Annual Report 2017

Why

JA?

Annual Report

2016-2017

JA JA in a Day

empowers

Junior Achievement inspires and prepares
young people to succeed in a global economy.

JA Finance Park JA Job Shadow
JA in a Day JA Finance Park

WOW! JA

What a transformative year! inspires

After an intensive capital campaign, we are Thanks to your
readying the new and improved JA Finance Park. support,
This enhanced location will offer thousands of
students a state-of-the-art budgeting experience. JA of Central Virginia
There will be a JA Career Center - the only one of continues to
its kind - in which middle and high school
students will be able to chart their future path.   grow and evolve. 

But the growth of JA Finance Park is not the
only exciting thing that has been happening! 

Our signature events including Bowl for JA and the
JA Greater Richmond Business Hall of Fame grew in
attendance and sponsorships and we debuted a
new fall event - The M&T Bank JA Empower the
Future Breakfast.

We added several new service areas, increasing the
number of districts in our footprint to over 30.  And
we added more district superintendents to our
education advisory board thanks to new
memorandums of understanding with Goochland,
New Kent and Powhatan.

The Virginia Entrepreneurial Challenge continued
to grow thanks to partnerships with VCU and
Governor McAuliffe's office.

But the most exciting thing of all is to know that you
- JA's supporters, donors, advocates, volunteers -
you have gotten us to where we are today. None of
these accomplishments are possible without you!

Thank you,
Daphne Swanson, CPA

President & CEO, Junior Achievement of Central Virginia

Simon Hodges

VP of Corporate Strategy & Financial Analysis and Chief Risk
Officer, Dominion Energy
Chair, JA of Central Virginia Board of Directors

JA Such a positive I really enjoy this
experience and a great program. The
motivates program! The lessons
correlate beautifully with students learn so
We are proud to our economics unit. I am much about our
serve our so appreciative of this world and the
possibility of starting
TEACHERS program. their own business!

~ Karen Riley, - Diana Hundley,
1st grade teacher, 4th grade teacher,
J.B. Watkins Elementary
Echo Lake
School Elementary School

I loved the program! It JA in a Day is always a
actually went right great experience for my
along perfectly with class. I really enjoy the
volunteers and the lessons
what we were learning they bring each year. My
in class. The kids students are fully engaged
and love how they can
enjoyed it and I think connect what they are
they learned a lot!
learning to real life
~ Ashley Heckel, situations!
Kindergarten teacher,
Pinchbeck Elementary ~ Francella Robertson,
5th grade teacher,
School
Harvie Elementary School

One of the highlights was Thank you for This was my first
when we took a little time to enriching the lives of experience with JA.
my students through a
let the students ask our variety of educational What a great
presenters about being in program to bring to
experiences. our students. This
college and their jobs. should be done in all
I believe this really ~ Lynne Thomas,
Kindergarten teacher, schools!
encourages our students to Crestview Elementary
be thinking and working ~ Dawn Estrada,
toward {those goals]. School 5th grade teacher,
Highland Springs
~ Rachel Campbell, Elementary School
3rd grade teacher,
G.H. Reid Elementary School

JA

prepares

JA Finance Park JA in a Day

Virginia Entrepreneurial Challenge  JA in a Day

JA Finance Park JA Empowered through Ethics

JA JA Finance Park is a
resource for area
guides teachers...

It gives students a more realistic snapshot of what budgeting, credit, etc. looks
like in the real world. The use of the tablet makes that easier than what I can

do in the classroom. I think it also helps reinforce concepts that some
students may have struggled with and it helps bring closure to the personal

finance aspect of the Economics and Personal Finance course.

~ Sarah Voyack, Powhatan High School

I think the program helps students grasp the This is my 2nd time participating and
real world situations involved in financial I preach it to my other teachers as
planning. They all think they are going to
well as my students that this is such a
make a billion dollars a year, so it helps them useful and valuable experience that
to see more grounded numbers, and how
those numbers affect day-to-day life. they will remember forever!

