Company: Bank of Botetourt
Position/Title: President & CEO
Preferred Phone Number: (540) 580-3927
Preferred Email Address: maustin@bankofbotetourt.com
I always start my day with... Feeding my 4 pets! (because they wake me up every morning to eat)
What is your favorite weekend activity? Watching Friday night Dateline
If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Caitlyn Clark
What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I'm the youngest of 17 grandchildren
What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? To visit the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C.
What's the most-used app on your phone? Apple Podcast
Company: Benchmark Community Bank
Position/Title: EVP & CFO
Preferred Phone Number: (757) 630-5090
Preferred Email Address: beth.beale@bcbforlife.bank
I always start my day with... COFFEE! And hopefully Pilates 😀
How would you spend one million dollars? A beach house and a convertible or a lake house and a pontoon boat, then I would save the rest
What would someone be surprised to learn about you? My husband and I were mass poultry producers for almost 15 years
What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? A trip to Ireland and Scotland
Company: Chesapeake Bank (Retired)
Position/Title: Richmond Regional Executive (Retired)
Preferred Phone Number: (804) 370-0459
Preferred Email Address: fb5@aol.com
I always start my day with... Prayer & Chick Fil A (not always in that order)
How would you spend one million dollars? Give away 10%, spend a little frivolously, use the rest to help my kid's and their families
What is your favorite weekend activity? Anything outdoors (hiking or camping) and being with family
What's the most-used app on your phone? Weather (does that make me old?)
Company: Liberty University
Position/Title: Associate Professor/Curriculum Developer
Preferred Phone Number: (757) 593-3589
Preferred Email Address: erinblack17@gmail.com
What is your favorite weekend activity? Hiking
What's the most-used app on your phone? Marco Polo
What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I raise labrador retriever therapy puppies and volunteer with our pups in local schools.
What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Toss up between returning to Alaska (I lived there as a kid) and Banff National Park
Company: CornerStone Bank
Position/Title: SVP & CFO
Preferred Phone Number: (804) 334-7353
Preferred Email Address: zblakey3@gmail.com
I always start my day with... Walking my dog!
How would you spend one million dollars? Take a family trip / worthwhile charity
What is your favorite weekend activity? Hanging with friends at the beach
What's the most-used app on your phone? Twitter
What would someone be surprised to learn about you? Love to cook / P!nk groupie!
What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Travel
What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Helping others achieve advancement in their careers
Company: Old Point National Bank
Position/Title: Chief Banking Officer / Chief Lending Officer
Preferred Phone Number: (757) 719-1338
Preferred Email Address: dbuckless@oldpoint.com
I always start my day with...Coffee and email
How would you spend one million dollars? Very carefully
What is your favorite weekend activity? Golf
If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Kathleen Madigan
What's the most used app on your phone? MLB
Company: University of Richmond
Position/Title: Faculty Director, Executive Education
Preferred Phone Number: (804) 475-8687
Preferred Email Address: rcoughla@richmond.edu
What's the most-used app on your phone? Lately, it's Hilton
What would someone be surprised to learn about you? 2nd of six kids born in a 7-year span (no twins)
What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Visiting Australia
What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Going on 25 years of marriage and raising three decent children!
Company: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Position/Title: Advanced Examiner
Preferred Phone Number: (804) 310-5329
Preferred Email Address: amyjo.duke@rich.frb.org
I always start my day with... My alarm clock (aka my chihuahua Rico Suave) followed by a cup of coffee and a bible study.
How would you spend one million dollars? Retire, today...
What is your favorite weekend activity? Hiking, I am about half-way through my goal of hiking all of the state parks in Virginia.
If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Jerry Seinfeld
What's the most used app on your phone? Waze (All Trails is a close second.)
What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My family, it's not even close.
Position/Title: Consultant
Preferred Phone Number: (704) 957-2457
Preferred Email Address: ghigg43135@aol.com
I always start my day with... Coffee and my iPad
How would you spend one million dollars? Closing out the Bucket List
What is your favorite weekend activity? Road Biking
What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Exploring the Great Pyramid of Giza
Company: University of Virginia
Position/Title: Chaired Professor
Preferred Phone Number: (434) 242-5121
Preferred Email Address: eloutskina@virginia.edu
I always start my day with... Making breakfast for my family. - they love pancakes from scratch and avocado toast.
How would you spend one million dollars? Traveling...Hm...
What is your favorite weekend activity? Hiking and making dinner with my sons
If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Peter Altia
What's the most-used app on your phone? Outlook :-(
What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I love to upcycle clothing
What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Travel to Japan
What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My family
Company: The Kafafian Group, Inc.
Position/Title: President
Preferred Phone Number: (717) 468-3208
Preferred Email Address: jmarsico@kafafiangroup.com
I always start my day with... Coffee
How would you spend one million dollars? Divide between my brothers and children
What is your favorite weekend activity? Biking to a brewery, life is about balance.
