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Member of the Year: Harry Dickinson, CPA, Ph.D.
To hear Harry Dickinson, CPA, tell it, his life and career turned on a couple of recommendations and a chance encounter. Those inflection points proved to be a boon for a generation of accounting students and the profession as a whole in Virginia, and they’re what put him on the path that led to his selection as the VSCPA’s Outstanding Member of the Year.
Dickinson, 66, is a retired partner at Bishop, Farmer & Co. (formerly Bowling, Franklin & Co.) in Fredericksburg, where he had worked since 1994 after a lengthy career as an accounting professor at his alma mater, the University of Virginia (U.Va.) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). But he would have gone into public accounting right out of school if he hadn’t run into a mentor at the right moment.
“I was on my way to call a CPA firm and accept a job after graduation,” Dickinson said, “and a professor stopped me and said, ‘Before you make that phone call, come talk to me.’ He talked me into staying at U.Va. an extra year and teaching at the [McIntire School of Commerce].”
Dickinson started out as an economics major and needed a class to fill out his schedule. He chose accounting on the advice that “everybody should take an accounting class,” and it took less than a month for him to switch his major and career path. “About three weeks in, I changed majors,” he said. “I had found where I wanted to be in life.”
That advice — from another Outstanding Member of the Year honoree, 2012 winner Whit Broome, CPA — set Dickinson on the path to a career in academia. He got his doctorate at the University of Georgia, then spent the better part of two decades teaching at U.Va. and VCU.
Spending his entire career at large Virginia public schools meant he had ample opportunities to set students on their own accounting path. He estimates that he taught 5,000 students, which means he has a difficult time even traveling abroad without seeing a familiar face.
“Our kids used to get so frustrated. We couldn’t go anywhere without people coming up and saying ‘Mr. Dickinson,’” he said. “We had two different people come up to us at the airport in London.”
But that influence, while massive, is just a small data point when it comes to the impact Dickinson made on the profession. He’s served on the boards of directors for the VSCPA (1991–1994) and the VSCPA Political Action Committee (1994–2001). We barely have the space to list the committees and task forces he’s helped — the Professional Ethics, Strategic Planning, Membership and Insurance committees, the Accounting & Auditing Advisory and Young Professionals task forces, even the editorial task force for the magazine you’re reading right now.
Dickinson’s work with the profession at the regulatory level is even more important. He was appointed to the Virginia Board of Accountancy in 2002, working with Broome again there and helping spearhead the rewrite of the Commonwealth’s accounting regulations and the institution of the ethics CPE requirement.
“That was the time when Enron and HealthSouth and a few audit failures led to some not-so-good publicity for the profession,” he said. “It was a really interesting time to be involved in the Board of Accountancy.
“It was time-consuming, but somebody’s got to do it. I commend everyone who does.”
Time was something that was already in short supply for Dickinson. By that point, he had moved into public accounting at what’s now Bishop Farmer, a 20-person firm with offices in Fredericksburg and Stafford, with all the busy-season pressures that entailed. He has served as founding board member, president
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and treasurer for his local community foundation and on the governing board of his church, Trinity Episcopal in Fredericksburg. He’s volunteered for the local Boy Scout committee and served on the advisory board for the Commonwealth Governor’s School in Fredericksburg.
Dickinson’s willingness to help has become something of a running joke among his friends and colleagues.
“I’m a professional volunteer,” he said. “Mike Gracik at Keiter and I took all of our accounting classes together, roomed together for the Exam. I run into him and he puts his finger on my forehead, and says ‘Yep, still flashing. Nice guy, can’t say no.’”
A man who’s given so much of himself and his time to his profession does well to find efficiencies, and Dickinson is no exception. His wife, Doris, is a CPA, a manager at Bishop Farmer and a VSCPA member whom he met at a meeting of the Society’s Blue Ridge Chapter. (Speaking of chapters, it says something about Dickinson’s helpful nature that we still haven’t rattled off all of his professional involvement — he’s an Ethics instructor for the Battlefield Chapter, as well as Bishop Farmer and other CPA firms.)
His daughter, Elizabeth Witt, is also in the profession as a non-CPA accountant for U.Va. His only immediate family member working outside the profession is his son, William, who is currently enrolled at Yale Divinity School.