~ Chris White, All Saints Catholic School ~ Chad Seay,
Thomas Dale High School

This was a wonderful, engaging, and Truly one of the best
relevant experience for the students. I hands-on field trips that
think all high school students should
relates to what we are
experience JA Finance Park! teaching in the classroom.

~ Megan Ashby, J.R. Tucker High School ~ Tami Marshall,
Thomas Dale High School

We asked teachers, JA
"What was the best part of the energizes

JA Finance Park experience?"

Students working with business Watching the students
professionals and actually have their a-ha moments.

carrying out a real budget!

~ Sandra Joseph Brown, Glen ~ Donald Kalinowski,
Allen High School Hanover High School

The best part was with one of my students who likes designer things, but
his "job" was a hotel housekeeper. This was a reality check for him. He
quickly realized that he was not going to be a housekeeper and was
determined to prepare himself for the real world.

~ Roberta Aigbokhaevbo, Thomas Jefferson High School

A kid who is always so To see the volunteers work with each
disengaged was smiling and group of students. Students can't get
that attention in a typical classroom.
working. Made my day!

~ Christine Pederson, ~ Patty Rogers,
Varina High School Deep Run High School

JA Volunteers are essential
to JA's success.  
reinforces

I was overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the kids for what
we were teaching them. That along with how bright and
mature the kids were. I do not get the opportunity to

interact with 4th graders very often and I just enjoyed seeing
how hungry they were to participate and learn new things. 

~ Doug Carden, Goodwill

My overall experience was incredible. Watching such They have so much fun
young and bright minds work together to come up and learn lessons they
with answers is a satisfying feeling. I especially enjoy can apply throughout life.
when they work as a team and help one another
learn. It really makes me feel like I am making a ~ Melissa A Delong,
difference in these kids' lives and they are surely Martin's
making a difference in mine.

~ Faith Collins, WestRock

I think I gained just as much This comment from one of my students sums
from [the students] as they up how perfect the day was! "If I had money,
Miss Catherine, I would give you a tip. This is
did from the lessons.
just SO fun and I am learning SO much."
~ Sherrill Bryant,
Magellan RX Management ~ Catherine Matawaran, SunTrust Bank

Seeing the light bulbs go off in the They were all little entrepreneurs and I
students' heads when they understood a loved seeing their confidence grow
throughout the lesson.
new concept was the best experience.
~ Cassie Coughlan,
~ Anne Creasy, Glen Allen High School Hero
Dixon Hughes Goodman
It was a joy sharing
information about job
success with  young adults
who are preparing for
secondary education or

the workforce.

~ Natalie Foster,
Junior League of

Richmond

Corporate Genworth Financial, Inc. JA
Partners Glen Allen High School - High
School Heroes partners
Accounting Principals Goodwill of Central & Coastal
Alexis Advisors, LLC Virginia The Brink's Company
Altria Greater Richmond TowneBank Richmond
Bank of America Convention Center Trane
BB&T Gumenick Management Co. Tredegar Corporation
Berkley Mid-Atlantic LLC Ukrop's Homestyle
Bon Secours Richmond HandCraft Services Foods
Health System Junior Achievement of Central Ukrop's Threads
C&F Financial Company Virginia, Inc. United Parcel Service
Call Federal Credit Union Keiter UVA Community Credit
Capital One Services, Inc. Kings Dominion Union
CarLotz KPMG LLP Vaco Richmond, LLC
CarMax, Inc. Luck Companies Verizon Business
Cherry Bekaert LLP Markel Corporation Verus Financial Partners
Chesterfield County Mass Mutual Financial Group Virginia529
Administration McGuireWoods, LLP Virginia Commonwealth
City of Richmond Mercer Health & Benefits LLC Bank
Commonwealth Merrill Lynch Virginia Commonwealth
Commercial Partners, Inc. Mitchell Wiggins & Company, University
Creative LLP Virginia Community
Davenport & Company, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter College System
LLC NewMarket Corporation Virginia Credit Union,
Deloitte Northwestern Mutual Inc.
Dixon Hughes Goodman Northwestern Mutual - The Virginia Department of
LLP Virginia Group Accounts
Dominion Energy Office of Senator Siobhan Virginia Housing
DuPont Dunnavant Development Authority
Elephant Insurance Organization Management Virginia Union
Services, LLC Group University
Equity Concepts, LLC Owens & Minor, Inc. Wells Fargo
ERNI Electronics Park Sterling Bank WestRock
EVB Pfizer Consumer Healthcare Woodforest National
Federal Reserve Bank of PwC Bank
Richmond Regulus Group Xenith Bank
Fishburne Military Riggs Ward
School- High School Salomon & Ludwin, LLC Corporate partners are those
Heroes Shenandoah County Public companies who recruited
Franklin Military Schools multiple volunteers in
Academy - High School Snagajob 2016-2017
Heroes Spring Meadow Farms
GE SunTrust
SUPERVALU Eastern Region

