People – September 2013

EASTERN VIRGINIA

Elizabeth “Betsy” Duke, former chief operating officer for TowneBank in Hampton Roads, planned to step down from the board of the Federal Reserve System around the end of August. Duke’s term ended in January 2012, but she has stayed on the board under a policy that lets governors serve until they are replaced. (The Virginian-Pilot)

Dawna Ellis, chief financial officer of Harvey Lindsay Commercial Real Estate, elected chair of the VOLUNTEER Hampton Roads Board of Directors. (News release)

  J. Frank Gallagher III  , appointed vice president of behavioral health services, Norfolk-based Sentara Healthcare. Gallagher was CEO of the Virginia Beach Psychiatric Center. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

  Danny Hunley  , of Mathews, named to the Virginia Workforce Council. Hunley is vice president, operations, at Newport News Shipbuilding. (News release)

  Charles M. Jackson III  , promoted to president and CEO, Advex Corp., Hampton. He was COO and vice president. (News release)  

  Neil McNulty  , named president and CEO of Virginia Business Coalition on Health, Virginia Beach. He was president and CEO of Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

  DeRonda Miniard Short  , an attorney from Williamsburg, named to The College of William & Mary Board of Visitors. (News release)

  William L. “Bill” Stauffer J   r. , a partner at Williams Mull en, elected president-elect of the Newport News Bar Association. (News release)

 Charity Volman , appointed president of SunTrust Bank, South Hampton Roads. She will continue to serve as SunTrust’s Commercial Banking team leader for Hampton Roads. (News release)

Ferrum College has appointed six new members to its board of trustees. The new trustees include:  Olivia Hinton , a retired educator from Portsmouth, and Joyce Winston, who lives in Hampton and is president of Virginia United Methodist Women. (VirginiaBusiness.com) 

SHENANDOAH VALLEY

Ernestine Dunning, of Staunton, a member of United Methodist Women, named to the Ferrum College board of trustees. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Jenna French, named director of tourism and marketing for Shenandoah County. She was executive director of the Shenandoah County Chamber of Commerce. (The Shenandoah Valley-Herald)

Larry C. Howdyshell, a farmer from Mount Solon, named vice chairman of the Virginia, Maryland and Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives board of directors. (News Leader)

Mark Lauzier, named Page County administrator. He was city manager of Parkland, Fla., before trying his hand as a consultant in 2007 and then relocating to Loudoun County in 2010 as budget officer. (Page News and Courier)
Ashley D. Myers, a native of the Shenandoah Valley, named special assistant to the secretary of education. She was a legislative assistant and campaign manager to several members of the Virginia General Assembly. (News release) 

  SOUTHERN VIRGINIA  
  Clay Campbell  , president of the Martinsville Speedway, named to the Ferrum College board of trustees. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

  Gary Carroll   of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Danville recently won the firm’s Ted Jones Entrepreneurial Award for his achievements in building relationships with clients. (The News & Advance)

  Robert W. “Bobby” Conner,   honored by the Virginia, Maryland and Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives with the 2013 Electric Cooperative Leadership Award. Conner retired last year as Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative’s chairman of the board and director. (The News & Advance)  

  Stacy Gato  , appointed vice president of enrollment management, Averett University, Danville. Gato comes to Averett from the University of New England, a private university in Maine. (The News & Advance)

Pittsylvania County Commonwealth’s Attorney   David N. Grimes   will retire on Dec. 31. (Danville Register & Bee)

  Marilyn Hanover  , named plant manager, Sartomer USA, Chatham. Hanover has more than 30 years of manufacturing experience in the chemical industry. (The News & Advance)

  Dr. Jill Hamlin  , appointed director of autism studies, Averett University, Danville. Hamlin was a licensed occupational therapist at Piedmont Regional Feeding & Oral-Motor Clinic LLC in Danville. (The News & Advance)

Officials at Danville Regional Medical Center recently announced the addition of several new physicians to the medical staff. They include:   Dr. Kevin Lingle  , interventional cardiology;  Dr. Bill Gai , oncology and hematology; and Dr. Keith Robinson, dermatology. (The News & Advance)   

Robert J. Mills Jr. of Callands, reappointed to the Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Mill is a managing partner of M-C Cattle Co. (The News & Advance)

David M. Southerland, named Danville Regional Medical Center’s chief operating officer. Southerland was COO, Twin County Regional Healthcare, Galax. (The News & Advance) 

 SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA 
 Paul M. Black , a member of Spilman, Thomas & Battle PLLC’s Roanoke office, appointed a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge for the Western District of Virginia by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. (News release)

