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Forvis promotes exec to Richmond market leader
Forvis, the new top 10 accounting firm formed by the merger this year of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP and Springfield, Missouri-based BKD CPAs & Advisor, has promoted Fran Randall to Richmond market leader. Randall will represent the company in the Richmond business community and report to Tom Haz[...]
Hampton Roads Retail Alliance CEO to retire
Hampton Roads Retail Alliance President and CEO Raymond J. Mattes III will retire in February, the organization’s board of directors announced Tuesday. Mattes has served as president and CEO for a dozen years, after rising through the ranks from his start as a manager trainee in 1984. Under his leadership, the organization[...]
Fortis Solutions Group hires chief commercial officer
Virginia Beach-based packaging manufacturer Fortis Solutions Group LLC has named Steve Powers its chief commercial officer, the company announced Monday. Powers joins Fortis from HP Inc. and has been in the printing industry for 30 years, working on the manufacturing and supplier sides of the business. Most recently, he served a[...]
Sentara Healthcare announces leadership promotions
Norfolk-based Sentara Healthcare Inc. announced a slate of executive leadership promotions Friday, effective immediately. Melinda Hancock, Aubrey Layne and Tim Skeen have all been promoted to executive vice presidents. Hancock was senior corporate vice president and chief administrative officer, and will stay chief administration officer but also become an EVP overseeing internal audit, compliance, legal […][...]
HCA Capital Division names regional cancer VP
Angela Fletcher is the new regional vice president of cancer programs for HCA Healthcare Capital Division and HCA’s Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute, the health system announced last week. Fletcher oversees cancer programs in 18 hospitals across Virginia, New Hampshire, Indiana and Kentucky. She is based in Richmond and began[...]
Roanoke County names economic development director
Megan Baker will be the next director of economic development in Roanoke County, the county announced Monday. Baker will start Oct. 24. She will replace Jill Loope, who announced her retirement in July. Loope will assist with Baker’s transition, then head up the tourism department in Roanoke County’s parks, recreatio[...]
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 […]
Virginia Realtors elect Winchester broker as prez
Virginia Realtors, the state’s largest trade association, has a new president and slate of officers for 2023. Katrina M. Smith, of the Blue Ridge Association of Realtors, will lead the group for the next year. She is the broker and owner of RE/MAX Synergy in Winchester and has been a Realtor since 2005. She led […]
Northrop Grumman names new defense systems president
Falls Church-based Northrop Grumman Corp.’s board of directors has appointed Roshan Roeder as corporate vice president and president of the Fortune 500 company’s defense systems sector. Roeder currently serves as vice president and general manager of the airborne multifunction sensors division within the federal cont[...]
Allianz promotes Canadian CFO to North American CFO
Henrico County-based Allianz Partners USA has promoted Patrick Espeut to chief financial officer for the North America region, which includes the U.S. and Canada, the travel insurance and assistance company announced Tuesday. Allianz’s former chief financial officer, Jeff Wright, was promoted to CEO earlier this year. Espe[...]
Virginia State Bar names new exec director/COO
The former deputy executive director of the Virginia State Bar has been promoted to lead the organization responsible for the licensing of more than 50,000 lawyers in the commonwealth. Cameron M. Rountree’s appointment to the state bar’s executive director and chief operating officer was approved by the Supreme Court[...]
IALR names Boeing exec to EVP role
The Institute for Advancing Learning and Research in Danville has named Todd M. Yeatts as executive vice president of manufacturing advancement, effective. Oct. 3. Yeatts joins IALR from The Boeing Co., where he was senior manager for government operations. At the IALR, he will oversee the manufacturing advancement training prog[...]
