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Finance | Insurance 2023: CHRISTOPHER M. ‘CHRIS’ SHOCKLEY
Under Shockley’s leadership, the Virginia Credit Union received a 2023 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, marking the first time the credit union made the list. The state’s third largest credit union, Virginia Credit Union reported more than $5 billion in assets for 2022, and has more than 300,000 members. A Roanoke native who earned his bachelor’s […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: THOMAS I. BARKIN
As president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Barkin serves as an alternate on the Fed’s interest-setting Federal Open Market Committee and will be a voting member next year. In his position as head of one of 12 regional Fed banks, he is also responsible for the Fed’s information technology. In June, […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: MICHAEL DeVITO
Freddie Mac’s leader since June 2021, DeVito has spent the past two years focused on advancing affordable housing, practicing risk management excellence, growing talent and delivering strong financial results. A government-sponsored enterprise that buys mortgages and packages them as mortgage-backed securities, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. reported a net revenue of $21.3 billion in [[...]
Finance | Insurance 2023: JERMAINE JOHNSON
Johnson has led Virginia and Washington, D.C., metro area operations for Pittsburgh-based PNC Financial Services Group Inc. since August 2020, 15 years after he joined the bank. A graduate of James Madison University, Johnson has more than two decades of experience in the banking industry. Before coming to PNC, he worked in portfolio management and […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: JAFFRAY WOODRIFF
While many on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) struggle to fit their bios into allotted characters, Woodriff’s says volumes: “Embrace Simplicity, Beware Complexity,” declares the co-founder and CEO of Quantitative Investment Management, a Charlottesville-based hedge fund. Woodriff, Michael Geismar and Greyson Williams co-founded QIM in 2003. Woodriff also invests in early-stage[...]
Finance | Insurance 2023: THEODORE L. ‘TED’ CHANDLER JR.
Chandler partnered with Richmond businessmen Jim Ukrop and Bob Mooney to found New Richmond Ventures in 2011. With its name now shortened to NRV, the venture capital firm launched its Early Stage Growth Fund in 2017, garnering $33 million from 83 investors, and provides counseling, connections and capital to a variety of early-stage companies. Prior to […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: FRANCISCO ‘FRANK’ CASTELLANOS
As Greater Washington market executive for Merrill, the wealth management arm of Bank of America, Francisco Castellanos leads the D.C. market’s nearly 150 financial advisers, overseeing some $31 billion in client assets. He was named to the position late last year, having previously been Merrill’s Greater Virginia market executive and for 18 months also serving […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: TRISTAN M. CAUDRON
While psychology and finance might seem like an odd mix, Caudron believes his background in behavioral finance helps him to better advise his clients by understanding the factors influencing investors. He began his career in 1995 at CMB, now a Wells Fargo Advisors firm. An accredited asset management specialist and a chartered retirement planning counselor, […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: VICTOR K. BRANCH
A self-described “continuous learner,” Branch found his passion for banking right out of college, steadily ascending to his current role, which he has held since 2015, overseeing about 2,000 employees at 25 locations, while remaining active in his community. The William & Mary sociology graduate is chairman-elect of the Virginia Bankers Association board and vice […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: JEFF BENTLEY
Bentley runs the sixth largest credit union in Virginia, but over the course of his career, he’s learned that leaders can control only so much; sometimes you must “go with the ebb and flow of life.” Northwest marked $4.1 billion in assets during fiscal year 2022, down slightly from 2021’s $4.35 billion. The credit union […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: JEFF GRINSPOON
Grinspoon co-founded VWG Wealth Management with John Verfurth and Richard Weeks after leaving his position as senior vice president at Morgan Stanley in 2011. A registered investment adviser, VWG partners with aggregator Hightower Advisors, which manages back-end functions such as regulatory compliance and technology. As of 2022, VWG had more than $2 billion in assets […]
Finance | Insurance 2023: CECILIA A. HODGES
Hodges was promoted to her current post in 2018, after serving as market president for Central and Southern Virginia and real estate banking group vice president. Based in Vienna, she manages teams in more than 60 branches in Virginia and the D.C. metro area. A 35-year banking professional who was managing director of Provident Bank […]
