meet your team
Hope Mertz
CEO & Founder
Hope is the CEO and founder of Virtue Business Advisors. During her career focusing on sales & business consulting, she has worked primarily executing acquisitions for CPA firms, payroll companies, franchises, and much more.
One thing she consistently noticed is that the process of selling your book of business, or merging with another company, can be daunting. Hope has seen the ins and outs of this complex and intricate process and has streamlined a seamless approach to enhance the transition process and make it tangible for you.
Select accomplishments awarded to Hope during her tenure with Paychex as a Senior Centric Sales Representative:
Circle of Excellence - FY 2024, 2022
Conference Achievement - FY 2024, 2022, 2021
Ann Seaman Award - FY 2024
Most Valuable Team Player D60 - FY 2024
Sales Rep of the District - FY 2022, 2021, 2020
Sales Rep of the Zone - FY 2022
Rookie of the Zone - FY 2020
Faith Privitera
COO
Faith is the COO of Virtue Business Advisors. Her desire is to provide clients with an efficient and personalized experience to facilitate a painless process and serve our clients. Faith has been in business management for the past 3 years and has recently graduated with her MA and BA in Leadership from Kairos University. She has specialized in communicating and curating personalized business strategies for executives.