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Out & About July 2024

1. James W. Dyke Jr. with McGuireWoods Consulting received a lifetime achievement award from the Virginia Chamber of Commerce May 16 in Richmond. L to R (front row): Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Don L. Scott Jr., D-Portsmouth; former Gov. Douglas Wilder; Dyke. L to R (back row): Virginia Sen. Lamont Bagby, D-Henrico, former U.S. Sen. George Allen. Photo by Kaveh Sardari, courtesy Virginia Chamber of Commerce.  2. Hollins University held its annual reunion weekend May 31 through June 2. L to R: Mary Ann Harvey Johnson, class of 1967; Agnes Reid Jones Jenny, class of 1944; Mary Clare Abbott, class of 2025; and Hollins President Mary Dana Hinton prepare for the parade. Photo by Anna Logan Lawson, courtesy Hollins University.  3. L to R: Henry Ware, executive sales director at Total Quality Logistics, Norfolk Mayor Kenny Alexander and Hampton Roads Alliance President and CEO Douglas Smith celebrated at a June 4 ribbon-cutting for the freight brokerage’s new Norfolk office. Photo courtesy City of Norfolk.  4. The 25th annual meeting of TowneBank shareholders at the Virginia Beach Convention Center May 22 included a celebration of Judge Richard S. Bray, who died May 4 and was lead director of TowneBank’s corporate board. Bray family members attended, L to R: Bryan Bejarano, Bobby Bray, Oscar Bejarano, Dawn Bray, Shannon Bejarano and Kaylee Bejarano.  5. L to R: Jason Ferguson, Central Virginia Community College’s associate vice president for professional and career studies; Christine Kennedy, Lynchburg Regional Alliance chief operating officer and executive vice president; and Jason Clark, CVCC’s coordinator of CTE initiatives, attended a May 9 business appreciation event hosted by the Bedford County Economic Development Authority at The Venue at 109.

Out & About April 2024

1. L to R: Jennifer Smith-Brown, owner of J. Smith McDonald’s; My Lan Tran, executive director of the Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce; Virginia Peninsula Community College President Towuanna Porter Brannon; Lauren Moore, vice president of communications and programming for the Greater Williamsburg Chamber of Commerce; and Gaby Lopez Rengifo, owner of One of a Kind Landscapes and Home Remodeling and founder of the Hispanic Chamber of Coastal Virginia, attended VPCC’s “Celebrating Women Forging Our Future” event on March 7. Photo courtesy VPCC. 2. L to R: Allen Brooks with Building Momentum, Regis DeVeaux with NerdsToGo – Alexandria, and Harrison Lee with Sikich spoke on Chamber ALX’s STEM & Cybersecurity panel during the chamber’s Feb. 16 CareerCon. Photo by Joshua Reed with Jason Dixson Photography. 3. Dr. An Barry Bui (standing behind sign to left, with beard and glasses) and his team at Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital were the first to treat a patient in Virginia with a new procedure for atrial fibrillation, the Medtronic PulseSelect Pulsed Field Ablation System, in late February. Photo courtesy Bon Secours. 4. Ashland Christian Emergency Services President Anthony Keitt (L) accepted an $8,000 donation to ACES from Sheehy Ford of Ashland, represented by General Manager Paul Bavely, on Feb. 15. Photo courtesy Sheehy Ford of Ashland. 5. L to R: Carol Barbe with Backflow Technology; John Mossgrove, Scott Longendyke and Shannon Priest with Merritt; and Loudoun Chamber Board Chair Angela Mitchell with ARM Consulting posed with the chamber’s 2024 Community Leadership Award, presented to Merritt in late February. Photo courtesy Loudoun Chamber.

Out & About February 2024

1. Arlington County Board Chair Christian Dorsey (L) received the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ Elizabeth and David Scull Metropolitan Public Service Award on Dec. 13, 2023, presented by D.C. Council member Robert C. White Jr. and COG Executive Director Clark Mercer (R). Photo courtesy COG.  2. Dr. Joseph Moskal, Carilion Clinic’s chair of orthopaedic surgery and a senior vice president, spoke at the Jan. 10 opening of four additional operating rooms at Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital. Photo courtesy Carilion Clinic.  3. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President and CEO Tom Barkin addressed attendees of the 2024 Financial Forecast event co-hosted in Richmond on Jan. 11 by the Virginia Bankers Association and Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Photo by Caroline Martin Bookbinder, courtesy VBA.  4. L to R: Hampton Roads Workforce Council President and CEO Shawn Avery, Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones, Gold Key|PHR CEO Bruce Thompson, Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Jo-Kell owner and CEO Suzy Kelly, then-state Sen. Tommy Norment and Hampton Roads Chamber President and CEO Bryan K. Stephens attended the Nov. 29, 2023, Bravo! A Celebration of Leadership event, where Avery, Jones, Thompson, Kelly and Norment received regional leadership awards. Photo courtesy HR Chamber.  5. L to R: Ashley Chittum, a business relationship specialist with Farm Credit of the Virginias; Sharon Ratzsch with Verona Community Food Pantry; VCFP President Cecil Wright; VCFP Executive Director Ike Moore; Valerie Moore, a FCV loan officer; and Susanne Mahmoodian, FCV business service specialist, hold a check representing FCV’s $830 donation to the food pantry on Dec. 11, 2023. Photo courtesy FCV.