Dickinson’s influence on the profession is as undeniable as the success of the students he’s taught.
“It’s nice to see former students who became partners in firms or chief financial officers or worked in government. The education process is really, really important.” n
2018–2019 Board of Directors
Left to right: Anne Hagen, Stephen Theuer, Henry Davis, Aaron Peters, Jaime Lynn Dernar, Richard Groover, David Bendahan, Gabriele Lingenfelter, Melisa Galasso, Stephanie Peters, George Forsythe, Krystal McCants, Gary Thomson. Not pictured: Melinda Coley, Hope Cupit, Ali Gunbeyi, Christine Williamson.
CHAIR Richard Groover, CPA
Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer
CHAIR-ELECT Gary Thomson, CPA
Dixon Hughes Goodman
VICE CHAIRS Henry Davis III, CPA
Virginia Commonwealth University Jaime Lynn Dernar, CPA,
Paya, Inc. Anne Hagen, CPA,
Masonic Home of Virginia Krystal McCants, CPA, CST Group, CPAs VSCPA PRESIDENT & CEO Stephanie Peters, CAE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS David Bendahan, CPA, General Dynamics Melinda Coley, CPA, Anthem, Inc. Hope Cupit, CPA, SERCAP George Forsythe, CPA, WellsColeman Melisa Galasso, CPA,
Galasso Learning Solutions Ali Gunbeyi, CPA, Jones CPA Group Gabriele Lingenfelter, CPA,
Christopher Newport University Aaron Peters, CPA, Peters & Associates Stephen Theuer, CPA, Deloitte Christine Williamson, CPA, CohnReznick
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2018–2019 VSCPA Chair: Richard Groover, CPA
The youth movement atop the VSCPA Board of Directors continues unabated as Richard Groover, CPA, takes over the big chair from predecessor Staci Henshaw, CPA.
Henshaw, who was 46 when she took over, was one of the younger chairs in recent memory, but she’s turning over control of the Board to a full-fledged millennial.
Groover, 33, is long on accomplishments and credentials despite his relative youth. He’s a shareholder at Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer (WEC) in Norfolk and an adjunct professor of accounting at Old Dominion University’s (ODU) Strome College of Business. And he describes himself as an “old soul” who’s been right at home with his more experienced colleagues in board meetings, including those where the VSCPA2025 strategic framework was discussed and hammered out.
“I feel like I’m in touch with the older membership, but I'm also part of the new generation that's coming up,” he said. “I feel like I have a good finger on the pulse — what they're looking for, what directions we need to move to appeal to them, to be sure we continue to grow as a profession.”
Groover is something of an anomaly among his generation through his relative longevity at WEC. It’s the only place he’s worked since graduating from ODU in 2009, although he very nearly moved across Virginia to continue his education instead of entering the work force.
After being accepted to a master’s program at Virginia Tech, Groover went to an ODU job fair on a whim and wound up speaking with WEC managing shareholder Marty Einhorn, CPA. Researching the firm further, he was struck by the friendliness of the WEC employees he met, and he accepted a position there instead of sticking with his plans to further his education.
Even then, he still didn’t think he would be at the firm as long as he has.
“I came in with a little bit of that millennial mindset that I’m going to do this, be the best that I can be for my time here, then after six or seven years, move on and find something different,” he said. “Then six or seven years came and I looked around and thought, ‘I really love the people I work with. I really love my clients. I’m having a great time and I’m successful at it.’ So every year stretched further and further, and now I do think it's looking like I’m going to be here for the end of my career.”
One thing Groover loves about working at WEC is the empowerment to affect change, both in the firm and the profession. That willingness to question the status quo made him a great fit for the VSCPA2025 process, which took place over the past two years and resulted in the development of the Society’s new mission, vision and bold strategies.
One of his favorite parts of the VSCPA2025 process was working with a diverse group of his professional colleagues. The 2025 group ranged in age from 26 to 60 and included CPAs from public accounting, corporate finance, government and education, and while the recommendations that came from the process were huge for the VSCPA, the connections between the group members were even more important for Groover.
