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HII names new VP of engagement, intl. gov relations
Huntington Ingalls Industries has named retired British Army Brig. Gen. Paul Tennant corporate vice president of engagement and international government relations, the Newport News-based shipbuilder announced Wednesday. Tennant will be located in HII’s Arlington office and will work on national security policy and future f[...]
Medical Society of Va. elects new president
The Medical Society of Virginia elected Richmond-based Dr. Alice Coombs as its next president at the organization’s annual meeting Oct. 14. Coombs, a critical care specialist, anesthesiologist and internist, as well as the chair of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine’s anesthesiology department, is th[...]
DroneUp promotes chief growth officer
Virginia Beach-based DroneUp has promoted Rishap “Rish” Malhotra to be its growth officer, a newly created position at the autonomous drone delivery company. Malhotra had been DroneUp’s senior vice president of corporate development, and heading up the company’s mergers and acquisitions will be part of his new job, which the company announced Thursday. He will […]
Old Point National Bank hires new CFO
Hampton-based Old Point Financial has named Paul M. Pickett senior vice president and chief financial officer of Old Point National Bank, effective Oct. 24, the bank announced Wednesday. Pickett joins Old Point National Bank from Richlands-based First Sentinel Bank, a subsidiary of First Region Bancshares, where he had also been[...]
Nauticus Foundation hires CFO
Amy Owens has been named the chief financial officer of the Nauticus Foundation in Norfolk. Owens joins the Nauticus Foundation, which runs the Nauticus maritime museum in Norfolk, after serving as CFO at RDS of Virginia, a recycling and disposal company, according to her LinkedIn. Before that she was director of finance and non[...]
Atlantic Union CEO tapped as American Bankers Assoc. chair-elect
Atlantic Union Bankshares CEO John C. Asbury is the 2023-2024 chair-elect for the American Bankers Association. ABA announced its new board officers and directors on Tuesday, following its annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Asbury was the ABA’s 2022-2023 vice chair. He’s a past chairman of the Virginia Banker[...]
Va. construction exec announces retirement
Bill Goggins, senior vice president and Virginia division manager of Raleigh, North Carolina-based Clancy & Theys Construction, will retire at the end of the year, the company announced Tuesday. Based out of the company’s Virginia office in Newport News, Goggins has been with Clancy & Theys for nearly 30 years. Cha[...]
Bon Secours taps president of Petersburg, Emporia hospitals
Brenda Woodcock assumed her new role as president of two Bon Secours hospitals in Petersburg and Emporia on Monday. She is the first female president of the of the Bon Secours Southside Medical Center and the Southern Virginia Medical Center, and succeeds John Emery, who Bon Secours named to lead Memorial Regional Medical Center[...]
Newport News Shipbuilding names trades VP
Newport News Shipbuilding has promoted a third-generation shipbuilder to vice president of trades. David Horne has served since 2022 as senior director of trades. His promotion comes following a split of the shipbuilder’s human resources and administration department and trades department into two standalone groups. Xavier[...]
Primis Bank names new president
Rick A. Fulk has been promoted to president of Glen Allen-based Primis Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of McLean-based Primis Financial, the bank announced Wednesday. “Rick’s promotion to president of our most important division is an exciting moment for our company and demonstrates our commitment to have the bank be the primary driver of our […]
Bowman appoints first chief revenue officer
Lance Hendrix has been named Bowman Consulting Group’s inaugural chief revenue officer, the Reston-based engineering services firm announced Wednesday. Hendrix, who will be based in Reston, has more than 30 years of engineering and construction management experience focused on the power, renewables and industrials markets.[...]
Genedge names regional growth manager
Martinsville-based Genedge Alliance, a consultant to manufacturers statewide, has named Cheryl Valentine as its regional growth manager for the Southside region, the organization announced this week. Valentine will lead business development efforts to support manufacturers from Lynchburg throughout Southside Virginia, working wi[...]
