Posted: November 6, 2009

Banking & finance

Glenn D. McCoy has been appointed CFO of RBC Bank. He will be based at RBC Bank's corporate headquarters in Raleigh.

McCoy spent 28 years with Wachovia Corp. and First Union, where he was most recently CFO of the mortgage and retail credit division.

A graduate of Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., he holds an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Donna C. Bennett has been named senior vice president/treasury services officer in Old Point's Corporate Banking department.

With more than 25 years of banking experience, she was most recently the SVP/sales manager of treasury services for Virginia at Wachovia/Wells Fargo. Previously, she spent 13 years at Signet Bank/First Union National Bank as a relationship manager/commercial lender.

Bennett holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Old Dominion University. She has participated in U.Va.'s Darden School Executive Series on Commercial Lending Decisions and Advanced Commercial Lending. She is a graduate of Leadership Hampton Roads and a member of the Hampton Roads Association of Financial Professionals. Bennett is a certified cash manager. She is also involved in the local community through her work with Girls on the Run South Hampton Roads, First Landing State Park and Hampton Roads Runners.

Townebank has made the following appointment and promotion:

• Joseph Kesterson has been appointed senior vice president and real estate lender for TowneBank's Real Estate Finance Group. Kesterson has more than 38 years of banking experience, most recently as a real estate lender for a local bank. He is a member of the Tidewater Builders Association, Hampton Roads Association of Commercial Real Estate and the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce. A graduate of Virginia Tech, he holds an MBA from Lynchburg College. He will be headquartered at TowneBank's First Colonial office.
• Daryl Wynne has been promoted to assistant vice president. Wynne, who has more than 35 years of banking experience, is branch manager of TowneBank's New Town office in Williamsburg. She is a volunteer for the Peninsula Football Association, a Silver Life member of the NAACP and a member of the Colonial Temple Elks. She holds a diploma from the American Insitute of Banking and a certificate from Thomas Nelson Community College.

  Ray Shively has joined Liberty Tax Service as vice president of online products. Shively will oversee the marketing and strategic development of Liberty's online products including eSmart Tax. He has held various positions at Bank of America as engineering executive, senior technology service delivery manager and senior application system development manager.

  Shively holds an MBA from Old Dominion University's College of Business and Public Administration and a bachelor's degree in business administration from Old Dominion University. He is on the executive board of the Southern Chesapeake Athletic Association.

  Ellen Womble has joined 1st Advantage Federal Credit Union as a mortgage specialist. Womble is based at 1st Advantage's headquarters in Yorktown. She holds bachelor's degrees in business administration and marketing. She is active in the Kiwanis of Gloucester and the Chamber of Commerce.

   

  Laura Osmundson has joined Goodman & Co. as an associate in its Norfolk office. Osmundson holds a master's degree in accounting from James Madison University. She interned for Goodman & Company in 2007 and 2008.

  Law

  Andrew T. Richmond has become an associate of the law firm of Huff, Poole & Mahoney PC, where he will focus his practice on divorce and family law. Richmond holds a bachelor's degree from Missouri Western State University and a juris doctorate from Regent University School of Law.

  Architecture & engineering

  Jonathan C. Walker EIT has joined Clark Nexsen as an electrical engineer-in-training. Walker holds a bachelor's degree in engineering, with an emphasis on lighting and electrical systems, from Penn State University.

  Real estate

  Sandy Yoder Wagner has been appointed a managing broker of William E. Wood and Associates, Realtors Poquoson office. Wagner is an accredited buyers representative and associate broker. She received the Outstanding Salesmanship Club Platinum Award in 2008, the Circle Of Excellence, and a variety of company listing and sales awards.

  Janice I. Lewis has been appointed director of leasing and business development with Campana Waltz Commercial Real Estate LLC. Lewis has more than nine years of experience in commercial leasing and sales and is pursuing the Certified Commercial Investment Member designation.

