{"id":41449,"date":"2022-10-12T19:58:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T19:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patrocinados.estadao.com.br\/medialab\/agenciacomunicacao\/prnewswire\/prnewsbrasil\/kevin-stevenson-do-pra-group-faz-discurso-na-virginia-chamber-sobre-investimentos-em-educacao-2\/"},"modified":"2022-10-12T19:58:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T19:58:00","slug":"kevin-stevenson-do-pra-group-faz-discurso-na-virginia-chamber-sobre-investimentos-em-educacao-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/prnewswire\/prnewseconomia\/kevin-stevenson-do-pra-group-faz-discurso-na-virginia-chamber-sobre-investimentos-em-educacao-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Stevenson, do PRA Group, faz discurso na Virginia Chamber sobre investimentos em educa\u00e7\u00e3o"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>PR NEWSWIRE<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<h1 class=\"xn-hedline\">Kevin Stevenson, do PRA Group, faz discurso na Virginia Chamber sobre investimentos em educa\u00e7\u00e3o<\/h1>\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<p class=\"xn-dateline\">NORFOLK, Virg\u00ednia, 12 de outubro de 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">NORFOLK<\/span>, Virg\u00ednia<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">12 de outubro de 2022<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Hoje, <span class=\"xn-person\">Kevin Stevenson<\/span>, presidente e CEO do <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=pt&amp;o=3673853-1&amp;h=787287720&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D3673853-1%26h%3D3270178638%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.pragroup.com%252F%26a%3DPRA%2BGroup%252C%2BInc.&amp;a=PRA+Group%2C+Inc.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PRA Group, Inc.<\/a> (Nasdaq: PRAA), fez o discurso de abertura na <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=pt&amp;o=3673853-1&amp;h=2104541953&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D3673853-1%26h%3D2314921917%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fvachamber.com%252F%26a%3DVirginia%2BChamber%2Bof%2BCommerce&amp;a=Confer%C3%AAncia+de+Educa%C3%A7%C3%A3o+e+M%C3%A3o+de+Obra+de+2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Confer\u00eancia de Educa\u00e7\u00e3o e M\u00e3o de <span class=\"xn-person\">Obra de<\/span> 2022<\/a> da <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=pt&amp;o=3673853-1&amp;h=3701139549&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D3673853-1%26h%3D356280148%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fvachamber.com%252Fevent%252F2022-virginia-education-and-workforce-conference%252F%26a%3D2022%2BVirginia%2BEducation%2Band%2BWorkforce%2BConference&amp;a=Virginia+Chamber+of+Commerce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"xn-person\">Virginia Chamber<\/span> of Commerce<\/a>,\u00a0em <span class=\"xn-location\">Richmond<\/span>, Virg\u00ednia, em nome dos empres\u00e1rios da Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>A confer\u00eancia, que contou com a participa\u00e7\u00e3o de mais de 400 l\u00edderes em educa\u00e7\u00e3o, neg\u00f3cios, governo e comunidade, teve como foco preparar a for\u00e7a de trabalho da Virginia para o sucesso.<\/p>\n<p>Com sua sede global em <span class=\"xn-location\">Norfolk<\/span>, Virg\u00ednia, o PRA Group \u00e9 uma empresa de capital aberto que cresceu e tornou-se um dos maiores adquirentes de empr\u00e9stimos inadimplentes do mundo. Por mais de 25 anos, a sede da empresa mant\u00e9m-se na Virg\u00ednia, onde, entre seus 18 locais na Europa, nas Am\u00e9ricas e na Austr\u00e1lia, estabeleceu sua maior for\u00e7a de trabalho.<\/p>\n<p>Cofundador do PRA Group, Stevenson fez um investimento de longo prazo no desenvolvimento econ\u00f4mico e crescimento da Virginia. Seu discurso concentrou-se no papel fundamental que a educa\u00e7\u00e3o desempenha no fortalecimento e na produ\u00e7\u00e3o de um pipeline de talentos sustent\u00e1vel e vi\u00e1vel na Commonwealth. Stevenson convocou o setor privado a agir, incentivando os empres\u00e1rios a investirem em tr\u00eas \u00e1reas principais:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Caminhos para carreiras com alta demanda por meio de forma\u00e7\u00e3o e de est\u00e1gios baseados em trabalho,<\/li>\n<li>Parcerias filantr\u00f3picas que criem uma economia para todos com base no acesso equitativo,\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>E colabora\u00e7\u00e3o estrat\u00e9gica com o ensino superior para criar trajet\u00f3rias de carreira.