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: 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.