Out & About November 2023

1. Scott Wheeler, founder and CEO of Bay Power Solutions, received the Virginia Maritime Association’s Distinguished Service Award at its Oct. 5 Maritime Banquet. Photo courtesy VMA.  2. L to R: Nathaniel L. Bishop, senior associate dean for diversity, inclusion and student vitality at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer and senior vice president at Carilion Clinic; Carilion Clinic CEO Nancy Howell Agee; Michael Friedlander, executive director of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and Virginia Tech’s vice president for health sciences and technology; and VTCSOM Dean Lee Learman at the Oct. 4 unveiling of a statue of Roanoke native Henrietta Lacks, source of the first immortalized human cell line in medical research. Photo by Matt Chittum/Virginia Tech.  3. L to R: George Mason University President Gregory Washington; Kenneth Ball, dean of George Mason’s College of Engineering and Computing; Dexian Chairman Mahfuz Ahmed; Dexian CEO Maruf Ahmed; and Trishana Bowden, Mason’s vice president of advancement, joined a Sept. 14 dedication event for a gold trash can honoring the brothers and their philanthropy. (Mason alumnus Maruf Ahmed started out working on the university’s grounds crew as a student, mowing lawns and emptying trash.) Photo by Evan Cantwell/George Mason University.  4. Plasser & Theurer CEO Johannes Max-Theurer (L) and Plasser American CEO Thomas Blechinger greeted Gov. Glenn Youngkin at the Oct. 5 ribbon cutting of Plasser American’s 82,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Chesapeake. Photo courtesy Plasser American.  5. Virginia Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Trade James Campos spoke at the Oct. 5 groundbreaking of CNX Resources’ Virginia headquarters office at the Richlands Professional Building in Tazewell County. Photo courtesy Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority.

Out and About Virginia 500 2022 Power List Edition

On Sept. 14, Virginia Business held its Power Up networking reception, recognizing the executives named to the 2022 edition of the Virginia 500. During the event, which was held at
the Boar’s Head Resort in Charlottesville, Virginia Business Editor Richard Foster recognized the lifetime achievements of the 22 leaders named to this year’s Virginia 500 Living Legends list.

1. Bernie Niemeier, Virginia Business
2. Morton G. Thalhimer Jr.
3. Timothy Faulkner, The Breeden Co., and Paul Gaden, Sentara Healthcare
4. Joseph W. Montgomery, Wells Fargo Advisors; John Jimenez, Quirk Hotel; Carrie Bartlett and Whitney Hancock, USI Insurance Services; Linda Montgomery
5. Greg Wallig, Grant Thorton LLP
6. Kameron Gary, Reto Corp.; Merthia Haynie, Abilities Abound Physical Therapy; Earl Gary
7. Brooke Hall, Accent Professional Recruiting; Maggie Reed, Gilbane Building Co.
8. Robert M. “Bob” Tata, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP; Del. Anne Ferrell Tata, House of Delegates, 82nd District
9. Elizabeth McClanahan, Virginia Tech Foundation; Tiffany Dabney, D & H Construction
10. Jonathan Jasmin-Benoit, Embassy of Canada; Kathleen Magee and Melissa DiBona, Operation Smile
11. Tricia Dunlap and Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, Dunlap Law PC
12. Amy and Richard Thalhimer, Georgetown Enterprises Inc.
13. Brian Revere, The Breeden Co.
14. Matthew Guthrie, Truist
15. Allison Gregory, Truist; April Pruitt, Edward Jones

OUT & ABOUT SEPTEMBER 2022

 

1. Casey Hollins, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative’s managing director of communications and public relations, accepted Spotlight on Excellence Awards in August from the Council of Rural Electric Communicators and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association on behalf of REC’s communications and public relations team.  2. Competitors struggle through the 4-mile “The Muddler,” hosted by the town of Dayton and the Harrisonburg Police Foundation, on Aug. 6. Photo by Scott Sellers  3. Roanoke College President Frank Shushok and student Kennedy Swineford chat in early July at the summer orientation site for the R House project, in which students build a house in partnership with Habitat for Humanity in the Roanoke Valley.  4. L to R: Adam Jones, Ashlyn Tickle, Tiffany Swanson-Jones, Sebastian Steele, Carnesha Fuller, Jermaine Fuller, Alan Plummer and Maria and Gabriela Blair won more than $140,000 combined in River District Association Dream Launch grants in May to open or expand brick-and-mortar businesses in Danville. (Plummer did not participate in Dream Launch but received a Catalyst Grant.)  5. Jessica Slagle poses with her pooch during Timmons Group’s Take Your Dog to Work Day in late June in Richmond.