The Herd: New Hires and Promotions for 12.9.09

Health care

Kevin Barr has been appointed Executive Vice President for Ambulatory Care Operations for Bon Secours Virginia. Barr has been at Bon Secours 23 years, most recently as executive vice president, Bon Secours HealthSource & Bon Secours Medical Group. Barr has an MBA and BS from VCU.

Law:
Two associates have joined the Richmond law office of Setliff and Holland:

Sarah E. Minner and Danielle M. LaCoe, both of whom worked at the firm this past summer, will continue their work with the civil litigation team. Minner earned her law degree from the University of Richmond School of Law and undergraduate degree from Clemson. She will focus her practice on transportation law and FELA litigation.

Danielle LaCoe earned her degree from the University of Richmond School of Law and will focus her practice on transportation law. She went to Drexel University as an undergraduate.

Michael Yager has joined Spotts Fain law firm as a senior paralegal in the Litigation Section of the firm.  A graduate of Old Dominion University and the College of William and Mary, he has been a paralegal for nearly two decades, most recently at Williams Mullen in Richmond. 

Timothy J. Lockhart, leader of the Wilcox and Savage’s Intellectual Property Group, has been appointed Editor, North American Law & Practice Section, of the International Trademark Association (“INTA”) Bulletin for 2010-12.

Advertising:

John Norman, currently the executive creative director of Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam, will take over as creative director at the Martin Agency from Mike Hughes. You can read more about that in a WSJ story here.

Big Business:
Peter Durette has joined the MeadWestvaco as the new chief strategy officer and has also been elected as a vice president. Durette will oversee MWV’s strategy development and management process by integrating and aligning all strategy functions, and assisting the company’s senior leadership in developing next-generation profitable growth strategies. Most recently, Durette served in a similar role as vice president, Strategy and Business Development for Textron, Inc. Durette earned a B.A. in Economics from Duke University and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Boards:

Wilbur E. Johnson, managing partner of the law firm Young Clement Rivers in Charleston, will join the board of directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond starting Jan. 1. You can read more about that here.

RichTech, which was formerly known at the Technology Council, announced officers and board members.

Officers:

Chair: Margaret E. (Lyn) McDermid, Senior Vice President of Information Technology and CIO, Dominion.

Executive Vice Chair: Keith M. Warman, President and CEO, Computer Resource Team.

Treasurer: Steven M. (Steve) Piascik, Founder and President, Piascik and Associates, P.C.

Board of Directors:

Ken Ampy, Chief Executive Officer, Astyra
Karen Booth-Adams, Chief Executive Officer, Hot Technologies
John Rivers, Manager, Regional Sales; Mid-Atlantic Commercial, Cisco Systems
Ken Robson, Commercial Account Manager, Gartner
Greg Samuels, Director, IT, Interbake Foods
Mary Lynne Staib, Partner, VACO

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The Herd: New hires and promotions for 10.21.09

This is our new feature, The Herd, where we let you know who’s taking a new job where. Please send HR notices in the body of the email to TheHerd@richmondbizsense.com. Please do not send PDF attachments.

Real Estate
John R. Hauserman has joined Grubb & Ellis|Harrison & Bates as an associate specializing in retail and land commercial real estate brokerage. Hauserman has a B.S. from VCU in business and real estate development.

Legal
Neil E. McCullagh has joined Spotts Fain’s Richmond office as Of Counsel to the firm and a member of the Creditors’ Rights, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section. McCullagh is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law (1995) and of Radford University (1991).

Kevin D. Holden has joined the law firm of Jackson Lewis as a partner. Previously, Holden led the employment law practice group at the Richmond office of Kaufman & Canoles. Holden has a bachelor’s degree and law degree from Indiana University.

Thomas R. Frantz, the president and chief operating officer at the law firm Williams Mullen will become Chief Executive Officer on Feb. 1. Julious “Joey” P. Smith, Jr. will remain in the position of Chairman and James V. Meath will remain in the position of Vice Chairman. Frantz has both an undergraduate and law degree from The College of William and Mary. Frantz was elected president and chief operating officer of Williams Mullen in 2004.

Small Business:

Jeff Collins has been named a senior account manager at Sklar Technology Partners.

Lauren Nardone has been hired as vice president of marketing for Sklar Technology Partners. Previously, she worked in marketing at Philip Morris USA and The Martin Agency.

David Rayner has become a partner at TBL Networks.

Travis Witmer has joined GroundWork Design as director of special projects.

Other
Peter J. Regan has been named director of sales & marketing at The Wyndham Virginia Crossings Hotel & Conference Center.

Elephant Insurance (a new insurance company based here) has a host of new hires:

Eight Insurance Sales Representatives:
Kevin Jackson
John Mobley
Shelia Calloway
Kevin Calhoun
Kelley Harrell
Cynthia Sykes
Tristan Lipscomb
Nicole Lester

Briana Boyer-Call Center Supervisor
Cindy Twitchell-Quality Assurance Analyst
Chip Howard- Claims Associate
Cindy Grebas-Accounting Associate
Jack Reichner-Accounting Associate
Bill Mensch-Help Desk Analyst
Arun Bose-Graphic Artist

Aaron Kremer is the BizSense Editor. Please send news tips to Editor@richmondbizsense.com.

The Herd: promotions and new hires for 10.14.09

Editor’s note: This is the first installment of our new feature, The Herd, which quickly profiles who is taking which new jobs and where. Please send HR notices to TheHerd@richmondbizsense.com. For now, we will just list them all, but in the future we will add categories. Please bear with us for a few weeks as we get this up to speed.

Elliot Fitzgerald has joined Spotts Fain’s Litigation Section. He focuses his practice in commercial litigation, employment, and intellectual property law. Previously, he served as a Judicial Clerk for the Hon. William D. Hamblen, Judge, 31st Judicial Circuit of Virginia. He received his B.S. in Business Administration and B.A. in History and Philosophy cum laude from the University of Florida and his J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. Read more

The Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round Up for 9.25.09

Peoples Bank of Virginia purchased the 18,000-square-foot office building at 2702 N. Parham Road in Henrico from 2702 Parham Road LLC for $1 million.

CB Richard Ellis reports the following deals:

The American National Red Cross leased 220,800 square feet at 4443 Carolina Ave, Buildings J & K in Henrico.

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Urban myths always spread the same way. And with 4,030 lawyers practicing in Richmond, Henrico and Chesterfield, the local legal scene is about the size of a big high school, which makes the rumor mill that much fiercer. Read more