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About 25% to 33% of Dillon Behr’s workload as a cyber and executive liability broker at insurer Risk Placement Services is phishing-related. Compromised emails make up the largest category of attacks. Photo by Stephen Gosling
May 30, 2023

Va. chamber to offer small biz health coverage

Finding affordable health insurance has long been a difficulty for small business owners and employees. Premiums may be affordable one year and could double the next. In 2020, Virginia’s average health insurance cost per person was $8,815, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation, and 36.1% of people polled reported that they did not […]

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine made the case for the FBI headquarters to move to Virginia in a March 9 meeting with U.S. General Services Administration officials. Photo courtesy office of U.S. Sen. Mark Warner
May 30, 2023

Poll: Nation thinks NoVa should get FBI HQ

Nearly two-thirds of surveyed voters think a new FBI headquarters to replace the agency’s crumbling Washington, D.C., home should be built in Virginia. That’s according to a national survey released in late April by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce. More than a decade in the works, the move is being handled by the U.S. General […]

Virginia Chamber appoints Transurban exec as board chair
Jan 18, 2023

Virginia Chamber appoints Transurban exec as board chair

The Virginia Chamber of Commerce has elected Lakshmi Williams, North American general counsel for Transurban, to serve as the 2023 chair of the chamber‘s board of directors. Her term will last one year. Based at Transurban’s U.S. headquarters in Tysons, Williams joined the Virginia Chamber’s board in 2018 and has served on the executive board […]

Barkin: To address inflation, U.S. must rethink labor
Dec 2, 2022

Barkin: To address inflation, U.S. must rethink labor

As the U.S. moves to a short-labor environment, it will be necessary for businesses, governments and nonprofits to reassess their approach to labor, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President and CEO Tom Barkin said Friday in Richmond. Speaking at the Virginia Chamber‘s 2022 Virginia Economic Summit and Forum on International Trade, Barkin said that although […]

Va. Chamber of Commerce elects next chair
Jan 18, 2022

Va. Chamber of Commerce elects next chair

The Virginia Chamber of Commerce elected Fred D. Thompson Jr. its 2022 chair on Tuesday. Thompson is chief administrative officer and a business partner at Reston-based Thompson Hospitality Corp. “Fred has been a vital member of the Chamber‘s board of directors and executive committee for several years and is a valued leader in the business […]

Youngkin promises biz-friendly climate for Va.
Dec 3, 2021

Youngkin promises biz-friendly climate for Va.

Talent, taxes and regulations, broadband access and energy are the top concerns for Virginia businesses, according to survey results gathered for the Virginia Chamber of Commerce‘s Blueprint Virginia 2030, an action plan for strengthening Virginia’s economy. And those are also priorities for Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin, he said Friday in a speech during the Virginia Economic […]

Virginia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives names chair-elect
Aug 30, 2021

Virginia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives names chair-elect

The Virginia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (VACCE) announced that Arlington Chamber president and CEO Kate Bates is its 2021-22 chair-elect. “I’m honored to be assuming the role of chair-elect for VACCE, following a line of tremendous leaders,” Bates said in a statement. “During the pandemic, VACCE convened the chambers of commerce throughout the […]

Alan Witt. Photo courtesy Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Jan 22, 2021

Former PBMares CEO named 2021 Chamber board chair

The Virginia Chamber of Commerce on Friday elected Alan Witt, former CEO of Newport News-based accounting and consulting firm PBMares LLP, to serve as its 2021 chair of the board of directors. He succeeds 2020 Chair Paige Clay, a senior partner with Mercer. Witt has been a Virginia Chamber of Commerce board member since 2016 […]

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