People – May 2017

NORTHERN VIRGINIA
Lauri Reishus was promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer at Arlington-based Airlines Reporting Corp. She has more than 30 years of travel management experience, including 12 years at ARC. (News release)

Michael W. Wallace has joined Springfield-based Spok Holdings Inc. as chief financial officer. He was executive vice president and CFO at Nashville, Tenn.-based Intermedix.  He succeeds Shawn E. Endsley, now Spok’s chief accounting officer. (News release)

Inova Loudoun Hospital CEO Patrick Walters, who retired in April, was replaced by Inova Mount Vernon Hospital CEO Deborah Addo. Inova Alexandria Hospital CEO Susan Carroll was promoted to regional executive officer at Inova Alexandria and Inova Mount Vernon hospitals. Meanwhile, Mount Vernon’s chief medical officer, Dr. Don Brideau, became interim CEO of the hospital while the Northern Virginia health system begins the selection process for a CEO in Alexandria. (Washington Business Journal)

Chantilly-based Engility Holdings Inc. has named Scott Whatmough senior vice president of the company’s defense group business. Whatmough joins Engility after 30 years at Raytheon, where he led a $900-million military electronics systems business. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

McLean-based Hilton has named Jonathan Witter chief customer officer, a newly created role. Witter was president of retail and direct banking at Capital One Financial Corp., also based in McLean. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

EASTERN VIRGINIA
Kevin Murphy will succeed the retiring Frank Roach as CEO of Newport News-based Ferguson Enterprises on Aug. 1. Murphy is the company’s chief operating officer. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Philip Shucet has been named CEO of Portsmouth-based Elizabeth River Crossings (ERC). Shucet succeeds Greg Woodsmall, who will remain at ERC as vice president of operations. Shucet, a former Virginia Department of Transportation commissioner and CEO of Hampton Roads Transit, most recently ran a consulting firm. (The Virginian-Pilot)

Huntington Ingalls Industries has announced several appointments in its Technical Solutions division, including:   Tom Davison  , president, Oil & Gas Group;  Billy Jahn , CFO  and vice president, business management; Michael Lempke, president, Nuclear & Environmental Gro up; Brad Mason, preside  nt, Fleet Support Group; and Joe Reale, president, Integrated Mission Solutions Group. (News release)

 Amy Jordan , formerly redevelopment manager in Hampton’s economic development department, is now James County’s economic development director. Former director Russell Seymour moved to the county’s general services department. (Daily Press)

 John Powe ll, managin g broker at a Long & Foster Real Estate office in Virginia Beach, has been appointed to serve on the Real Estate Information Network’s 2017 board of directors. (Daily Press)

SHENANDOAH VALLEY
A lifelong Shenandoah County resident has jumped from the golden arches to grant-writing and event planning for the Town of New Market. Amber Dennison is the town’s new events and marketing coordinator. She had been a store manager at a McDonald’s restaurant in Harrisonburg for 13 years. (The Shenandoah Valley-Herald)

Founder and owner of Barren Ridge Vineyards John Higgs has  been elected president of the Shenandoah Valley Wine Growers Association. Citing the Valley’s history as a major producer of apples in the 1940s and 1950s, when his father had orchards on the property that is now Barren Ridge Vineyards, Higgs promised to use his new position to revive the Valley’s reputation as a first-rate producer of fruit. (The News Leader)

Dynamic Aviation, provider of special-mission aviation solutions, has promoted Darrell Pope to senior vice president, flight operations. Pope joined Bridgewater-based Dynamic Aviation as a pilot in 2009.  Since that time, he has held roles of increasing responsibility within the flight operations department, most recently serving as vice president, flight operations. (News release)

Katy Reeves is the 2017 chair of the board of directors of Lord Fairfax Community College Educational Foundation. She is the vice president and chief administrative officer at Fauquier Health in Warrenton. Reeves has served on the board of the Shenandoah Valley-based college since 2014. (News release)

CENTRAL VIRGINIA
 Shane M. Cason  has joined Richmond-based Davenport & Co. as vice president–investments. Before joining Davenport, Cason was a financial adviser with Merrill Lynch for 15 years. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

