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Making an impact
Virginia Business’ 2023 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits. Small nonprofit | Clyde Cornett, Executive vice president and CFO Virginia Community Capital Inc., Richmond Richmond-based Virginia Community Capital Inc. was a $15 million organization when Clyde Cornett joined as chief financial officer in 2008. […]
Fate in finances
Virginia Business’ 2023 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits. Large Nonprofit | Jim Barker, chief financial officer Delta Dental of Virginia, Roanoke Some might call Jim Barker’s journey to becoming chief financial officer of Roanoke County-based Delta Dental of Virginia kismet. Barker grew up […]
Leading by example
Virginia Business’ 2023 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits. Large business | Cindy Yao, CFO and executive vice president Markel Food Group, Richmond A while back, Cindy Yao and the other executives at Richmond-based Markel Food Group underwent a 360-degree feedback exercise. Yao, the […]
More than bean counters
Chief financial officers have long been tasked with managing the fiscal responsibilities of companies — everything from financial planning to tracking cash flow. But increasingly, other C-suite executives and board members are relying on these finance experts for strategic and operational leadership. In fact, an April 2022 report from global consulting firm McKinsey & Co. […]
Paying it forward
Virginia Business’ 2023 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits. Small business | Jason Chesky, CFO Logenix International, Fairfax County Jason Chesky, chief financial officer at Fairfax County-based Logenix International, took a nontraditional route to corporate financial leadership and working in logistics. Starting out at [...]
Wonder women
At an early June networking reception to celebrate this year’s Virginia Business Women in Leadership Awards winners, many in attendance pointed out how unusual it was for dozens of women executives from across various industries to join together in the same room. Held at law firm Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP’s Richmond office, the event […]
Small yet mighty
Way back when, Roanoke was a train city — the headquarters for Norfolk and Western Railway and a late-1800s hub for the Shenandoah Valley Railroad. The scenic mountain community, however, has grown into a bustling region with a variety of successful industries, including one standout: health care. With the formation of Virginia Tech Carilion School […]
Starting small
Randal Wimmer became a multi-millionaire based off a contract proposal he wrote at his kitchen table and at a Northern Virginia Starbucks. A Navy veteran, Wimmer started his own government contracting firm, McLean-based Analytic Strategies, in 2003. It took three-and-a-half years and a lucky business connection for the company to win its first subcontract — […]
Under the radar
Considering that four of the world’s five largest defense contractors are headquartered in Northern Virginia and that Hampton Roads is home to the world’s largest naval base, it isn’t surprising that Virginia was ranked the top state in the nation for defense spending in 2021. But what many observers may not know is that quiet, […]
The ‘wrong inventory’
During the pandemic, consumers wanted things to make them feel comfortable at home — whether it was sweatpants, home décor or the latest fuzzy blanket. But as many workplaces have transitioned to hybrid or in-office work models and people are back to socializing outside the home, products that were over-ordered by companies during the pandemic […]
