Vienna, Va., with his wife, Charlene, and three children. |
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Regional Vice President Long & Foster REALTORS Roanoke, Virginia February 13,
2008 wednesday Topic: Pathway to the American Dream |
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Appointed vice president of the Long & Foster REALTORS® Southwest Virginia Region in 2006, Ms. Clark oversees eight offices extending from Lynchburg to Blacksburg and approximately 500 associates and staff. Prior to this appointment, she served as vice president/managing broker for Long & Foster’s Midlothian Office, the largest office for Long & Foster in the Richmond Region. She was selected “Manager of the Year” and received the Productivity Award and Profitability Award for the Long & Foster Richmond Region in 2004, 2005, and 2006. In 2003, she received the “Outstanding Manager” Long & Foster Relocation Award for the Richmond Region. Beginning her real estate career in Montgomery County, Md., Ms. Clark relocated to Richmond in 1979 and joined Prudential Savage & Company REALTORS®. She became sales manager for Savage and opened an office in Bon Air in 1980. She grew the sales staff to 17, and in 1983, she became general sales manager for the entire company when it merged two offices. After leaving the company in 1995, she returned as president in 1997. Savage merged with Long & Foster in 2001. In 2005, Ms. Clark was appointed to the Richmond Association of REALTORS® Board of Trustees, Political Action Committee, and served as the vice chair of this committee in 2006. In 2001-2002, she was named to the Who’s Who in Executives and Businesses Nationwide Register. She was named one of the most Powerful Women in Real Estate by National Relocation & Real Estate Magazine in 1999. Recognizing her years of community leadership, Ms. Clark received the 2006 Chesterfield Business Council/Richmond Metro Chamber, Bernard L. Savage Community Service Leadership Award. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Bon Secours Richmond Health System, and on the Community Advisory Board for Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Chesterfield Public Education Foundation and on the Corporate Advisory Board for the College of Business & Economics at Longwood. Ms. Clark has three grown children and five grandchildren. |
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President and CEO Retail Merchants Association Richmond, Virginia March 4, 2008 Tuesday Place: Hiner Auditorium Topic: |
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Bill Baxter started his business career as a trainee at Thalhimers
Department Stores, and 27 years later he left the company as its
senior vice president responsible for store operations and budgets
for 27 department store branches in four states with 3,700 employees
reporting to/through him.
During those years, Mr. Baxter created many unique business initiatives such as the “model store” program, which took the weakest performing Thalhimer branch to the #1 position among a peer group of 113 stores; the “Tuesday Club” for senior citizens that increased Tuesday’s sales from 6 percent of a week’s business to 13 percent and grew overall sales by $12,000,000 annually; and the “Corporate Night” program which produced $500,000 in additional sales for the seven participating stores in four hours on a Sunday evening. When the May Company purchased Thalhimers and converted it into Hechts, Mr. Baxter left the company. He briefly served as a regional manager for Home Quarters Warehouse before joining the Retail Merchants Association (RMA), where he has served as its President and Chief Executive Officer for the past 14 years, and is only the 4th person to serve as CEO in the organization’s 101-year history.Through his leadership, the RMA expanded from a “local” retail trade association representing Greater Richmond to a regional organization directly servicing more than half of Virginia’s retail business community. The RMA recently joined the Hampton Roads’ Retail Alliance® in the formation of the Virginia Retail Federation, an LLC that represents the legislative and governmental interest of all retailers in Virginia. The RMA has invested well over $6 million in initiatives and events across metropolitan Richmond. The largest investment to date was a $3 million multi-year grant to the Greater Richmond Convention and Visitors Bureau, a move that paved the way for four governmental jurisdictions to come together and build Greater Richmond’s 700,000 square foot convention center. Mr. Baxter has served as an officer or member of many other local and regional boards and organizations. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech, and The Executive Program of the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. He is also Board Certified by the American Society of Association Executives. |
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Vice President of Finance & CFO BAE SYSTEMS Land & Armaments Inc. Arlington, Virginia April 3,
2008 Thursday Topic: |
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BAE SYSTEMS Land & Armaments Inc. is a $9 billion+ subsidiary of
London-based BAE SYSTEMS Plc. Mr. Slack oversees all company
financial operations for his businesses located in the United
States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the Republic of South
Africa. Having joined BAE SYSTEMS in 1999 as vice president, finance
& corporate controller, of its US subsidiary BAE Systems North
America, Mr. Slack was promoted to vice president finance and chief
financial officer in 2003. He assumed his current role in 2005. He
has over 23 years of progressive experience in all facets of
financial management and accounting.
Prior to joining the BAE Systems, Mr. Slack was the director of group finance for TRW’s Systems & Information Technology Group and advanced through positions of increased responsibility with BDM International, Inc., in the areas of business management, financial reporting, and treasury services, culminating with his final role as director of finance and assistant controller in 1998. He also worked with Honeywell Federal Systems, Inc. from 1985 – 1989 in various financial management roles and with the Virginia Department of Taxation as an auditor in 1984. Mr. Slack holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree with a concentration in Accounting from Longwood University. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of AICPA, Financial Executives International, and the Association of Financial Professionals.Mr. Slack is actively involved at Longwood, currently serving on the Corporate Advisory Board for the College of Business & Economics, and prior to this, he served on the Alumni Advisory Board. He resides in Virginia with his wife and four children. His oldest daughter graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Longwood in May 2007, and his son is a sophomore majoring in business administration at Longwood. |
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