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JK Moving names president
Sterling-based moving and storage company JK Moving Services announced Friday it promoted David Cox to president. Cox will assume responsibility of day-to-day operations, and founder Chuck Kuhn will remain CEO of the company. “[Cox] is a natural leader, and his industry knowledge, focus on technology and innovation as well as [...]
VCU Massey Center names internship for attorney
Virginia Commonwealth University’s Massey Cancer Center has established an internship named for Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Partner Rudene Mercer Haynes, the law firm announced last week. “I am humbled by this honor and pledge to continue my support of the live-saving and life-changing work performed by the brilliant clinic[...]
VCU Medical Center appoints chief nursing officer
VCU Medical Center has named Tina Mammone its new chief nursing officer, the Richmond-based medical campus for Virginia Commonwealth University announced Tuesday. She begins Aug. 7. Mammone joins from Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Oregon, where she is currently serving in the same role. There, she is credite[...]
YHB to acquire Md. accounting firm
Winchester-based accounting and consulting firm Yount, Hyde and Barbour (YHB) will acquire Maryland-based firm Glass Jacobson PA on July 1. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed in Wednesday’s announcement. “We are excited to welcome the Glass Jacobson team to the YHB family,” YHB Managing Partner Scott M[...]
OrthoVirginia names new CEO
OrthoVirginia, the commonwealth’s largest provider of orthopedic medicine, has a new CEO. Dr. David S. Jevsevar became the practice’s top executive on May 16. Jevsevar was most recently chair and regional vice president of orthopedics at Dartmouth Health in New Hampshire. He has more than 30 years of experience in cl[...]
Breeden breaks ground on Richmond apartments
The Breeden Co. has broken ground on a $21 million expansion at The Village at Westlake Apartments in Richmond, the Virginia Beach-based real estate development and management company announced Wednesday. The complex currently has 252 units across 12 buildings. The expansion will include five buildings with 120 two- and three-be[...]
The Acacia Group acquires Atlanta consulting firm
Tysons-based private equity firm The Acacia Group announced Wednesday that it had acquired Atlanta-based technology, staffing and consulting firm The Baer Group. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The Baer Group will form a new platform business within the Acacia platform. “We see immediate opportunities [...]
HII names new VP for Columbia-class submarines
Newport News-based Fortune 500 contractor Huntington Ingalls Industries has named Brandi Smith vice president of the Columbia class submarine program at its Newport News Shipbuilding division. Smith succeeds Charles Southall, who is retiring July 1 after more than 35 years, HII said in a news release Thursday. The Columbia class[...]
Norfolk planners OK temporary casino
The Norfolk Planning Commission Thursday approved a request for a conditional use permit from the Pamunkey Tribe to open a temporary casino at Harbor Park before opening the nearby $500 million HeadWaters Resort & Casino. The request now goes to Norfolk’s city council in June. Harbor Park is home to Norfolk’s min[...]
Tech manufacturer to add 32 jobs in Newport News
Newport News-based automated machinery designer Mühlbauer Inc. will invest $9 million to expand its Newport News operation, a project expected to create 32 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday. Mühlbauer Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of German company Mühlbauer Group. The company will make upgrades to its Oakland Indust[...]
Virginia Retirement System names new CIO
The chief investment officer for Rhode Island has been named to lead the same post for Virginia’s retirement system. The Virginia Retirement System Board of Trustees on Wednesday named Andrew H. Junkin to succeed Ron Schmitz, who is retiring as CIO in January 2023. Junkin will start in September, according to a news releas[...]
Bio-plastic startup wins Lighthouse Labs pitch contest
While pitching to the sharks, entrepreneur Alec Brewer told them, “I do have white powder in my pocket,” before quickly clarifying that it wasn’t an illicit substance: “It’s PHB! It’s PHB!” Brewer passed the vial over for the sharks’ inspection during his Lighthouse Labs Demo Day pitch Thursday for his company, O[...]
