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W. Reed Atkins Jr., named CFO for CI Travel in Norfolk. He held senior management positions with Furmanite America and National Auto Parks Warehouse. Atkins will be the company’s first CFO. (News release)
Nancy Bagranoff, elected president of the American Account-ing Association. Bagranoff is dean of Old Dominion University’s College of Business and Public Administration. (News release)
James G. Carlson, elected chairman of Amerigroup Corp., Virginia Beach, succeeding company founder Jeffrey L. McWaters. Carlson is president and CEO of the company. (PRNewswire)
Robert W. Fentress, retired as vice president, secretary and treasurer of E.T. Gresham Co. Inc., a Norfolk contractor. He had been with the company for 37 years. (News release)
Bob Harris, named vice president of tourism for the Greater Williamsburg Chamber & Tourism Alliance. He has been director of tourism marketing. (News release)
L. Louise Lucas, named a director of NCP Community Development Federal Credit Union in Norfolk. Lucas owns a number of businesses in Portsmouth and is a state senator, first elected in 1984. (News release)
Griffin Macy, named COO, Chenega Advanced Solution & Engineering LLC, Norfolk. Macy is a retired naval officer and was chief technology officer and deputy chief information officer for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (News release)
Gordon Saffold, retired as CFO of Rose & Womble Realty Co., Virginia Beach. Saffold has more than 40 years experience in the accounting field and joined Rose & Womble in 2003. (News release)
Patricia J. White, named secretary and treasurer of E.T. Gresham Co. Inc., a Norfolk contractor. She has been with the company for more than 20 years. (News release)
Donna Broome, named senior vice president for commercial sales of Advance Auto Parts Inc., Roanoke. Broome was a partner and chief sales officer at Dealer Tire. She has also held positions with Grainger Industrial Supply and Xerox Corp. (News release)
William Clark, resigned as president and CEO of HomeTown Bank in Roanoke. Clark leaves as the bank, which began its startup phase in 2005, moves into a new phase. Susan Still, former chief lending officer, assumed Clark’s responsibilities. (The Roanoke Times)
James B. “J.B.” Jones, named recipient of the William H. Ruffner Medal, the highest honor bestowed by Virginia Tech. A 1944 Tech graduate, Jones taught at Purdue University before returning to Tech in 1964. He led the Department of Mechanical Engineering for 19 years. (News release)
Peizhen Kathy Lu, named recipient of the Karl Schwartzwalder Professional Achievement in Ceramic Engineering Award from the American Ceramic Society Board of Directors. Lu is an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Virginia Tech and focuses her research on nanomaterials and fuel cell material design. (News release)
Barbara G. Ryder, named head of the computer sciences department at Virginia Tech. Ryder has been teaching at Rutgers University. She previously worked in the AT&T Bell Laboratories, and will become the first woman to serve as a department head in Tech’s College of Engineering. (News release)
Chas Scheiderer, named senior vice president for supply chain, Advance Auto Parts Inc., Roanoke. He was senior vice president for logistics at Optimal Advantage and also held positions at Best Buy and Payless ShoeSource. (News release)
Derrick Thomas, named senior vice president for Southeast operations, Advance Auto Parts Inc., Roanoke. Thomas was president and CEO of Emerging Market Restaurant Group, and was also regional vice president for Starbucks. (News release)
Tiffany Franks, named president of Averett University in Danville. Franks is executive vice president at Greensboro College in Greensboro, N.C. where she has worked for 20 years. (Danville Register & Bee)
John “Jack” Broaddus, named president and CEO of the Sunnyside Communities Board, Harrisonburg. He joined Sunnyside in 2001 and was previously president of Cassco Ice & Cold Storage and executive vice president of Wampler Foods. (News release)
John S. Capps, named interim president of Lord Fairfax Community College, Winchester. Capps has been vice president of academic and student affairs at Virginia Western Community College since 2002. (The Winchester Star)
David E. Ferguson, retired as vice president of customer services, Shenandoah Telecommunications Co., Edinburg. He joined the company in 1967 and was named to his current position in 1982. (News release)
