AH&T Insurance, a Leesburg-based
insurance agency, was named to Insurance Journal's
annual Top 100 Property Casualty Independent Agencies
List. The rankings were based on premium volume in
2005. (News release)
Bowman Consulting, an engineering firm headquartered
in Chantilly, was named to the Hot Firm 2006 list issued
by The Zweig Letter, recognizing the fastest-growing
companies in engineering and architecture. (News release)
John DeBell, president and CEO of Burgess
and Niple Inc. of Chantilly, received the Distinguished Service
Award from the College of Engineering at Virginia
Tech.
A Tech graduate, DeBell has been active in service to
engineering education at Virginia Tech, as well as in
professional associations at the state and national level.
(News release)
Gloria L.
Freye, a partner in the law firm McGuireWoods
LLP, was named to the Real Estate Circle of Excellence
at Virginia Commonwealth University. Members of the circle
act as guest lecturers, provide scholarship aid and present
the annual Real Estate Trends Conference. (News release)
Stephen
R. Jackson, a partner
at the law firm of Wilcox & Savage,
was elected a fellow of the Foundation of the Federal
Bar Association. He also serves as vice president for
the Fourth Circuit and on the National Council. (News
release)
Michael
E. Mares, a partner with the accounting firm
Witt Mares, received the 2006 Arthur J. Dixon Memorial
Award, the highest honor given by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants for the area of taxation.
Mares is leaving his longtime practice and will focus
his efforts on training and education for CPAs. (News
release)
Robert S.
Miller III, president and CEO of the Virginia
Beach engineering firm MSA
PC, is president of The National
Society of Professional Engineers for the 2006-07 year.
A 1967 graduate of Virginia Tech, Miller served as NSPE
treasurer from 2002 to 2005. (News release)
The design of the Virginia
Beach Convention Center earned the Chicago architectural
firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
LLP a Citation of Merit in the Distinguished Building
category from the Chicago chapter of the American Institute
of Architects. SOM received a total of five awards in
the competition, the most of any firm. (News release)
Rich Napier, president and co-founder of Napier
Signature Homes of Richmond, is president of the Home Builders
Association of Virginia for 2007. From 1983 to 1989 he
was president of Napier Realtors ERA, founded by his
father, Oscar, in 1958. (News release)
Jerald R.
Vaughan, president of AE
Systems, a Portsmouth-based
systems integration firm, was elected to the national
board of directors for the Custom Electronic Design and
Installation Association. (News release)
