Don Strehle

EXPERIENCE

Don Strehle is the retired Managing Director of the Washington, D.C. office of Sterling Capital Management.  Sterling Capital is an SEC registered investment advisory company with over 60 billion dollars in assets under management.  The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Branch Banking and Trust (BB&T).  In his previous position with BB&T, he served as Regional President for the Northern Virginia area for over 8 years.  He was administratively responsible for the management of 600 employees, 80 financial centers, $6 billion in deposits and 140,000 client households.  Prior to BB&T, Mr. Strehle was Executive Vice President for F&M Bank – Northern Virginia.  He initially began his banking career in 1979 with Continental Federal Savings Bank where he rose to Senior Vice President in charge of commercial lending.

INDUSTRY FOCUS

Banking and financial services

EDUCATION

Mr. Strehle graduated from Radford University where he obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management.  He moved to Arlington, Virginia where he began his banking career and attended the Commercial Lending School, University of Virginia Darden School of Business Administration. 

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Past Board Member, Community Foundation for Northern Virginia;
• Past President, Northern Virginia Community College Educational Foundation;
• Member, President’s Business & Economic Advisory Council, Radford University;
• Member, Bailey Crossroads Rotary Club;
• Life Member, Prince William Chapter/Northern Virginia Building Industry Association;
• Past Member, Northern Virginia Association of Realtors;
• Former Chairman, Visiting Nurse Association of Northern Virginia;
• Former Vice Chair, Capital Hospice; and
• Shiner and Member of Cherrydale – Columbia Lodge A.F.& A.M. No. 42.  Trustee and Chair of Finance at Cherrydale United Methodist Church, Arlington.