  The Breeden Co. has hired the following employees for the property management division:

• Tara Custalow has joined as a leasing agent at Stonebridge Apartmens in Chesapeake.
• Kevon Pressey has joined as a grounds employee at Featherstone/Featherstone South Apartment in Newport News.
• Andrew Spriggs has joined as a maintenance employee at Featherstone/Featherstone South Apartment in Newport News.
• Sylvia G. Berryhill has joined as a bookkeeper at Meadowbrook Apartment in Fayetteville, N.C.
• Gregg Driscoll has joined as a maintenance employee at Village of Stoney Run Apartment in Newport News.
• Tyshawn Spence has joined as a maintenance employee at Willow Oak/Woodbriar Apartment in Chesapeake.

  Health care

  Beth Dorsk RN has joined Harbor's Edge in Norfolk as clinic manager for independent living resident care. She was previously the nurse liaison with Jewish Family Services.

  Contracting

  John Henson has joined Valkyrie Enterprises LLC, a Virginia Beach-based defense contracting firm as its program/proposal manager. As the senior program manager, Henson is in charge of several Program Executive Office Ship-assigned projects and is providing oversight of the program managers supporting this client. He is responsible for all aspects of proposal development and submission.

  Henson retired from the U.S. Navy with 30 years of service. Shortly after retiring from the service in 1995, he joined the private defense contracting industry.

  Museums

  The Virginia Living Museum's Wild Things Museum store has these employee announcements:

• Sarah Wilcox has been named manager. Wilcox joined the museum in 2006 as an assistant store manager. A graduate of Hood College, she spent 18 years in office administration/management in Philadelphia before joining Twice Told Tales Ltd. in 1991 as an operations manager.
• Mikki Lubertazzi has been named an assistant store manager. Lubertazzi is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of America division of the Art Institute in Atlanta. She has 20 years of retail experience and was most recently employed by the Newport News Public Schools.

  Services

  Heather Driscoll has joined FamilyCare Senior Solutions as manager of its Organic Land Care division. Driscoll previously worked as a landscape designer with Wedgewood Garden Center in Virginia Beach. At White's Nursery & Greenhouses she was associate grower and bedding plant production manager. She is accredited in horticulture and in organic landscaping maintenance by the Northeast Organic Farming Association.

  Hospitality

  Deborah Schneider has joined Harbor's Edge as its dining room service manager. Schneider has been the dining room manager, the banquet manager and assistant catering manager at Cavalier Golf and Yacht Club since 1999. She will be responsible for the dining room and catering functions at Harbor's Edge, a retirement community in Norfolk.

  Retirement

  Hugh Keogh, president and CEO of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce since 1992, has announced his retirement effective June 30, 2010. Keogh came to the chamber following a 20-year career in economic development in Virginia, culminating in serving as the director of the Virginia Department of Economic Development from 1987 to 1992. A former naval officer, Keogh served with distinction in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam and in the Persian Gulf.

  Certifications

  M. Timothy MacVittie LEED AP, engineer at MSA PC, has earned certifications through the Pipeline Assessment and Certification Program and the Manhole Assessment and Certification Program with the National Association for Sewer Service Cos. MacVittie began working with MSA in February 2007 as an intern while he completed a degree in civil engineering at Old Dominion University. He was later promoted to a project engineer I for MSA.

  A certified engineer-in-training, MacVittie is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design accredited professional, member of the America Water Works Association, serving as vice chair for the Virginia AWWA/Virginia Water Environment Association's Water for People Committee, and a member of the Hampton Roads Green Building Council.

  The following individuals at Goodman & Co. have passed the CPA examination:

• Patrick Gundlach, a senior associate, holds a bachelor's degree in business administration in accounting from James Madison University. Gundlach has worked with the firm for four years handling audit and attestation engagements and tax return preparation.
• Jasmine Curtis, an associate, holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Seattle University and received a master of accountancy degree from the University of Denver. Curtis has been with the firm since November 2008 with a focus in audit for small businesses and not-for-profit industries as well as business tax preparation.

  Alexis Swann and Aaron Fenn of Wachovia/Wells Fargo are Licensed Investment Professionals. Both have successfully completed and passed certifications for the Series 7, Series 66, and the Virginia Life and Annuity licenses for Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C.