JA Star Parham
2017 JACV
informs
Future Laureate
Scholarship
Awardee

Growing up, my main goal was to be financially successful in life. The “real
world” was a frightening world to me – until I participated in a JA program at
my high school. I learned about financial literacy and work readiness. Before
these programs, I was scared of adulthood because of finances, retirement
plans and having a job that may not suit me. But now, I am no longer afraid. I
know I can have my ideal life with the right budgeting and planning. Francis

Bacon once said, “knowledge is power.”  Now I have the knowledge AND
power to succeed not only today – but in the years soon to come!

# of   student JA
volunteers contact hours
supports

JA by the

2,473 284,654 numbers

Students speak out... Spend your money wisely. I've
learned that spending in order to
I learned that budgeting when make yourself look better or gain a
you have little money and a certain appearance is not a good

child to take are of is extremely decision.
difficult. In the future, I will use
~ Student, Hanover High School
the budget-making skills and
take them a lot more seriously. Today I learned that child care is way more
expensive than I thought. The steps I'll take
~ Student, Richmond to control my future are to maintain good
Community High School
grades and save my money.

~ Student, L.C. Bird High School

# of # of students # of schools
districts served served served

20 26,777 152

2017 Laureates

P.C. Amin, Marilyn H. West, and Ting Xu and Frank Qiu

Junior Achievement
Greater Richmond

Business
Hall of Fame

Honoring the best in business
to benefit the next in business

Dr. Michael Rao, Star Parham and Miwa Hyatt,
event chair JA Future Laureates

JA

elevates

Bowl for JA

RVA's premier
bowling event to
benefit JA students

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RVA's premier
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Keynote speaker,
Willie Lanier, and

JACV 50th
Anniversary Chair,
Cheryl Miller, joined
students from Harvie
Elementary School
and members of the

JACV Young
Professionals Board.

JA Donors give JA the
support needed to
enhances empower students.

$50,000+ $5,000+

The Community Foundation Accenture LLP
Altria
$20,000+ Anthem 
Archer Integration, LLC
Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners Bon Secours Richmond 
The M&T Charitable Foundation Capital One
Virginia529 Chase
WestRock Foundation Chick-fil-A
Louise B. Cochrane Charitable Foundation
$10,000+ Davenport & Company, LLC 
Deloitte 
The Bank of America Foundation  Dominion Energy
BB&T/Scott & Stringfellow Ernst & Young, LLP
The Carmax Foundation Evergreen Enterprises
Custis Westham Fund of The Community Fuel Creative
Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Goodwill of Central & Coastal VA
Virginia Bill and Alice Goodwin
DNC Travel Hospitality Service  Gumenick Properties
Dominion Foundation Matching Herndon Foundation 
The Rotary Club of West Richmond / Robert Holsten, Jr., Brent Holsten, Austin
Nutzy's Rotary Funn Run Holsten
Genworth Foundation KPMG LLP 
Simon Hodges  Lumber Liquidators, Inc. 
Hudson News  Daniel Ludwin
Jackson Foundation Mayer Electric Co.
Luck Companies Foundation Owens & Minor
Markel Corporation Pfizer Consumer Healthcare
Newmarket Corporation  Publix Super Markets
Moses D. Nunnally Charitable Trust PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
TowneBank William and Pam Royall
TowneBank Richmond Foundation Shamin Hotels
State Farm Rainbow Station, Inc.
UPS Freight SunTrust Bank 
Virginia Credit Union, Inc. SunTrust Mid-Atlantic Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation  Tredegar Corporation 
James and Bobbie Ukrop 
Ukrop's Threads

