David Balaban of The
Frieden Agency & John
Hancock in Virginia Beach received the 2005 National
LTCi Sales Achievement Award as the nation's leading
long-term care insurance specialist at the National
LTCi Producers Summit in Kansas City, Mo. (Press
release)
The Bank of McKenney is celebrating its 100th year
in 2006. The bank was founded as the Bank of Dinwiddie
on June 5, 1906. The name was changed to the Bank of
McKenney in 1957. Today it has six branches and assets
of $144 million.
CarMax Inc., a Richmond-based retailer of used
cars, and SRA International Inc., a Fairfax
technology company, made Fortune magazine's
latest list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For." SRA
made the list for the seventh consecutive year, and
CarMax for the second year in a row. (Press release)
David L. Cotton, managing partner at Cotton & Company
LLP of Alexandria, received the Andy Barr Award
from the Association of Government Accountants given
in recognition of high personal and professional
standards. (Press release)
Joseph E. Fergus, president and CEO of Communication
Technologies Inc. of Chantilly, was named Entrepreneur
of the Year from the Virginia Minority Supplier Development
Council. (Press release)
Insight Inc., a Manassas provider of supply
chain solutions, was selected for the second year in
a row to Food Logistics magazine's "Top 100
Technology Solutions." Insight won for providing competitive
advantage through innovation technology. It has worked
with a number of food service clients including PepsiCo,
Kellogg, and Nestle. (Press release)
Mark Loftis, principal in the Roanoke office
of Wood Rogers PLC, was elected president of
the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. Loftis,
chair of the firm's litigation section, received his
law degree from the University of Virginia. (Press
release)
Philip Morris USA, a Richmond cigarette manufacturer,
donated $2.2 million toward the combined fund-raising
campaign of Virginia Commonwealth University's
schools of business and engineering. Each school will
receive $1 million, and the engineering school will
also get $225,000 in equipment. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