  Awards & honors

  James "Jack" L. Frost, director emeritus, was inducted into the Defense Credit Union Council's Hall of Honor by the Langley Federal Credit Union. Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Frost's selection was based on his 28 years of voluntary service at LFCU. Since 1980 he has served as a team member on the personnel/resources, delinquency, marketing, nominating and policy review/governance committees and has been Langley's chairman of the Asset Liability Management Committee.

  The following agents at Prudential Towne Realty graduated from the Virginia Association of Realtors Leadership Academy: Jay Mitchell of the Norfolk office and Marshall Toney of the Williamsburg office.

  In related news, Zoran Pajevic of the Newport News office will participate in the 2010 leadership academy program.

  Grady M. Blaylock, chairman of the board/CEO of Equidata, received recognition by Newport News Mayor Joe Frank and City Council for his numerous contributions to the business community and to the citizens of Newport News for the past 50 years.

  Blaylock joined Equidata, formerly known as Peninsula Retail Merchants Association, in 1974 as executive vice president, later served as president, and has been chairman of the board/CEO since 1989.

  Blaylock was a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, and later a 2nd lieutenant and pilot in the Civil Air Patrol. He also was a police officer with the city of Warwick and the city of Newport News.

  He is a co-founder of the Peninsula Crime Line, serves on the Newport News Regional Board of Old Point National Bank, and is a lifetime member of the Air Force Association and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

  He has also been a supporter of the Congress of Racial Equality, the United Way, An Achievable Dream, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Habitat for Humanity, among many other charitable organizations.

  Sister Patricia M. Heath SUSC was honored by Bon Secours Hampton Roads for her years of service as a Holy Union sister.

  Heath, a senior vice president of sponsorship for Bon Secours Health System, joined Bon Secours in November 2007 and is responsible for the Hampton Roads ministry in the areas of sponsorship, mission and governance.

  A member of the Holy Union Sisters congregation, she co-directs Holy Union Associates.

  As a member of the BSHSI executive council, she works with the senior leadership in Hampton Roads in strategic planning, negotiations and leadership development, with a particular focus on the mission interests of the Sisters of Bon Secours.

  She has served on a variety of boards, councils, and religious and other professional organizations.

  A teacher for 11 years, she holds a bachelor's degree in education from the College of the Sacred Heart in Fall River, Mass., and a master's degree in education with a concentration in theology and administration from Boston College.

  She led the Fall River Province of the Holy Union Sisters, was director of mission for Bon Secours Baltimore Health System and was vice president of sponsorship at Bon Secours Hospital in Grosse Pointe, Mich.

  Boards, commissions & associations

  Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia elected 2009-2011 board of directors, officers and members:

• Kenneth Thomas of Kraft Foods Global Inc., vice president; Kathryn Abshire of KPMG LLP, secretary/treasurer.
• Directors: Marcus Calabrese, community at large; William Hall Jr. of Accomack County Public Schools; Paul Kelley of TCI Inc.; Richard Kiley of Norfolk Southern Corp.; Renay Kirby of TFC Recycling; Deloris Shambley of First Baptist Church, Lambert's Point; Tim Lockett of Sodexo at Virginia Wesleyan College; Mary E. Smith of Fulton Bank; and John Stokes Jr. of U.S. Foodservice Inc.
• Board members are Rev. Clifford Barnett of Brighton Rock AME Zion Church; Scott Bayne of Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy; Christopher Graff of Medical Management Consulting Group; Diane Hill of Bank of America; Peter Huber of Willcox & Savage; Ellie Lipkin, community at large; Tim MacCartney of Electronic Systems Inc.; Charles Tapp of Booz Allen Hamilton; and Marc Weiss of Wells Fargo Advisors.

Aaron Fenn

Zoran Pajevic

Sister Patricia M. Heath

Grady M. Blaylock

Alexis Swann

James "Jack" Frost

Heather Driscoll

John Henson

Beth Dorsk

Sandy Yoder Wagner

Daryl Wynne

Ellen Womble

Ray Shively

Andrew T. Richmond

Joseph Kesterson

Donna C. Bennett