VSCPA News

Congratulations to the following members!

NEW HIRES

Melinda Hancock, CPA, was hired by Sentara Healthcare in Norfolk as senior vice president and chief administrative officer.

Richard Harpe, CPA, is a new principal at Matthews, Carter & Boyce in Fairfax.

Rusty Jones, CPA, has joined Cary Street Partners as a financial advisor in its Wytheville office.

Earl Rimel III is a new staff accountant at Mitchell Wiggins in Petersburg.

PROMOTIONS

Brown Edwards has announced the following new partners: Megan Argenbright, CPA, and Matt Heatwole, CPA, in Harrisonburg, and Jared Brown, CPA, in Bristol.

Kristen Baietti, CPA, is now an audit manager at Kimble in Richmond.

Nicole Boyce, CPA, and Martha Floyd, CPA, have been named directors of estates and trusts at Mitchell Wiggins in the Richmond and Petersburg offices, respectively. Also in the Richmond office, Andrew Jones, CPA, and Brendon Maturey, CPA, were promoted to senior accountant.

Sasha Howard, CPA, was promoted to vice president at TowneBank in Suffolk.

At Meadow, Urquhart Acree & Cook in Henrico, Robin Neas, CPA, has been promoted to director; Jordan Maynard, CPA, to senior accountant; and Ridge Motley and Hui-Ju Tsai to in-charge accountants.

Ronnie Johnson, CPA, was named a tax partner at Cherry Bekaert LLP in Virginia Beach. Crystal Stewart, CPA, and Lisa Timbrook, CPA, were promoted to partner at CST Group CPAs, PC, in Reston.

APPOINTMENTS & AWARDS

Nancy Bagranoff, CPA, accounting professor at the University of Richmond, received the 2021 Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award from the American Institute of CPAs.

Steven Caseres, CPA, of Graham, Poirot & Caseres CPAs in Leesburg, was named favorite accountant by readers of Loudoun Now. Kara Santmyer, CPA, of Mitchell & Co. In Leesburg, was named runner-up.

Kendall Coleman, CPA, partner at CST Group CPAs, PC, and Joey Musmar, CPA, partner at Millermusmar CPAs, both in Reston, were named to the 2021–2022 Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

Hope Cupit, CPA, president & CEO at the Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project, won the Robert Steward Leadership Award at the 2021 National Rural Community Assistance Project awards.

Jeff Ewing, CPA, a sole proprietor in Irvington, was elected to the board of directors of the Steamboat Era Museum. Connie Hammell, CPA, principal at KWC CPAs, and Andrew Young, CPA, shareholder at Renner & Company, CPAs, PC, both in Alexandria, were named to the Top 40 Under 40 list from the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce.

Genevieve Hancock, CPA, from Port Orange, Fla., and interim vice president of technical Accounting for LPL Financial, received the Women to Watch Experienced Leader Award winner from the Florida Institute of CPAs.

Two young professionals were selected for the American Institute of CPAs’ 2021 Leadership Academy: Jennifer Korbely, CPA, controller at BurgerBusters Inc. in Virginia Beach, and Carey Miller, CPA, director at Veris Consulting in Reston.

FIRM NEWS

Aiken & Company, PC, CPAs, in Fairfax, was named best accounting services company in the 2021 Best of Loudoun awards from the Loudoun Times-Mirror.

Remembering Ellis Dunkum, CPA

Ellis Dunkum, CPA, a champion of the accounting profession from Richmond, died July 29, 2021. His accomplished career began at Leach, Calkins & Scott and then Coopers & Lybrand, where he became partner in 1969. He moved to the firm’s national office in New York as consulting partner in the audit directorate and remained until retirement from PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, in 1999. He subsequently started Ellis M. Dunkum, CPA, LLC.

As a long-time servant to the CPA profession, he was president of the VSCPA Board of Directors in 1986 and served in dozens of capacities at the Society beginning in 1970. He chaired the Virginia Board of Accountancy, was a delegate to the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, and chaired the University of Richmond School of Business Alumni Association. He was active in the All Saints Episcopal Church as vestryman and senior warden, and was a member of the Foundation Board of the Richmond Symphony.