United HealthCare $1,000+ JA
Services
Universal Leaf Amica educates
Foundation Nancy Bagranoff
University of Richmond - Beverly Bean Clyde Pehl
School of Business Frasier Brickhouse The Reco Foundation
WestRock Brink's  Gerard Shaia
Williams Mullen  Katherine and Mark Busser Siewers Lumber 
C&F Bank John Sliman
$2,500+ Andrew Carington  Tom Snead
Carneal Drew Foundation Snead Family
Cherry Bekaert Josée G. Covington Foundation
Christy Talbott Portraits Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP Daphne Swanson
First Tennessee Bank Jim Dougherty Leslie Thibodeau
Genworth Financial  Terrye Enslow Transworld Business
Mr. and Mrs. H. Hiter Robert Fisher Advisors
Harris Robert Foley Robert S. Ukrop 
Enterprise Holdings Fulton Bank VCU School of Business
Foundation  Travis Goad Virginia Museum of
JA Worldwide Howard S. Goldfine  Fine Arts 
The Jefferson Hotel Roy Goodman  Walmart Stores
Keiter  Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Gottwald Jane Watkins
Luck Companies  John H. and Margaret C. Hays T. Watkins 
Matthew M. McDavid  Hager Fund of The Kelly Whitley
Edward & Nancy Community Foundation Duane Williams
Metzger Serving Richmond and YPO Virginia Chapter
R.E.B. Foundation of The Central Virginia
Community Foundation Mitchell W. Hassell  $500+
Serving Richmond and Valerie Heinz
Central Virginia Kathleen Houghtaling Christine Anderson
Riverside Logistics Innsbrook Rotary Charitable Jim Bocrie
Services Foundation Benny Bowman
Salomon & Ludwin George Jennison Call Federal Credit
Scott Insurance James Justice Union 
Dorinda Smith Alan Kirshner T. Patrick Collins
Staples Foundation Debbi and George Little Gary Courts
SunTrust Mortgage Christopher Lucy Chris Crowe
Vaco Richmond, LLC Bethany Lukitsch Michelle Dickerson
Wegmans Sarah C. Martin  Helen Dow
Andrew Miller Ben English
Mutual Assurance Society of George Fearnow
Virginia Fund of The Raymond Gromelski
Community Foundation
Serving Richmond and
Central Virginia
Robert F. Norfleet
Elsa M. Nuñez 
Patient First Corporation

