VSCPA News

VSCPA members are top Virginia CFOs

Virginia Business magazine held its 13th annual Virginia CFO Awards on June 20 at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, and two VSCPA members were among the winners.

Michel Bilè, CPA (above left), CFO at the Hampton Roads Community Health Center in Portsmouth (HRCHC), was the winner in the Large Nonprofit Organization category. Bilè joined the HRCHC as a consultant when the organization did not have a controller weeks before the end of its fiscal year, then was hired as the CFO after pulling off the year-end close. He took the organization from a deficit of nearly $500,000 to running surpluses in each of the past three years.

Glenn Nunziata, CFO at Smithfield Foods in Smithfield, was the winner in the Publicly Traded Company category. Nunziata worked closely with the Smithfield CEO to develop a comprehensive strategy that led to four years of record growth, driven by operational efficiencies, earning improvement and strategic acquisitions.

Nine VSCPA members were among the 47 nominees, with three other members selected as finalists: JulieAnne Brown, CPA, CFO of Farmington Country Club in Charlottesville, and Virginia Secretary of Finance Aubrey Layne, CPA, in the Large Nonprofit Organization category, and Mirriam Oman, CPA, CFO of GoochlandCares in Goochland, in the Small Nonprofit Organization category.

The VSCPA is a founding sponsor of the event, and VSCPA Board of Directors Chair-Elect Gary Thomson, CPA, regional managing partner at Dixon Hughes Goodman in Richmond, presented the awards.

VSCPA MEMBERS APPROVE BYLAWS PROPOSAL

Last issue, we reported on the VSCPA’s proposed bylaws changes aimed at helping the Society better respond to the rapidly changing needs of the CPA profession. In May, members in attendance at the annual meeting voted to send the proposal to a member vote, and in June, VSCPA members elected to adopt the changes.

The VSCPA sent ballots to all members via email or through mail, and 84 percent of ballots received were in favor of the changes.

Read a summary of the changes at vscpa.com/ Bylaws.

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.

• VSCPA Board of Directors • VSCPA Educational Foundation Board of

Directors • VSCPA PAC Board of Trustees • Young Professionals Advisory Council • Ask a CPA Email Program

Members among most powerful women in accounting honorees

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) recently partnered with CPA Practice Advisor to present the 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting awards, honoring women who are making an outstanding impact on the profession and small practitioners in particular. The winners were announced Wednesday at a special ceremony at the AICPA ENGAGE Conference in Las Vegas.

Two VSCPA members were among the 25 winners:

Lynne Doughtie, CPA, of Powhatan, U.S. chairman and CEO, KPMG, New York (pictured left)

Julie Gustavsson, CPA.CITP, partner and chief operating officer, Keiter, Glen Allen (pictured right)

Nominate a CPA

Award nominations for the VSCPA Distinguished CPA Awards open Monday, Oct. 1, at VSCPA.com/Awards. The nomination deadline is Friday, Dec. 7. For more information contact VSCPA Student & Engagement Specialist Lauren Simonetti at lsimonetti@vscpa.com. We hope you answered yes…but if you didn’t, we have something big and exciting in store for you this fall. We can’t share the details just yet (sorry!) but we can say:

DO YOU FEEL EMPOWERED TO INNOVATE OR THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX?

Save the date — Oct. 24, 2018!

Leading up to our big launch, we’ll be sharing even more sneak peeks, videos and fun giveaways! Don’t delete our emails, because you won’t want to miss what we’re planning for you!

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.

Congratulations to the following members!

Monica Modi Dalwadi, CPA; Nick Goodman, CPA; Jenna Manster, CPA

NEW HIRES

Keith Haas, CPA, was named chief financial officer at BridgeStreet in Reston.

Alex Saidii was named vice president and commercial lending team leader at the Bank of Clarke County in Berryville.

PROMOTIONS

Jennie Barrett, CPA, has been promoted to vice president of accounting and finance at Community Electric Cooperative in Windsor.

Mitchell Wiggins has promoted David Ritz, CPA, to supervisor and Jordan Clary, Ryan Edwards, CPA, and Cody Johnson, CPA, to senior accountant in the firm’s Petersburg office and Matthew Rocawich, CPA, to supervisor in its Richmond office.

Marco Fernandes, CPA, has been promoted to partner at Halt, Buzas & Powell in Alexandria.

Kevin Fly, CPA, was named senior executive vice president and chief accounting officer at TowneBank in Suffolk.

Nick Goodman, CPA, has been promoted to partner at Baker Tilly Virchow Krause in Vienna.

KWC in Alexandria has promoted Jenna Manster, CPA, to principal and Leo Daniels, CPA, and Walter Smith, CPA, to senior accountant.

