Resume

• 2001

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Finance

  Purdue University

• 1999

  Bachelor's Degree

  Philosophy and Mathematics

  Ohio University

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  Finance and Information Systems

• Public Speaking

  Investment Banking

  Finance

  Risk Management

  Economics

  Entrepreneurship

  Financial Analysis

  Higher Education

  Analysis

  Data Analysis

  Corporate Finance

  Corporate Governance

  Research

  Management Consulting

  Valuation

  Venture Capital

  Financial Modeling

  Do Firms Use M&A Business to Pay for Analyst Coverage

  MIra Straska

  Valeriy Sibilkov

  The Financial Review

  Do Firms Use M&A Business to Pay for Analyst Coverage

  Do Antitakeover Provisions Harm Shareholders?

  Mira Straska

  Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

  Antitakeover Provisions and Shareholder Wealth: A Survey of the Literature

  Mira Straska

  David Offenberg

  Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

  Who Gains from Buying Bad Bidders?

  Mira Straska

  Managerial Finance

  Does Investment Improve When Firms Go Private?

  H. Gregory

  Waller

  Cornerstone Valuation

  Ohio University

  Virginia Commonwealth University

  Ohio University

  Cornerstone Valuation

  Cornerstone Valuation

  LLC (and its predecessor Cornerstone Financial Management

  Inc.) has been providing quality

  supportable business valuation services to attorneys

  accounting firms

  financial advisors

  private equity firms

  executives and business owners for over 25 years. We specialize in valuing closely-held

  private businesses and their respective interests. Cornerstone Valuation brings unparalleled expertise to a full range of business valuation needs including

  among others: gift and estate tax reporting

  litigation support

  mergers and acquisitions

  strategic planning

  shareholder/partner buyouts

  Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOPs)

  financial distress/workout situations and cost of capital analysis.

  Partner

  Richmond

  Virginia Area

  At VCU I teach corporate finance and advanced business valuation to several graduate student audiences including MBA

  MS - Finance and Executive MBA students. I have also taught corporate finance and valuation to non-degree

  practicing executive audiences. \n\nMy research interests include corporate finance

  corporate governance

  investment policy and valuation. My work has been published in some of the leading finance journals including The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

  The Journal of Corporate Finance

  and the Financial Review.

  Assistant Professor

  Dept. of Finance

  Insurance and Real Estate

  Richmond

  Virginia Area

  Virginia Commonwealth University