• Hiring firm selected to find new port leader
• W. M. Jordan proposes $250 million project for Newport News with research component.
• Northern Virginian philanthropist pledges $200,000 challenge grant for Ferrum College
• NOVA’s newest industrial warehouse is for sale
CENTRAL VIRGINIA
Loretta Cataldi, named senior vice president of the retail brokerage team, Colliers International, Richmond. Previously, she worked for Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, Glen Allen. (VirginiaBusiness.com)
Robert B. Eastep, named president of Union Mortgage Group Inc., a nonbank affiliate of Richmond-based Union First Market Bankshares Corp. Eastep was senior vice president and chief financial officer for Powhatan-based Central Virginia Bankshares Inc. (VirginiaBusiness.com)
Todd Graham, named president of the Cameron Foundation, Petersburg. He was executive director of the Robins Foundation, Richmond. (News release)
Cathy Drewry Grieve, named vice president of business development, Eisenman & Associates Inc., Richmond. She was the director of sales and marketing for the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel. (News release)
Patrick D. Hogan, named executive vice president and chief operating officer at the University of Virginia. Hogan previously held leadership and management roles with Ernst & Young in the U.S., Asia and the United Kingdom. (VirginiaBusiness.com)
Randal J. Kirk resigned from the University of Virginia Board of Visitors. In a letter to Gov. Bob McDonnell, Kirk, who had been living in Pulaski County, said he had moved to Florida, which made it “not practical” to serve on the board. Kirk also said his Florida residency might have disqualified him from remaining on the board, which caps the number of out-of-state members. (The Washington Post)
Julie McCracken has been promoted from account supervisor to associate vice president, CRT/tanaka, Richmond. McCracken’s recent work includes managing initiatives for TIAA-CREF and Bow Tie Cinemas. (News Release)
NORTHERN VIRGINIA
Mark Bailey, named senior vice president, Select Community Services, Chantilly, a subsidiary of Community Management Corp. He was CMC’s division director. (News release)
Kristina Bouweiri, CEO of Reston Limousine, named Business Leader of the Year at the D.C. Chamber of Commerce’s annual Chamber Choice Awards Gala. (Leesburg Today)
Brian Dawson, named senior managing director, Cushman & Wakefield’s Washington, D.C.-area operations. He previously led the firm’s suburban Maryland operations. (VirginiaBusiness.com)
John M. Engler, former governor of Michigan, has been appointed to K12 Inc.’s board of directors. He is president of the Business Roundtable. (VirginiaBusiness.com)
Juan R. Figuereo, named executive vice president and CFO, NII Holdings Inc., Reston. He was executive vice president and CFO, Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (VirginiaBusiness.com)
John Kealey, named CEO of Decision Lens, Arlington. Most recently, Kealey ran Vivisimo in Pittsburgh. (VirginiaBusiness.com)
David Lacquement, named program development director and senior vice president, Science Applications International Corp.’s cyber-security business unit, McLean. A retired Army major general, he was director of operations for the United States Cyber Command. (News release)
Arvind Manocha, named president and CEO, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, Vienna. He was COO of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. (VirginiaBusiness.com)
Lydia Martinez, named vice president of human resources, Long & Foster Real Estate Inc., Chantilly. Martinez previously led the George Washington University equal employment opportunity efforts. (News release)
Frank O’Toole, named president of Gannett Supply Corp., McLean. He was vice president of Gannett Supply. (VirginiaBusiness.com)
Marcus Perry, named executive vice president, commercial lending, WashingtonFirst Bank, Reston. He was senior vice president, market manager at Congressional Bank, Bethesda, Md. (News release)
Hagen Saville, named MCG Capital Corp.’s new president and CEO, replacing Richard Neu. Saville has been president and COO for the past year. Hugh Ewing and Wallace Millner will also leave the company’s board of directors Dec. 31. The company said the departures were not the result of any disagreement with the company. (Washington Business Journal)
SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
Sandra T. Chinn-Gilstrap has joined the Danville office of Woods Rogers PLC. Chinn-Gilstrap had run a solo practice since 1995. (Danville Register & Bee)
Mervyn King and Sammy Redd, both of Martinsville, have been reappointed to the Virginia Museum of Natural History board. King is a retired military veteran and Redd is a coordinator of college access at New College Institute. (News release).
