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2018 SESSION


SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 172
Commending Lynne Doughtie.

 

Agreed to by the Senate, March 1, 2018
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 7, 2018

 

WHEREAS, Lynne Doughtie, a Powhatan County resident and a respected accounting and consulting leader who serves as chairman and chief executive officer of the firm KPMG LLP, was named to Fortune magazine’s “Most Powerful Women” list in 2017; and

WHEREAS, a native of Powhatan, Lynne Doughtie, the daughter of Kenneth and Charlotte Martin, graduated from Gill School in Chesterfield County; in her youth, she developed an interest in accounting while helping her mother balance the books for Shenandoah Refuse, the family’s trash pickup company; and

WHEREAS, in 1985, Lynne Doughtie graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor’s degree in accounting; that same year, she began working in Richmond as an auditor with the accounting and professional services firm KPMG; and

WHEREAS, Lynne Doughtie married her husband, Ben, also a Virginia Tech graduate, in 1986; they have two children, Schuyler Doughtie and Evie Doughtie, also Virginia Tech graduates; and

WHEREAS, in 2015, Lynne Doughtie’s accounting acumen and leadership skills saw her named KPMG’s United States chairman and chief executive officer; by taking the helm of the company and its over 30,000 employees, she became the first female chairman of one of the “Big Four” accounting firms; and

WHEREAS, under Lynne Doughtie’s leadership, KPMG’s fortunes have continued to trend upward; the company’s revenues approximated $9 billion in fiscal 2017; and

WHEREAS, in 2017, Lynne Doughtie was named to Fortune magazine’s “Most Powerful Women” list for the third consecutive year; her appearance on the 50-person list places her in the top tier of business leaders and executives in the United States; and

WHEREAS, Lynne Doughtie’s other honors include being named to Consulting magazine’s “Top 25 Consultants” and “Top Women Leaders in Consulting”; she is also a past president of the advisory board for Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business and serves as a board member for the lung cancer research and education nonprofit the LUNGevity Foundation; and

WHEREAS, Lynne Doughtie is on the board of NAF, a nonprofit organization that works to ensure high school students are college, career, and future ready; she is a lifelong member of Bethel Baptist Church in Midlothian and supports its ministry, Charlotte Food Pantry, named for her mother, Charlotte Martin; and

WHEREAS, a longtime advocate for women in the workplace, Lynne Doughtie plays a key role in KPMG’s Women’s Leadership Summit, a program focused on preparing women for upper management positions; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Lynne Doughtie on being named to Fortune’s “Most Powerful Women” list; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Lynne Doughtie as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for her impressive achievements and best wishes for continued success.