“Being a part of the strategic planning process helped me build a lot of connections to people at the Society, from the employee perspective and also members at large and members of the board,” he said. “That was a big reason why I accepted the appointment of chair. What a great opportunity for me to
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continue to work with these people who are so dedicated and so passionate about making the profession and the VSCPA the best it can be. As long as I can continue to spend time with them, I’m going to stay in a role that lets me do that.”
Groover took a semester off from teaching this spring to indulge his passion for travel, meeting friends for a trip to Italy and the Greek Isles. He cites a trip last year to Machu Picchu in Peru as his single favorite trip — one that knocked an item off his bucket list.
He returned from that trip refreshed and ready to attack the VSCPA’s issues as chair. Fittingly, he’s particularly interested in the “Influence students to become CPAs” strategy from the VSCPA2025 plan, focusing on helping colleges and universities teach students the skills necessary for the profession of the future while helping CPAs maintain their reputation with the public as trusted, knowledgeable business experts.
“The phrase is rife throughout the history — trusted advisor. That’s what we target,” he said. “I don’t think any client we work with would say that all they rely on me for is an audit opinion and that’s all they want to talk about. When I think about all the conversations I have with clients, it’s almost never about the audit. It's about a deeper issue or I’m calling them to say, 'This doesn't make sense. We need to look at this.’Are there money-saving opportunities or efficiencies to be gained?
“We work really hard on the audit, but it’s a compliance function and a service. It’s all the things around it and all the connections you’ve built that are the trusted advisor component.” n
Hawaii or Hampton Roads? The new VSCPA Educational Foundation Board of Directors Chair Randy Spurrier, CPA, had a hard choice to make after leaving the U.S. Air Force.
Spurrier had a job lined up with what was then a Big Eight firm in Honolulu where he had worked during graduate school at the University of Hawaii (UH). While visiting friends in Hampton Roads, he did some research and called around for jobs in the area, where he made a fortuitous connection.
“I thought it would be a good idea to check around and see what the prevailing rate was for junior accountants, since I had no idea after being in the service for five years,” he said. “It just happened that the managing partner at Peat Marwick had been in the Air Force and had been stationed at the same base I had been. They offered me a job with the same pay and since it seemed like a nice area with a lower cost of living than Hawaii, I took the job. Not really a well-thought-out career plan, but sometimes serendipity can be better.”
After spending eight years with Peat Marwick, he went into industry as chief financial officer at local furniture retailer, and then worked as a financial consultant before joining Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk as an accounting lecturer.
Spurrier joined the VSCPA in 1976 and has volunteered extensively for the Foundation and the Tidewater Chapter, where he has served as president and remains on the board. He stays involved at the chapter level to serve the local CPA community, but his work directly with students remains his greatest honor in the profession. Now he hopes to help future students afford their accounting education.
As an ODU professor of accounting, he’s steered many of his students to Foundation scholarships. In addition to his regular classroom duties, Spurrier also serves as a faculty advisor for ODU’s Beta Alpha Psi chapter. It’s his way of paying it forward after being steered into the accounting profession when attending college at UH.
“The positive effect that you can have on the students is why I’m so interested in the Educational Foundation,” he said. “I can also see that if you give the right advice and the right motivation, you can positively affect the students’ lives. I’ve had them come up to me afterwards and say ‘You said this, so that’s what I did.’ I say ‘What?’; because you never know how you touch a student’s life.”
This passion for helping students is why Randy’s main goal for his year in charge is to increase the percentage of VSCPA members who donate to the Foundation, “so we can help more students.” n
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Congrats to the VSCPA’s Top 5 Under 35
The Top 5 Under 35 honorees accepted their awards at the VSCPA Leaders’ Summit in May. They are (from left) Carman Faison, CPA, Jonny Rosch, CPA, Brandon Pope, CPA, Tommy Blackburn, CPA, and Kellie Fedkenheuer, CPA.
Want to learn more about these accomplished award winners? Read full profiles of them, plus Member of tthe Year Harry Dickinson, CPA, at vscpa.com/2018LeadersSummit.
TOMMY BLACKBURN, CPA, 30
Senior Financial Planner, Verus Financial Partners, Richmond
ORIGINALLY FROM: Prince George
ALMA MATER: Virginia Tech
CAREER PATH: Tommy interned at Verus Financial Planners in college and worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers out of school before returning to Verus a year later.
