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Larry Anderson, named senior vice president of human resources, ValueOptions, Norfolk. Anderson was previously vice president of human resources at WellPoint Inc. (News release)

Frank Berry, named partner, Hantzmon Wiebel, Charlottesville. Berry joined the firm in 1995. He is a member of the advisory council of the Small Business Development Center. (News release)

Richard Cullen, named chairman, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond. Cullen joined the law firm in 1977 after graduating from the University of Richmond law school. He has served as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and attorney general of Virginia. Cullen heads the firm’s white-collar and government investigations team. He succeeds Robert L. Burrus Jr. who will continue to practice at the firm. (News release)

Ralph B. Everett, named president and CEO of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Washington, D.C. Everett is managing partner of the Washington office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, and a director of Shenandoah Life Insurance Co. in Roanoke. (News release)

P. Marshall Fleming, named president and CEO, Bankers Insurance LLC, Richmond. Fleming joined the firm in 2001 when it acquired Welton, Duke & Hawks of Portsmouth, which he headed. He has been COO since 2002. (PRNewswire)

Gary D. Forsee, named chairman, Sprint Nextel Corp., Reston. Forsee has been president and CEO of the company since it was created from the merger of Sprint and Nextel in 2005. He succeeds Tim Donahue who will retire as executive chairman. (Business Wire)

George C. Freeman III, named president, Universal Corp., Richmond. Freeman joined the company in 1997, from the law firm Hunton & Williams. He succeeds Allen B. King, who remains chairman and CEO. (PRNewswire)

Mathew G. Jones, named CFO, treasurer and secretary, Convera Corp., Vienna. Jones has been acting CFO, treasurer and secretary at the company since July. Previously he was CFO for Space Adventures Ltd., PC Data Inc. and The Netplex Group Inc. (News release)

Robert W. “Bo” Manly, named interim chief financial officer, Smithfield Foods Inc., Smithfield. Manly joined Smithfield in August as executive vice president. He was president and COO of Premium Standard Farms, which Smithfield agreed to acquire, pending regulatory review. (PRNewwire)

Dwight V. Neese, named a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Neese is president and CEO of Provident Community Bank, Union, S.C. (PRNewwire)

Jan Neuharth, named a director, Middleburg Financial Corp., Middleburg. Neuharth is president of Paper Chase Farms Inc., chairman of the National Law Council at Vanderbilt University School of Law and a suspense author. (News release)

Cass G. Panciocco, named COO, RS Information Systems Inc., McLean. Panciocco was senior vice president of the Defense Programs Division of RS Information, which he joined in 2004. (Business Wire)

Ronald J. Smith, named CEO and president, Sumitomo Machinery Corp. of America , Chesapeake. Smith advanced through SMA’s sales ranks to become COO and president in 2004. (News release)

Kenneth R. Sparks, named a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Sparks is president and CEO of Ken Sparks Associates LLC of Washington, D.C. (PRNewwire)

Timothy J. Stiffler, named a director, Resource Bank, Virginia Beach. Stiffler is president of Tidewater Hotels& Resorts. (News release)

Tom Wilde, named partner, Blue Canopy Group, Reston. Wilde previously held a number of executive positions at BearingPoint/KPMG Consulting where he was most recently executive vice president and chief information officer. (PRNewwire)

Chris Wilson, named senior vice president of national and health plan accounts, ValueOptions, Norfolk. Wilson was previously vice president of field marketing and services at Medco Health Solutions Inc. (News release)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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