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;O fato \u00e9 que, quando as empresas da Virginia contribuem para a educa\u00e7\u00e3o, garantimos o crescimento e a longevidade de nossas empresas. Nossos investimentos em educa\u00e7\u00e3o, sem fins lucrativos, comprometidos com o acesso e enriquecimento e com oportunidades de ensino baseadas em trabalho s\u00e3o investimentos no crescimento econ\u00f4mico da Virg\u00ednia. Vamos aproveitar os recursos que temos aqui na Virg\u00ednia para formar a melhor for\u00e7a de trabalho do pa\u00eds!&#8221;, disse Stevenson em seu discurso.<\/p>\n<p>Stevenson lidera o PRA Group segundo essa filosofia desde a funda\u00e7\u00e3o da empresa em 1996. Apenas na Virg\u00ednia, a empresa global apoia organiza\u00e7\u00f5es como a <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=pt&amp;o=3673853-1&amp;h=2069550636&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D3673853-1%26h%3D2512828835%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.accesscollege.org%252F%26a%3DACCESS%2BCollege%2BFoundation&amp;a=ACCESS+College+Foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACCESS College Foundation<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=pt&amp;o=3673853-1&amp;h=3816225931&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D3673853-1%26h%3D2299077007%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fachievabledream.org%252F%26a%3DAn%2BAchievable%2BDream&amp;a=An+Achievable+Dream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An Achievable Dream<\/a>\u00a0e a <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=pt&amp;o=3673853-1&amp;h=85877196&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D3673853-1%26h%3D1265975699%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fhamptonroads.ja.org%252F%26a%3DJunior%2BAchievement%2Bof%2BGreater%2BHampton%2BRoads&amp;a=Junior+Achievement+of+Greater+Hampton+Roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Junior Achievement of <span class=\"xn-location\">Greater Hampton Roads<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0al\u00e9m de patrocinar oportunidades de aprendizado de STEM, como a Amazing Pollinators do <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=pt&amp;o=3673853-1&amp;h=1996504211&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D3673853-1%26h%3D3889447462%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fthevlm.org%252F%26a%3DVirginia%2BLiving%2BMuseum&amp;a=Virginia+Living+Museum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Living Museum<\/a>\u00a0e o Data Science Summer Camp da <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=pt&amp;o=3673853-1&amp;h=1102311755&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D3673853-1%26h%3D4241397657%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.odu.edu%252F%26a%3DOld%2BDominion%2BUniversity&amp;a=Old+Dominion+University\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"xn-org\">Old Dominion University<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(ODU). O PRA Group tamb\u00e9m financia a <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=pt&amp;o=3673853-1&amp;h=1054211729&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D3673853-1%26h%3D3166611117%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.odu.edu%252Fbusiness%26a%3DStrome%2BCollege%2Bof%2BBusiness&amp;a=Strome+College+of+Business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"xn-person\">Strome College<\/span> of Business<\/a>\u00a0da ODU e \u00e9 membro das iniciativas <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=pt&amp;o=3673853-1&amp;h=618026013&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D3673853-1%26h%3D4089750175%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.odu.edu%252Fasis%252F757-collaborative%26a%3D757%2BRegional%2BInternship%2BCollaborative&amp;a=757+Regional+Internship+Collaborative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">757 Regional Internship Collaborative<\/a>\u00a0e\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=pt&amp;o=3673853-1&amp;h=537017642&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D3673853-1%26h%3D3188939129%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.rva757connects.com%252Fadvantages%26a%3DRVA%2B757%2BConnects&amp;a=RVA+757+Connects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RVA 757 Connects<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>O PRA Group tamb\u00e9m organiza um programa pago de est\u00e1gios de ver\u00e3o para promover o aprendizado baseado em trabalho e lan\u00e7ou recentemente um programa de aprendizagem de TI para os funcion\u00e1rios explorarem caminhos para carreiras de alta demanda.