People – July 2015

EASTERN VIRGINIA
     Ann A. Adams     ,     Kenneth W. Crowder     and     Michael  Helpinstill    , named to the board of visitors, Norfolk State University. Adams is assistant vice president, human resources, Norfolk Southern Corp.; Crowder is presiding elder, Norfolk District, Virginia Conference, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; and Helpinstill is vice president and CFO, Newport News Shipbuilding. (VirginiaBusiness.com) 

    Yvonne Toms Allmond    ,    Donna Scassera Fischer    and   Mike Henry  , nam  ed to the board of visitors, Old Dominion University. Allmond is senior vice president, private banking, TowneBank; Fischer is president of DLS Engineering Assoc. Inc.; and Henry is chief of staff to U.S. Senator Tim Kaine. Frank Reidy was reappointed to the board. He is director of Pennsylvania General Energy. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

  Robert R. Hatten   and  Steven S. Kast , named to the b oard of visitors, Christopher Newport University. Hatten is managing partner of Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein, and Kast is president and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula and Southeast Virginia. N. Scott Millar was reappointed to the board. He is senior director, Canon Virginia Inc. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

 James Hixon  and Karen Kennedy Schultz, named to  the board of visitors, College of William and Mary. Hixon is executive vice president of Norfolk Southern Corp., and Schultz is professor and director, Center for Public Service and Scholarship, Shenandoah University. Thomas R. Frantz and Todd A. Stottlemyer were reappointed to the board. Frantz is chairman, Williams Mullen, and Stottlemyer is former CEO, Acentia LLC. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Newport News-based Basic Construction Co. promoted Kevin Morello to manager of its site and utility divisions. Morello joined Basic as a project manager in 1994. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Jennifer Hill joined Virginia Beach-based Rubin Communications Group as an account manager. She previously worked for a health-care public relations agency in New York City. (Daily Press)

SHENANDOAH VALLEY
   Lara Tyler Chambers   ,   Brian R. Detter  ,  David L. Miller  a  nd  Gene Sc ott, named to  the board of visitors, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington. Chambers is co-owner and financial manager, Tyler Development Group LLC; Detter is executive vice president, Artis LLC; and Scott is retired regional vice president, Verizon. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

   Matthew A. Gray   ,   Jeffrey Grass  ,   Maria D. Jank owski  ,  Deborah Tompkins Johnson ,  Joh n C. Rothenberger  and Craig Brendan Welburn, named to the bo ard of visitors, James Madison University, Harrisonburg. Gray is Virginia state director of The Humane Society of the United States; Grass is executive chairman of LiveSafe Inc. and chairman and CEO, buySAFE Inc.; Jankowski is deputy director, Virginia Indigent Defense Commission; Johnson is manager-regional state and local affairs, Dominion Virginia Power; Rothenberger is CEO of SE Solutions; and Welburn is CEO of ECC Enterprises Holding Co. LLC. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Washington and Lee University President Kenneth Ruscio plans to step down at the end of the 2016 academic year to return to the university’s faculty. (The Roanoke Times)

Norman C.  “Butch” Smiley III joined Strasburg-based First Bank as regional president of the newly formed South region. Smiley most recently served as the president and CEO of Community Bank in Staunton. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
Ernecia Coles, named executive director, River District Association, Danville. She is a Chatham native who has spent the past 20 years in St. Louis, where she worked in various community development-related jobs. (Danville Register & Bee) 

Sue B. Hair, named vice president and retail banking manager at American National Bank & Trust Co. She will be responsible for managing five retail branches in Danville and one retail branch in Yanceyville, N.C. She has been with American National for 12 years and served in various roles, such as branch manager and director of branch administration. (News release)

Aaron D. Howell, named vice president for business and finance, Averett University, Danville. Howell has been assistant vice president and controller at Oregon State University. (Work It, SoVa)

Alan Larson, named the South Central Virginia market president for LifePoint Health and CEO of Danville Regional Medical Center, effective Aug. 1. Larson was CEO and founder of TD HealthCare. He replaces Jerry Dooley, who has served as interim market president and CEO of DRMC since November. (News release)

LeAnne Clem Roller, named Danville Regional Medical Center’s new marketing director. Roller has been employed with DRMC since 2010, most recently serving as transitional care liaison. (Work It, SoVa)

