2026 VCU Real Estate Trends Conference

Beth Burgin Waller

Principal, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Practice Chair, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC

Beth Burgin Waller is the chair of the Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice at Woods Rogers. She advises market leading clients, including Fortune 200 companies, on a wide range of technology related issues from complex technology transactions to critical cyber incident response and has been at the forefront of the race to build AI infrastructure and technologies.

Beth has been repeatedly recognized in global, national, and statewide lawyer-rankings, including in the prestigious Chambers & Partners, who have ranked Beth among the top cybersecurity attorneys in their U.S. (2025) and global (2026) listings. She was appointed by the Governor of Virginia to the Commonwealth’s Cybersecurity Planning Committee, where she advises on cyber-related risk.

An expert in the field, she has been quoted by numerous leading news publications on cybersecurity issues including Business Insider and The Wall Street Journal.
 

Sean Stalzer

Chief Information Security Officer, VP of Cyber Security, Dominion Energy

At War:  Cyber Threats, National Security, and its Impact on the Race for AI

This fast-paced conversation will focus on the significant cyber threats to national security happening on a daily basis.  Viewed through the lens of guarding the nation’s power grid, this session will focus on cyber threats from nation states to rogue actors.  Join Dominion Energy’s chief cyber guru Sean Stalzer and leading technology lawyer Beth Waller as they discuss everything from discrete cyber espionage to the outright swiper attacks faced during the Iranian conflict.  With nation states literally building in security threats into every day builds and equipment, awareness of risk is key.  In the age of artificial intelligence, where AI technology is used both as a sword and a shield, and every megawatt to power it counts, this session will give you the threat briefing you need to navigate this ongoing battle. 

Marci Rossell

Expert Economic Forecaster, Former CNBC Chief Economist and Co-Host of SQUAWK BOX

Marci Rossell is a world-renowned economist and financial expert who electrifies audiences nationwide, speaking candidly on the nexus of economics, politics, culture, and the media.

She honed her animated style serving as the popular, lively Chief Economist for CNBC, where she became a household name and a must-watch source of financial news. The former co-host of the well-known “pre-market” morning news and talk show Squawk Box, Rossell is revered for taking complex economic issues, often dull in the button-down business press, and making them relevant to people's lives, families, and careers.

Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau, she discusses America’s current and future role in the global economy, factors responsible for recessions, how Washington influences Wall Street and the markets, and the specific forecast for the U.S. economy over the course of the next 18-24 months. She is also well-versed in the stock market, investor behavior, consumer confidence, and what accountable capitalism looks like this year and beyond. With a knack for making complex topics more digestible, Rossell’s authentic, high-energy talks deliver a stimulating and often optimistic economic outlook, providing an insider’s perspective on key factors of economic disruption. Her creative, thought-provoking commentary will ring in the audience members' ears well after she leaves the stage.

Prior to her career in broadcast journalism, Marci served as Corporate Economist and Investment Spokesperson for OppenheimerFunds, one of the nation’s largest mutual fund companies. Her success in the private sector led to her economic commentary being revered and ultimately her appointments on nationally syndicated talk shows. Before moving to Wall Street, she was an expert witness for Deloitte & Touche in court cases involving economic issues. Marci began her career as an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Marci earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Southern Methodist University, where she was named one of the Young Alumni of the Year in 2002. She brings a world of experience — from Main Street to Wall Street — when discussing the U.S. economy, international events, and movements in capital markets