<\/p>\n<p>Para saber mais sobre o compromisso do PRA Group de causar impacto na Virginia e em todo o mundo, acesse: <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=pt&amp;o=3673853-1&amp;h=2527566051&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D3673853-1%26h%3D3134785830%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.pragroup.com%252Fnews-and-stories%252F%26a%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.pragroup.com%252Fnews-and-stories%252F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pragroup.com%2Fnews-and-stories%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.pragroup.com\/news-and-stories\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sobre o PRA Group<br \/><\/b>Como l\u00edder global na aquisi\u00e7\u00e3o e coleta de empr\u00e9stimos inadimplentes, o <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=pt&amp;o=3673853-1&amp;h=3042591570&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D3673853-1%26h%3D4192154335%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.pragroup.com%252F%26a%3DPRA%2BGroup&amp;a=PRA+Group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PRA Group<\/a>\u00a0devolve capital a bancos e a outros credores para ajudar a ampliar os servi\u00e7os financeiros para os consumidores. Com milhares de funcion\u00e1rios no mundo todo, as empresas do PRA Group ajudam os clientes a sanar suas d\u00edvidas. Para obter mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es, acesse <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=pt&amp;o=3673853-1&amp;h=3430384256&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D3673853-1%26h%3D1863096952%26u%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.pragroup.com%252F%26a%3Dwww.pragroup.com&amp;a=www.pragroup.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.pragroup.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Contato para a imprensa:<br \/><\/b><span class=\"xn-person\">Elizabeth Kersey<\/span><br \/>Vice-presidente s\u00eanior de Comunica\u00e7\u00f5es e Pol\u00edtica P\u00fablica<br \/>(757) 961-3525<br \/><a href=\"mailto:Elizabeth.Kersey@PRAGroup.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elizabeth.Kersey@PRAGroup.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Contato para investidores:<\/b>\u00a0<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Najim Mostamand<\/span>, CFA<br \/>Vice-presidente de Rela\u00e7\u00f5es com Investidores<br \/>(757) 431-7913<br \/><a href=\"mailto:IR@PRAGroup.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IR@PRAGroup.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgf844left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/819349\/PRA_Logo.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/><\/div>\n<p>Logotipo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=pt&amp;o=3673853-1&amp;h=3738849676&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fc212.net%2Fc%2Flink%2F%3Ft%3D0%26l%3Den%26o%3D3673853-1%26h%3D867835219%26u%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmma.prnewswire.com%252Fmedia%252F819349%252FPRA_Logo.jpg%26a%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmma.prnewswire.com%252Fmedia%252F819349%252FPRA_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F819349%2FPRA_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/819349\/PRA_Logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FONTE  PRA Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=PT99336&amp;Transmission_Id=202210121845PR_NEWS_LATAM____PT99336&amp;DateId=20221012\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PR NEWSWIRE Kevin Stevenson, do PRA Group, faz discurso na Virginia Chamber sobre investimentos em educa\u00e7\u00e3o PR Newswire NORFOLK, Virg\u00ednia, 12 de outubro de 2022 NORFOLK, Virg\u00ednia, 12 de outubro de","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prnewseconomia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluestudio.estadao.com.br\/agencia-de-comunicacao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}