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Nov 22, 2024

VACUL to merge with regional credit union group Jan. 1

Members of the Virginia Credit Union League and the League of Southeastern Credit Unions & Affiliates voted Thursday to approve the Virginia league’s consolidation with the regional organization. The merger will be in effect Jan. 1, 2025, the two organizations announced Friday. “Thanks to the support of the membership, we are embracing a powerful opportunity […]

Sep 3, 2024

VACUL announces intent to merge with regional group

The Virginia Credit Union League has signed a letter of intent to consolidate with the League of Southeastern Credit Unions & Affiliates, the trade organization representing credit unions in Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Virginia credit unions will decide this fall whether to merge VACUL’s associations, foundations and service corporations with those of the LSCU, with […]

Feb 13, 2024

CEO Hunt leaving Va. Credit Union League

Carrie Hunt is leaving at the end of the month as president and CEO of the Virginia Credit Union League, and Chief Operating Officer Karima Freeman will serve as interim head of the trade association, VACUL announced Tuesday. Hunt, a seasoned political lobbyist, is leaving to become chief advocacy officer of America’s Credit Unions, a […]

Atlantic Union Bankshares CEO John C. Asbury
Oct 10, 2023

Atlantic Union CEO tapped as American Bankers Assoc. chair-elect

Atlantic Union Bankshares CEO John C. Asbury is the 2023-2024 chair-elect for the American Bankers Association. ABA announced its new board officers and directors on Tuesday, following its annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Asbury was the ABA’s 2022-2023 vice chair. He’s a past chairman of the Virginia Bankers Association and the Mid-Size Bank Coalition of […]

“What I got out of it was leaps and bounds beyond what I anticipated,” D’Ivonne Holman says of Leadership Fairfax, a leadership development program she graduated in 2019. Holman is development director for the nonprofit Lamb Center, a Fairfax homeless shelter. Photo by Will Schermerhorn
Jul 28, 2022

Lead on

Not long after D’Ivonne Holman became director of development for Northern Virginia family services nonprofit Britepaths in 2018, she signed up to participate in Leadership Fairfax, a leadership development organization focused on local and regional challenges in Fairfax County. Her boss, a Leadership Fairfax alum, encouraged her to apply. She was accepted into Leadership Fairfax’s [&h[...]

Dec 29, 2021

Consumer Technology Association: “CES will and must go on”

The Arlington-based Consumer Technology Association (CTA) is moving forward with its CES consumer technology trade show in Las Vegas in January, despite cancelations from big exhibitors and the surge of COVID-19 cases fueled by the omicron variant. Formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, CES typically draws thousands of exhibitors and more than 150,000 attendees. […]

Lance Collins
Dec 8, 2021

Va. Tech Innovation Campus exec joins Society for Science board

Virginia Tech Innovation Campus Vice President and Executive Director Lance Collins was appointed to the Society for Science Board of Trustees, the university announced Tuesday. A nonprofit organization that promotes science, expanding scientific literacy and effective STEM education and scientific research, the Society for Science is a promotes the understanding and appreciation of science and [&[...]

Oct 29, 2021

Charlottesville doctor elected president of Medical Society of Va.

A Charlottesville ophthalmologist has been elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia, the organization announced Wednesday. Dr. Mohit Nanda, a board-certified ophthalmologist affiliated with Virginia Retina Consultants, has more than 20 years of experience. He will lead the group, which represents more than 30,000 physicians, physicians-in-training, physicians’ assistants and medi[...]

Aug 18, 2021

Alexandria-based ASI acquires New Hampshire company

Alexandria’s Advanced Solutions International (ASI) has acquired New Hampshire-based WBT Systems, a learning solutions provider, the company announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 1991, ASI provides subscription-based software and services for associations and nonprofits worldwide. WBT helps organizations expand their online learning portfolio. The company deve[...]

Mar 9, 2021

Roanoke, New River Valley organizations form tech alliance

The Valleys Innovation Council (VIC), the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council (RBTC) and the Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program (RAMP) have formed an alliance called Verge.  In July 2020, the three groups announced they were developing the alliance, which is aimed at supporting the region’s technologists, innovators and entrepreneurs. VIC focuses on research commercialization and [...]

Erin Stanley. Photo courtesy Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce
Feb 16, 2021

SML Chamber names member relations, events manager

The Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday that it has hired Erin Stanley as its member relations and events manager, effective March 1. Stanley has previously worked in advertising, marketing, sales and business development with The Roanoke Times, Laker Media and WSLS-10. In the chamber’s newly created role, she will oversee member […]

Jan 5, 2021

Falls Church firm buys Silicon Valley company

Falls Church-based association advisory firm Advancea LLC announced Tuesday it has acquired Arroyo Grande, California-based Group Purchasing Solutions (GPS). Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2008, GPS specializes in affinity programs serving mid-sized businesses. Affinity programs are partnerships between nonprofits and businesses in which a business may offer excl[...]

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