 Callie M. Dalton  of Roanoke and A.J. Robinson of Bluefield, named to the Radford University Board of Visitors. (News release)

 W. Heywood Fralin , of Roanoke, named to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. Fralin is chairman of the board for Medical Facilities of America. (News release)

Ferrum College has appointed six new members to its board of trustees. The new trustees include:  Joey Cornwell , president of the Ferrum College Alumni Board of Directors and Kathleen Overby Webster, United Methodist Church Roanoke district superintendent. (VirginiaBusiness.com) 

Thomas Cullen, named principal, Woods Rogers PLC, Roanoke. He was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Western District of Virginia. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Harry H. “Buck” Hunt IV, named vice chairman and CEO, Blacksburg-based HHHunt. He is the son of the company’s founder, Harry H. Hunt III, who remains chairman. Daniel T. Schmitt, based in Richmond, is president and chief operating officer. James Crowder is executive vice president for financing and accounting. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Donna Justiss, named chief information officer and senior vice president, Advance Auto Parts, Roanoke. Justiss had been interim CIO. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Bruce Phipps, named to the Virginia Workforce Council. He is president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of the Valleys in Roanoke. (News release)

Janice A. Wilkins, of Stuart, named to the New College Institute Board of Directors.  She is director of nursing at Richland Retirement. (News release)

NORTHERN VIRGINIA
Mahfuz Ahmed, founder and CEO of McLean-based Digital Intelligence Systems LLC, named Entrepreneur of the Year of the Greater Washington, D.C., region by the accounting firm Ernst and Young. (VirginiaBusiness.com) 

Michael Boustridge, named CEO, Contact Solutions, Reston. Boustridge has been on the company’s board of directors since 2011. Before joining Contact Solutions, Boustridge was the president of BT Global Services, a communications and IT services provider. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Gen. John P. Jumper, USAF (Ret.) of Spotsylvania, reappointed to Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors. Jumper is CEO of McLean-based SAIC. (News release)

W. Bruce Jennings, of Fairfax, owner of Fairfax City Self Storage, named to the Christopher Newport University Board of Visitors. (News release)

Eileen A. Kennedy, named senior vice president and commercial loan officer at Cardinal Bank, Leesburg. She previously worked for Virginia Commerce Bank. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

James Miller, named to the board of directors, AES Corp., Arlington. Miller is former chairman and CEO of power company PPL Corp. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Julie Pangelinan, named chief financial officer, Geeknet Inc., Fairfax. Pangelinan has been CFO of Northern Virginia-based Interstate Hotels and Resorts Inc. and Sunrise Senior Living Inc. (VirginiaBusiness.com) 

Keith Summers, named vice president, Colliers International, Tysons Corner. He is a former regional manager and assistant vice president of California-based PS Business Parks Inc. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Danny Vargas, of Herndon, appointed chair of the Virginia Workforce Council. He is president of VARCom Solutions. (News release)

Robert Wah, named president-elect of the American Medical Association. Wah, chief medical officer of CSC in Falls Church, will begin his term in June 2014. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

CENTRAL VIRGINIA
Edward L. Ayers, president of the University of Richmond, received the 2012 National Humanities Medal from President Obama in a July 10 ceremony at the White House. (News release)

Medical and surgical supplier Owens & Minor Inc. has promoted James L. Bierman to president and chief operating officer. He was executive vice president and chief operating officer. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

William M. Ginther, named rector of the Virginia Commonwealth University Board of Visitors. Ginther worked at SunTrust Bank, formerly Crestar, for 37 years. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Frederick P. Helm of Richmond, named to the State Lottery Board. Helm is vice president and counsel for Kemper Consulting in Richmond. (News release)

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business has named Locke Ogens executive director of the Darden School Foundation and strategic relations. Ogens has served as Darden’s executive director for strategic relations since February 2013. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Amy Pocklington, named shareholder, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC, Richmond. Pocklington was with McGuireWoods LLP. (News release)   

Brian A. Pollock, named entrepreneur-in-residence, University of Virginia Innovation, Charlottesville. Pollok is a former Life Technologies Corp. and ATCC executive. He also is founding CEO of Neoantigenics, a U.Va. spinoff. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Henrico-based Commonwealth Commercial Partners has hired Robin Ransom as the firm’s CFO. She worked for two years as a senior finance IT strategy analyst for MeadWestvaco. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Tom Tighe, named senior vice president of sales at Henrico-County based Snagajob. He was vice president of sales for mindSHIFT, Waltham, Mass. (VirginiaBusiness.com)