To celebrate decades in the local banking industry and civic life that have combined professionalism with a personal touch, Richard "Randy" Anderson has been tapped as the 2024 inductee into the Arlington Chamber of Commerce’s Business Hall of Fame.
“Randy’s illustrious banking career spans over four decades,” said Kate Bates, president/CEO of the business organization. “When you mention Randy’s name in the region, it elicits a warm recognition and smile, due not just to his professional success, but his exceptional leadership and unwavering commitment to the community.”
The induction ceremony will be held May 14 as part of the Chamber’s 38th annual Best Business Awards, where Anderson will join a pantheon of community and business leaders enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
Anderson’s banking career has spanned nearly 50 years in the local area, beginning in 1976 as a trainee and leading to executive roles at Virginia Commerce Bank, Allegiant Bank, United Bank and National Capital Bank of Washington, from which he retired in 2022 but continues to serve as vice chair and president/CEO of its holding company.
Long active in the community, Anderson currently serves as a member of the board of directors of the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing and the VHC Health Foundation and has served on a host of other philanthropic and social-safety-net agencies through the years. He chaired the Chamber of Commerce’s board in 2002.
Johnson will join previous inductees Giuseppe Cecchi, Robert Smith, William Buck, John Shooshan, Emerson Reinsch, Russell Hitt, Sidney Dewberry, Ashton Jones, W. Sydney Albrittain, James Cole, Jonathan Kinney, Joseph Wholey, Mort Zetlin, Dr. Kenneth Haggerty, Fred Burroughs, Preston Caruthers, Joel Broyhill, Herb Morgan, Elizabeth Campbell, Dr. Jack London, Neal Nichols, Henry Lampe, David Guernsey, Bob Peck, Rich Doud, John Milliken, Scott McGeary, Erik Gutshall, Sonia Johnston, Bob Hawthorne, Lola Reinsch and Bert Johnson.
For tickets or additional information about the Arlington’s Best Business Awards and Business Hall of Fame ceremony, visit arlingtonchamber.org/events or call (703) 525-2400.
