Patrick D. Blake, named partner at the Norfolk law firm Willcox & Savage. Blake’s practice focuses on catastrophic losses relative to products and premises liability issues. (News release)

Robert L. Cramer, Manager Human Resources Services Planning of Norfolk Southern Corp., was nominated to a two-year term as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Business Coalition (VBCH) on Health, effective Oct. 1, 2007.

Jimmy Reade Chisman, elected to the board of directors, Old Point Trust and Financial Services in Hampton. Chisman is a member of the board of the Virginia Air & Space Center, president of the Jackson Feild Homes Foundation and treasurer of Jackson Feild Homes. (News release)

George Compo, president and treasurer of Compo Construction of Norfolk, elected chairman of the Associated General Contractors of Virginia. (News release)

Keith B. Hawkins, named executive vice president and commercial loan officer for SuffolkFirst Bank. (PR Newswire)

Evan M. Kalfus, named partner of the accounting firm KPMG. Kalfus, based in the firm’s Norfolk office, has 15 years of experience in federal tax services and audit support. (News release)

Thomas M. Lucas, named partner in the Norfolk law office of Willcox & Savage. Lucas was formerly a partner at Troutman Sanders. Lucas represents management in a range of labor and employment issues. (News release)

David W. Mykins, named senior vice president of Stroud, Pence & Associates Ltd. and manager of operations for the Virginia Beach office. He joined the firm in 1986 and was manager of the Raleigh, N.C., office. (News release)

Edward W. Pence Jr., named president of Stroud, Pence & Associates Ltd., Virginia Beach. Pence has been senior vice president for more than 20 years. (News release)

Kevin Freeland, named executive vice president, supply chain and information technology, Advance Auto Parts Inc., Roanoke. He was most recently president and founder of Optimal Advantage, a boutique retail consulting firm. (News release)

Michael Norona, named executive vice president and CFO, Advance Auto Parts Inc., Roanoke. Norona succeeds Michael Moore who resigned to pursue other business opportunities. Norona previously spent 19 years serving in various financial posts with Best Buy Inc. (News release)

G. Michael Pace Jr., managing partner of the Roanoke law firm Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, was elected president of the Virginia Bar Association for a one-year term. (News release)

Nancy Rutherfoord, named director of contracting and licensing at Shenandoah Life Insurance Co, in Roanoke. She joined the firm in 2003 as a contracting and licensing specialist. (News release)

Anne Carter Adams, named a trustee at Children’s Hospital of Richmond. Adams is a Richmond-area dentist and past president of the Richmond Dental Society and Virginia Dental Association. (News release)

Guy N. Adamson, named vice president and investment adviser for Bank of McKinney Investments. Adamson previously worked for Eastern Virginia
Bankshares. (News release)

Steve Braun, named director of AT&T Inc.’s Small Business Sales for Virginia and West Virginia. Braun has held a number of sales and management positions with the company in Richmond and the
Washington-Baltimore markets. (News release)

L. Lee Byrd, named to the board of directors of Richmond law firm Sands Anderson Marks & Miller. Byrd, chairman of the firm’s business and professional litigation group, joined the firm in 1992 and became a partner in 1998. (News release)

Barry D. Crawford, named a director for Paragon Commercial Bank in Raleigh, N.C. Crawford is president of Fidelity Group LLC, a Richmond investment company. (News release)

Joe Hoyle, associate professor of accounting at the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business, was named the Virginia winner of the U.S. Professors of the Year competition, one of 300 top professors in the country. (News release)

James F. Jollay, named a trustee for Children’s Hospital of Richmond. Jollay is a partner at The Capital Management Corp. (News release)

Stanley K. Joynes III, a former partner at the Richmond law firm LeClairRyan, rejoined the firm as an executive officer to oversee the firm’s growth initiatives. He was president of the firm for nearly 10
years before leaving in 2001 to pursue other projects, including the development of the Rocketts Landing mixed-use village. (News release)

Elizabeth G. Robertson, named a partner in the Richmond law firm Goodman Allen & Filetti PLLC. She joined the firm in 2004 after serving as in-house counsel for Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, N.C. (News release)

Rex L. Smith III, named a trustee for Children’s Hospital of Richmond. Smith is president and CEO of the Bank of Richmond. (News release)

Jill Venton, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Virginia, received a $50,000 grant from Eli Lilly and Co. for her work on designing tools to measure neurotransmissions in the brain in real time and to advance the study of neurochemical changes. (News release)

Rhonda Griffin named director of Halifax County-South Boston Regional Library, effective April 1. She has been systems administrator for Hyconeechee Regional Library in Hillsborough, N.C. (Danville Register & Bee)

Former state Sen. Charles Hawkins named a citizen member of the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission. Hawkins retired from the Senate last year after serving since 1992. (Danville Register & Bee)

Martin Williams named product manager for home office, home entertainment and accent tables categories at Stanley Furniture of Stanleytown. Williams joined the company in 1993. (Danville Register & Bee)

Andrew U. Ferrari, named chairman of the board of Trex Co. Inc. of Winchester. Ferrari was previously CEO of the wood products company. He succeeds Anthony J. Cavanna, who will continue to serve as a director and interim chief financial officer. (Business Wire)

Ronald W. Kaplan, named president, CEO and a director of Trex Co. Inc. of Winchester. He was previously CEO of Continental Global Group Inc., a manufacturer of material handling systems. (Business Wire)

Gloria Shiley, was named president and CEO of Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury retirement community in Winchester. She had previously been director of accounting and nursing home and assisted living administrator. She succeeds David Goff, who retired Jan. 25. Westminster-Canterbury has about 400 residents. (The Winchester Star)

Peter D. Aquino, received a contract renewal as president of CEO of RCN Corp. of Herndon, a provider of voice, data and video services. Aquino received a new three-year agreement. (Business Wire)

Christine M. Candio, named CEO of Inova Alexandria Hospital. Candio was executive vice president of Hallmark Health System and CEO of Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Melrose, Mass. (News release)

Lisa Hook, named president and COO of NeuStar Inc. of Sterling. Hook held several executive positions with AOL and Time Warner. (PR Newswire)

Michael E. Katzenstein, named non-executive chairman of the board of RCN Corp. of Herndon. Katzenstein has been an independent member of the board since 2005. (Business Wire)

James F. Mooney, retired as executive chairman of RCN Corp. of Herndon. Mooney became board chairman in 2005. (Business Wire)

Brian P. Morrison, named principal in the accounting firm Cocke, Szpanka and Taylor CPAs PC, Reston. (News release)

John M. Persil, named principal in the accounting firm Cocke, Szpanka and Taylor CPAs PC, Reston. (News release)

Robert S. Silberman, named CEO of the Year by Morningstar Inc., a Chicago-based provider of investment research. Silberman has been CEO of Arlington’s Strayer Education Inc. since 2001. Previously, he was president and COO of CalEnergy. (News release)

R. Michael Sorrells, named partner in the Vienna office of Cherry, Bekaert & Holland LLP. He was national director of nonprofit tax services for BDO Seidman. (News release)

John R. Vogt, named chief business development officer at Chain Bridge Bank in McLean. He was previously executive vice president and head of the Washington office for The Bond Market. (News release)

The Virginia Bar Association renamed its Distinguished Service Award in honor of former Gov. Gerald L. Baliles, now director of the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. The first recipient of the renamed award is Virginia Senior Justice Elizabeth B. Lacy. (News release) Peter D. Aquino, received a contract renewal as president of CEO of RCN Corp. of Herndon, a provider of voice, data and video services. Aquino received a new three-year agreement. (Business Wire)