SERVICE-ORIENTED: Tommy has volunteered for the VSCPA’s NBC12 Tax Call-In program since 2013 and keeps going back because he enjoys helping callers so much.
CARMAN FAISON, CPA, 35
Senior Manager, Mitchell Wiggins, Petersburg
ORIGINALLY FROM: Hopewell
ALMA MATER: Longwood University
CAREER FOCUS: Carman is passionate about helping family-owned, closely held businesses. It’s a subject near and dear to her heart after she grew up working in her family’s mattress manufacturing business.
SERVICE-ORIENTED: Carman focuses on student outreach, specifically in presentations to Beta Alpha Psi chapters across the Commonwealth, and CPE presentations — largely on the topic of time management.
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KELLIE FEDKENHEUER, CPA, 31
Audit Manager, Cotton & Co., Alexandria
ORIGINALLY FROM: Virginia Beach
ALMA MATER: James Madison University
CAREER FOCUS: Kellie began working at Cotton & Co. right out of college, where she works on the firm’s litigation support team, serving as a gatekeeper and check on the spending of taxpayer money.
SERVICE-ORIENTED: Kellie is a VSCPA Ambassador at her firm and has served as a MentorMatch mentor and on the Business Valuation, Fraud & Litigation Services Conference planning committee. She also teaches the VSCPA Ethics course.
BRANDON POPE, CPA, 25
Senior Associate, Business & Advisory Services, Keiter, Glen Allen
ORIGINALLY FROM: Roanoke
ALMA MATER: Virginia Tech
CAREER FOCUS: Brandon interned at Norfolk Southern and Deloitte, worked at Deloitte for a year and then began at Keiter.
SERVICE-ORIENTED: Brandon has been a MentorMatch mentor and mentee, and recently took over as chair of the VSCPA’s Young Professionals Advisory Council. He serves on the Richmond Chamber of Commerce’s Helping Young Professionals Engage (HYPE) program and on Virginia Tech’s Accounting and Information Systems Emerging Leaders Board.
JONNY ROSCH, CPA, 34
Audit & Assurance Manager, PBMares, Warrenton
ORIGINALLY FROM: Warrenton
ALMA MATER: Virginia Tech
CAREER FOCUS: Jonny began his career at a national homebuilder before taking a job with a tax attorney and earning his CPA license. He worked in tax at Scheulen, Patchett & Edwards and Thompson Greenspon before moving to PBMares and the opportunity to work in his hometown.
SERVICE-ORIENTED: Jonny is the VSCPA’s Battlefield Chapter secretary and he has served on the VSCPA Young Professionals Advisory Council. He is also the board secretary for Pathway Homes, Inc., a nonprofit in Fairfax that provides housing and clinical services to individuals with mental illness.
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We welcomed 57 new Life members into the fold at the VSCPA Honors & Awards ceremony May 10 at the Omni Hotel Richmond. In VSCPA history, only 637 members have received this honor, bestowed upon members with at least 40 years of consecutive membership. The following members earned Life member status this year:
Douglas Alcorn, CPA, Alexandria Robert Baldassari, CPA, Fairfax Gerard Barber, CPA, Crozier Joanne Barnes, CPA, Arlington Charles Bartlett Jr., CPA, Richmond David Bowman, CPA, Chesapeake James Brackens Jr., CPA, CGMA, Durham, N.C. Cynthia Braun, CPA, Burgess Thomas Burdette, CPA, Fairfax Norman Bush, CPA, Henrico Clayton Cameron Jr., CPA, Fairfax Willard H. Catlett Jr., CPA, Midlothian James Copp, CPA, Glen Allen Richard Dail, CPA, Virginia Beach Earle Dendtler, CPA, Richmond Park Dodd, CPA, CGMA, Richmond Michael Doran, CPA, Chesterfield George Eastment III, CPA, CFP, MBA, Chantilly William Edmonson, CPA, Winchester Julian Facenda, CPA, Norfolk Steven Farrar, CPA, Danville Susie Garner, CPA, Galax Robert Giles, CPA, CGMA, Staunton Michael Gracik Jr., CPA, Glen Allen Larry Greene, CPA, Montross Thomas Hancher, CPA, Charlottesville Roger Handy, CPA, PFS, CFP, CGMA, Virginia Beach Leslie Hart, CPA, CPC, QKA, Virginia Beach David Hawkins, CPA, Lexington Paul