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Abram (Abe) M. Loper is the Executive Director of the Young Professionals of Central Virginia where he works with the regional Economic Development Council to help attract and retain a young workforce. He is a founding member and Vice
President of the Social Media Institute, an organization bringing knowledge of online marketing and social media leveraging to businesses throughout Central Virginia. Loper serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Sedalia Center for the Arts and the regional Workforce Investment Authority. He is a published guest columnist for the Blue Ridge Business Journal and YPNation.com, and has been featured in both the Lynchburg News and Advance and Lynchburg Business magazine.

He received his Bachelor's degree in both English and Visual Arts from Albion College, and holds a MBA in Organizational Leadership from Liberty University. Upon completion of his undergraduate degree programs, Loper worked in the educational and nonprofit sectors for seven years, lecturing and hosting workshops at the University of Chicago, Loyola University, DePaul University and others. He has developed curriculum for programs aimed at helping to guide at-risk young men in urban high schools on the West side of Chicago and has spoken as a business consultant on the topics of workforce retention, leveraging social media, and generation gaps in the workforce.