Accounting
Melinda Hancock joined Dixon Hughes Goodman as a partner in the Richmond office. She will join the firm’s national health-care practice, DHG Healthcare. Hancock was previously senior vice president and chief financial officer for the Bon Secours Virginia Health System.
The Financial Planning Association of Central Virginia announced the addition of the following board members:
Chairman: William J. Lagos Jr., vice president of Verus Financial PartnersPresident: Teri Lovelace, community investments and impact director for Virginia Community Capital
President-elect: Jeremy K. Kuhlen, managing director of CapGroup Advisors
Treasurer: E. Gray Glass III, independent adviser for Pinnacle First Financial Group
Director of pro bono and public awareness: Wendell B. Fuller, president of Fuller Wealth Advisors
Director of programs: Peter W. Tomasch, financial planning analyst for the Capitol Advisory Group
Director of special events: Lisa R. Hatcher, principal of Hatcher Byles Financial Planning
Director of student chapters: Jamie L. Malone, financial strategist for JoycePayne Partners
Director of membership: Cynthia L. Levine, financial relationship planner
Law
Michael J. Quinan was elected managing partner of Christian & Barton. He succeeds J. Edward Betts, who held the position for 23 years. Quinan will maintain his legal practice principally in the areas of business litigation, administrative law and public utility regulation, and Betts will remain a senior partner in the firm’s antitrust practice group. Quinan joined Christian & Barton in 2004.
Steve Baril was named partner and head of the Richmond litigation and government relations teams at Kaplan Voekler Cunningham and Frank.
David H. Sump joined Wilcox Savage as a partner and practices in its Norfolk office. He was previously with Troutman Sanders. Before entering private law practice, Sump served for 14 years as a commissioned officer and law specialist in the Coast Guard. He received his J.D. from the College of William and Mary, an M.B.A. from Cleveland State University and a B.S. from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.The Virginias Chapter of the Legal Marketing Association announced the election of a new board of directors:
President: Rebecca Edwards, business development specialist, McGuire Woods
Immediate past president: Emily Krause, director of marketing, Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen
President-elect: Darryl Cross, vice president, client profitability and performance development, LexisNexis
Treasurer: Bill Varjabedian, senior account executive,?Virginia Lawyers Media
Secretary: Anne Taylor Robertson, marketing and events coordinator, Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen
Programs co-chair: Trina Vogel, marketing technology administrator, Hunton & Williams
Programs co-chair: Jennifer Yeager, marketing director, Sands Anderson
Sponsorship chair: Lloyd Leitstein, public relations and marketing counsel, Lloyd Leitstein Marketing & Public Relations
Technology and communications chair: Aaron Barr, director of marketing, Marks & Harrison
Membership co-chair: Aurie Barnes, marketing and client services senior coordinator, Troutman Sanders
Membership co-chair: Amanda Parnell, manager of marketing and client services, Troutman Sanders
Member at large: Matt Smyers, founder and president, the Smyers Group
Nonprofits
The board of directors of the Better Housing Coalition elected Regina Chaney and Todd Waldo to its membership. Chaney is a senior housing education specialist in the Center for Housing Education at Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) of Virginia. Waldo is enterprise engineering manager at Royall & Company.
The following people have been elected to Historic Richmond’s board of trustees: G. William Beale, chief executive of Union First Market Bank; Tracy Doherty, senior director of strategic design at MeadeWestvaco; Susan Fisher, associate broker at Virginia Properties; and Robert A. Vallejo, partner at PwC’s Assurance practice.
Elected officers for the 2014 executive committee are: president, Steven R. Williams of McGuire Woods; vice president, Andrew K. Clark of LeClair Ryan; secretary, David I. Meyers of Troutman Sanders; and treasurer, Daniel P. Healy of Genworth Financial. Elizabeth Carrington Shuff serves on the executive committee as immediate past president.
Mariah Gruner has joined the nonprofit Chrysalis Institute as program coordinator. A 2013 graduate of Tufts University, Gruner will manage the resource and learning center’s public programs.
Insurance
Berkley Mid-Atlantic Group announced the expansion of its inland marine division. Michael G. McVey leads the team as BMAG’s new inland marine manager.
Marketing and advertising
Big River announced four hires for its new Engagement Department:
Casey Richardson, senior engagement manager, previously worked at the Martin Agency. Richardson received a degree in business administration at East Carolina University.
Holly Sigler, interactive media planner/buyer, was previously with the Martin Agency. She graduated from Hollins University with a degree in business/finance.
Denise Goff, media buyer for broadcast and print, was previously with Lewis Media Partners. Goff also worked at the Martin Agency, WFofR and Barber Martin in Richmond.
Catherine Davis, account coordinator managing the Brand Ambassador program, joined the agency after completing an internship in the marketing department of Elizabeth Arden in New York. She received a marketing degree from High Point University.
(At right, from top: Richardson, Sigler, Goff and Davis.)
Neathawk Dubuque & Packett named Danny Fell its chief executive.