Kositzka, CPA, Beaufort, S.C. Walter Kucharski, CPA, CFE, CGMA, Richmond Pamela Lawson, CPA, Hampton Timothy Lewis, CPA, Beaumont, Tex. Mary Ann Lloyd, CPA, Alexandria Carl Loden, CPA, MST, Glen Allen Lee Martin Jr., CPA, CGMA, Glen Allen Donald Mills, CPA, Spotsylvania Gregory Moore, Norfolk Clive Morey, CPA, Richmond Stephen Parham, CPA, Midlothian James Pfeiffer, CPA, Richmond Greg Raetz, CPA, Lexington Charles Rannells, CPA, Harpers Ferry, W.Va. David Reddy, CPA, Lynchburg Randolph Shapiro, CPA, CGMA, Falls Church Augustine Smith, CPA, Roanoke Alan Stein, CPA, MBA, Norfolk Gerald Sullivan, CPA, PFS, Virginia Beach J.K. Timmons Jr., CPA, Richmond J.B. Trent, CPA, Roanoke James Vermillion Jr., CPA, Winchester Daniel Vitez, CPA, Virginia Beach Charles Wade, CPA, CGMA, Goodview Jane Watkins, CPA, Midlothian Timothy Whitlock, CPA, Yorktown Gilbert Young, CPA, Virginia Beach
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Congratulations to Jon-Michael “Jonny” Rosch on being selected as a 2018 “Top Five Under 35” recipient by the VSCPA. Contact us today to experience the PBMares difference.
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VSCPA bylaws proposal approved for member vote
As reported in the March/April issue of Disclosures, on Jan. 22, the VSCPA Board of Directors approved a proposal to amend the VSCPA Bylaws to allow the Society to be more nimble and future-focused to meet the rapidly changing needs of the CPA profession. As part of developing the VSCPA2025 strategic framework, the Board discussed the challenges the VSCPA currently faces with its membership model and the need for more flexibility to ensure long-term viability and relevance.
Members in attendance at the 2018 VSCPA annual meeting May 10 voted to send the proposal to a member vote, which was conducted via email and paper ballots, depending on communication preferences, in June. The final tally finished too late for inclusion in this issue, but we will communicate it electronically as soon as the results are in. Visit vscpa.com/Bylaws for a summary of the changes and the latest news on the member vote.
OPEN VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
Thanks to all the VSCPA members who have already signed up to volunteer! Visit the Volunteer Manager on Connect to see the full list of current opportunities at vscpa.com/volunteer.
• Educators’ Symposium Task Force • Online Programs Planning Task Force • Chapter Officers • Speaking & Community Engagement • Ask a CPA Email Program
Congratulations to... Carman Faison, CPA
VSCPA 2018 Top 5 Under 35 Award Recipient
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FORWARD CAREER MOMENTUM
Are you ready to take the next step in your career?
Consider the VSCPA Leadership Academy.
WHAT IS IT? A leadership program that kicks off with three days of in-person training on Nov. 12–14, 2018, followed by post-event webinars, an individual coaching session and a final deep dive workshop at the 2019 Leaders’ Summit. You’ll even earn up to 28.5 CPE credits.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN? How to take charge
of your career growth, lead effectively and leverage your personal strengths. At the end of the Leadership Academy, you will have actionable next steps that you can implement and share with your team (and your boss) right away.
WHO IS IT FOR? CPAs under age 35 with an unrevoked CPA license and three or more years of experience.
FIND OUT MORE: vscpa.com/academy
Application deadline is Sept. 25, 2018.
FIND THE CPE TEST ONLINE
Visit vscpa.com/CPE. Choose “On Demand” from the side filters to find the exam and others from previous Disclosures issues.
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Congratulations to the following members!
Carolyn Dull, CPA; Aubrey Layne, CPA; Cindy Vance, CPA
PROMOTIONS
John Jobe, CPA, a partner at Cherry Bekaert in Richmond, has been promoted to regional audit service line leader for Virginia.
