Out and About December 2022

1. L to R: Applied Systems CEO Taylor Rhodes; Chris Rogerson, Towne Insurance executive vice president and chief operating officer; and Towne Insurance President and CEO W. Douglas Russell hold the Applied Systems’ 2022 Pinnacle Award that Towne Insurance received in October. Photo courtesy Towne Insurance.  2. Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association President and CEO Sean Connaughton speaks during Richmond Ambulance Authority’s Nov. 4 announcement that it would donate an ambulance to the U.S. Ambulances for Ukraine effort. Photo courtesy VHHA.  3. L to R: Port of Virginia’s Joseph P. Ruddy; Orangetheory Fitness’ Juli Mosnes; Birdsong Peanuts’ Sonny Deuell; PRA Group Inc.’s Chris Graves; S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co.’s Bill Overman; OVM Financial’s Chip Simkins; Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists’ David Clifford; Conte’s Bike Shop’s Luca Conte; Norfolk Southern Corp.’s Jason Zampi; Conte Bicycling Group’s David Conte; J&A Racing Inc.’s Amy Frostick and Jerry Frostick; Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists’ Chad Manke; and TowneBank’s Kelly Peck participated in the 40-mile Cycle for Smiles bike ride in Virginia Beach celebrating Operation Smile’s 40th anniversary in November. Photo courtesy PRA Group.  4 PRA Group Inc. President and CEO Kevin Stevenson rings the Nasdaq closing bell in early November to celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary
as a publicly traded company. Photo courtesy PRA Group  5. L to R: UVision Air Ltd. CEO Avi Mizrachi addresses audience while UVision USA CEO Jim Truxel listens during Oct. 6 ribbon cutting for the UVision USA facility in Stafford County. Photo courtesy Stafford County Economic Development & Tourism Office. The Mighty Dream forum’s Small Business Block Party took place Nov. 2 in Norfolk’s NEON District.  6. Kimberly Wimbish, owner of KMK Productions and professor at Hampton University  7. Cam Jarnagin, co-owner of Social Supply in Virginia Beach, and Tommy Cerja, advisory member of Team Yellow, Pharrell Williams’ educational nonprofit organization  8. Kimberly and Lester Deane, owners of House and Home 757 LLC  9. Kate Baldwin, chief operating officer of the Virginia Beach SPCA, and “Lost” star Terry O’Quinn  10. Angel Teagle, CEO and inventor of Carseat Companion  11. Patrice and Nick Morant, owners of Heavenly Homes Realty Group in Yorktown  12. Lewis Iwu, CEO of London-based Purpose Union  13. Tyshawn Bryant, CEO of Green Regimen, and Blair Matthews, chief operating officer and co-founder of Zuri Fertility