Accounting
Melinda Hancock joined Dixon Hughes Goodman as a partner in the Richmond office. She will join the firm’s national health-care practice, DHG Healthcare. Hancock was previously senior vice president and chief financial officer for the Bon Secours Virginia Health System.
The Financial Planning Association of Central Virginia announced the addition of the following board members:
Chairman: William J. Lagos Jr., vice president of Verus Financial PartnersPresident: Teri Lovelace, community investments and impact director for Virginia Community Capital
President-elect: Jeremy K. Kuhlen, managing director of CapGroup Advisors
Treasurer: E. Gray Glass III, independent adviser for Pinnacle First Financial Group
Director of pro bono and public awareness: Wendell B. Fuller, president of Fuller Wealth Advisors
Director of programs: Peter W. Tomasch, financial planning analyst for the Capitol Advisory Group
Director of special events: Lisa R. Hatcher, principal of Hatcher Byles Financial Planning
Director of student chapters: Jamie L. Malone, financial strategist for JoycePayne Partners
Director of membership: Cynthia L. Levine, financial relationship planner
Law
Michael J. Quinan was elected managing partner of Christian & Barton. He succeeds J. Edward Betts, who held the position for 23 years. Quinan will maintain his legal practice principally in the areas of business litigation, administrative law and public utility regulation, and Betts will remain a senior partner in the firm’s antitrust practice group. Quinan joined Christian & Barton in 2004.
Steve Baril was named partner and head of the Richmond litigation and government relations teams at Kaplan Voekler Cunningham and Frank.
David H. Sump joined Wilcox Savage as a partner and practices in its Norfolk office. He was previously with Troutman Sanders. Before entering private law practice, Sump served for 14 years as a commissioned officer and law specialist in the Coast Guard. He received his J.D. from the College of William and Mary, an M.B.A. from Cleveland State University and a B.S. from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.The Virginias Chapter of the Legal Marketing Association announced the election of a new board of directors:
President: Rebecca Edwards, business development specialist, McGuire Woods
Immediate past president: Emily Krause, director of marketing, Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen
President-elect: Darryl Cross, vice president, client profitability and performance development, LexisNexis
Treasurer: Bill Varjabedian, senior account executive,?Virginia Lawyers Media
Secretary: Anne Taylor Robertson, marketing and events coordinator, Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen
Programs co-chair: Trina Vogel, marketing technology administrator, Hunton & Williams
Programs co-chair: Jennifer Yeager, marketing director, Sands Anderson
Sponsorship chair: Lloyd Leitstein, public relations and marketing counsel, Lloyd Leitstein Marketing & Public Relations
Technology and communications chair: Aaron Barr, director of marketing, Marks & Harrison
Membership co-chair: Aurie Barnes, marketing and client services senior coordinator, Troutman Sanders
Membership co-chair: Amanda Parnell, manager of marketing and client services, Troutman Sanders
Member at large: Matt Smyers, founder and president, the Smyers Group
Nonprofits
The board of directors of the Better Housing Coalition elected Regina Chaney and Todd Waldo to its membership. Chaney is a senior housing education specialist in the Center for Housing Education at Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) of Virginia. Waldo is enterprise engineering manager at Royall & Company.
The following people have been elected to Historic Richmond’s board of trustees: G. William Beale, chief executive of Union First Market Bank; Tracy Doherty, senior director of strategic design at MeadeWestvaco; Susan Fisher, associate broker at Virginia Properties; and Robert A. Vallejo, partner at PwC’s Assurance practice.
Elected officers for the 2014 executive committee are: president, Steven R. Williams of McGuire Woods; vice president, Andrew K. Clark of LeClair Ryan; secretary, David I. Meyers of Troutman Sanders; and treasurer, Daniel P. Healy of Genworth Financial. Elizabeth Carrington Shuff serves on the executive committee as immediate past president.
Mariah Gruner has joined the nonprofit Chrysalis Institute as program coordinator. A 2013 graduate of Tufts University, Gruner will manage the resource and learning center’s public programs.
Insurance
Berkley Mid-Atlantic Group announced the expansion of its inland marine division. Michael G. McVey leads the team as BMAG’s new inland marine manager.
Marketing and advertising
Big River announced four hires for its new Engagement Department:
Casey Richardson, senior engagement manager, previously worked at the Martin Agency. Richardson received a degree in business administration at East Carolina University.
Holly Sigler, interactive media planner/buyer, was previously with the Martin Agency. She graduated from Hollins University with a degree in business/finance.
Denise Goff, media buyer for broadcast and print, was previously with Lewis Media Partners. Goff also worked at the Martin Agency, WFofR and Barber Martin in Richmond.
Catherine Davis, account coordinator managing the Brand Ambassador program, joined the agency after completing an internship in the marketing department of Elizabeth Arden in New York. She received a marketing degree from High Point University.
(At right, from top: Richardson, Sigler, Goff and Davis.)
Neathawk Dubuque & Packett named Danny Fell its chief executive.