Agili (formerly JoycePayne Partners) in Richmond has named a new leadership team, including President and Chief Operating Officer Cynthia Joyce, CPA, and Financial Planning Team Leader Jamie Malone, CPA.
Joe Pennington, CPA, has been named chief financial officer at Southern National Bancorp in McLean.
Kurt Taves, CPA, has been promoted to chief operating officer at Cherry Bekaert. Taves works out of the firm’s Virginia Beach office.
Cindy Vance, CPA, was promoted to associate professor and received tenure at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, W.Va.
APPOINTMENTS & AWARDS
Carolyn Dull, CPA, mayor of the city of Staunton, was elected to another four-year term on city council.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam named Rick Elofson, CPA, of Newport News, to the Hampton Roads Sanitation District Commission. Elofson is a retired partner at Goodman & Co.
Virginia Secretary of Finance Aubrey Layne, CPA, was named executive of the year by the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business.
WE MOURN THE LOSS OF...
Greg Forman, CPA, of Richmond. A former partner at Mitchell Wiggins, he was a longtime VSCPA volunteer through the NBC 12 Tax Call-In Show and the Speakers Bureau. He served as president of the Estate Planning Council of Richmond, the Private Business Study Group and the Richmond Public Library Board and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Trust Company of Virginia, in addition to many other volunteer outlets. He was active at Christ Community Church, where he served as treasurer, and graduated from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.
Michael Lamb, CPA, of Sanford, N.C.
Dennis Mannion, CPA, of Richmond. He had worked as an auditor at Adams, Jenkins & Cheatham in Midlothian.
Bob Reed, CPA, a VSCPA Life member from Falls Church. He was retired from Hogan & Reed, PC, CPAs, in Annandale.
Barry Saunders, CPA, a VSCPA Life member from Richmond. A longtime sole proprietor, he was a two-sport athlete at the University of Richmond, where he was captain of the school’s baseball and basketball teams.
FIRM NEWS
Richmond financial planning firm JoycePayne Partners, celebrating its 25th anniversary, has changed its name to Agili.
PBMares in Newport News was honored as a Good Corporate Neighbor by VOLUNTEER Hampton Roads for the firm’s volunteer program, PBMares Cares Day.
We want to hear from you! The VSCPA prints news of members’ awards, appointments and promotions as well as new hire and job change announcements. Email disclosures@vscpa.com if you have exciting news to share.
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ANNIVERSARIES
July 7: Marketing Specialist Amanda Arnold, 3 years July 14: Vice President, Finance & Administration Beth Bickford, CPA, 9 years July 26: Academic Engagement Director Molly Wash, CAE, 14 years Aug. 6: Senior Manager, Innovation & Leadership Laura Cobb, CAE, 6 years Aug. 12: Technology Manager Zané Mullins, PMP, 5 years Aug. 13: Member Services Coordinator Rocio Gibbs, 20 years
PROMOTIONS
Three VSCPA employees received promotions effective May 1: Kate Eacho to event specialist, Richard Gordon to member services & operations director and Tara Pennington to member services & event specialist.
Top row: Amanda Arnold, Beth Bickford, CPA, Laura Cobb, CAE Middle row: Kate Eacho, Rocio Gibbs, Richard Gordon Bottom row: Tara Pennington, Zané Mullins, PMP, Molly Wash, CAE
CONGRATS TO THE VSCPA’S NEWEST VIRGINIA CPA LICENSEES
Melissa Burke, CPA, Mechanicsville Elizabeth Cosgrove, CPA, Washington Dominic Esteve, CPA, McLean Ali Farooq, CPA, Manassas Lara Frith, CPA, Roanoke Katelyn Gough, CPA, Dillwyn Jiaxin Guo, CPA, Fairfax Stephanie Homesly, CPA, Virginia Beach Thomas Hudak, CPA, Herndon Evelyn King, CPA, North Beach, Md. Jinxue Li, CPA, Vienna Monique Lubick, CPA, Bracey Winona Morrow-Wasson, CPA, Richmond Jason Norsen, CPA, Reston Deric Obeldobel, CPA, Manassas Alexandra Per, CPA, McLean Thanh Phuong, CPA, Arlington Julie Piche, CPA, Fairfax Station Ali Rana, CPA, Woodbridge Lindsey Reynolds, CPA, Woodbridge Shannon Roberts, CPA, Reston Evan Robertson, CPA, Harrisonburg Christopher Roth, CPA, Reston Taylor Schafbuch, CPA, Washington Jonathan Sheard, CPA, Suffolk Patrick Smerkers, CPA, Bethesda, Md. Sheetal Sood, CPA, Annandale Paul Szczenski, CPA, Herndon Ricky Timms, CPA, McLean Brendan Toner, CPA, Reston Matt Tyler, CPA, McLean Xi Jue Wang, CPA, Bellevue, Wash. Shichu Yi, CPA, Greenbelt, Md.
