John D. Cavanaugh

John D. Cavanaugh, is Partner and co-founder of Cavanaugh Nelson PLC and a graduate of Virginia Tech. Mr. Cavanaugh helped form Cavanaugh Nelson in January 2000 after twenty years “Big Four” experience, the last eight of which he served as a partner in the Norfolk office of Price Waterhouse. John’s experience includes providing audit and management advisory services to private companies, financial institutions, healthcare entities, and non-profit organizations primarily located in the mid-Atlantic region. In addition to John’s client services experience, he serves or has served on the Board of Directors of the Westminster Canterbury on the Chesapeake Bay, the Boys and Girls Clubs of South Hampton Roads, the Economics Club of Hampton Roads (co-Founder), the Virginia Chapter of the American Heart Association, the ODU Center for Economic Education, the Greater Norfolk Corporation, and as a member of the Advisory Boards of the Virginia Tech Department of Accounting and the Old Dominion University College of Business and Public Administration. In addition to John’s business and civic affiliations, he has served on the Board of Directors of the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club, the Cedar Point Club and the Town Point Club. John is also a member of the AICPA and VSCPA.