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
   Charles T. Hill    and   Mehmood S. Kazmi  , named to the  board of visitors, Virginia Tech. Hill is retired chairman, president and CEO, SunTrust Mid-Atlantic, and Kazmi is chief operating officer of Share Investment Co. LLC. Deborah Petrine, chairman and CEO of CCR Inc., was reappointed to the board. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

  Mary Ann Hovis   and  Mark S. Lawrence , named to the  board of visitors, Radford University. Hovis is a retired business executive from Oakton, and Lawrence is vice president, Carilion Clinic. Randolph J. Marcus, senior adviser for policy to Gov. Terry McAuliffe, was renamed to the board. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

 Michael W. Leigh , a retired U.S. Navy commander, named the 2014 Virginia Small Business Veteran of the Year, by the Virginia Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) Network. Leigh is CEO of Roanoke-based OpX Solutions and co-owner of Kaizen Healthcare Innovations. (The Roanoke Star)

 Minnis E. Ridenour , named to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. Ridenour is senior fellow and executive vice president and COO, emeritus, Virginia Tech. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

 Thanassis Rikaki s, named Virginia  Tech’s executive vice president and provost, effective Aug. 16. He is vice provost for design, arts and technology at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Rikakis  will succeed Mark McNamee, senior vice president and provost,  who will retire on Oct. 1. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Roanoke County Budget and Management Director Brent Robertson resigned in June to accept the position of administrator in Franklin County where he was born and raised. (News release)

NORTHERN VIRGINIA
  Matt Chun  , named vice president, digital strategy, PCI, Alexandria. Chun was head of digital and social media strategy at RedPeg. (News release)

  Heather Mullins Crislip  , Davis Rennolds and Rhonda S. VanLowe, named to the board of visitors, University of Mary Washington. Crislip is president and CEO, Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia; Rennolds is vice president, McGuireWoods Consulting; and  VanLowe is legal counsel, Rolls-Royce North America Inc. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

  Stephen M. Cumbie  ,  David T. Petersen  and  Shawn N. Pur vi s,  named to the board of visitors, George Mason University. Cumbie is CEO of NVCommercial Inc.; Petersen is a retired Accenture executive director; Purvis is vice president and general manager, cyber division, Northrop Grumman Information Systems. Karen Alcalde, a GMU alumna, was renamed to the board. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Eric Gavin, named chief sales and marketing officer, Salamander Hotels & Resorts, Middleburg. He joins the company from Benchmark Hospitality International, where he served as regional director of sales and marketing. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Jonathan Scholl, named health and engineering sector president, Leidos Holdings Inc., Reston. He served for five years as the chief strategy officer for Texas Health Resources. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Peter Whitfield, named chief financial officer, American Systems, Chantilly. Whitfield was CFO of Vienna-based Shared Spectrum Co.(VirginiaBusiness.com)

CENTRAL VIRGINIA
Whittington W. Clement, named to the board of visitors of the University of Virginia and its affiliated schools. He is a partner at Hunton & Williams, Richmond. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Michael A. Evans, named to the Longwood University board of visitors. David H. Halleck Jr. and Marianne M. Radcliff were reappointed. Evans is a retired human resources administrator in Hanover County, Halleck, from Richmond, is chief of staff to Sen. Mark Warner, and Radcliff is vice president of Kemper Consulting in Richmond.  (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Michael D. Flemming, named to the Virginia State University board of visitors. Flemming is vice president and corporate general counsel, Smithfield Foods Inc., Smithfield. (VirginiaBusiness.com)
P.  Tulane Patterson, owner of Generation Solutions Holdings Inc. in Lynchburg and Roanoke, named Virginia’s 2015 Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Richmond District Office. (News release)

Dr. Carol S. Shapiro, named to the Virginia Commonwealth University board of visitors. Shapiro, a plastic surgeon, is medical director of Wound Healing Center, Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center. Sudhakar Shenoy and Jacquelyn E. Stone were reappointed. Shenoy is CEO, IMC Inc., Reston and Stone is partner, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

P. Cody Phipps, named president and CEO of Owens & Minor Inc., Mechanicsville. Phipps was president and CEO of United Stationers Inc. in Deerfield, Ill.  (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

William C. Hall Jr., of Richmond, renamed to the State Board for Community Colleges. He is a retired Dominion Resources executive.(VirginiaBusiness.com)

Jeff Stroburg, named president and CEO, Southern States Cooperative, Richmond. Stroburg recently retired as CEO of West Central Cooperative. (News release)

Katharine M. Webb, named to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. She is the former senior vice president, Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association. (VirginiaBusiness.com)