List from March and April. Compiled May 31, 2018.
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The VSCPA Educational Foundation recently awarded $58,500 in scholarships to 27 of Virginia’s top accounting students. These scholarships wouldn’t exist without the generous support of Foundation donors. Thanks to everyone who donated — you can too at VSCPAFoundation.com/Donate. Congratulations to this year’s recipients:
VSCPA Undergraduate Scholarship ($1,500–$2,000) Jonathan Anglin, Radford University Lisa Edwards, James Madison University Elizabeth Williams, George Mason University Melissa Wright, Longwood University
VSCPA Graduate Scholarship ($2,000) Benjamin Gardner, Virginia Commonwealth University Stephanie Mivsek, University of Virginia Zachary Young, James Madison University
VSCPA Minority Scholarship ($1,500–$2,000) Valentina Forero, University of Virginia Connor Mawhinney, College of William & Mary Harold Rojas, George Mason University Virginia Tech Doctoral Scholarship ($2,750) Kevin Hale, Virginia Tech
VSCPA Past Presidents/Chair Scholarship ($2,000) Steven Simon, University of Virginia
Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer Scholarship ($2,500) Matthew Shifflett, James Madison University
Yount, Hyde & Barbour Scholarship ($2,750) Robert Kurtzman, James Madison University
CST Group Scholarship ($2,750) Linjiang Han, University of Virginia
Dixon Hughes Goodman Scholarship ($2,250) Manleen Bajaj, Virginia Commonwealth University Jieyao Chen, George Mason University
H. Burton Bates Jr. Scholarship ($2,000) Ameera Choudhury, University of Virginia
Kearney & Company Scholarship ($2,500) Genevieve Coan, Virginia Tech Clark Tilson, Virginia Tech
Michael E. Mares Scholarship ($2,000) Austin Sachs, Eastern Mennonite University Jessica Zorumski, Christopher Newport University
MJW Scholarship ($2,000) Sabrina Lingenfelter, University of Virginia Bethany Montrose, Roanoke College
Thomas M. Berry Jr. Scholarship ($2,750) ThuyDung Hoang, University of Virginia Kaitlyn Potter, College of William & Mary
Verus Financial Partners Scholarship ($2,750) Jacob Adams, College of William & Mary
CHAIR Randy Spurrier, CPA
Old Dominion University
CHAIR-ELECT Heather Flanagan, CPA, KPMG
VICE CHAIRS Dianne Guensberg, CPA,
Grant Thornton Nick Harrison, CPA,
Dixon Hughes Goodman
SECRETARY/TREASURER Beth Bickford, CPA, VSCPA
AT-LARGE DIRECTORS O. Whitfield “Whit” Broome, CPA,
University of Virginia School of Law Michael Crichton, CPA,
Burdette Smith & Bish Scott Davis, CPA, Frank & Co. Brian Deibler, CPA,
Malvin, Riggins & Co. Chris Enright, CPA, sole practitioner Marshall Handy, CPA,
Roger L. Handy, PC Clare Levison, CPA, Alliant Techsystems Kevin Matthews, CPA,
Beta Solutions CPA Melanie Randall, CPA, McKinney & Co. Amanda Seymore, CPA Garner, Adams & Associates Neena Shukla, CPA PBMares John Waters, CPA,
Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer Elizabeth Workman, CPA Dixon Hughes Goodman Donna Yenney, CPA, Tredegar Corporation
