VACEOs Sponsors
VACEOs is a not-for-profit organization. Simply stated, the generous support of these sponsors allows us to serve CEOs of small and mid-sized businesses. With their help, we’ve been able to serve our Members since 2000.
Because Virginia Council of CEOs partners annually with a limited number of corporate sponsors, they have the opportunity to build relationships and become trusted colleagues within our CEO community making it a win-win for all.
Become a Trusted Colleague
The Virginia Council of CEOs engages sponsors in order to:
- obtain financial resources,
- access the intellectual capital of experts, and
- ally with leading businesses in the community in support of the Council’s mission.
Interested in joining our community?
Lead Sponsors
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Warren Whitney
Since 1989, Warren Whitney has helped take closely-held companies to the next level by providing experienced management executives on contract. Time commitments are flexible to meet the specific needs of companies experiencing change – growth, personnel turnover or strategy change, for example. We recommend a strategy, then we implement it. Each of our professionals has deep knowledge in accounting, finance, marketing, human resources, or technology. We become a part of your team, and we take responsibility. — Strategic vision focused on tangible results.
Academic Sponsors
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University of Richmond Robins School of Business
As one of the nation’s top business schools, the Robins School of Business provides rigorous and relevant educational experiences through undergraduate, graduate, and executive education programs. Our Executive Education division provides consulting, coaching, facilitation and training to organizations throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Our tailored programs, which can occur on campus or at your location, target specific performance areas and help your organization design strategies to achieve key objectives. Our emphasis on practical and applied experiences helps foster meaningful professional growth among participants.
Benefactor Sponsors
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Ballast Consulting Group
Ballast Consulting Group provides finance & accounting expertise for small and medium businesses. Our team brings deep knowledge and expertise across finance, accounting, and management consulting to give organizations a clear look at their current state, future probabilities, and the aspects of their operations that are impacting both of those positively or negatively. Our clients gain the clarity they need to understand what’s happening in their business, the confidence to take decisive and efficient action, and the consistency and accountability to achieve the success they envision. Regain financial clarity, break through barriers.
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Red Orange Studio
For 20 years, Red Orange Studio has helped Virginia businesses tell their brand story through compelling creative and strategic marketing. We specialize in working with CEOs who need a partner they can count on to understand their business, keep up with their pace and help them stand out in a crowded marketplace. Our team offers solutions in branding, digital marketing, web development, video, illustration, content creation and more.
As a certified B Corporation, Red Orange Studio is built on a foundation of using business as a force for good. Committed to making an impact on the community, we founded the PIP Nonprofit Award in 2018, which has provided more than $300,000 in pro-bono services to Virginia-based nonprofits. The Red Orange team is excited for the opportunity to support VACEOS members who understand that success is defined by metrics that extend beyond revenue and market share. We’re here to help you leverage your business for a greater purpose – through social impact, corporate social responsibility, sustainable business practices, and other ways of giving back.
Gold Sponsors
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Adams, Jenkins and Cheatham
At Adams, Jenkins and Cheatham, our CPAs and consultants are “simplifying the road to success” for our clients. We do this by seeking to build long-term relationships with the people and companies we serve enabling us to offer them financial solutions, value-added expertise and innovative opportunities. Our desire is to go beyond the ordinary audit and tax services by making it our mission for clients to recognize their current and future business goals. Let us join you on your business’ road to success!
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Alpha Wealth Advisors
Alpha Wealth Advisors, LLC is a wealth management firm serving individuals, families and small businesses. Our ability to deliver clear and easily understood solutions is the primary reason our client relationships average more than 20 years. In an industry that is trending toward commoditization, we set ourselves apart from our peers by providing white glove service: establishing realistic investment objectives that align with client goals and developing a tailored solution unique to each client. Our clients’ missions and objectives are not off-the-shelf and their investment program should not be either. At the core of this process, we invoke our experience, and state-of-the-art tools to understand and measure risks and devise strategies to mitigate them. We have long-standing relationships with leading economists and investment managers: our on-going due diligence is fundamental in developing investing context, high-quality relevant information and financial advice in a dynamic environment. As our financial advisory fiduciaries work with individuals and families or with the retirement plans of small businesses, Alpha Wealth Advisors, LLC is singularly attentive to the needs of our clients as their situations evolve over time.
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Atlantic Union Bank
Atlantic Union Bank, located in Virginia and beyond, offers a wide range of financial solutions including checking accounts, savings accounts, business loans and more. Bank online or visit one of our conveniently located branches or ATMs today.
