People – August 2013

EASTERN VIRGINIA

Hollis D. EllisandAubreyL. Layne Jr.,reappointed to the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Ellis is owner of CAE Inc. in Virginia Beach. Layne is president of Achievable Dream Academy in Newport News.(News release)

John A. Luke Jr., chairman and CEO of Richmond-based MeadWestvaco Corp., has been named to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation board of trustees. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Laurie Lindblom, of Virginia Beach, named to the Commonwealth Neurotrauma Initiative Advisory Board. She is a physician and spinal cord
medicine and spinal cord injury and disorders service chief with the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center.(Newsrelease)

Andrew Martin, CPA, of Corbin & Co. PC in Chesapeake, named vice chair of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants’ board of directors.(VirginiaBusiness.com)

Virginia Beach Schools SuperintendentJames Merrillresigned to become superintendent of Wake County Public Schools in North
Carolina. Deputy Superintendent Sheila Magula is serving as the division’s interim leader while officials seek Merrill’s replacement. (The Virginian-Pilot)

Gary Philbin, chief operating officer of Chesapeake-based Dollar Tree since 2007, has been promoted to COO and president.(VirginiaBusiness.com)

Bonnie Purefoy, vice president and regional manager at Old Point National Bank in Hampton, was named Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women.(Newsrelease)

SHENANDOAH VALLEY

Dennis Burnett, named new director of Harrisonburg-based Shenandoah Valley Partnership, effective Sept 1. Burnett will replace Robin Sullenberger,
the organization’s longtime director, who is retiring. Burnett has been Augusta County’s economic development director. The Shenandoah Valley Partnership is an economic development organization working with businesses seeking to expand or relocate in the valley.  (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Michael McKee, who joined the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank in 2009 as its chief planning and philanthropy officer, has been named chief executive officer
of the Verona-based nonprofit.(DailyNews-Record)

John R. Milleson, named chairman-elect, Virginia Bankers Association, Glen Allen. He is slated to become the association’s chairman in 2014. Milleson is president and CEO of Bank of Clarke County and Eagle Financial Services Inc, Berryville.(VirginiaBusiness.com)

The Augusta Regional SPCA elected 2013-14 officers. They includeTommyRosen, president;Robert Scates, vice president;Deanna Lotts, secretary; andDavid Trainum, treasurer.(News Leader)

Phil Updike, formerly of Re/Max Performance Realty, joined The Harrisonburg Homes Team at Kline May Realty in Harrisonburg.(News release)

SOUTHERN VIRGINIA

Leigh Cockram, named to the Board of Trustees for the Institute of Advanced Learning and Research. Dr. Frank Grogan III, re-appointed to the board. Cockram is executive director of the Southern Virginia Regional Alliance, Danville. Grogan is a dentist in Danville.(News release)

Ben Davenport, chairman of Davenport Energy and of First Piedmont Corporation in Chatham, elected chair of the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation. He succeeds Tom Chewning, former CFO of Dominion Resources, who retired as chair of the VECF board after three years in that role. Chewning,
who was a founding board member, will continue to serve as director emeritus.(News release)

Drew Morris, promoted to simulation technologist for the Center of Nursing Excellence at the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center in South Boston. He was an IT specialist.(WorkItSoVa.com)

Jim Reynolds, an attorney at Gardner, Barrow, Sharpe & Reynolds, appointed as the new circuit judge in Danville.(Danville Register & Bee)

Hershel Stone, of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Danville, recently won the firm’s Frank Finnegan Award for exceptional achievement in building client relationships.(WorkItSoVa.com)

Matt Tatum, reappointed to the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. He is deputy director of the Henry County Department of Public Safety. (News release)

Erica Wynn, of Alberta, named to the Board of Medical Assistance Services. She is a clinical analyst and medical officer, pediatric and maternal health staff, at the United States Department of Health And Human Services.(News release)

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

Jon Dehne, promoted to senior vice president, market availability, inventory management and merchandise operations, Advance Auto Parts, Roanoke. He was vice president, replenishment, merchandising operations and capability.(News release)

Michael Drzal,a shareholder at LeClairRyan, has received the 2013 Ruby Award from the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council.(News release)

Robert H. Gilliam Jr.,named to the board of directors, the Community Capital Bank of Virginia, Christiansburg. He was the president and CEO of Pinnacle Bankshares Corp. and president, CEO, and trust officer of First National Bank from 1980 until 2011.(VirginiaBusiness.com)

Victor Giovanettiresigned as president of LewisGale Regional Health System in Salem to take a leadership position with LifePoint Hospitals
Eastern Group in Nashville, Tenn.  (TheRoanoke Times)

Paul Mistretta, named president and CEO of Roanoke-based Shenandoah Life Insurance Co. and president of Prosperity Life Insurance Group LLC,
Shenandoah Life’s parent company. Mistretta was executive vice president of American General Life and senior vice president of Genworth’s Lynchburg operation.  (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Tom Smigielski, named account supervisor, Neathawk Dubuque & Packett, Roanoke. He was with Collins + Co. in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (News release) 

Lee Osborneof Woods Rogers PLC in Roanoke, selected as Virginia state chairman of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. (The Roanoke Times)