 William E. Har dy has been appo inted to the board of directors of Richmond-based Community Bankers Trust Corp., the parent company of Essex Bank. Hardy also is a director of the bank. He is a founding partner and the president of Harris, Hardy & Johnstone PC in Richmond. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Jan Hatchette has been named deputy director for communications at the Virginia Mu­­­seum of Fine Arts in Richmond. She was senior director of marketing strategy and services at the University of Richmond. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Christopher N. Petersen has been named chair of Parker, Pollard, Wilton & Peaden PC’s business and real estate section. Petersen oversees commercial and real estate matters, financing, and general business matters at the Richmond-based law firm. (News release)

Rhodes B. Ritenour has been named vice president of external and regulatory affairs in the mission services division of Bon Secours Richmond Health System. Ritenour was deputy attorney general of Virginia for civil litigation. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
The Halifax County Industrial Development Authority has elected  Butch Blanks  to serve another term as chairman. Chad Francis was named as vice chairman, and Mattie Claiborne will serve as secretary/treasurer. The three officers will serve two-year terms. (SoVaNow.com)

 The Campbell Family Group , a family philanthropic organization, received the Fred Herring Award from the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce and its affiliate, Chamber’s Partnership for Economic Growth. The award, the chamber’s highes t honor, was accepted by Clay Campbell, the president of Martin sville Speedway, and his sister, Sarah Campbell Fain. (Martinsville Bulletin) 

Lisa Fultz, executive director of the West Piedmont Workforce Investment Board, received the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce Chairman’s Award, which is presented to the person considered to have had the most significant impact on the organization in the past year. (Martinsville Bulletin)

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
Scott Bevins, the associate vice chancellor for information services at UVa-Wise, has been awarded the Distinguished Technology and Engineering Professional designation by the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association. The honor is based upon evidence of leadership and management skills, continuing participation in association education programs and demonstration of leadership in the association and community. (News release)

Matthew Eades has joined Powell Valley National Bank as a vice president and business development officer in Abingdon. Eades has nearly 10 years of financial industry experience, most recently serving as vice president and branch manager for Highlands Union Bank in Abingdon. (News release)

Sam Neese has joined Powell Valley National Bank as senior vice president and business development officer. With Neese’s leadership, the bank is opening a loan production office in Abingdon. Neese has over 42 years of banking experience in Washington County, including 24 years serving as the CEO of Highlands Union Bank in Abingdon, before retiring in 2015. (News release)

John Wells will join Emory & Henry College on June 1 as its first provost. He has served as the executive vice president and chief academic officer at Mars Hill University in North Carolina since 2009. (News release)

Dawn Yarber has been named loan administration specialist at Powell Valley National Bank’s Abingdon office. She has over 17 years of financial industry experience, including serving as escrow department supervisor for Highlands Union Bank in Abingdon. (News release)

Six winners were chosen in the Washington County Business Challenge held at the county’s Chamber of Commerce breakfast on March 16. The challenge asks local residents with existing businesses or new business ideas to sign up to win up to $5,000. The winners were   Brian Zier  , Trail Town Ti ny Houses;  Stephen Harris , Appalachi an Drafting;  Lindsey Holderfield , Paper Moon Studio; Mohsin Kasmi, The Pakalachian; Denise Pet  erson, The Blue Door Garden and Frank Cardinell, The ReCell Shop. (SWVAToday.com)

Four Emory & Henry College students brought home research awards from the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA) meeting in March in Atlanta. E&H students   Myranda Staiano   (Waxhaw, N.C.),  Beth Stevens  (Wytheville), Jordan Greenburg (Cordova, Tenn.) and Rachel  Peters (Gate City) received a cash prize for their research by the Psi Chi International Honor Society.  (News release)

ROANOKE/NEW RIVER VALLEY
Zeke Barlow has been promoted to director of communications and marketing at the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Blacksburg. Barlow was the college’s assistant director of communications and marketing. (News release)

Thomas Bondurant Jr., a partner in the Roanoke office of Gentry Locke, has been named by Emory & Henry College as the 2017 recipient of its E&H Distinguished Achievement Award. (News release)

Beth Doughty, executive director of the Roanoke Regional Partnership, has been named one of the top 50 economic developers in North America by Consultant Connect. (The Roanoke Times)

Frances McClung Ferguson is the new executive director at the Salem Museum. Ferguson was development director for the Roanoke-based Virginia Museum of Transportation. (The Roanoke Times)

Charles W. Steger, former president of Virginia Tech, has been appointed to a three-year term as a member of the Division of Earth and Life Studies committee of the National Academy of Sciences. (News release)

Justin Yalung has been named controller at Christiansburg-based Inorganic Ventures. He was corporate controller at Blacksburg-based TechLab Inc. (News release)