“Ellis and I were classmates at the University of Richmond, and we followed each other’s careers,” said Walter Stosch, CPA, retired Virginia state senator. “He became of the most successful and prominent CPAs in Virginia, not only serving his clients and his profession with his firm, but also within the community. He served as a chair of the Board of Accountancy when I was in the state Senate, and we worked closely together to revise the public accountancy statute. Ellis was one of my best friends and best professional colleagues, and we will all miss him dearly.”

“Ellis made such a significant impact to the CPA profession in Virginia over the past several decades. He was instrumental in revising the accounting statutes and also helped the VSCPA with its advocacy efforts to move the Board of Accountancy out from under the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. The entire profession has lost a legendary Virginia CPA.”

— Stephanie Peters, CAE, VSCPA president & CEO

IN MEMORIAM

Robert Neeley, CPA, a Life member from Abingdon. In his career, he served as chief financial officer and senior vice president of administration for KVAT Food Stores. He served on several VSCPA committees in the 1960s, including the Board of Directors.

James Oakes, CPA, a Life member from South Boston. He was a former member of the Virginia Tech accounting board, South Boston Jaycees and Southfax Sertoma Club. He was also a trustee and past treasurer of the Main Street United Methodist Church.

New Virginia CPA licensee members

Sarah Annie Butteweg, CPA, Alexandria William Dagli, CPA, Charlottesville Kailey Gale, CPA, Tysons Tyra Green, CPA, Virginia Beach Assel Ibrayeva, CPA, Dumfries Michelle Keith, CPA, Fairfax Robert Lego, CPA, Englewood, Co. Xiaowei Li, CPA, McLean Roderic Morgan, CPA, Mechanicsville Theresa Murray, MD, MPH, CPA, Richmond Demi Paulino, CPA, Falls Church Amber Payne, CPA, Chester Megan Prevette, CPA, Elkton Natalie Rees, CPA, Petersburg Deborah Robison, CPA, Lorton Nicolas Saglimbeni, CPA, Arlington Kellie Seaman, CPA, Tysons Stephen Snyder Jr., CPA, McLean Taylor Teixeira, CPA, Henrico Kirsten Tice, CPA, Richmond Julio Velasco III, CPA, The Plains Benjamin Watts, CPA, Roanoke Shannon Williams, CPA, Virginia Beach Justyna Zuchmanska, CPA, Alexandria

List from May 1, 2021, through July 31, 2021.

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MEMBERS RECOGNIZED BY VIRGINIA BUSINESS

VSCPA members continue to make their mark as trusted business advisors by winning recognition.

Two members were named to the inaugural Virginia Business magazine Women in Leadership Awards. Honorees had to hold a C-suite or equivalent position at a for-profit entity. Congratulations to Mary Aldrich, COO at PBMares LLP in Newport News, and Tracy Lewis, CPA, partner at BDO in Richmond.

The Virginia CFO Awards honored Kim D’Errico, CPA, CFO of Special Olympics Virginia in Richmond in the small nonprofit category, and John Zeheb, CPA, CFO of Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods in Richmond in the large business category.

The following members were named to the 2021 Virginia 500 list of the most powerful people in the Commonwealth:

• Timothy Gillis, CPA, managing partner at KPMG LLP, McLean

• Jason Hartman, CPA, managing partner at Brown, Edwards & Company, LLP, Roanoke

• Dan Hudgens, CPA, managing partner at Deloitte, Richmond

• Harvey Johnson, CPA, partner & CEO, PBMares LLP, Newport News

• Susan Moser, CPA, managing partner at Cherry Bekaert LLP, Tysons

• Scott Moulden, CPA, principal at Yount, Hyde & Barbour, PC, Winchester

• Paul Thompson, CPA, managing partner at DHG LLP, Richmond

• Kevin Virostek, CPA, managing partner at Ernst & Young, McLean

• Gary Wallace, CPA, managing partner at Keiter, Glen Allen

• Greg Wallig, principal, Grant Thornton, Arlington