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Accounting firms must increase their focus on diversity to ensure business sustainability, says Royce Burnett, associate professor and chair of Old Dominion University’s School of Accountancy. Photo by Mark Rhodes
May 29, 2022

Counting on change

Royce Burnett remembers how challenging it felt in 1981 as a freshly graduated audit associate starting work at a Big Eight accounting firm in Texas. Of about 250 new employees hired at the time, Burnett, who’s now an associate professor and chair of Old Dominion University’s School of Accountancy, believes he was the only A[...]

May 26, 2022

YHB to acquire Md. accounting firm

Winchester-based accounting and consulting firm Yount, Hyde and Barbour (YHB) will acquire Maryland-based firm Glass Jacobson PA on July 1. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed in Wednesday’s announcement. “We are excited to welcome the Glass Jacobson team to the YHB family,” YHB Managing Partner Scott M[...]

May 18, 2022

Capital One to reopen offices in September

McLean-based Capital One Financial Corp. will return to U.S. offices in a hybrid model on Sept. 6, CEO Richard Fairbank announced Wednesday. Capital One has delayed planned hybrid reopenings twice, from September 2021 to November 2021, and then indefinitely when the company announced its decision to postpone again in October 202[...]

May 17, 2022

UVA Community Credit Union has new president, CEO

UVA Community Credit Union has named Susan M. Gruber as its next president and CEO. Gruber previously served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Dublin, California-based Patelco Credit Union since 2014, according to a news release. She has also worked as CFO and senior vice president at Jeanne D’Arc Cre[...]

May 6, 2022

Tysons-based MicroStrategy names new CFO

Tysons-based business software company MicroStrategy Inc., best known for its nearly $4 billion investment in bitcoin since 2020, has announced that Andrew Kang will be its new senior executive vice president and chief financial officer, starting next week. Kang takes over for Phong Le, who has served as CFO and president. After Kang’s start date, […]

May 4, 2022

Va. Credit Union League announces new directors

The Virginia Credit Union League announced on Friday its newly elected directors. The following credit union executives are starting first terms on the league’s board: Kim Little, Virginia Beach-based Chartway Credit Union Bruce Six, Dahlgren-based Topside Federal Credit Union Mike Warrell, Martinsville-based ValleyStar Cr[...]

Apr 29, 2022

Execs honored by Va. Credit Union League

UVA Community Credit Union President and CEO Alison DeTuncq was presented with the James P. Kirsch Lifetime Achievement Award, the Virginia Credit Union League’s highest honor, during the league’s 2022 annual meeting in Roanoke on April 21. The Kirsch award, which recognizes individuals who help improve the future fo[...]

Apr 25, 2022

Judge dismisses Trigiani lawsuit against New Peoples Bank

A federal judge issued a summary judgment last week, dismissing all claims in former executive Mary Y. Trigiani’s lawsuit against Russell County-based New Peoples Bank for discrimination and wrongful termination. Trigiani’s complaints of a “cultlike office culture” did not hold up to judicial scrutiny, U.[...]

Apr 21, 2022

Fifth District economy growth is moderate, Fed says

The Federal Reserve’s Fifth District (including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland) continued to grow moderately despite supply chain issues, labor shortages and rising prices, according to the latest edition of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, released Wednesday. The Beige Book is publish[...]

Apr 19, 2022

Ellucian closes acquisition of CampusLogic

Reston-based higher education software company Ellucian Inc. has completed its acquisition of Chandler, Arizona-based financial aid software provider CampusLogic Inc, Ellucian announced Tuesday. The deal was first announced in January. Financial details were not disclosed. Campus Logic is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that provides financial aid tools and platforms for colleges and universities. It supports […][...]

Remote work and a tight labor market has given Atlantic Union Bank the flexibility to hire workers from other states to fill jobs that can be performed remotely, says bank CEO John Asbury. Photo by Matthew R.O. Brown
Apr 18, 2022

Atlantic Union reopens corporate offices

John Asbury, president and CEO of Richmond-based Atlantic Union Bankshares, has learned a lot about his employees during the pandemic. Chief among them: Many of them often don’t need to be in the office five days a week to get their work done. But he also knows that some in-office collaboration is key to the […]

Blue Ridge President Carrie McConnell says CNB Bank “likes midsized cities that are growing, and Roanoke is growing.” Photo by Natalee Waters
Mar 30, 2022

Ridge View banks on Roanoke region

Drawn by the Blue Ridge’s “blue-collar atmosphere,” a new bank has set up shop in the Roanoke region. Ridge View Bank, a division of Pennsylvania-based CNB Bank, opened for business in October 2021 and plans to be headquartered in the city of Roanoke next year. “We’re not ready to disclose the exact location yet,” sa[...]

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