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Blue Ridge Bank
In the community banking world, success is based on people! That is certainly the case at Blue Ridge Bank, N.A. We know that with our experienced and engaged teammates, we promote a positive culture, attract valuable customers, and ultimately have great success. The more value our bank provides, the more our community and clients will benefit. We are committed to building on Blue Ridge Bank and legacy VCB’s 80-year history now serving across the Commonwealth of Virginia from Luray, Harrisonburg, and Winchester to the Northern Neck and greater Hampton Roads market, including Virginia Beach as a true community bank headquartered in Richmond with experienced, locally established bankers and state-of-the art products delivered with a true community bank spirit and approach. Our local bankers and management team make all decisions to deliver banking with local knowledge and a sense of urgency. It is genuinely “Uncommon Banking” from Blue Ridge Bank, N.A.
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Fahrenheit Advisors
At Fahrenheit, our singular focus is on helping businesses build confidence. We understand that confidence comes from getting a candid understanding of where you are, establishing clarity about where you are going, and putting the right competencies in place to get you there.
What We Do: We help you analyze your current situation, look ahead to identify new opportunities and emerging risks, outline a clear plan to move forward, and deliver the right solutions to get it done.
Services: We provide fractional, interim and consulting in Business Strategy, Sales Growth, Process Improvement & Automation, Finance & Accounting, Human Capital, and Executive Search & Recruiting.
Clients: We serve clients across all industries, focusing on growth-oriented companies, nonprofit organizations, and state agencies. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, we service clients nationally.
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Irongate Capital Advisors, LLC
A CEO’s most important job is capital allocation. Warren Buffett refers to capital allocation as the ‘what will they do with the cash factor’ when evaluating a business. Decisions made with surplus cash – inside and outside the company – will largely determine your outcomes. Irongate Capital Advisors, LLC. has worked with closely-held companies for over 26 years. As a private business owner, your ‘corporate planning’ and ‘personal planning’ are interconnected. Our financial planning and investment management expertise is focused on this ‘intersection.’ We work closely with your tax, legal, banking, and corporate finance advisors to help support & drive your business’s growth, your employees’ financial wellness, and your family’s economic independence.
We look forward to learning from the Virginia Council of CEOs’ Members and Sponsors and serving as a resource in those areas where we may be able to add value.
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Keiter
At Keiter, we are more than accountants – we are your opportunity advisors. We understand that you depend on us to identify, communicate and help shape the financial decisions that determine the success of your business. Whether performing an audit examination or developing a business plan for a start-up, we are always focused on providing fresh insights and creating new opportunities to help your business grow. Most importantly, we take the time to truly learn about you and your business. To be effective, we approach your business as a unique entity, enabling us to identify strategies that work for how you run your business today and where you want it to go tomorrow. Contact us to discuss how our insights and services can help you shape the success of your business.
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PNC
Our capabilities: Strong. Deep. Focused on you.
PNC offers a wide range of services for all our customers, from individuals and small businesses, to corporations and government entities. No matter how simple or complicated your needs, we’re sure to have the products, knowledge, and resources necessary for financial success.
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Reed Smith
Reed Smith is a dynamic international law firm dedicated to helping clients move their businesses forward. With an inclusive culture and innovative mindset, we deliver smarter, more creative legal services that drive better outcomes for our clients. Our deep industry knowledge, long-standing relationships and collaborative structure make us the go-to partner for complex disputes, transactions and regulatory matters.
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Spotts Fain
Businesses throughout Virginia and beyond have turned to Spotts Fain for legal representation and advice since 1988.
From trials to transactions, business law to bankruptcy, intellectual property to employment law, we offer a broad range of legal and consulting services to local, regional and national businesses. Spotts Fain, Lawyers with Your Business in Mind®.
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Transact Capital Partners
offers expertise in the areas of business mergers and acquisitions, sale, valuation and equity recapitalizations. We also provide financial advisory services including business planning for start-ups, strategic growth consulting and succession/exit planning. Our insight into deal structure from a business perspective can provide significant value to our clients who are pursuing business transactions either now or in the future. We are unique in that we combine decades of transaction-related experience and professionalism with hands-on attention to detail for those small to mid-cap privately-held businesses having revenues of $2 million to $100 million*. Our total team of experienced advisors offers you professional, competent and confidential attention that may not be available to you by the larger investment banking firms.
Silver Sponsors
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CodeShoppe.Net
We at Code Shoppe deliver transformative solutions that save businesses $50,000 to $100,000 annually in labor costs. By integrating your existing software tools into a unified system, we eliminate headaches and provide real-time insights to support data-driven decisions, giving you more time to focus on what you do best. As a proud sponsor of VACEOs, we are dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs and business leaders in achieving unparalleled efficiency and growth.
Our specialty lies in transforming complex, labor-intensive processes into seamless automated solutions. At Code Shoppe, we’re not just developers—we’re business consultants who seek to understand your unique challenges. Our high-touch approach ensures you’ll experience empathy, integrity, and clear communication every step of the way. We bring extensive expertise in integrating systems like QuickBooks with other tools, creating a single source of truth tailored to your needs.
Partner with us and discover how you can drive your business forward.
