VSCPA News

Congratulations to the following members!

Samantha Doe, CPA, Rachel Jones, CPA, Jeremy Powell, CPA, Renee Watson, CPA.

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NEW HIRES

Judy Gavant, CPA, was named chief financial officer at Bay Banks of Virginia, Inc., in Richmond.

Ed Gillaspie, CPA, was hired as director of finance and administration at the Virginia Institute of Autism in Charlottesville.

Amanda Richter, CPA, has joined Hook Law Center in Virginia Beach as the firm’s on-site CPA.

Olga Sigurdson, CPA, has joined Updegrove, Combs & McDaniel as a staff accountant in the firm’s Leesburg office.

Casey Ward has joined Christopher A. Enright, CPA, in Montpelier as a staff accountant.

PROMOTIONS

Kositzka, Wicks & Co. in Alexandria has promoted Samantha Doe, CPA, and Rachel Jones, CPA, to supervisor and Resa Wilhite, CPA, to manager.

PBMares announced the following promotions: Andrew Basile, CPA, to supervisor in the Fredericksburg office; Jon-Michael Rosch, CPA, to manager in the Warrenton office; and Philip Smith to senior in the Norfolk office.

Jeremy Powell, CPA, and Renee Watson, CPA, were promoted to principal at Goldklang Group CPAs in Reston.

Michelle Vaughan, CPA, was promoted to senior accountant at Mitchell Wiggins in Petersburg. APPOINTMENTS & AWARDS

YWCA South Hampton Roads honored its 30th class of “Women of Distinction,” who exemplify the YWCA’s mission to eliminate racism and empower women, including Joanna Brumsey, CPA, shareholder at Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer in Norfolk.

Lynne Doughtie, CPA, of Powhatan, chairman and CEO of KPMG, was named to Virginia Business’s list of the 50 Most Influential Virginians.

FIRM NEWS

The National Association for Female Executives named its Top 70 Companies for Executive Women, which included the following firms: BDO USA, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Grant Thornton and KPMG.

Thompson Greenspon in Fairfax won Inavero’s Best of Accounting Award for providing superior service for the second year in a row.

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Richmond-based Cherry Bekaert has added Austin, Texas-based Powell, Ebert & Smolik.

THE VSCPA MOURNS...

William Owens, CPA, a VSCPA Life member from McLean.

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STAFF NEWS

Maureen Dingus, CAE, Janie Medley, Doris Pennington, Tara Pennington, Diane Jones

ANNIVERSARIES

May 15: Chief Operating Officer Maureen Dingus, CAE, 11 years June 5: Employer Outreach Specialist Janie Medley, 12 years June 6: Member Services Assistant Doris Pennington, 4 years June 18: Member Services & Event Coordinator Tara Pennington, 6 years June 19: Senior Manager, Finance & Administration Diane Jones, 12 years

NEW HIRE

Alan Nicholas has joined the VSCPA as peer review manager. Welcome to the team, Alan!

THE VSCPA’S NEWEST VIRGINIA CPA LICENSEES

Flora Berisha, Chesapeake Sagar Bhatt, Fairfax Station Alicia Burdick, Woodbridge Sonya Carwile, Charlotte Court House KuanYu Chen, Vienna Prashant Dhingra, Glen Allen Ali Farooq, Manassas Eric Gladding, Virginia Beach Ariel Hayes, Henrico Kesroy Henry, Alexandria Kristopher Jones, Henrico Benjamin Medor, Arlington Christopher Millsap, Sterling Jennifer Neale, Centreville Stacy Ren, Palmdale, Calif. Meagan Schultz, Williamsburg Jonathan Sheard, Suffolk Mary Wade, McLean

List from February and March. Compiled April 2, 2018.

Change to VSCPA Board of Directors slate

Due to unexpected circumstances, Rick White, CPA, will be unable to serve on the VSCPA Board of Directors in 2018–2019 and has been removed from the slate of nominees to be voted on at the Annual Meeting on May 10 in Richmond. Christine Williamson, CPA, partner with CohnReznick in Tysons, has been added to the slate in his place.

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VSCPA 100% Member Firms

VSCPA 100% Member Firms show their commitment to their employees, the profession and the association. A 100% Member Firm is simply a Virginia CPA firm or company that has all of its CPAs enrolled as members in the VSCPA.

Interested in being listed as a 100% Member Firm? Contact VSCPA Membership Development Director Julia Henderson at jhenderson@vscpa.com.