John W. Flora, elected director for Shenandoah Telecommunications Co., Edinburg. Flora is a senior partner with the Harrisonburg law firm Lenhart Obenshain PC, where he focuses on business and tax issues. (News release)
Michael J. Halseth, announced his retirement as president and CEO of Valley Health of Winchester, effective Dec. 31. Halseth has led the company since 1998. (The Winchester Star)
Dr. Jeffrey P. Harris, named president of the American College of Physicians. Harris is an internist and nephrologist in Millwood. (News release)
Reese Jackson, named COO of Valley Health, Winchester. Jackson is executive vice president of Valley Health and president of Winchester Medical Center. (The Winchester Star)
Bonnie Keppel, named human resources development manager for Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg. She was most recently human resources manager for Alcoa Flexible Packaging. (Daily News Record)
Robert M. Blue, named senior vice president for public policy and corporate communications at Dominion Resources Inc., Richmond. Blue joined the company in 2005 as managing director of state affairs and corporate public policy. He was a counselor and director of policy for former Gov. Mark R. Warner. (PRNewswire)
David Campbell, named the top stock analyst in the country for air freight and logistics by the Financial Times. Campbell works for Thompson Davis Asset Management in Richmond. (News release)
Bradfute W. Davenport, inducted into the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only honorary society of trial lawyers chosen for their effectiveness and accomplishment in litigation. Davenport focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation at Troutman Sanders in Richmond. (News release)
Eva Teig Hardy, retired as executive vice president and director of public policy and corporate communications at Dominion Resources Inc., Richmond. She will remain a senior adviser to Dominion Chairman, President and CEO Thomas F. Farrell II. Hardy joined the company in 1990. (PRNewswire)
Phil Kirby, named senior vice president, Eastern Region, for Barton Malow, a Southfield, Mich. construction management firm. Kirby played a key role in completion of the University of Virginia’s John Paul Jones Arena, which won the Associated General Contractors’ Build America Award. (News release)
Paul A. Levengood, named president and CEO of the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond. He joined the organization in 2000 and is managing editor of the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, as well as program coordinator of the Reynolds Business History Center. (News release)
Sandee Levin, elected president of the Virginia Society of Association Executives. Levin is president of the Virginia Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging in Glen Allen. (News release)
M.F. Connell Mullins Jr., named an officer and director of the Richmond law firm Spotts Fain PC. Mullins joined the firm in 2003. His practice focuses on commercial and business litigation. (News release)
Patrick Simms, named senior vice president of operations, Osage Bio Energy, a Richmond producer of ethanol-based fuel. He has 20 years experience in product development and held positions with Diversa, Biosys, goa Bioenergy Corp. (Business Wire)
Andy Weaver, named CFO, Osage Bio Energy, a Richmond producer of ethanol-based fuel. He has 20 years of experience in financial management and has held positions with Krayton Polymers, Reliant Energy and Coca-Cola. (Business Wire)
Nicholas D. Chabraja, announced his retirement as CEO of General Dynamics Inc., Falls Church, effective June 30, 2009. He will continue as chairman until May 2010. (PRNewswire)
Linda Davies, named senior vice president of strategic planning and capture services for Zephyr Strategy Inc., of Manassas. (News release)
Darcie Davis, named senior vice president of client retention and growth services, Zephyr Strategy Inc., of Manassas. (News release)
Philip S. Sassower, named chairman of The Fairchild Corp., McLean. Sassower has been CEO of Xplore Technologies Corp. since 2006 and chairman of its board since 2004. He is also CEO of private equity firm SG Phoenix LLC since 2003. (Business Wire)
Jay L. Johnson, named CEO of General Dynamics Inc., Falls Church, effective July 1, 2009. Johnson will retire as executive vice president and CEO of Dominion Virginia Power on June 1. He has been a member of the General Dynamics board since 2003. (PRNewswire)
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