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Melissa Stratton Moffa. Photo courtesy Chartway Credit Union.
Sep 6, 2023

Chartway Credit Union names chief legal officer

Melissa Stratton Moffa is Chartway Credit Union‘s new chief legal officer, the Virginia Beach-based credit union announced Tuesday. Moffa was most recently Tysons-based Pentagon Federal Credit Union’s senior director, associate general counsel and privacy officer. “We are thrilled to have Melissa on board. Her experience in mergers and acquisitions and her background working at a[...]

Hitt Contracting's general counsel, Sheila Sears, found the idea of joining the growing company appealing, even though she wasn't looking to leave her law firm. Photo by Shannon Ayres
Aug 30, 2023

Keeping their own counsel

Of the 1.3 million attorneys practicing in the United States — more than 35,500 of them licensed to practice in Virginia — the American Bar Association reports that more than half are based at law firms, while only about 10% serve as in-house general counsels. That disparity is not because general counsel jobs are unwanted […]

Mar 28, 2023

Smithfield Foods taps chief HR officer, general counsel

Virginia-based Smithfield Foods Inc. has named a new chief human resources officer and a new general counsel, the nation’s largest pork product manufacturer and hog producer announced Tuesday. Isham “Jay” Bennett was previously vice president of human resources at Lockheed Martin before joining Smithfield Foods as chief human resources officer in March. In a role […]

Jun 2, 2022

Performance Food Group promotes three executives

Goochland County-based Fortune 500 food products distributor Performance Food Group Co. promoted three senior leaders to executive vice presidents on Wednesday. Chief Information Officer Don Bulmer, Chief Human Resources Officer Erika Davis and General Counsel and Secretary Brent King became executive vice presidents of Performance Food Group. All three continue to report to the company’s [&[...]

Apr 13, 2022

Sentara Healthcare names new general counsel

Earl Barnes will join Sentara Healthcare as its general counsel on June 2, the Norfolk-based health system announced Tuesday. Barnes previously was executive vice president and chief legal officer for Chicago-based Amita Health. In that role, he managed the legal, compliance, audit and risk departments, leading a 60-person team and managing a $10 million annual […]

Eugene M. Jordan II. Photo Courtesy Old Point Financial Corp.
Apr 23, 2021

Old Point Trust begins search for new chief

Old Point Trust & Financial Services President, Chairman and CEO Eugene M. Jordan II will become general counsel and corporate secretary for the Hampton-based wealth management services provider’s parent company, Old Point Financial Corp. Jordan, who has been Old Point Trust’s president and CEO for 19 years, will remain in his position as he aids […]

Becca Polak
Nov 10, 2020

CarLotz names chief commercial officer, general counsel

Chesterfield County-based CarLotz Inc., a consignment dealer of used cars, announced Tuesday it has hired Becca Polak as the company’s inaugural chief commercial officer and general counsel, effective Oct. 30.  Polak joins CarLotz — which in late October announced plans to go public and expand nationwide — from Carmel, Indiana-based KAR Global, a company that […]

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