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UVA Health taps chief ambulatory operations officer
UVA Health has named John C. Bennett its new chief ambulatory operations officer, overseeing all UVA Health clinical outpatient operations effective July 1. Bennett comes from PeaceHealth, a nonprofit health care system with facilities in Alaska, Oregon and Washington, where he was chief executive of ambulatory services. “UVA [...]
Luna Innovations Inc. taps new COO
Roanoke-based Luna Innovations Inc. has named Brian J. Soller its new chief operating officer, effective immediately. He was previously senior vice president and general manager of Lightwave, Luna’s largest division. The fiber optic tech company, which manufactures products for the aerospace, automotive, communications, de[...]
VCU names two vice presidents
Matthew A. Conrad and Karah L. Gunther will become vice presidents starting May 1 at Virginia Commonwealth University and the VCU Health System, the university announced Wednesday. Conrad has been named vice president for government and external relations for VCU and VCU Health System, a promotion from his previous position as e[...]
Norfolk Southern names new VP of government relations
Norfolk-based Norfolk Southern Corp. announced on Tuesday that its board of directors has elected Frank Voyack as the company’s vice president of government relations, effective May 1. Voyack succeeds Marque Ledoux, who is retiring after 18 years with the Fortune 500 freight railroad. In his new role, Voyack will lead Norfolk [...]
Capital Square names new VP of HR
Henrico-based real estate investment company Capital Square announced on Monday that it has promoted Tangela Lambert to the position of vice president of human resources. Lambert joined Capital Square in 2016 as its human resources director. Lambert has more than 10 years of experience in human resources and employee relations. [...]
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[...]
Hollins University appoints new provost
Hollins University has named Laura A. McLary as its new provost effective July 1, the Roanoke-based university announced this week. McLary arrives from the University of Portland in Oregon, where she served on the faculty teaching German starting in 1999 and became academic associate dean for the university’s College of Arts a[...]
Navy Federal Credit Union names new executive
Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Keith Hoskins was named executive vice president of branch operations for Vienna-based Navy Federal Credit Union in February, the member-owned nonprofit announced this week. Hoskins, a former Blue Angels pilot who served 27 years in the Navy, had served as lead executive for Greater Pensacola Operations s[...]
Cuisine Solutions Inc. announces new chief marketing officer
Alexandria-based Cuisine Solutions Inc. announced Wednesday that it has hired Thomas Donohoe as its chief marketing officer. Donohoe served for the last 11 years as the CEO of Level Agency, a Pittsburgh-based performance marketing and advertising agency. He sold the agency to his colleagues in March. “I am thrilled to be start[...]
United Methodist Family Services gets new chief
Nancy Toscano has become president and CEO of United Methodist Family Services (UMFS), a 121-year-old nonprofit statewide provider of social services programs for high-risk children and parents. Promoted from chief operating officer, Toscano succeeds Greg Peters, who is retiring after more than 20 years leading the Richmond-base[...]
Branch Civil appoints new executive VP
Brian J. Quinlan has been appointed to serves as executive vice president of Roanoke-based Branch Civil Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Branch Group specializing in site development, civil construction and heavy highway infrastructure projects. In his new role, Quinlan will be responsible for Branch Civil’s overall fina[...]
Economic development consultancy taps Roanoke partner
Longtime economic development executive John J. Smolak has joined Sanford Holshouser Economic Development Consulting (SHEDC) as a partner, the Raleigh, North Carolina-based consultancy announced this week. Smolak, who will be based in Roanoke, worked for 25 years with Appalachian Power. He’s well known in the Southwest Virginia region, where he will help the firm expand, […]
