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George Forsythe, CPA, embarked on his professional career with one singular goal: to become a U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent. That’s not quite where his career ended up — and he couldn’t be happier.

It’s now nearly three weeks into retirement for Jimmy Strickland, CPA. Thirty years after he started his own practice out of the sun room in his house in Norfolk, he and his wife, Gale, the firm’s administrator, stepped away from Strickland & Jones.

When Nancy Miller, CPA, finds something she’s interested in, she jumps in with both feet. At one point, it was work with the VSCPA; at another point, it was motherhood. Now she’s devoted herself to what she calls “the best job in the world.”

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of profileshighlighting the diverse interests and careers of VSCPA members. Know a member (including yourself) who would make for an interesting profile? Email VSCPA Communications Manager Chip Knighton . Susan Ferguson, CPA, is a college professor, a self-proclaimed “nerd at heart” and a veteran VSCPA volunteer. Brian Carson, CPA, is a CFO who has split his career between public practice and corporate finance. Together, they’re the

If you wanted to create the perfect individual to demonstrate the wide range of career paths that come with the CPA credential, you might look to Lori Overholt, CPA, as a model.

Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell (CBM) is returning to Washington, D.C., and VSCPA member Pete Reilly, CPA, is in charge of the move. It’s not the first time he’s jumped into unfamiliar waters.

At first glance, accounting and classical music wouldn’t seem to have that much in common. Maybe that’s why Mike Wagner, CPA, made the decision to switch majors at the University of Illinois. Either way, he’s been happy with his decision.

One major part of the VSCPA’s advocacy efforts has been to position CPAs as experts on economic and tax issues on a national level, with a specific goal of getting more CPAs into public office. Member Gerald Geddes, CPA, attacked that goal head-on.

Running took VSCPA member Tom Visotsky, CPA, to a spot in the New Jersey high school record books. Then it took him within minutes of one of the country’s highest-profile recent tragedies. Now he’ll square off against the nation’s best performers.

We here at the VSCPA make an honest effort to avoid puns, but sometimes you just can’t avoid it, and discussing Staunton mayor Carolyn Dull, CPA, is one of those times. So let’s get it out of the way: Dull is not dull, and neither is her job.