If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Pope Leo. - Talk him out of the White Sox and Chicago deep dish is over-rated.
What's the most-used app on your phone? Message App
What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I married the girl I went to prom with.
What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Family trip to Italy
What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? I was part of the team that won the Gulf War in less than 60 days. Then I got the heck out of there.
Company: Chase Bank
Position/Title: Sr. Business Relationship Manager
Preferred Phone Number: (757) 434-9218
Preferred Email Address: alvin.payne@chase.com
I always start my day with... Prayer and meditation with my wife
What's the most-used app on your phone? Candy Crush...level 17,800 and counting!!!
What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? The elusive hole-in-one
What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Being a first-generation college graduate
Company: Louisiana State University
Position/Title: Distinguished Instructor
Preferred Phone Number: (225) 337-0143
Preferred Email Address: ksauley@lsu.edu
I always start my day with... Taking my two Havachons (Sophie and Isabel) outside and completing a crossword puzzle
What is your favorite weekend activity? A round of golf or practicing at the golf range
What's the most-used app on your phone? Weather Bug
What would someone be surprised to learn about you? Growing up I was extremely shy
Company: Sawyers & Jacobs LLC
Position/Title: Chairman & Co-Founder
Preferred Phone Number: (901) 487-2575
Preferred Email Address: jsawyers@sawyersjacobs.com
What is your favorite weekend activity? Time with friends by the pool.
What's the most-used app on your phone? Google News
What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I hit a horse with my car (two miles from where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil to learn to play the Blues guitar) and I lived to tell the tale.
What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Trip to Italy
Company: First Bank
Position/Title: Chief Financial Officer
Preferred Phone Number: (757) 536-0324
Preferred Email Address: bschwartz@fbvirginia.com
I always start my day with... Coffee
How would you spend one million dollars? More cars
What is your favorite weekend activity? Live music
If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? My daughter
What's the most-used app on your phone? Waze
What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I failed at retirement... wasting away in Margaritaville.
What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Visit Alaska
What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? My two kids
Company: Lafayette College
Position/Title: Professor Emeritus of Economics and Business
Preferred Phone Number: (610) 417-9470
Preferred Email Address: seifried@lafayette.edu
I always start my day with... Coffee and the WSJ
How would you spend one million dollars? Cars
What is your favorite weekend activity? Golf
If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Tiger Woods
What's the most-used app on your phone? WSJ
What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I'm a food nut
What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Attend the Super Bowl
What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Becoming Dean of the Virginia School of Bank Management
Company: Benchmark Community Bank (Retired)
Position/Title: President & CEO (Retired)
Preferred Phone Number: (434) 480-1417
Preferred Email Address: j.stafford50@yahoo.com
I always start my day with... Coffee!
How would you spend one million dollars? Traveling the U.S.
What is your favorite weekend activity? Working in the yard
If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Clint Eastwood
What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I am an introvert.
What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Travel the U.S.
What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Working for one company for 35+ years and finishing as a successful President & CEO
Company: Velligan-Blaxall Consultants, LLC
Position/Title: Partner
Preferred Phone Number: (484) 895-1605
Preferred Email Address: jsumner@velliganblaxall.com
I always start my day with... Coffee, cat and Bible Study
What is your favorite weekend activity? Hiking or kayaking
What's the most-used app on your phone? Bloomberg
What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I had a significant stutter when I was a child
What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? Skydiving
Company: Virginia State Corporation Commission
Position/Title: Commissioner
Preferred Phone Number: (804) 513-1234
Preferred Email Address: sam.towell@scc.virginia.gov
I always start my day with... A trip to Riverbend Roastery
How would you spend one million dollars? Slowly
What is your favorite weekend activity? Watching my daughter's athletic contests
If you could host a talk show, who would be your first guest? Former UVA men's basketball head coach Tony Bennett
What's the most-used app on your phone? NYT Games
What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I was a decathlete in college
What is the top thing still left on your bucket list? A trip to Monaco
What do you consider your biggest accomplishment - career or otherwise? Being selected to serve in my current position as a Commissioner on the Virginia State Corporation Commission
Company: MainStreet Bank
Position/Title: Chief Accounting Officer
Preferred Phone Number: (701) 739-7491
Preferred Email Address: avari@mstreetbank.com
I always start my day with... A cup of coffee and I like to read the Dealbook newsletter, which gives a nice summary of events, market movements and interesting articles
What is your favorite weekend activity? I love to be out in the yard, gardening, yard work, playing with my kids.
What's the most-used app on your phone? Gmail and messages
What would someone be surprised to learn about you? I love to grocery shop, I like to take my time and go through every aisle.