Ron Passmore, named to the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. He is chief of EMS Services for Galax-Grayson EMS.(News release)

Sanjay Raman, named associate vice president for the national capital region, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg. He is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech.(Newsrelease)

Tina Workman, promoted to president of Downtown Roanoke Inc. Workman, previously vice president of events/operations, has worked for the downtown organization for 14 years.(VirginiaBusiness.com)

NORTHERN VIRGINIA

Byron F. Andrews III, of Sterling, named to the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. He is chief of the Sterling Volunteer Rescue Squad and captain of the Alexandria Fire Department.(News release)

The Federal Communications Commission has appointed Neustar’s chief technology officer,Mark Bregman, to its Technological Advisory Council.(VirginiaBusiness.com)

Mary C. Collins, named to the board of directors, Learning Tree International, Reston. Collins worked for the company from 1975 until 2007. Since 2007, Collins has served on the boards of charitable organizations while running daily operations of a 2,500-acre farm. Since last year, she has been a paid consultant on certain projects for Learning Tree.(VirginiaBusiness.com)

Joy CrumpandBeth Black, co-owners of the Fredericksburg restaurant FOODE, received the inaugural Meta R. Braymer Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the University of Mary Washington’s (UMW) Center for Economic Development.(News release)

Nimish Doshi, named vice president, business management, and chief financial officer, technical services sector, Northrop Grumman, Falls Church.(VirginiaBusiness.com) 

Michael Kelley, named chief executive officer, The Centech Group Inc., Falls Church. He was vice president of Abacus Technology Corp. Business
Development, Chevy Chase, Md. He succeeds Fernando V. Galaviz who has served as CEO since he founded CENTECH in 1988. Galaviz will continue as chairman of the board.(DC.CityBizList.com)

Thomas Keogh, owner of Stafford-based Corp Solutions LLC, and Christopher Sharon, owner of Adaptive Training and Consulting Services LLC in
Stafford, received the Virginia Veteran Owned Small Business of the Year Awards from UMW’s Center for Economic Development.(Newsrelease)

Keith Hedman, an Arlington executive who masterminded a scheme to win lucrative government work meant for small, minority-owned businesses, was
sentenced to six years in prison. Three others were also sentenced to varying prison terms for their involvement in the scheme.(The Washington Post)

Charles Sowell, named senior vice president system and software engineering solutions, Salient Federal Solutions, Fairfax. He was deputy assistant director for special security at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in Washington, D.C.(Newsrelease)

John Suttle, promoted to BAE Systems Inc.’s newly created position of senior vice president of international business development. He was senior
vice president of communications at the Arlington-based company.(News release)  

Colette Wilson, CPA, who is partner emeritus at Alexandria-based Cotton & Co. LLP, is chair-elect of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Mark Wright, promoted to chief information officer, Cetrom Information Technology Inc., Vienna. He was vice president of information technology.(News release)

CENTRAL VIRGINIA

George E. Calvert Jr., named senior vice president and chief investment officer, Middleburg Trust Co., Richmond. He was with the Ridgeworth
Capital Management affiliate of SunTrust Banks Inc.(News release)

Hong Cheng, named the new director of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Mass Communications in Richmond. Cheng was a tenured professor in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University.(Newsrelease)

Keith Haas, named chief financial officer, Snagajob, Richmond. He was vice president of finance for GeoEye, a commercial satellite imagery
company in Herndon that merged with DigitalGlobe in January.(VirginiaBusiness.com)

Marti K.S. Heil, named vice president for development and alumni relations, Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, effective Sept. 15. Heil is senior vice president for development at the Indiana University Foundation.(News release)

Suzanne Beauvoir Jackson, named chief executive officer of John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell. Jackson was CEO of Dominion Hospital, an
HCA Virginia behavioral-health facility in Falls Church.(VirginiaBusiness.com)

Matthew J. Lohr, commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in Richmond, named president of the Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture.  (News release)

George Keith Martinhas become the University of Virginia’s first African-American rector. Martin, a U.Va. alumnus, is the managing partner of McGuireWoods’ Richmond office. Martin succeeds Helen E. Dragas of Virginia Beach, the first woman to serve as rector at U.Va.(VirginiaBusiness.com)

James Shepherd, CPA, of Verus Financial Partners Inc. in Richmond, is the new chair of the board of directors of the Virginia Society of Certified
Public Accountants. Vice chairs from Central Virginia include Lisa Germano, CPA, of Actuarial Benefits & Design Co. in Midlothian, and James Phillips, CPA, of KPMG in Richmond. (VirginiaBUsiness.com)

Gary R. Shook, named chairman, Virginia Bankers Association, Glen Allen. Shook is the president and CEO of Middleburg Bank, Middleburg(VirginiaBusiness.com)

Performance Food Group (PFG) in Richmond announced the following promotions:Jim Spatola, former senior vice president of procurement for
Performance Foodservice, a division of PFG, named senior vice president of procurement; andJeff Williamson, former senior vice president of operations for PFG’s Performance Foodservice, named senior vice president of operations.(VirginiaBusiness.com)

Tim Stacer, named director of sales and marketing for the Hilton Garden Inn Richmond Downtown. Stacer was national sales manager for Kingsmill
Resort in Williamsburg.(RichmondBizSense.com)