James E. Isaac, Jr., of Kenbridge, appointed to the Virginia Family and Children’s Trust Fund. He is a special education teacher at Mecklenburg County Public Schools. (News release)
Carlyle Ramsey, president of Danville Community College, announced he will retire in August 2013. Ramsey has led the college for 20 years. (Danville Register & Bee)
Glenn Pulley, president of the Danville law firm Clement & Wheatley, has been named chairman of the Virginia State Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers. (Danville Register & Bee)
Terry Templeton has been named the new principal of Rivermont School-Dan River, a special needs school in Danville. For the past 16 years, Templeton has been a special education teacher at Bridges Treatment Center in Lynchburg. (Danville Register & Bee)
Page Wilkerson, a farmer from Alton, has been appointed to the Virginia Pork Industry Board. (News Release)
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
Bob Archer, president and CEO of Blue Ridge Beverage Company Inc., Salem, will lead the National Beer Wholesalers Association, a trade group representing 3,300 independent beer distributors. (News release)
Erin Ashwell, an attorney with Woods Rogers, named president of the Roanoke chapter of the Virginia Women Attorneys Association. (The Roanoke Times)
Mimi Rainero Coles, Roanoke, elected chairman of the National Precast Concrete Association’s board of directors. She is a sales and business development manager at Permatile Concrete Products Co., Bristol. (News release)
Mary Victoria Dykstra, of MKB Realtors in Roanoke, named president of the Virginia Association of Realtors. (News release)
Ed Gniewek, named CEO of Bristol Compressors International Inc. in Bristol. Gniewek was president of EFP Corp., Elkhart, Ind. (News release)
John D’Orazio named president and CEO, Roanoke Gas Co., Roanoke. He was the company’s vice president and chief operating officer. (News release)
Danny R. Peek, named director of Virginia Cooperative Extension’s Southwest District. He works as the burley tobacco specialist at the Southwest Virginia Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Glade Spring. (News release)
Elizabeth Guilbert Perrow, an attorney with Woods Rogers, is the new president of the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. (The Roanoke Times)
Dr. Gary Winfield named chief medical officer, LewisGale Regional Health System, Salem. He was acting division chief medical officer for HCA’s South Atlantic division. (News release)
Tracy Wright has been hired as director, Virginia manufacturing operations, Strongwell Corp., Bristol. He was director of operations at Hapco Pole Products, Abingdon. (News Release)
SHENANDOAH VALLEY
Al Pilong, president of Winchester Medical Center, has resigned. Pilong began working with WMC in 2005 and was promoted to the position of president in July 2008. (Northern Virginia Daily)
Alan Connor, the president of Staunton-based Cadence Inc., will become the company’s CEO next year. Connor will succeed Peter Harris as CEO in April 2013. Harris will continue to serve as chairman of the board. (VirginiaBusiness.com)
Collin Donnelly, executive chef of the Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington, was named “Small Town Chef 2012” by the editors of Cooking Light magazine in its November issue. (News release)
Spencer Suter named Rockbridge County Administrator. Suter, a longtime resident of Rockbridge County, was assistant county administrator for Botetourt County. (News release)
Patte Wood, of Lexington, named executive director, United Way of Rockbridge. She was a reporter for the Rockbridge Weekly until it was merged with the News-Gazette in June 2012. (The News Leader)
Sang Y. Yoon, a graphic design professor at James Madison University, received a Fulbright Scholar Grant to teach at Kyung Hee University in South Korea in March 2013. She is JMU’s first two-time Fulbright award winner. (News release)
EASTERN VIRGINIA
C. Meade Amory of Hampton, Cameron Chalmers of Virginia Beach, Kelly Minor of Reedville, and Peter D. Nixon of Norfolk have been appointed to the Virginia Marine Products Board: J. David Gray, of Suffolk, was reappointed to the board. (News release)
Oktay Baysal, named dean of the Batten College of Engineering & Technology at Old Dominion University, Norfolk. (News release)
Robert Criner, president of Criner Remodeling, Newport News, named the 2012 Remodeler of the Year by the National Association of Home Builders. (News release)
Persifor “Perry” Frazer, named to the board of directors, CBRE, Southeast and Central Virginia. He is senior vice president for CBRE|Hampton Roads. (VirginiaBusiness.com)
Deborah Gill, a controller with Clark Nexsen, Norfolk, has been elected president of the National Society for Design Administration. SDA is the largest organization for architectural and engineering firm managers and administrators. (News release)
Sandra Hermann of Virginia Beach and Anthony W. Soltys of Hampton were named to the Virginia Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Board. (News Release)
George Hranowskyj, a Norfolk developer, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in schemes that defrauded the government of millions of dollars in historic tax credits and helped lead to the collapse of the Bank of the Commonwealth. His former partner, Eric Menden, is now serving an 11-year prison sentence. (Inside Business)
Robert W. Miner of Virginia Beach has been appointed to the Virginia Fire Services Board. Randy Wheeler of Poquoson has been reappointed to the board. (News release)
Bettie Sheets, of Gloucester, has been appointed to the Virginia Advisory Board on Midwifery. She is the owner and senior midwife at Full of Grace Birth Services. (News release)
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