JA $100+ Kathy Edwards
Clyde Ellis 
cultivates Terri Abernathy  Cherryll Marie Ellis 
Accounting Principals  Epps Holding &
Brenton S. Halsey  Will Adams Acquisitions 
Heritage Printing Service, Alexis Advisors LLC Stephen Eure
Inc. Ginger Allgeier  Logan Fitzgerald 
Robert Huebner  John Atkinson Jennifer Flinchum 
Bruce James Ken Baker  Katie Francisco
Brian Johnson  Jamie Barbour Carter French
Jershon Jones Ray Barnes Frontier Academy
Charles Kemp  Don Bassell  Robert Gary IV 
Thomas Kirkup James Billingsley Thomas Goode
Keith Langford  Boar's Head Provisions L. Michael Gracik, Jr.
Toby Leslie Company William Grove
M&T Bank Will Boland Haley GMC
Ashleigh A. McDermott Michael Bor Bonnie Hamilton 
Mary Morris Boston Beer Company Vanessa Hampton
Debra and Jack Morrison Jennifer Taylor Boyle Jonathan Harnish 
James Neal Andy Bradley Jason Hatcher 
Phi Chi Theta  Robert Bradshaw Robert Heidt 
Chip Phillips  J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr.  Irene Hendrick 
Joseph Ramage Carlos Brown Tim Hendricks
John Ramirez Ebony Brown Robert and Ann Henley
Peter John Ramsey Dale Burgess  Foundation
Don Richards Lawrence Burke Kristin Henshaw 
Angela Roisten Richard Burke  Lisa Hessberg
Dave Saunders Angela Cain Doug Hilemn 
Schwarzchild Fund  I. Lee Chapman IV Christina Hollingsworth
Vicki and Chester Sharps Matthew Cheek Jean Holloway 
James Stacia Leesa Christian Denise M. Holmes 
Janet N. Tope  Robert Churchman Elizabeth Hopper
Verus Financial Partners Billie Clark John Howard
Virginia Commonwealth Cliff Weil, Inc.  Yolanda Hunter
Bank  Lori Cochran  Willem Jager 
James Walker Andrew Colberg  James River Cellars
Robert Wojciechowicz Victoria Collins Kari Jolly 
Thomas and Susan Wood Constellation Brands  Chelsea Jones
Fund Dianne Corsello D. Michael Jones 
Fred Wood Chris Cournow  Edward Jones
Worth Higgins & Frederic Cox, Jr.  Tae Joo 
Associates S. B. Cox, Inc.  Stanley K. Joynes III 
Michael Zarro Ralph R. Crosby, Jr. Michael T. Jurkow 
Brett Dechowitz  Bruce Kay
DeFazio Industries LLC Roberta Keller
Thomas M. Denson III  Jeff Kelley
Carol Dommisse Neil Kelley
Edward DuRocher

Clinton Kelly Sasha Obradovic  JA
Dollie Kelly  Old Mansion Foods 
Kendra Scott  David Olson helps
John Ellsworth Kent, Jr.  Theodore Oswald
Caitlin Kilcoin David Paige  Jackie Stone 
Lisa Kurtz Christopher Papas Curtis Straub
Amanda Landron Calvin Parsons Richard E. Strauss 
Brian Lange Joseph Patterson D. Warren Swanson 
Dawn Larson  Joseph Peddicord  Dan Terrell
Justin Lassiter  John Pendleton Gary Thomson
Knut Lavine  Patricia Perry  Toast
Chad Lawson Stephanie Peters N. Elisabeth Turner
William Lester  Randy Phillips  Jim Updyke
Nate Liberati  Susan Powers-Albritton  Jaymie Upton
Linhart Foundation Elizabeth Poythress Valley Tank Testing 
Claudine Lougee Elizabeth Propst  Shannon Venable
Brenton Luper  Randle Raggio Laura Vetter
Jonathan Macdonald Catherine Redford Christopher Vinyard 
Eric Mann Bob and Jan Reynolds Virginia Lighting
Bill Martin Edward Rider Associates, Inc.
Jennifer Martin Hallie Robertson  Hope Visconte 
Kristen Mascio Gary Romer  Leah Walder
Gilbert McCraw Joyce M. Rosenbaum Burnham Wallace
Jane W. McDonald  Sam Ross Wallingford Coffee
Matthew O. McDonald  Doug Roth Stratford Ward 
Anne Meagher  Mark Rouchard Graham Watson
Chris Meaker Pixie Russell  Rawley Watson 
Amy Menefee Sheikh Salim David Weaver 
Scott Merithew Steve Satterwhite  Daniel Weekley
Dan Miles  Alexander Schaaf Anthony Weekly
Amy Miller E. Matthew Schaaf Adrienne Whitaker
E. G. Miller Matthew Scott Chris White
Cindy Mims  Leila Scott Renda Winston 
James Mitchell  Susan and Sidney Scott Kent Wisman 
Michael Modena Jean Segner Francesca Wyatt 
James Monks Jim Shannon  Michael Wyatt 
Aaron Montgomery  Wanda Sharpe  Joseph Yang 
John and Mindi Montoro Timothy Sheehy Paul Yates 
Mark Mullinix  Erik Shellenhamer  Annette Young
Tim Murphy James Shepherd Yuengling 
Bob Murphy  Sherman Family Fund of The James Zahn
Christopher Nagle Community Foundation Robert Zahn
Jim Nathanson  Serving Richmond and
Grant Neely Central Virginia
Elizabeth Newell Short Pump Simply Storage
Timmy Nguyen Josh Simpson
Douglas Nickerson  Tracy Kemp Stallings
Steve Norum James and Margot Stegmaier

