B. Riley Financial announced the addition of Virginia Schnippel as a Managing Director within the Corporate Advisory & Valuation Services practice at B. Riley Advisory Services. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Schnippel is a leading valuation professional with over 23 years of experience supporting domestic and international mergers & acquisitions, recovery & reorganization, tax and a variety of other valuation related advisory work. She joins B. Riley from CohnReznick where she most recently served as a Principal in the firm's Valuation Advisory Group.

She previously worked in the valuation services practices at BDO USA, Ernst & Young, and Grant Thornton LLP. Schnippel is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) with the American Society of Appraisers. She holds B.S. degrees in Accounting, Finance & International Studies from the Kelley School of Business of Indiana University.