Member Spotlight: Nishon Evans Finds a Home and a Career in Virginia
August 22, 2018
Nishon Evans Finds a Home and a Career in Virginia Nishon R. Evans, CPA, CGMA, is used to moving around, both personally and professionally. But he’s found a home, a community and a cause in Northern Virginia. Evans, a former VSCPA Board of Directors member, is a senior principal analyst at General Dynamics, a Herndon information technology firm that serves the government, defense and commercial sectors. He’s bounced around numerous employers in his career — a normal career path in
Member Spotlight: Tara Adams Builds a Practice and a Community in Wytheville
August 22, 2018
Wytheville, population 8,000, might not have the hustle and bustle of Northern Virginia or Richmond. But the town has given VSCPA member Tara Adams, CPA, the opportunity to weave herself and her firm into its fabric, and she’s grateful for the opportunity. Adams, a member of the VSCPA Board of Directors, is a partner with Adams & Delp, a tax and accounting firm in Wytheville that, in her words, does “everything but audit.” Her clients run the gamut from small mom-and-pop businesses to
Member Spotlight: Harold Martin's Path to the Valuation Hall of Fame
August 22, 2018
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of profiles highlighting 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 . Harold Martin, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE, went from an
Member Spotlight: Bo Garner Discusses His Nonprofit Path
August 22, 2018
He didn’t set out to do it, but VSCPA member and CPA Bo Garner is devoted to nonprofit organizations. As the co-leader of the nonprofit team at PBMares —working with organizations in the southern and eastern portions of Virginia out of the firm’s Newport News office — he focuses on helping clients keep their financial statements in order. It all stems from some chance early-career assignments. “I was assigned to a few nonprofit audits and came to realize the extreme reliance
Member Spotlight: Melinda Coley Helps Others Find Opportunities Through Education
August 22, 2018
If there’s a concept that encompasses the career of VSCPA member Melinda Coley, CPA, MBA, it’s helping others find and take advantage of opportunities. From her day jobs in health care finding a way to connect accounting indirectly to helping others to her time on the VSCPA and VSCPA Educational Foundation boards of directors and community volunteering, she’s focused on helping others throughout her career. Coley is the finance director for the government business division at