Chamber Briefings Newsletter – March 2017
This month, a number of state rankings articles were released. Virginia was ranked the best state for higher education by SmartAsset, up from 2nd in both 2015 and 2016. While Virginia generally receives high marks in the higher ed category of many rankings, we continue to lag behind in others. For example, the American Society […]
Business Briefs – Week of March 27-31
Chamber Virginia Chamber gets local input for its blueprint for state’s future Free Lance-Star Mecklenburg County included on Blueprint Virginia 2025 tour News Progress Barry DuVal, Correspondent of the Day: Virginia’s electricity rates are low RTD What’s on Our Minds? Shaping Virginia’s Economic Policy VA CEOs Old Dominion disruption VA Business Virginia Policy McAuliffe’s […]
PBMARES’ CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER NAMED TO THE NEWPORT NEWS ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BOARD
NEWPORT NEWS, VA (3/29/17) – Mary Aldrich, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, AAAPM, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Partner at PBMares, LLP – a U.S. Top 100 accounting and business consulting firm serving clients nationally and internationally from offices in the Mid-Atlantic – has been appointed to serve on the Board of the Newport News Economic and Industrial […]
Business Briefs – Week of March 20-24
Virginia Chamber Cable Reports: Interview with Virginia Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Barry DuVal VCTA (video) Interview with Tim Hulbert and Barry DuVal at Charlottesville Blueprint event WCHV (audio) Economic development leader tours major employers in area Winchester Star Economic growth opportunities touted on Va. Shore Delmarva Now Richmond arts community fears Trump’s budget […]
Dixon Hughes Goodman Welcomes Janice Kong as DHG Private Equity Tax Director
Tysons, Va, March 23, 2017 – Dixon Hughes Goodman (DHG), a top 20 public accounting and advisory firm, is pleased to announce that Janice Kong has joined the firm as a Private Equity tax director. She will work out of the firm’s Tysons, Virginia office and will lead cross functional teams who execute tax due […]
Michael D. Pierce Joins Vandeventer Black’s Norfolk Office
Norfolk, VA (March 21, 2017) – Vandeventer Black LLP welcomes new associate Michael. D. Pierce to the Norfolk office where he will initially join the Labor & Employment and Workers’ Compensation legal team. As part of the professional training program established by the Firm, Pierce will rotate within its various legal departments. “We are very […]
PBMARES’ ARTIFICE FORENSIC FINANCIAL SERVICES DIVISON DIRECTOR LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT CORPORATE MONITORS
FAIRFAX, VA (3/17/17) – John Hanson, CPA, CFE, CCEP, Director of Artifice Forensic Financial Services – a division of PBMares, LLP – has launched the International Association of Independent Corporate Monitors (IAICM) and will serve as the organization’s Chairman & President. “Corporate Monitoring is something I am very passionate about and there was no association dedicated to […]
Business Briefs – Week of March 13-17
Chamber Virginia Slips In National Business Rankings Daily News Record Blueprint Virginia regional rollout in Harrisonburg (video) WHSV Group of 25 who will vet requests for GO Virginia money includes Richmond region’s most influential RTD GO Virginia’s regional councils named Daily Press Bills we’re watching Mark Webb column: Dominion still offers the best deal […]
Many VA Chamber Members are Highlighted in March Issue of Virginia Business Magazine’s Feature of Most Influential Virginians
http://www.virginiabusiness.com/news/article/most-influential-virginians-2017
PBMares, LLP Staff Promotions
PBMares is proud to recognize the following staff who recently earned their CPA license: Jennifer Sciandra, CPA and a Staff Accountant with PBMares, obtained her CPA license. She graduated from Misericordia University with a BA in Accounting and with a Masters in Business Administration. Corey French, CPA and a Staff Accountant with PBMares, obtained his CPA license. He […]