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Cornerstone Valuation, LLC
Cornerstone Valuation, LLC (and its predecessor Cornerstone Financial Management, Inc.) has been providing quality, supportable business valuation services to attorneys, accounting firms, financial advisors, private equity firms, executives and business owners for over 25 years. We specialize in valuing closely-held, private businesses and their respective interests. Cornerstone Valuation brings unparalleled expertise to a full range of business valuation needs including, among others: gift and estate tax reporting, litigation support, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, shareholder/partner buyouts, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOPs), and financial distress/workout situations.
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Employee Benefits of Virginia
Employee Benefits of Virginia is a full service employee benefit advisory with a special focus on employers with less than 100 employees. These organizations have been impacted greatly by the complexities of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but have fewer choices when it comes to highly qualified employee benefit guidance. Many times these businesses have been left to go it alone by their current brokers when it comes to very complicated decisions. Our role is to simplify the employee benefit analysis and management experience for our clients. We strive to uncover employee benefit solutions which best meet our client’s needs. In addition, we aggressively work to deliver the highest value options possible which meet their strategic objectives. This is all accomplished by taking a high touch and engaged consultative approach with extremely knowledgeable staff.
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EOS Worldwide
I have had the honor and privilege to be a part of VACEOs for the past 15+ years. During that time, I have been a member CEO, a volunteer, and a professional facilitator for roundtables, forums and retreats. Sharing experiences together throughout the years has helped us solve the problems that keep all of us up at night.
One thing that I have noticed over time is that the most successful organizations have had some type of system in place to help them reach their goals.
I am thrilled to have an opportunity to share the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) with you. Many of our members, and over 20,000 other companies, have already professionally implemented EOS and have seen great results financially and personally.
Implementing EOS, I help entrepreneurs clarify their vision, gain traction and increase team health through simple, proven and practical tools.
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Eure Consulting
Running a small business can be frustrating and unpredictable. Many times you feel like you’re just making it up as you go along with no system or structure to follow. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Eure Consulting’s proven approach helps you take the guesswork out of running your small business.
After working with Eure Consulting, CEOs are more confident, intentional, and have clarity about all aspects of their companies. They know exactly what their company does best, who they’ve got on their team, and where they’re going from here. They no longer have to wonder if they are doing things the right way.
Don’t reinvent the wheel, use our proven system and structure to run your company in a more profitable and predictable way.
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Jones Lang LaSalle
JLL (NYSE: JLL) is a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. A Fortune 500 company, JLL helps real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. In 2016, JLL had revenue of $6.8 billion and fee revenue of $5.8 billion and, on behalf of clients, managed 4.4 billion square feet, or 409 million square meters, and completed sales acquisitions and finance transactions of approximately $145 billion. At the end of the third quarter of 2017, JLL had nearly 300 corporate offices, operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of nearly 80,000. As of June 30, 2017, LaSalle Investment Management had $59.0 billion of real estate under asset management.
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Sandler Training
Sandler Training in Richmond helps sales professionals take control of the selling process, helping leaders identify and remove blind spots and bottlenecks, and helping professionals increase their effectiveness. Robin Green’s unique approach to sales and leadership has helped companies from a variety of industries sell more – and sell more easily. Whether it’s growing margins, increasing selling opportunities, developing a common sales language, or helping sales managers grow and develop their skills, Sandler Training in Richmond has the expertise and experience to help take companies to the next level.
Marketing Sponsors
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College Company, LLC
Our mission at College Company is to deliver great design in a professional and creative environment. From maximizing budgets, to understanding the competition, we approach each project with a puzzle-solving strategy… listening is key.
Established in 1998 and certified by VDMBE (Virginia Department Minority Business Enterprise) as a Woman owned business, our specialties include corporate branding and identity, print and web design. Our team of designers, web-developers, photographers, printers and copywriters are the best in the business and will deliver beyond your expectations.
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Curtis & Company
Since 1996, Curtis & Company has developed comprehensive and creative marketing strategies and executed them across a wide variety of print and online media. We become your strategic partner by managing all of your advertising and print related needs. Graphic design, photography, and printing are the core of what we do. We are proud of our success, building name and brand recognition for companies large and small. Talk to us about your objectives and discover the difference the right marketing plan can make for your business.
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Tachlock Video
Corporate videography and photography services
TachLock Video incorporates a thorough background in brand development, advertising and marketing management to maximize clients’ video and photography objectives.
Approaching video production from this marketing perspective, Glenn focuses upon the message and how it impacts an audience and motivates them to take action. Glenn and his team offer clear marketing guidance throughout each production to maximize opportunity and bottom line results.
TLV’s mission is to truly help companies accomplish anything – be it to increase sales, educate customers, humanize the overall brand or communicate internally with their employees, having fun all the while.
Let’s communicate:
> What we do, and brand videos
> Promotional, and sales videos
> Testimonial videos
> Social media videos
> How-to videos
> Human resources videos
> Headshot photography
> Website photography
> Food and product photographyGlenn Lock 434-249-5506
