Posted August 31
Bristol Virginia
Utilities,
a municipal provider of utility services, including broadband
access, was named winner of the Cornerstone Award for
outstanding customer service by Broadband Properties
Magazine. The awards, given in six areas including marketing,
strategy and technology, honor notable achievements in
deployment of fiber-optic networks to residential customers.
(NR)
CMSS Architects of Virginia Beach received the
Outstanding Private Sector Plan Award from the Virginia
Chapter of the America Planning Association for its
master plan for the Village of Rocketts Landing in Richmond.
The plan was cited for new zoning categories and procedures
for phased brownfield remediation. (NR)
Anthony “Tony” Jimenez, president
and CEO of MicroTech, a Vienna-based IT and network
services company, was selected as one of the 25 Powerful
Minority Men in Business by the Minority Enterprise Executive
Council. He has also been noted as a “Fed 100,” one
of the most influential executives in the government
information systems community. (PRN)
Lane Kneedler, a partner at the Richmond law
firm Reed Smith LLP, was elected to a second two-year
term as secretary of the Uniform Law Commission, a group
of 350 attorneys, judges and legal professionals from
across the country which drafts and promotes adoption
of uniform statues. He was previously a law professor
at the University of Virginia and a chief deputy to the
attorney general of Virginia. (NR)
John W. Snow, chairman of Cerberus Capital Management
LP, was named Newman Visiting Fellow at The Miller
Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.
He will work with the Governing America in a Global Era
program. Snow was U.S. Treasury Secretary under President
George W. Bush and previously chairman and CEO of CSX
Corp. (NR)
Del. Terrie L. Suit was named chairperson of
the board for LEAD Hampton Roads, a leadership
initiative program of the Hampton Roads Chamber of
Commerce. Suit is a member of the House of Delegates
and serves on the interstate commerce committee for the
National Conference of State Legislators, as well as
the South Hampton Roads BRAC Working Group. (NR)
Posted August 6
Everette G. “Buddy” Allen
Jr., a
partner in the Richmond law firm LeClair Ryan, and his
wife, Ann, donated $2.6 million to Randolph-Macon
College in
Ashland. A 1962 graduate of RMC, Allen and his wife have
contributed between $3.5 and $4 million to the college
over the years. Part of the gift will be used to establish
a scholarship fund in their name. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Yvonne Allmond,
a senior vice president in private banking for TowneBank,
was named president of the Norfolk State University
Foundation Board, the first woman to hold the position.
Among a number of civic ventures, Gov. Mark Warner named
Allmond a commissioner for the Virginia Housing Development
Authority in 2005. (News release)
The Virginia Association of Chamber
of Commerce Executives named Jack
Hornbeck, president and CEO of the Hampton
Roads Chamber of Commerce, as its 2007 Chamber
Executive of the Year. (News release)
Posted July 30 John Avellant, managing director of Cerulean Associates of
Williamsburg, was named to the IT Compliance Institute’s
Educational Advisory Board to develop global IT compliance
standards and certifications. (News Release)
The National Governors Association will honor Frank
Batten Sr., former executive of Landmark Communications
Inc. and retired publisher of The Virginian-Pilot and The
Roanoke Times, for his contributions to public
service, in particular for the $400 million he has
donated to education over the years, including, most
recently, $100 million to the University of Virginia. (News
Release)
Bernard H. Clineburg,
chairman and CEO of Cardinal Financial Corp.,
Tysons Corner,
was named chairman of the Virginia Bankers Association,
succeeding James. C. Cherry of Wachovia Bank. (Business
Wire)
Robert W. Hershberger, executive vice president
of the Greater Williamsburg Chamber & Tourism
Alliance, was installed as president of the Virginia
Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. He
is the first person to serve as president twice, having
previously led the association in 1990-91. The VACCE
named him executive of the year in 1993. (News Release)
Naren Ramakrishnan, associate professor of computer science
at Virginia Tech, was named one of
“40 Innovative IT People To Watch
Under The Age Of 40”
by Computerworld magazine. Ramakrishnan focuses
on the fields of data mining and personalization and
is noted for his work on the concept of “storytelling” which
explores connections between data sets that appear, on
the surface, to be dissimilar. (News Release)
Posted July 10 AES Corp.,
an Arlington-based power company, received the electric
power industry’s
highest award for its Latin American operations. The
Edison Electric Institute gave AES the Edison Award
for demonstrated improvements in generation and distribution
of electric power in Latin America. (News release)
Susan R. Blackman, a partner
in the Virginia Beach law firm Willcox & Savage,
was named by the Society for Human Resource Management
to serve on its Global Expertise Panel, which consists
of 15 human resources experts who offer policy advice
on international HR practices. (News
release)
Maria Herring, government sales manager for
the Norfolk Convention and Visitors Bureau, was awarded
the Sam Gilmer Supplier of the Year Award by the Society
of Government Meeting Professionals, the highest honor
offered by the group, a professional organization for
people involved in government meeting planning. (News
release)
Robert Hershberger, executive
vice president of The Greater Williamsburg Chamber & Tourism Alliance,
was honored by the American Chamber of Commerce Executives
for his long service with a commendation marking his
induction into the “25 Year Club.”
Steven L. Higgs received
the Local Bar Leader of the Year award from the Virginia
State Bar’s
Conference of Local Bar Associations. Higgs is past president
of the Roanoke Bar Association and is chair of the Roanoke
Bar Association Foundation. (News release)
The Virginia Commonwealth University Adcenter received
a $1 million gift from The Interpublic Group, a New York
agency holding company. The donation will help finance
the Adcenter’s new home, to open in December, and
establish an endowment for the center. (Business Wire)
Washington and Lee University received
a $100 million gift from an undisclosed donor, the
largest gift in the school’s history and one
of the largest ever for a liberal arts college. The
donation will be used to establish a scholarship program,
fund two professorships and establish lecture and leadership
programs. (PR
Newswire)
