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DENISE VAUGHN
Twelve years ago, Denise Vaughn was struggling to balance work with the demands of raising a family. She felt like she was failing at both, so she resigned to take a less demanding job. The news reached the CEO of Ferguson, and he called her. She sobbed as she told him why she felt she […]
KATHRYN FALK
Kathryn Falk’s interest in politics led to her career in telecommunications. After working as a congressional aide, she saw women entering the cable broadband industry and realized she, too, wanted to join. “The industry is so unique because it’s not a utility. I mean, we think of it as a utility today, [but] it was […]
JEN FLINCHUM
Before video conferencing existed, Jen Flinchum was a trailblazer for remote work. Women made up a small portion of the professional accounting workforce in the 1990s, and she wanted to change that. Flinchum joined Keiter CPAs, a certified public accounting firm, in 1999 and is now a partner specializing in tax planning and compliance. She […]
Back to work
Although the nation’s commercial real estate market is still lagging for the most part, that isn’t the case in Charlottesville, where fresh new multiuse projects have perked up interest in workspaces. The nationwide vacancy rate for office space in the first quarter of 2022 was a rather dreary 15.7%, according to Yardi Matrix, a commercial […]
Albemarle’s industrial age
In Albemarle County, industrial space, not office or retail, “has been the bright spot in commercial real estate” in terms of demand, says Lisa Sturtevant, research leader at Bright MLS Inc. “All of a sudden, there’s been a big rush for industrial space,” she says, but adds, “Good luck in finding it right now.” Albemarle […]
Legal review
In law firms across Virginia, power is now definitely on the side of individual attorneys, who can command larger salaries and other perks so long as they’re willing to cope with heavier workloads. As demand for legal services has soared, the number of lawyers available to perform that work has slumped, leaving even the most […]
Great responsibility
“Business can be a force for good. I absolutely believe it,” says Byron L. Boston, CEO and co-chief investment officer of Glen Allen-based real estate investment trust Dynex Capital Inc. “CEOs have an obligation to use profit to do positive things in the community.” Boston and 11 other prominent Black business and nonprofit leaders spoke […]
Wind of change
Over its 120 years, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has seen — and made — a lot of history. Since a quartet of ambitious and talented Richmond attorneys joined forces in 1901 to start the law firm of Munford, Hunton, Williams & Anderson, the practice has not only produced an array of legal luminaries, including U.S. […]
All in the family
In the popular HBO TV series “Succession,” members of the Roy clan scheme, lie and backbite in an attempt to take over the family’s media empire once the patriarch steps down. The show, which reportedly filmed scenes in Richmond in May for its third season, is a satiric festival of twisted relationships and family dysfunction, […]
Clean slate
On April 17, 2020, with a flourish of the pen, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam reshaped the future of energy production in the commonwealth. Signing the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) into law last year, Northam declared that Virginia would become a leader in fighting climate change, and, indeed, no other Southern state has passed legislation […]
