From PRA Group’s inception in 1996, Stevenson has been dedicated to giving again and constructing others up. He and his co-founder reimagined the debt assortment trade and created a enterprise targeted on doing issues the appropriate approach, for the appropriate causes, with a long-term focus.
“I’m immensely grateful to obtain the Group Builders Award as a result of it’s an indicator that I’m reaching what I got down to do in my enterprise and neighborhood once I helped discovered PRA Group over 25 years in the past,” mentioned Stevenson. “A essential a part of our imaginative and prescient has all the time been to make an affect by giving again to the neighborhood—in Hampton Roads the place we’re headquartered, and in all places we reside and work all over the world.”
Stevenson’s willpower to offer again has resulted in a sturdy firm infrastructure for worker volunteerism, company matching items and immense firm giving. Just lately, in celebration of PRA Group’s twenty fifth anniversary, Stevenson set the bar larger for company charitable donations by dedicating an extra $250,000 to nonprofits nominated by workers. This provides to greater than $10 million {dollars} the corporate has contributed to charitable causes through the years.
Along with charitable giving, Stevenson’s entrepreneurship has produced hundreds of jobs each regionally and all over the world. Whereas sustaining an area headquarters using over 1,300 individuals in Hampton Roads, he spearheaded further name facilities in Hampton and Danville in addition to an workplace in Richmond, creating greater than 1,500 jobs in Virginia.
On a private stage, Stevenson is a member of a number of native boards, together with the Greater Norfolk Corporation and EQUI-KIDS. He has beforehand served on the boards of the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts and the Judeo-Christian Outreach Center (JCOC). In 2020, Stevenson and his spouse singlehandedly ensured the present would go on for JCOC’s Black and White Gala by internet hosting the occasion nearly from their residence.
As self-reflective chief, Stevenson maintains a quiet, humble confidence that’s rooted in his belief and delight within the group he has assembled to hold out his imaginative and prescient for the corporate. He’s reliable in his governance, delivering on his guarantees whether or not to native, regional and nationwide authorities entities, or to PRA Group’s buyers, purchasers and workers.
Stevenson’s stalwart ethical compass has directed PRA Group for over 25 years, and he continues to encourage workers to innovation {and professional} development together with his contagious enthusiasm and efforts to make private connections.
About PRA Group
As a worldwide chief in buying and gathering nonperforming loans, PRA Group returns capital to banks and different collectors to assist develop monetary providers for shoppers. With hundreds of workers worldwide, PRA Group firms collaborate with clients to assist them resolve their debt. For extra info, please go to www.pragroup.com.
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