2025 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards: Melissa Cade

Cade was promoted to her current role in January 2024, after 24 years with the credit union as director of its call center, director of retail, regional president of branches and senior vice president of product and innovation. She now oversees Chartway’s branch and member care teams, as well as the credit union’s multicultural initiatives. […]

2025 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards: Yvonne Allmond

Allmond joined TowneBank in 2005 and has more than three decades of experience in banking and finance. Although she moved around in her youth as part of a military family, Allmond is today settled into Hampton Roads civic life, having served on boards for Old Dominion University, Norfolk State University Foundation and the Virginia Center […]

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Legal Elite 2024: Young Lawyer Q&A Jamie Wood

Legal Elite 2024 Q&A is sponsored content. Title: Associate attorney Legal specialties: Commercial litigation, government and special investigations, regulatory compliance Education: Bachelor’s degree in psychology, University of Texas at Austin; law degree, University of Richmond Family: I live in Floyd with my husband, Alex Wood, who works as a dentist at a local community health cent[...]

Legal Elite 2024: Construction Law Q&A Juanita F. Ferguson

Legal Elite 2024 Q&A is sponsored content. Title: Shareholder Other legal specialties: Commercial and real estate litigation Education: Bachelor’s degree in business administration, University of Michigan; law degree, George Washington University Family: A large extended family throughout the District of Columbia and the Tidewater area Career mentors: Too many to name. They all provide[...]

Legal Elite 2024: Administrative/ Government/ Legislative Q&A Pamela Y. O’Berry

Legal Elite 2024 Q&A is sponsored content. Title: Counsel Other legal specialties: Advising governmental entities across Virginia Education: Shippensburg University, bachelor’s degree; American University, law degree Career mentors: I’ve been fortunate to have many wonderful mentors who genuinely cared about my career and guided me along the way. They include Judge Gerald Bruce Lee[...]

Legal Elite 2024: Family Law/ Domestic Relations Q&A Kimberly Phillips

Legal Elite 2024 Q&A is sponsored content. Title: Owner Other legal specialties: Certified guardian ad litem Education: Bachelor’s degree, Old Dominion University; master’s of elementary education, Campbell University; law degree, Regent University Family: Spouse, Jimmy Phillips, and children Austin and Faith Phillips Career mentors: I consider all my peers to have mentored me al[...]