People – April 2019

EASTERN VIRGINIA
Nick Bishop has been named Skanska USA’s vice president of environmental, health and safety for its Southeast civil operations. He will be based in the Virginia Beach office. Bishop was EHS director for Skanska’s civil operation at the national level. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Virginia Beach-based FinFit has hired Matthew Fahy as chief financial officer. Fahy was CFO and executive vice president of global services at AgilQuest. He will be responsible for leading FinFit’s finance strategy and overseeing the company’s financial operations. Founded in 2008, FinFit is a financial wellness benefit platform serving more than 125,000 clients. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Pam Griffin was promoted to vice president of property management of The Dragas Cos. Griffin previously oversaw apartment management and leasing for the company.  (News release)

SHENANDOAH VALLEY
Bethany Nowviskie has been named dean of libraries at James Madison University in Harrisonburg. Nowviskie, who starts July 1, serves as distinguished fellow at the Council on Library and Information Resources and as a senior adviser to the Digital Library Federation. (News release)

Amy Snider was named assistant to Harrisonburg City Manager Eric Campbell. Her position with the city is a newly created one. Snider was the lead policy analyst for the DeKalb County (Ga.) Board of Commissioners. (Daily News-Record)

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
Sandy Huguenin, UVa-Wise prov­ost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, announced in February that he will be stepping down as chief academic officer because of health issues. He will remain provost until a replacement is found. After his successor is named, Huguenin will remain on the faculty of the History and Philosophy Department. (News release)

Alexandra “Alex” Veatch was recently named Marion’s deputy director of community and economic development. Her experience includes working in marketing and economic development for Heartwood Art Center, now the Southwest Virginia Cultural Center & Marketplace, as well as the Abingdon Convention & Visitors Bureau. Most recently, she was the director of communications at Highlands Community Services. (SWVAToday.com)

ROANOKE/NEW RIVER VALLEY
Jeff Lozowski has joined HomeTrust Bank as a vice president and retail market leader at the bank’s Roanoke office. Lozowski is responsible for training, developing and coaching staff members, leading six branches in the Roanoke Valley, strategic planning with several lines of business and managing action plans based on performance. Before joining HomeTrust Bank, he worked at Wells Fargo as a regional banking district manager and prior to that as a branch manager. (News Release)

Christine Rizzio has joined the Smith Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce staff as membership director. Rizzio’s duties include new members and membership retention. She owned and operated Cosmetic Studio and Day Spa for 21 years in Loudoun County before selling the business. (News Release)

NORTHERN VIRGINIA
Dave Francis has been promoted to chief compliance and human resources officer at Fairfax-based Dewberry. Francis has directed human resources nationwide at Dewberry since 2008. Additionally, Jay Norton, Sean Reney and Brenda Tudge have been promoted to associate vice president at the company. Norton is the firm’s director of pricing. Reney is director of IT operations. Tudge serves as corporate director of benefits. (Orlando Business Journal and news release)

Reston-based Science Applications International Corp. has named Nathan G. Rogers chief information officer. Rogers held the same title at Engility, a Chantilly-based company that was acquired by SAIC earlier this year. He succeeds Bob Fecteau, who’s retiring in April. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Miah Stutts has been named chief financial officer of the HCA Virginia Health System’s Northern Virginia market. She will oversee operations at Reston Hospital Center, StoneSprings Hospital Center and Dominion Hospital. Stutts most recently was CFO for HCA’s Medical City Denton in Texas. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

CENTRAL VIRGINIA
Edward A. Pesicka has been named president and CEO of health-care logistics company Owens & Minor Inc. He also joins the company’s board of directors. Pesicka was chief commercial officer and senior vice president of Thermo Fisher Scientific. Cody Phipps stepped down as Owens & Minor’s chairman, president and CEO in November. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

SOUTHERN VIRGINIA
Tami M. Buttrey has joined Carter Bank & Trust in Martinsville as executive vice president, chief retail banking officer and director of delivery channel optimization. Buttrey has 30 years of banking leadership experience. She is a former SunTrust executive vice president of corporate retail strategies and head of the retail line of business in Tennessee and Alabama.  (News release)

Dr. Kahlid Mojadidi and Dr. Indu Shivaram have joined the growing number of health-care providers at VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill.  Mojadidi, who specializes in cardiology, comes to South Hill from VCU in Richmond, where he is an assistant professor. Shivaram, who specializes in pulmonology and critical care, was an attending physician in pulmonary and critical care medicine in New York.  (Independent-Messenger)

Moustafa Nassar has joined Danville Community College as the college’s new enrollment outreach specialist. He recently completed a year of service through the AmeriCorps VISTA program at Middle Border Forward in Danville, where he focused on marketing and recruitment. (News release)

Ferren Pannell has been named manager for the Center of Nursing Excellence at the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center. She was primary care assistant nurse manager at the Veterans Health Administration in Phoenix. (The Gazette-Virginian)

Dr. Luis Siliezar joined the pediatric practice at Centra Southside Medical Center in Farmville. Siliezar, a physician fellow in pediatric endocrinology, previously worked at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola, N.Y. (The Farmville Herald)

Chelsey White has been named program director of the Farmville Downtown Partnership. She holds a bachelor’s degree in urban and environmental planning from the University of Virginia. (The Farmville Herald)

Adam B. Williamson has been named vice president at Townes Funeral Home in Danville. Williamson, a Danville native, is a graduate of Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science. He is a funeral service licensee in Virginia and North Carolina. (Danville Register & Bee)