• Areva delays construction of new building
• Richmond-based Chesapeake Corp. may file for bankruptcy
• Deal to purchase Alpha Natural Resources falls through
• Sabra Dipping Co. to open manufacturing plant in Chesterfield
Kathleen Benson received a Bravo! Women Business Achievement Award from SmartCEO magazine. Benson is founder and president of Office Remedies Inc., a provider of customized research and analysis studies. (News release)
Steve Blomquist, named president of Eurotherm USA of Leesburg. He previously served as director of strategic process and marketing with TMEIC GE Automation Systems and held positions with Dauphin Graphic Machines Inc. and Schneider Electric. (News release)
Stephen F. DeAngelis, named co-chair of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Iraq initiative, an effort to encourage networking and commercial relationships between American and Iraqi businesses. DeAngelis is president and CEO of Enterra Solutions LLC of Reston. (Business Wire)
Theodore L. Innes, appointed to the board of AIMS Worldwide Inc. of Fairfax. Innes is chief marketing officer of Movie Gallery, the second largest home video specialty retailer in North America. (Business Wire)
Susan Kearney, named executive vice president for SmithGifford advertising agency in Falls Church. She was most recently vice president of marketing at Voxant Inc. and was also president and CEO of her own firm, SalesTraction. (News release)
Scott F. Miller, named COO at HPTI Inc. of Reston. Miller joined the company in 2002 and previously held positions at Veritect Inc. and MRJ Technology Solutions Inc. (PRNewswire)
John J. Recny, named principal in the architectural firm Helbing Lipp Ltd. of Vienna. He joined the firm in 1998 and focuses on helping religious and educational clients develop and launch strategies for
buildings and facilities. (News release)
Allan Shure, named CFO of SENTEL Corp. of Alexandria. Shure was previously CFO of Artel Inc. (PRNewswire)
William A. Aden, named to the Virginia Tech Alumni Association Board of Directors. Aden is CEO and a founding member of Draper Aden Associates and is also a member of the Virginia Tech College of Engineering Advisory Board. (News release)
Carolyn Brown, named a tax partner at McLeod & Co. in Roanoke. Brown was most recently national tax office director at BDO Seidman in Richmond. She has more than 25 years experience in public and private accounting and has worked for United Dominion Realty Trust, Genworth, The Pittston Co. and Deloitte & Touche. (News release)
Pat Green, named Virginia Small Business Veteran of the Year, an honor given by Virginia’s network of business development centers to a business person who is also a veteran. Green is president of Integrity Burial Boxes, a Roanoke County company that produces storage containers for burial urns. He was an active-duty and reserve member of the Army from 1960 until 1993 and retired as a lieutenant colonel. (The Roanoke Times)
Dave Hamilton, named vice president for operations support at Advance Auto Parts Inc. in Roanoke. He was previously director of the project resource group for Best Buy. (News release)
Carl Hauch, named senior vice president of operations for Roanoke-based Advance Auto Parts Inc.’s western region. Most recently he was vice president of operations for Starbucks Coffee Co. (News release)
Ann Blair Miller, named business development manager for the Roanoke Valley Economic Development Partnership. She had been an economic development specialist since 2002. (News release)
Dan Peterson, named vice president, sales development, Advance Auto Parts Inc. in Roanoke. He was most recently Southeast District manager for Toys-R-Us. (News release)
Carol Seavor, president of Jefferson College of Health Sciences, Roanoke, announced her retirement. She joined the school for health-care professionals in 2002 after serving as associate dean of academic affairs for the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee. Under Seavor, enrollment jumped 50 percent, and six degree programs were added. (The Roanoke Times)
Paul E. Bierly, named director of MBA programs at James Madison University. Bierly joined JMU in 1998 and directed the Center for Entrepreneurship for six years. Before joining the university, he had
been a manager at Johnson & Johnson and an officer in the Navy’s nuclear submarine program. (Daily News Record)