A.F. Thomas & Associates, PC A. Rohm, Smith & Company, PC Actuarial Benefits & Design Company Adams & Co., PC Adams & Delp, PC Anderson & Anderson CPAs, PC Anderson & Reed, LLP Andrews CPA Associates, PC Atlas Financial Barnes, Brock, Cornwell and Painter Beale & Curran, PC Beck & Company, CPAs, PC Bennett, Atkinson & Associates, PC Bishop, Farmer & Co., LLP Black Marlin CPA (Ann Black CPA PLC) Boyce, Spady & Moore PLC Britt & Peak, PC, CPAs Bruce, Renner & Company, PLC Bullock & Associates, P. C. Burdette Smith & Bish, LLC Burgess & Co., PC, CPAs Burnett & Sneed, CPAs, LLC Cameron, Moberly & Hamrick, P.C. Charles H. McCoy, Jr., Inc. Charles W. Snader, PC Chesapeake Accounting Group PC Christopher A. Enright, CPA, PLC Cole & Associates CPAs, LLC Coley, Eubank & Company, PC Corbin & Company, PC Craver, Green and Company, PLC Creedle, Jones and Alga, PC CST Group, CPAs, PC Dalal & Company David L Zimmer CPA PC Deloitte Didawick & Company, PC Donald R. Pinkleton, CPA Donald W. Coleman, CPA, Inc., PC DT & Company, PLC DuvallWheeler, LLP Eggleston & Eggleston, PC Elmore, Hupp & Company, PLC Everett O. Winn, CPA, PLC Fritz & Company, PC, CPAs G.L. Roberson CPA, PLLC G4 CPA Firm, Inc. Garland & Garland, CPAs, PC Garris and Company, PC Graham and Poirot, CPA, PC Gregg & Bailey, PC Gregory & Associates, PLLC Gurman & Company, PLLC Hampton & Everett, PC Hantzmon Wiebel LLP Harris, Hardy, & Johnstone, PC Harris, Harvey, Neal & Company Henley & Henley, PC Hogan & Reed, PC, CPAs Holland & Brown LLP Homes, Lowry, Horn & Johnson, Ltd. Honeycutt & McGuire, PC Hortenstine and McCown, CPAs, PC Hottel & Willis, PC Hughes & Basye, PC Hunt, Calderone & Abbott PC Jay E Reiner CPA PLLC John M. Watkins, CPA Jones & Company CPA, LLC Jones & McIntyre, PLLC Jones CPA Group, PC Jones, Madden & Council, PLC JS Morlu, LLC Katherine L. Foley CPA, PC Keiter Kimble Kositzka, Wicks & Company Kris McMackin CPA L.P. Martin & Company, PC Lane & Associates, PC Larry D. Greene, CPA, PC Lauren V. Wolcott, CPA, PC Lent & Hawthorne, PC M. Lee Winder & Associates, PC Maida Development Company Mallard & Mallard CPAs, LLC Malvin, Riggins & Company, PC Martin, Beachy & Arehart, PLLC McCallum & Kudravetz, PC Meadows Urquhart Acree & Cook, LLP Michael B. Cooke, CPA, PC Michael R. Anliker CPA PC Miller Consulting Group, LLC Mitchell, Wiggins & Company, LLP Moss & Riggs, PLLC Mulkey & Co., PC Murray, Jonson, White & Assoc., Ltd. Nicholas, Jones & Co., PLC PBMares, LLP Pearson&Co., PC PricewaterhouseCoopers R.P. Willis, PC R.T. McCalpin & Associates, LLC Renner & Company, CPAs, PC Robb Scott Bradshaw & Rawls, PC. Robinson Consulting Group Roger L. Handy, PC Rubin, Koehmstedt & Nadler, PLC Rumble & Associates, Inc. Russell, Evans & Thompson, PLLC Rutherford & Johnson, PC Salter & Associates, PC Saunders & Saunders, PC Saunders, Matthews & Pfitzner, PLLC Scheulen, Patchett & Edwards, PC Sells Hogg & Associates CPAs, PC Sherman, Spero, Safarino & Spencer, Hager & Mosdell, PC Spitler, Stephens & Associates PLLC Stephen F. Perry, CPA, PC Stephen Merritt CPA, PC Stephen T. Shickel, CPA, PLC Steve Guy & Associates, PC Steve Walls & Associates, PLLC Stokes Office Solutions Sullivan, Andrews & Taylor PC T.L. Pyne, PC Terry L. Jones, CPA, LLC The Davidson Group, PC The Foley Group, Ltd. Thompson Greenspon Tongelidis Consulting, LLC Updegrove, Combs & McDaniel, PLC Valderas Financial Solutions LLC VanHuss & Associates, PLLC DBA Verus Financial Partners W.D. Sanders & Company, PC Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer WellsColeman White, Withers, Masincup & Cannaday Wilkinson Consulting & CPA PLC William B. May, Jr., CPA, PC Wineholt & Associates, PC Yancey, Bowman & Helsley, CPA Yount, Hyde & Barbour, PC

Compiled April 10, 2018. Check vscpa.com/100Percent for a complete list.