People – January 2014

EASTERN VIRGINIA
Todd Bertka, named vice president of convention sales and marketing, Virginia Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau. Bertka was vice president of sales and service for VisitGreenvilleSC. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

The Virginia General Assembly appointed B. Elliott Bondurant, a practicing attorney who shares a law office in West Point with Mayor Jim Hudson, as presiding court judge to the 9th Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia. Judge Thomas B. Hoover announced his retirement from the court in September. Hoover’s term as presiding circuit court judge ended Dec. 31. (Tidewater Review)

John R. Broadway, former commissioner for the Virginia Employment Commission, joined Chesapeake-based Organization Management Group Inc. as general counsel and legislative adviser. (Daily Press)

William & Mary School of Law alumnus James A. Hixon made the largest private gift in the school’s history, which will be used for the construction of the $7 million James A. and Robin L. Hixon Center for Experiential Learning and Leadership. Suzanne Seurattan, the college’s director of news and media, said the gift exceeded $3 million. Hixon is Norfolk Southern’s executive vice president, law and corporate relations. (WYDaily.com)

Williamsburg City Manager Jack Tuttle announced plans to retire June 30. He has held the post since 1991. (Daily Press)

John McDonald, who has crafted annual James City County budgets for decades, died in November from an apparent heart attack. McDonald was hired in 1977 and appears to be James City County’s only finance director, noted County Administrator Bryan Hill. (Virginia Gazette)

John Powell, a real estate professional for 28 years, named manager of Long & Foster Real Estate’s Great Neck office in Virginia Beach, as well as three satellite locations on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. (News release)

SHENANDOAH VALLEY
 Jonathan R. Alger , named to the GenEdge Alliance (aka A. L. Philpott Manufacturing Extension Partnership Board of Trustees). He is president of James Madison University. (News release)

 Catherine H. Cook  of Waynesboro, named to Virginia Interagency Coordinating Council. She is the education coordinator, Virginia Department of Education, Training and Technical Assistance Center, Region 5. (News release)

 Chris Kyle , vice president of industry affairs and regulatory for Edinburg-based Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. (Shentel), has been elected chairman of the Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Four months after the county renewed his contract, Page County Administrator  Mark Lauzier  resigned in November. In a letter to the Page County Board of Supervisors, Lauzier said a career change will allow a family member to quit work and recover from a debilitating illness . (Page News and Courier)

 Katie Merce r, named enh ancement coordinator, Town of Woodstock. She has been a member of the Woodstock Enhancement Committee and the Business and Community Coordination subcommittee for three years. Mercer replaces Jane Beasley, who retired after 14 years as enhancement coordinator. (The Shenandoah Valley-Herald)

SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
Philip A. Haley, named the new president/CEO of the United Way of Danville-Pittsylvania County. Haley is a Danville native who has lived for the past 25 years in Chicago, where he most recently worked as managing director of Achaean Financial Services Inc. (GoDanRiver.com)

Jean S. Odachowski, named to the Virginia Interagency Coordinating Council. She is regional director, Family Preservation Services, Martinsville. (News release)

Dr. Scott Spillmann, a board certified preventative/occupational medicine physician, joined Danville Regional Medical Center. Spillmann comes to DRMC from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, where he most recently served as an assistant professor and director/medical director of employee and occupational health. (Work It, SoVa)

The Prizery, a cultural and performing arts center in South Boston, hired Alison Streeter as its new managing director. Streeter was dean of alumni and transition services, Carlbrook School, South Boston. (Work It, SoVa)

Spencer Thomas named chief operating officer at Danville Regional Medical Center. Thomas comes to Danville from Newport, Tenn., where he most recently served as CEO at Tennova Newport Medical Center. (Work It, SoVa)

SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
Philip A. Haley, named the new president/CEO of the United Way of Danville-Pittsylvania County. Haley is a Danville native who has lived for the past 25 years in Chicago, where he most recently worked as managing director of Achaean Financial Services Inc. (GoDanRiver.com)

Jean S. Odachowski, named to the Virginia Interagency Coordinating Council. She is regional director, Family Preservation Services, Martinsville. (News release)

Dr. Scott Spillmann, a board certified preventative/occupational medicine physician, joined Danville Regional Medical Center. Spillmann comes to DRMC from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, where he most recently served as an assistant professor and director/medical director of employee and occupational health. (Work It, SoVa)

The Prizery, a cultural and performing arts center in South Boston, hired Alison Streeter as its new managing director. Streeter was dean of alumni and transition services, Carlbrook School, South Boston. (Work It, SoVa)

Spencer Thomas named chief operating officer at Danville Regional Medical Center. Thomas comes to Danville from Newport, Tenn., where he most recently served as CEO at Tennova Newport Medical Center. (Work It, SoVa)

