Background
Player, Wanda Hope was born on October 2, 1955 in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Clyde Louis and Mary Janet (Gulledge) Player.
Player, Wanda Hope was born on October 2, 1955 in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Clyde Louis and Mary Janet (Gulledge) Player.
Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Southern California, 1977.
Senior accountant, Peat Marwick, Mitchell & Company, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1977-1980; internal audit manager, 1st Virginia Banks, Inc., Roanoke, Virginia, 1980-1981; district manager, Automatic Data Processing, 1981-1982; manager, Young & Prickitt, Professional Corporation Certified Public Accountants, 1982-1987; principal, W. Hope Player Certified Public Accountant, Roanoke, since 1987. Vice president Certified Public Accountant Affiliates Virginia, Ltd., 1990-1992, president 1993-1994.
Graduate Leadership Roanoke Valley, 1987-1988, member curriculum committee, 1988-1993, steering committee since 1993. Member advisory board Women's Center, Hollins College, 1988. Board directors Voice of Blue Ridge, since 1988.
Member American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, National Association Accountants (board directors 1988, vice president 1987-1988), Roanoke Regional Chamber of C. (small business council committee, board directors 1989-1990, 92-95, vice chairman 1993-1994), Institute Certified Finance Planners, Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants's (chairman young Certified Public Accountant's committee 1990-1991), Porsche Club (treasurer 1988-1989), National Association of Women Business Owners (president Blue Ridge regional chapter 1994-1995), United Way of Roanoke Valley (board directors 1995), Better Business Bureau (board directors since 1995), Blue Ridge Small Business Development Center (chairman board directors 1996).
Married James G. Pappas, Junior, July 27, 1985.