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Directory of business schools in Virginia
(based in Virginia) CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY Joseph W. Luter III School of Business Newport News 757-594-7215 cnu.edu/schoolofbusiness GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY School of Business Fairfax 703-993-1880 business.gmu.edu JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY College of Business Harrisonburg 540-568-2785 jmu.edu/cob LONG[...]
Short and … sweet?
Even before the pandemic and ensuing recession took hold in Virginia, 2020 already had the makings for a novel year in the General Assembly. Having won majorities in both houses in the November 2019 elections, Democrats took back full control of the legislature for the first time in a generation. With Gov. Ralph Northam in [&hel[...]
Roanoke clears path for more downtown development
Roanoke developer Lucas Thornton hopes to break ground this summer on a multimillion-dollar renovation project that will transform what is now Campbell Court Transportation Center, the city’s rundown bus station, into an office tower and another building with apartments and retail space. Thornton’s $35 million development, t[...]
Rooms to grow
Weaving through the sea of students walking to class and working on the floor in groups, the business faculty at James Madison University’s Zane Showker Hall had a running joke: Getting to their offices each day was akin to an Indiana Jones adventure. It wasn’t that Showker Hall wasn’t a nice place; it was just […]
VCU thinks small for COVID-19 innovations
The novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has upended life across the globe, but it also has spurred innovation and invention. At Virginia Commonwealth University, two researchers have been working on projects that, if successful, might have far-reaching applications for preventing and detecting COVID-19. A vaccine patch the si[...]
Amid leadership shuffle, Halifax sees silver lining
The Halifax County Industrial Development Authority has seen some upheaval recently, but officials say there are several projects in the pipeline as well as a new shell building ready to be occupied. In October 2020, IDA executive director Brian Brown was fired after being hired a little more than a year ago, a move that [&helli[...]
Shenandoah pushes forward with broadband expansion
Even while getting his teeth cleaned, Michael Keyser can’t escape the topic of broadband expansion. “It’s the only thing they’ll talk about,” the CEO of BARC Electric Cooperative says, recounting a recent discussion with a dental hygienist excited about receiving broadband service. BARC, a member-owned electric utility[...]
Not the end of the world
In mid-March, Stephan Cassaday was absorbing Florida sun rays while bicycling near his vacation home when a radio news update on pandemic-related market volatility caused him to pull to the side of the road. Seated on a park bench, Cassaday, chairman and CEO of McLean-based Cassaday & Co. Inc. wealth managers, rang his team [...]
100 People to Meet in 2021
As we prepare to enter a fresh calendar year marked by our new normal of remote work, Zoom meetings, face masks and social distancing, our need for connectedness and socializing remains as strong as ever. But because it may still be a while before we return to rubber-chicken dinners, networking receptions and cocktail parties, l[...]
The 21st edition of the Virginia Business Legal Elite
Launched in cooperation with the Virginia Bar Association, the Legal Elite polls lawyers licensed to practice in Virginia each year, asking them to identify which of their peers are the top attorneys in a variety of legal specialties. Virginia Business’ Legal Elite has 20 categories of legal specialties, double the number feat[...]
2020 Legal Elite — Taxes/Estates/Trusts Profile
Title: Partner/chair of Estate Planning: Private Client & Fiduciary Services Practice Other legal specialties: Business succession, commercial real estate Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Virginia; law degree, University of Richmond Spouse: Von L. “Trey” Piersall III Children: Liliane, 14; Benjamin, 12 First[...]
2020 Legal Elite — Real Estate/Land Use Profile
Title: Partner Other legal specialties: General business practitioner Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Virginia; law degree, Washington & Lee School of Law Spouse: Mary “Kate” Robey Worthy Children: C. Hatcher Worthy Jr.; Alexandra A. Worthy; Reagan R. Brown First job as a lawyer: Clerk for the Hon. H. Emo[...]
