Blue Ridge Bank hires first chief development officer
Steve Farbstein has left his position at Cornerstone RPO to become Blue Ridge Bank’s first chief development officer, the bank recently announced. Farbstein will be responsible for marketing, employee development and growing and maintaining lines of revenue at the bank, a subsidiary of Charlottesville-based Blue Ridge Bankshares Inc. — which completed a merger in February with […]
Va., Md., Del. electric coops association leader retires
Richard G. Johnstone Jr. handed over the reins of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives this week, retiring after 36 years. Johnstone served as president and CEO of the 76-year-old, Glen-Allen based organization, which represents 15 member-owned electric cooperatives. His replacement, Brian S. Mosier, was announced in January and took over April […]
Shenandoah Growers picks new COO
Shenandoah Growers Inc. has hired former Walmart executive Cameron Geiger as the company’s chief operating officer, it announced this week. The Rockingham County-based agricultural products company says Geiger will help lead the company’s next phase of growth. Geiger, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1989 — the year Shenandoah […]
Maximus hires new Federal Services general manager
Government services company Maximus Inc. has named IBM executive Teresa “Terry” Weipert as general manager of its U.S. Federal Services Segment, the Reston-based company announced this week. Weipert will replace Thomas Romeo, who is staying through July to help with the transition before he retires and moves to the segment’s advisory board. When Romeo started […]
Prince William chamber taps new COO
The Prince William Chamber of Commerce has promoted Ross W. Snare IV to chief operating officer, effective April 1. Snare started with the Manassas-based business chamber in April 2018 as director of communications and government relations. He became senior director of operations and government affairs two years later. The chamber, which counts more than 1,200 […]
CounterFlow AI names new CEO
Charlottesville-based CounterFlow AI has named its chief product officer, Bill Cantrell, as CEO effective April 2, the network security firm announced today. Cantrell will succeed Randy Caldejon, who co-founded the company in 2017 and will continue as its executive chairman and vice president of engineering. Caldejon, whose Crozet Coffee Co. was acquired by Grit Coffee […]
BAE Systems hires general manager for Radford Army Ammunition Plant
Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems Inc. has hired Kirk Johnson as general manager of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, effective March 29. Johnson comes to the position with seven years of experience at Lubrizol Corp., a Berkshire Hathaway specialty chemicals company, where he served as managing director for specialty and industrial additives and then as […]
Blacksburg Partnership president retiring
After 19 years as the founding leader of the Blacksburg Partnership, Diane Akers announced Friday that she will retire on June 30 from her position as president of the private economic development group. Akers was hired as the Blacksburg Partnership’s founding director in 2002, helping launch the organization that was established as a partnership between […]
Liberty University hires Alaska GOP chair
Liberty University has hired the Alaska Republican Party’s chairman, the Rev. Glenn Clary, for the newly created position of vice president of strategic partnerships and alliances, the Lynchburg-based Christian university announced Tuesday. Clary became chairman of Alaska’s state GOP in 2018. He also has worked as a pastor at Anchorage Baptist Temple. Alaska’s most influential [&[...]
Dominion Energy’s Tom Farrell to retire from Altria board
Dominion Energy Inc. Executive Chair Thomas F. Farrell II is retiring from Altria Group Inc.’s board of directors, which he has chaired since April 2020. Farrell has served on the Henrico County-based tobacco product manufacturer’s board of directors since 2008. He will retire from the Altria board when his term ends in May. Altria’s board […]
Richmond leasing company announces promotions
Richmond-based equipment financing company CSC Leasing Co. announced Monday that it has promoted three executives. Sam Corey has assumed additional leadership responsibilities as head of the company’s vendor programs. He will continue to lead the credit and investment business function. He has been with CSC Leasing since 2008. Will Forston, formerly CSC Leasing’s director of […]
Herndon government contractor hires business development SVP
Herndon-based government contractor Unissant Inc. has rehired Macon Hardy as its senior vice president of business development, the company announced on Monday. Hardy previously worked for Unissant; in her role, she will focus on developing the firm’s work with the Defense Health Agency and Veterans Affairs. “We’re very excited to have Macon back,” said Unissant […]