Jones, Madden & Council in Virginia Beach has promoted Evie Piggott, CPA, and Laura Turner, CPA, to partner. APPOINTMENTS & AWARDS

Monica Modi Dalwadi, CPA, partner at Baker Tilly Virchow Krause in Tysons, was presented with the National Kidney Foundation All-Star Award in recognition of her work for the organization.

Samantha Doe, CPA, a supervisor at KWC in Alexandria, and Aaron Peters, CPA, owner of Peters & Associates in Falls Church, have been selected to attend the 2018 American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) Leadership Academy.

Pete Ryan, CPA, principal at Ryan & Wetmore in Bethesda, Md., was named Real Estate & Construction CPAs Member of the Year by the Rainmaker Companies.

Alan Witt, CPA, CEO of PBMares in Newport News, was named to the Peninsula Community Foundation Board of Directors.

PHILANTHROPY

Dixon Hughes Goodman held its annual “Count the Cans” food drive, aimed at reducing hunger in the firm’s local communities. Over the 10-day campaign, staff members raised more than $76,000 for hunger relief organizations and volunteered nearly 1,000 service hours at local food banks.

FIRM NEWS

Brown, Edwards & Co. has relocated its Harrisonburg office to 1909 Financial Drive.

The following firms were named to Accounting Today’s “Best Accounting Firms to Work for” list: Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman, Bethesda, Md.; Homes, Lowry, Horn & Johnson, Fairfax; Kearney & Co., Alexandria; Keiter, Glen Allen; Santos, Postal & Co., Rockville, Md.; SC&H Group Inc., Tysons; and Yount, Hyde & Barbour, Winchester.

Thompson Greenspon in Fairfax was named to The Washington Post’s 2018 Top Workplaces for the fifth year in a row.

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STAFF NEWS

ANNIVERSARIES

Sept 22: Membership Services & Peer Review Coordinator Jane Hayes, 15 years, and Online Learning Specialist Kathy Suddarth, 4 years Oct 2: Public Affairs & Communications Director David Bass, 6 years Oct. 11: Finance Assistant Ben Munford, 2 years Oct. 29: Membership Development Director Julia Henderson, 5 years

Top: David Bass, Jane Hayes. Middle: Julia Henderson, Ben Munford. Bottom: Kathy Suddarth.

We mourn the loss of...

Ted Magnusdal, CPA, a VSCPA Life member from Richmond. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a graduate of Virginia Tech.

Oscar Shelton, CPA, a VSCPA Life member from Richmond. A graduate of the University of Richmond, he ran his own firm for more than 40 years.

Ron Shuey, CPA, a VSCPA Life member from Crozet. A graduate of Virginia Tech, he worked for Arthur Andersen in Washington and Sally, Weissinger & Co. in Charlottesville before starting his own firm.

Thomas Strait, CPA, of Landsdowne.

CONGRATS TO THE VSCPA’S NEWEST VIRGINIA CPA LICENSEES

Carlos Ahumada, CPA, Fairfax Eric Anderson, CPA, Charlottesville Nathanael Arbour, CPA, Richmond Andrew Askew, CPA, Arlington Shari Blakey, CPA, Woodbridge Robert Bohnke, CPA, Charlottesville Kimi Butler, CPA, Richmond Susan Creamer, CPA, Virginia Beach Karen Crosswhite, CPA, Leesburg Claudia DiCaro, CPA, Ashburn Karalynn Drechsel, CPA, Suffolk Joseph Eleff, CPA, Washington Zachary Felder, CPA, Glen Allen John Fogarty, CPA, Williamsburg Rex Foster IV, CPA, Washington Elden Gauthier, CPA, Richmond Lea Gray, CPA, Richmond Tamara Greear, CPA, Norton Chad Gunter, CPA, Lynchburg Yuting Han, CPA, Montpelier Adam Harrington, CPA, Arlington Glenda Hassan, CPA, Falls Church Nathan Holaday, CPA, McLean Tyler Howell, CPA, Richmond Gabrielle Hustead, CPA, Norfolk Evert Jenezon, CPA, Arlington Theresa LaRose, CPA, Centreville Jessica Lewis, CPA, Tysons Michael Marshall, CPA, Chantilly Jasmine Matthews, CPA, Norfolk Glenn Miller, CPA, Verona, Wisc. Christopher Murray, CPA, Tysons Christina Newman, CPA, Arlington Michael Pilot II, CPA, Richmond Brian Ratchford, CPA, Arlington Kristina Romualdo, CPA, Virginia Beach Daniel Sendi, CPA, Alexandria Natalie Sousa, CPA, North Chesterfield Zachary Spurlock, CPA, Chester Rachael Stander, CPA, Arlington Eric Stulginsky, CPA, Herndon Fernando Terrazas, CPA, Woodbridge Naomi Warner, CPA, Fairfax Tyler Wood, CPA, Glenwood, Md.

List from May and June. Compiled Aug. 3, 2018.