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Earlier in her career, Fahrenheit Advisors CFO Cynthia Macturk was a finance executive at Capital One, helping establish operations in England and South Africa. Photo by Caroline Martin
Jul 28, 2022

‘A seat at the table’

Virginia Business’ 2022 Virginia CFO of the Year award winners represent large and small businesses and large and small nonprofits.  Small business | Cynthia Macturk, CFO Fahrenheit Advisors, Richmond When Cynthia Macturk wants to consult with professional peers, she doesn’t have to go far. “Here, I have an entire in-[...]

“The reality is there is a portion of the workforce that simply prefers to be remote,” says Clare Miller, chief human resources officer for Richmond-based Atlantic Union Bank, which moved to a hybrid model in April. Photo courtesy Atlantic Union Bank
Jul 28, 2022

Future shock

As companies across Virginia continue to adjust to workplace changes created by the COVID-19 pandemic, many human resources managers say one thing is clear: The way people work has changed for good. “This is a new work environment — the workplace has changed now,” says Kirstin Shelton, vice president of human resources for[...]

Jul 28, 2022

Top Five July 2022

The top trending stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from June 15 to July 14, 2022, were led by a surprise economic development announcement from a Danish toymaker known for its iconic and colorful interlocking plastic bricks. 1  |  Lego to build $1B factory in Chesterfield The Lego Group plans to erect a $1 billion toy manufacturing plant […]

CoStar Group is significantly expanding its Richmond footprint with a new James River campus near its current office. Rendering courtesy CoStar Group Inc.
Jul 28, 2022

Big deals

These are some of the state’s biggest economic development announcements in 2021 and 2022, expected to create at least 100 jobs each. CENTRAL VIRGINIA Chesterfield County: Lego Group, the manufacturer of the iconic brightly colored interlocking plastic toy bricks, announced in June it will build a $1 billion plant in Chesterfi[...]

One of the first graduates of Virginia Tech’s biomedical engineering program, Leah Thomas invented a garment to alleviate pain in lymphedema patients. Photo by Don Petersen
Jul 28, 2022

‘Brainy’ couture: Biomed grad designs high-tech fashion

Leah Thomas became a fashion designer to cap off her undergraduate degree in Virginia Tech’s biomedical engineering program. A member of the university’s first cohort of 40 undergraduate biomedical engineering students who graduated in spring 2022, Thomas designed a dress and headpiece fitted with biosensors for a biotech co[...]

“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 [...]

Jul 28, 2022

Out and about

Virginia Business held its 17th annual Virginia CFO Awards banquet at The Jefferson Hotel in Richmond on June 16. Sponsored by Truist and Brown Edwards, the event honored 51 CFOs from around the commonwealth, nominated in four award categories, representing a variety of for-profit businesses, nonprofits and government agencies. (See Pages 59-64 for the full […]

Northern Virginia Regional Commission Chair Cydny Neville is spearheading an effort to bring a satellite HBCU campus to Northern Virginia. Photo by Will Schermerhorn
Jul 28, 2022

Two HBCUs eye region for satellite campus

Northern Virginia economic development officials are working with Virginia’s two public historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to establish a joint satellite campus in the region that officials say would fill a gap in higher-ed offerings in Virginia’s largest population center. The presidents of Virginia State [...]

Hard Rock Bristol’s dealer school prepares students to work in the temporary casino. Photo courtesy Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol
Jun 28, 2022

Training’s in the cards for Hard Rock Bristol

Mike Pauley started learning poker from his grandfather around age 8 and traveled around the nation playing competitively during his early 20s. When he learned that the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol was hiring casino dealers, he applied online. “I had thought about having a career somewhere, but I didn’t want to move [...]

Metro’s forthcoming Silver Line extension is prompting major development and commercial interest in Reston Town Center and other properties. Rendering by Steven G. Hall/Boston Properties
Jun 28, 2022

Silver lining

As the long-delayed phase two opening of Metro’s Silver Line extension is set for later this year in western Fairfax and Loudoun counties, a development boom is following on the train’s wheels. Reston and Herndon, as well as eastern Loudoun, have already attracted big corporate tenants to millions of square feet of office sp[...]

Marcia Conston
Jun 28, 2022

MARCIA CONSTON

TCC president since 2020, Marcia Conston strives to be both a role model and a mentor. “I wanted to be an administrator where I could make the most difference in the lives of people,” she says, and that has been her unwavering focus throughout her 30-year career in education. As a Black woman, Conston is […]

Like many universities, George Mason University is addressing the problem of how best to reduce costs for students seeking to avoid extreme loan debt. Photo courtesy George Mason University
Jun 28, 2022

A new outlook

When Ajay Vinzé takes over as dean of George Mason University’s School of Business on July 1, he will carry with him a lifetime of experience in higher education. He also comes with a plan to help streamline how education is delivered and to reduce the cost of a college degree — a contentious topic […]

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