For 20 years — from 1966 to 1986 — Charles Yost worked as a manufacturing engineer for General Electric after his tour with the United States Navy. He left when his company planned to move him from its Suffolk [Read More…]
“I always loved art, biology and people,” Dr. Benjamin T. Watson, DDS, MAGD, says. “Working in dentistry seemed to put all three things together.” While earning his Bachelor of Science degree in biology at the [Read More…]
After a career path that led to his commitment as a surgeon focused on building a strong veinous practice, Dr. C. Scott McEnroe, MD, FACS, is now medical director of The Vein Center of Virginia, [Read More…]
Serving Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson and York County, the 30,000-square-foot Peninsula Regional Animal Shelter (PRAS) hosts guests from as far away as northern Virginia. Operated by the City of Newport News, the shelter is open [Read More…]
“Work-wise, there aren’t many things I would pay to do,” says Cliff Weddington, CFP®, ChFC®, CLF®, financial advisor, principal and district advisor for First Command, Colonial District. “I really feel like I make a difference.” [Read More…]
From a small, southern town to CEO/owner of a physical therapy empire in Hampton Roads, Dr. Allen R. Jones, Jr., PT., DPT, was raised by parents who inspired his dogmatic approach to success. The Mississippi [Read More…]
Robert “Free” Freeman graduated from Denbigh High School in 2001, where he played football with Antoine Bethea, who was drafted into the NFL and now plays safety for the New York Giants. “Antoine has always [Read More…]
“It’s not about me as an agent, but about the program, the education and people who need it,” Sonja Mitchell, Family and Consumer Sciences agent in Newport News’ Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) Office, says of [Read More…]
Ellen Latham’s lifelong passion for fitness led her to create Orangetheory Fitness (OTF) in 2010, with partners David Long, Jerome Kern and David Hardy. OTF believes in changing the world one heartbeat at a time. [Read More…]
New Hampshire native Rebecca Neill, BS, QDDP, MHRT/c, met and married Jamie in Massachusetts. His Marine Corp career took them and their four children around the United States. Their adopted daughter was diagnosed with mild [Read More…]
In 1969, Dr. J. Robert Beyster, a nuclear physicist, Navy veteran and PhD in nuclear physics, wanted to do research in a productive environment with talented scientists and engineers addressing issues of national importance. Science [Read More…]
Growing up in rural Michigan, Gary Warren’s best entrepreneurial influence were his parents. “Mom and Dad opened a waterfront family restaurant when I was 11,” he says. “When I hire people who worked for a [Read More…]
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