Tracy Fitzsimmons, assumed presidency of Shenandoah University on July 1. She becomes the first woman to lead the 133-year-old institution and at age 41 is now the youngest sitting university president in Virginia. She joined SU in 2001 as dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. She was senior vice president and vice president for academic affairs. Fitzsimmons sits on the boards of Shenandoah Communications and Blue Ridge District BB&T Bank. (PRNewswire)
Al Pilong, appointed president of Winchester Medical Center. He was vice president of operations at the WMC and succeeds Reese Jackson who is now COO of Valley Health, the center’s parent organization. (The Winchester Star)
Jim Punelli, named COO of Tactical & Survival Specialties Inc. of Harrisonburg, a provider of equipment and gear for the law enforcement and special operations communities. Punelli was with S. Freedman Co., a provider of restaurant and hotel products to customers in the Washington, D.C., area. (Daily News Record)
Paul E. Bierly, named director of MBA programs at James Madison University. Bierly joined JMU in 1998 and directed the Center for Entrepreneurship for six years. Before joining the university, he had
been a manager at Johnson & Johnson and an officer in the Navy’s nuclear submarine program. (Daily News Record)
Tracy Fitzsimmons, assumed presidency of Shenandoah University on July 1. She becomes the first woman to lead the 133-year-old institution and at age 41 is now the youngest sitting university president in Virginia. She joined SU in 2001 as dean.William H. Baxter announced he will retire as president and CEO of the Retail Merchants Association, which represents retailers from Richmond,
Charlottesville, Farmville, Petersburg and Fredericksburg. Baxter, who led the association for 15 years, will retire at the end of the year. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
David G. Bostwick, named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Virginia-Washington, D.C., Montgomery County, Md., region. Bostwick is founder, chief medical officer and CEO of Bostwick Laboratories Inc., a Henrico Country-based provider of medical diagnostics. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
J. Stewart Bryan III announced he will retire as an employee of Richmond-based Media General Inc. before the end of September but will retain the post of nonexecutive chairman of the board. Bryan is a former company CEO. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Timothy E. Flanigan, rejoined the Richmond law firm of McGuireWoods as a partner in its government investigations department. He was most recently senior vice president and deputy general counsel for Tyco International Ltd. and general counsel for Tyco’s Safety Products Division. He also held posts in the White House and the Department of Justice. (News release)
Christopher G. Hill, named principal at the Richmond law firm of DurretteBradshaw PLC. (News release)
M. David McNeel, named executive director of the Port of Richmond, succeeding Martin J. Moynihan, who retired July 31. McNeel was deputy director of operations for the Mississippi State Port Authority, Gulfport, Miss., and has held positions with ports in Houston and Freeport, Texas. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Kim Scheeler, named president and CEO of the Greater Richmond Chamber, succeeding James W. Dunn who retired June 30. Scheeler was president of the Tampa Chamber of Commerce and a former executive with United Way. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Joe Meholic, named president of the Richmond region for The Main Street America Group, a super regional insurance company. He spent 29 years in numerous management roles at Zurich North America, most recently as regional vice president of the Southeast Region. (Business Wire)
Ken Powell, named to the boards of directors of the Virginia Economic Developers Association and the Council of Development Finance Agencies. Powell is a managing director in the public finance group for the private investment bank Stone & Youngberg. (News release)
Debra Ruh, named one of 25 women executives to receive the Bravo! Women Business Achievement Award from SmartCEO magazine. Ruh is founder of TecAccess of Rockville, a provider of accessibility work-force solutions to aid workers with disabilities. (News release)
D. Shane Smith, named partner at the Richmond law firm LeClairRyan in the firm’s corporate group. Smith has more than two decades of experience in commercial law and focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions and tax and estate planning. (News release)
John C. Smith, named principal at the Richmond law firm of DurretteBradshaw PLC. (News release)