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
Jack Davis, Reynolds Metals Professor of Architecture and dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech, appeared in the DesignIntelligence 2015 rankings as one of the 30 Most Admired Educators. DesignIntelligence magazine publishes architecture and design school rankings annually in its November/December issue. (News release)

Tom Gates began work in late December as the new Roanoke County administrator. Gates, who was a deputy city manager in Alexandria, has more than 28 years working in public service. (The Roanoke Times)

Timothy Heaphy will step down as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia for a job at Hunton & Williams LLP in Richmond. Heaphy’s top assistant, Anthony Giorno, will lead  the 90-employee office as acting U.S. attorney starting Jan. 1. (The Roanoke Times)

Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore attorney Joshua Johnson appointed president of the Federal Bar Association’s  Roanoke chapter. (News release)

Roanoke-based Advance Auto Parts Inc. named Adriana “Andi” Karaboutis to its board of directors, effective Feb. 10. Karaboutis is executive vice president, technology and business solutions, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Mass. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Bank of Floyd’s former president and CEO Mike Larrowe left the organization in November. Asked why, he said the bank’s board told him that more than two years into his term, they wanted to strategically go in a different direction. He declined to comment further. Mark Smith, the bank’s chief lending officer, named interim president and CEO. (The Roanoke Times)

NORTHERN VIRGINIA
Patrick M. Antkowiak, promoted to corporate vice president and chief technology officer, Northrop Grumman Corp., Falls Church. He was vice president and general manager of the Advanced Concepts and Technologies Division in the Electronic Systems sector. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

James B. Cole, president and CEO of Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, has been elected chairman of the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association. He succeeds John L. Fitzgerald, CEO of Inova Fair Oaks Hospital in Fairfax, who remains on the VHHA board of directors as immediate past chairman. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Fairfax-based Pediatric Specialists of Virginia has named Dr. Leon E. Moores its first CEO. Moores is a pediatric neurosurgeon and the medical director of pediatric neurosciences for the Inova Health System. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

David Schaefer, named president and CEO of Leesburg-based insurance broker Armfield Harrison & Thomas Inc. (AHT Insurance). Schaefer, formerly executive vice president, succeeds Alexander Green who has been with the firm for 36 years. He will continue to serve on the company’s board of directors. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Chantilly-based Professional Warranty Services Corp. named Gale Sommers as its new CEO. Sommers was most recently the company’s chief financial officer and senior vice president. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Booz Allen Hamilton appointed Robert Hale, the Pentagon’s former comptroller and chief financial officer, as its latest “Booz Allen fellow.” The company’s fellows program, created in 2011, recognizes people who are considered subject-matter experts. (The Washington Post)

Reston-based Clarabridge named Jim Tholen to its board of directors. Tholen is CFO of BroadSoft, where he oversees its finance, accounting, M&A and legal functions. He guided BroadSoft through an IPO in 2010. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Patrick Cataldo named managing consultant of Tower Watson’s Arlington County office. Cataldo was most recently the company’s director of account management for the Virginia and Maryland markets. He succeeds Susan Potter, who was recently named Towers Watson’s leader of the Eastern U.S. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Barbara Humpton promoted to senior vice president and chief operations office of Siemens Government Technologies Inc., Arlington. Humpton joined the firm in 2011 as senior vice president for business development. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

CENTRAL VIRGINIA
Toni R. Ardabell, named chief executive officer for Bon Secours Richmond Health System, effective Jan. 1. Ardabell also will continue as CEO of Bon Secours’ St. Mary’s Hospital and St. Francis Medical Center. She will report to Peter J. Bernard, Bon Secours Virginia Health System CEO, who previously led both Bon Secours Richmond and Bon Secours Virginia.  (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Jonathan Davis, named president of Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, effective mid-January. Davis currently is president of Methodist Charlton Medical Center in Dallas. (News release)

Pamela Hammond, provost at Hampton University, named interim president at Petersburg-based Virginia State University, effective Jan. 1. Keith Miller, president of VSU since 2010, announced on Oct. 31 that he would step down as president as of Dec. 31 but remain on staff as a tenured faculty member. (Daily Press)

Herschel V. Keller, tapped to lead Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP’s new Lynchburg office. Keller lives in Lynchburg, where he has practiced law for the past 15 years. The firm is based in Roanoke. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Dr. Sheldon Retchin, tapped to lead Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center starting next spring. He is senior vice president for health sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University and CEO of VCU Health System. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

John Ravenal, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ Sydney and Frances Lewis family curator of modern and contemporary art, is leaving to become the new director of DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Mass. He starts his new job on Jan. 20. (Style Weekly)

Henrico County-based Markel Corp. named Britt Glisson president of its global insurance division. Glisson joined Markel in 1990 and continues to serve as corporate chief administrative officer, a position he has held since 2009. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Former state Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple named to the Virginia Board of Health. She is regional director for community and member outreach for the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association. (VirginiaBusiness.com)