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Professional Services 2023: MICHAEL DONOHUE
Aug 30, 2023

Professional Services 2023: MICHAEL DONOHUE

Donohue assumed a leadership role at ADP’s Norfolk location in January 2021 after having served as director of procurement and global sourcing from 2016 to 2020. One of Norfolk’s largest private sector employers, with a regional customer service center established there in 2016, ADP offers payroll, human resources and benefits services to more than 1 […]

Professional Services 2023: KEVIN VIROSTEK
Aug 30, 2023

Professional Services 2023: KEVIN VIROSTEK

Virostek works with some of the fastest growing companies in the Washington, D.C., area, leading 3,500 professionals at Big Four accounting and professional services firm Ernst & Young across assurance, tax consulting and transaction practices. With 2022 global revenue of $45.4 billion and about 365,000 employees worldwide, EY provides a host of assurance, tax advisory, […]

Gloria Bohan is the founder, CEO and president of Omega World Travel. Photo courtesy Omega World Travel.
Aug 30, 2023

Professional Services 2023: GLORIA BOHAN

In May, Bohan received the 2023 Hall of Fame Cruise Industry Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cruise Lines International Association, the latest of many honors recognizing her work leading one of the largest woman-owned businesses in the Washington, D.C., region. Bohan, who also received a lifetime achievement award from Travel Weekly magazine in 2021, started […]

Professional Services 2023: HORACIO D. ROZANSKI
Aug 30, 2023

Professional Services 2023: HORACIO D. ROZANSKI

Rozanski joined the Fortune 500 global management, technology, engineering and consulting firm Booz Allen in 1991 as an intern in Buenos Aires, ultimately rising to CEO in 2015 after holding other leadership positions such as chief operating officer. Booz Allen employs 10,707 people in Virginia and 31,925 worldwide and reported fiscal year 2022 earnings of […]

Professional Services 2023: CASSIE HARTOGS
Aug 30, 2023

Professional Services 2023: CASSIE HARTOGS

In May, Hartogs was promoted to managing partner of tax people operations, a position in which she’s responsible for more than 3,800 tax professionals nationwide at professional services company BDO USA, the U.S. member firm of BDO Global, the world’s fifth largest accounting network. Based in McLean, Hartogs previously served as BDO’s Atlantic region managing […]

Professional Services 2023: JOHNNY C. TAYLOR JR.
Aug 30, 2023

Professional Services 2023: JOHNNY C. TAYLOR JR.

A lawyer and human resources executive, Taylor has led the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) since 2017. The global professional association has about 400 staff members and represents about 325,000 human resources professionals worldwide, across more than 575 chapters. An expert in workplace topics, Taylor frequently testifies before Congress about issues affecting American workers. [&h[...]

Professional Services 2023: RUTH ‘PAIGE’ CLAY
Aug 30, 2023

Professional Services 2023: RUTH ‘PAIGE’ CLAY

Clay joined the human resources and operations firm, one of Marsh McLennan’s global businesses, in 2011 and uses her expertise in talent assessment and development, organizational design and strategy creation to serve clients in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and the Carolinas. Prior to working at Mercer, Clay was senior vice president of global human resources for […]

Professional Services | Accounting | Advertising | Consulting 2023: JACOB BLONDIN
Aug 30, 2023

Professional Services | Accounting | Advertising | Consulting 2023: JACOB BLONDIN

Blondin leads competitive retail pricing data provider RetailData, as well as its parent company, RD Holdings, and Intrics, a sister retail intelligence and consulting firm that Blondin launched in 2021. He was appointed CEO in 2020 after seven years with RetailData, previously serving as chief operating officer and vice president of strategic initiatives. In 2021, […]

Wendy Lewis
Aug 30, 2023

KPMG names Richmond office managing partner

Wendy Lewis was promoted to managing partner of KPMG LLP’s Richmond office on Aug. 1, overseeing more than 235 employees based there, the New York-based professional services firm announced Wednesday. Lewis, also a partner in KPMG’s audit practice, succeeds Paul Croston, who will retire on Sept. 30 after 33 years with the firm. “I am […]

Professional Services: DANNY ROBINSON
Jun 21, 2023

Grant Thornton names head of public policy

Greg Wallig, managing principal of Grant Thornton LLP’s Washington, D.C.-Arlington County office, has been named head of public policy for the Chicago-based global accounting firm. Wallig will continue to serve as managing principal of the D.C.-Arlington office but will also manage the firm’s government affairs team, develop and implement the firm’s advocacy strategy and lead [&h[...]

Federal Contractors | Technology
Apr 24, 2023

ASRC Federal buys Manassas defense contractor

Reston-based ASRC Federal Holding Co. has acquired Manassas-based defense contractor Broadleaf Inc., ASRC announced Monday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2009, Broadleaf is a U.S. Small Business Administration Certified Native Hawaiian Organization. The company provides information technology services and professional services. Broadleaf was No. 977 on the 202[...]

“It’s a war. Everyone is fighting for the same talent,” says Fran Randall, Richmond market leader for Forvis. About 300,000 U.S. auditors and accountants left the workforce since 2020. There were about 1.5 million auditors and accountants working nationally last year. Photo by Caroline Martin
Mar 30, 2023

Falling short

In the accounting field, the books are out of balance. Demand for the profession’s services is rising, which is one for the assets column, but on the debit side of the ledger, the number of people willing and able to provide those services is dropping so alarmingly that some firms are being forced to turn […]

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