JA Executive Board
Chair:  Simon Hodges - Dominion Energy
sparks Vice Chair:  Sarah C. Martin - PwC
Secretary:  Howard Goldfine - Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond
Chair, Finance & Audit:  Charles Kemp - Williams Mullen
Chair, Board Governance:  Valerie A. Heinz - CarMax, Inc.
Chair, Programs:  Elsa M. Nunez - Brinks Company
Chair, Fundraising:  Matthew McDavid - Ernst & Young
LLP
Chair, Marketing:  Terrye Enslow - Luck Companies
Immediate Past Chair:  Ashleigh A. McDermott - GPM
Investments

At Large
Frasier W. Brickhouse, II – Tredegar Corporation
Brian Johnson – Genworth Financial
Janet Tope – Wells Fargo

Board Emeritus
Jonathan B. Macdonald, Esq.
Joseph C. Ramage

Board of Directors
Rupesh Bharad – Transworld Business Advisors of Richmond
Benny Bowman – Worth Higgins
Andrew C. Carrington –Media General, Inc.
I. Lee Chapman IV – Davenport & Company, LLC
T. Patrick Collins – TowneBank Richmond
Chris Crowe – Lumber Liquidators
Michelle Dickerson, MSN – Bon Secours Virginia Health System
Helen Dow – Goodwill of Central & Coastal VA
Robert P. Fisher – KPMG LLP
Mitchell W. “Mitch” Hassell – BB&T
Christina Hollingsworth – General Electric
Kathy Houghtaling – Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Robert A. Huebner – Bluestone Process Dynamics, LLC
Jershon I. Jones – Harris Williams & Co.
Brian C. Lange – Park Sterling Bank
Toby R. Leslie – Keiter

Board of Directors, cont. JA
Debbi Little – Markel Corporation
strengthens

Christopher V. Lucy – Accenture
Bethany G. Lukitsch – McGuire Woods LLP
Eric R. Mann – SunTrust Bank
Amy J. Miller – Vaco Richmond
Aaron Montgomery – CarLotz, Inc.

Mary G. Morris – Virginia529

Jacob B. Pope, Jr. – ECPI University

Peter John Ramsey, PhD.- Pfizer Consumer Healthcare
Angela Roisten – Virginia Credit Union
Steve Satterwhite- Ukrop's Threads
Dave Saunders – Madison+Main

Matthew Schaaf – Xenith Bank

John Sliman – Deloitte

Dorinda Smith – SunTrust Mortgage
Stephen Spraker – BB&T Scott & Stringfellow
Leslie Thibodeau – Owens & Minor
Leah Walder – Heritage Printing
Kelly Whitley – Bank of America

Duane A. Williams – UPS Freight

Robert Wojciechowicz – Capital One

Advisory Board
Thomas E. Capps
William H. Goodwin, Jr.
Brenton S. Halsey
Charles S. Luck III
Gilmer Minor III
James E. Ukrop

Education Advisory Board
Dr. Dana T. Bedden – Richmond Public Schools
Dr. Michael Gill – Hanover County Public Schools
Dr. Eric Jones - Powhatan County Public Schools
Dr. Patrick Kinlaw – Henrico County Public Schools
Dr. James F. Lane – Chesterfield County Public Schools
Dr. Dave Myers - New Kent County Public Schools
Dr. Marcus Newsome - Petersburg City Public Schools
Dr. Jeremy Raley - Goochland County Public Schools

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Richmond, VA 23230

804-217-8855

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