Rodney A. Smolla rejoined the board of directors of Media General Inc. He is dean of the law school at Washington & Lee University, noted for his expertise in constitutional, First Amendment and media law. (PRNewswire)
Christine A. Williams, named principal at the Richmond law firm of DurretteBradshaw PLC. (News release)
Walter E. Williams rejoined the board of directors at Media General Inc., Richmond. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University and a nationally syndicated columnist and commentator on economic policy. (PRNewswire)
Tom Vozenilek, named executive vice president at CB Richard Ellis of Virginia Inc. He has more than 25 years of experience in commercial real estate. (News release)
Robert B. “Chip” Delano Jr., elected a delegate to the American Bar Association for the Association of Life Insurance Counsel (ALIC). The ALIC is the national bar association for life insurance attorneys. Delano is a member of the risk management team at the Richmond law firm of Sands Anderson Marks & Miller. (News release)
Jeffrey A. Brooks, named COO at Earl Industries Inc., Portsmouth. Brooks completed a 38-year naval career with the rank of rear admiral and most recently was fleet maintenance officer for the U.S. Fleet Forces Command. (News release)
Carey J. Dubois, named vice president of finance at Smithfield Foods in Smithfield. Dubois was CFO and will continue many of his current duties. (The Virginian-Pilot)
Robert W. “Bo” Manly IV, named CFO at Smithfield Foods Inc. in Smithfield. Manly is an executive vice president at Smithfield, a post he held for 10 years until 1996 when he became president and COO of Premium Standard Farms. He returned to Smithfield in 2006, one year before Smithfield bought Premium. (The Virginian-Pilot)
Thomas B. Healy, named partner at Witt Mares PLC, Newport News. Healy has 13 years of public accounting experience and specializes in audits and assurance services for employee benefit plans. (News release)
Chad F. Poultney, named principal in charge at Clark Nexsen in Norfolk. He has a background in construction and design with experience in historic structures and high-rise hotels. (News release)
Robert C. Weber, named vice president of advertising at the Daily Press. He was most recently publisher of Winding Road, a national online automotive magazine. He was previously vice president and publisher of American Express Publishing’s Travel+Leisure Golf magazine. (Daily Press)
Brian Windley, named partner at Witt Mares PLC of Newport News. Windley has 17 years of public and private accounting work. His background centers on audit and consulting services for real estate, hospitality and manufacturing clients. (News release)
Ted G. Yoakam, named shareholder for McKenry, Dancigers, Dawson & Lake PC. He will manage the medical malpractice section for the firm, as well as continue his civil litigation and appellate practice. (News release)
Kim S. Curtis has joined Tidewater Home Funding, LLC, mortgage affiliate of Bank of Hampton Roads, as President & CEO. Curtis will focus on developing, implementing and maintaining the goals and objectives essential to the success of the mortgage business. She is committed to improving community and public relations throughout the Hampton Roads area.
Curtis’ previous experience includes being a founding partner, Executive Vice President and COO of Virginia Beach based Southern Trust Mortgage. She helped grow the business to one of the mid-Atlantic’s largest multistate mortgage bankers.
Curtis has over two decades of mortgage and management experience. She has a proven record of success that has the entire staff and affiliates at Tidewater Home Funding excited about the future of the company. “We are delighted to have Kim leading the team at Tidewater Home Funding.”, said Greg Marshall, Executive Vice President, Bank of Hampton Roads. One of Curtis’ priorities will include the marketing and integration of the company’s affiliation with the Bank of Hampton Roads as the primary source for residential mortgage services for the bank’s customers.
A graduate of Old Dominion University, Curtis is a great supporter and member of her community. Curtis currently sits on the ODU Educational Foundation Board’s Executive Committee, ODU CREED, the YWCA of South Hampton Roads Finance Committee, and Marion Manor Board of Directors where she serves as treasurer. Curtis has also served as President of Tidewater Mortgage Bankers Association in 1988 and has served in numerous leadership roles within the mortgage industry throughout her career.
Tage S. Counts of Tidewater Home Funding, LLC
Sep. 24, 2008 at 12:24 PM
