Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, December 19, 1993 TAG: 9312170066
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: F4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: compiled by Mary Linn
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
The Roanoke Land, Commercial, Industrial and Investment Multiple Listing Service has elected officers and directors for 1994: BILL MODICA of Peery and Flora Ltd., president; DAN OWEN of Anglin Realty, vice president; MIKE SMITH of Progress-Rush Co., treasurer; and JIM SHEPPARD of Mortgage Connections, secretary. Directors for two-year terms are BILL SHROEDER of Gorman Inc.; GARRETT McGUIRE of Lugar, Poff & McGuire; and JOHN DICKINSON of Ed Hall & Associates. Directors for remaining one-year terms are LARRY MOORE, of Moore and Co.; JOHN HUDGINS of L.S. Waldrop; RUDY COX of Rudy Cox Realty; and JOHN WALKER of MKB Inc.
The Roanoke Chapter of the Data Processing Management Association has elected officers for 1994: BOBBY FLACK, Times-World Corp., president; DIANE BERRY, Orvis, vice president; CHENISE ANDERSON, United Way of Roanoke Valley Inc., treasurer; BETSY KOEHLER, Medeco Security Locks Inc., secretary; R. BRUCE LEWIS, Carilion Health System, program; LUCIEN L. METAYER JR., Atlantic Mutual Cos., membership/education; JANETTE BERRY, Dominion Graphic Services, publicity; LEE WENZLER, Times-World Corp., newsletter; and ROGER W. JOHNSON, Shenandoah Life Insurance Co., association director.
KENNETH L. PRICKETT of Young & Prickett has been elected president of the Roanoke-Area Chapter of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants. Also elected were JAMES B. TANEY, Anderson & Reed, vice president; J. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, Carilion Health System, secretary; and DEBORAH L. GLOSSBRENNER, town of Blacksburg, treasurer. Board members are DAVID P. LUCAS, Lucas & Boatwright; J. PHILLIP WINDSCHITL, Foti, Flynn, Lowen & Co.; DAVID A. PRUETT, Brown, Edwards & Co.; T. DOUGLAS McQUADE, KPMG Peat Marwick; and J. PATRICK BUDD, Budd, Ammen & Co.
The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge has elected officers and board members for 1993-94: SUSAN GRING, president; JOHN WILLIAMSON III, vice president of rates and finances at Roanoke Gas Co., vice president; GINNY BARNETT, secretary; JAMES HINSON JR., president and chief executive officer of First Virginia Bank, treasurer; SALLY RUGABER, past president; and GERALD DECHOW, attorney at Moss and Rocovich P.C., parliamentarian. New board members are VICTOR CARDWELL, attorney at Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove; RUTH CLAYTOR; TONY DISTLER, director of the division of performing arts at Virginia Tech; ANNA FARIELLO, director of galleries at Radford University; BAYARD HARRIS, president of the Center for Employment Law; WILLIAM NASH, vice president and branch manager of Scott & Stringfellow; and ANNA WENTWORTH, librarian and arts reviewer. Returning board members are JERE HODGIN, executive director of Mill Mountain Theatre; LABAN JOHNSON, Roanoke special-events coordinator; BURTON LEVINE; MARCIA McDADE, artist and owner of McMann-McDade Fine Art; KARL MILLER, president of Lewis-Gale Hospital; HOWARD PACKETT, president of the Packett Group Inc.; BARRY SIMMERMAN, regional security project manager of Central Fidelity Bank; JUDY TENZER of Hopkins Travel; and LINDA VANCE.
\ ACCOUNTING STEVEN E. FARRAR has joined Manning, Perkinson, Floyd & Co. as a principal. Prior to joining the firm, which has offices in Danville and Martinsville, Farrar was a partner with Brown, Edwards & Co., certified public accounts, in Roanoke and Bluefield.
\ COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
BLAINE P. "BEEP" FRIEDLANDER JR. has been named science writer in Radford University's public information and relations office. Friedlander has written an astronomy and space column for The Washington Post. In his new position, he will distribute information about the scientific work being done at Radford, as well as help faculty and students write articles for commercial publication.
\ CHRISTINA M. MACCHERONE also has joined Radford University's public information and relations office as assistant news bureau director and public relations specialist. Her responsibilities include supporting operation of the news bureau and writing for several campus publications.
\ FINANCIAL
NANCY F. BROWN has been hired as an investment executive at Ferguson, Andrews & Associates in Bristol, the Roanoke-based firm's seventh Virginia office, which was opened recently. She previously was employed by Dominion Bank, NationsBank and State Farm Insurance.
\ MORTGAGE LENDERS
JOHN C. PEARCE III has joined First Union Mortgage Corp. as division head of its Mortgage Loan Servicing Group. Based in Raleigh, N.C., he will supervise operation of the group, which includes an office in Roanoke.
LEIGH-ANN BEAMER and JASON DEXTER HOBBIE IV have joined Columbia National Mortgage Corp.'s Roanoke office. Before coming to Columbia National, formerly Tidemark Mortgage, Beamer was assistant branch manager of NBC Bank in Roanoke. Hobbie previously worked at Lugar, Poff, McGuire Inc. in sales and property management. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia's Realtors Institute of Virginia. \
ORGANIZATIONS
RON MILLER, building commissioner for Roanoke, was named the Roanoke Regional Home Builders Association's 1993 Public Employee of the Year. Miller was instrumental in establishing quarterly meetings between Roanoke and the association in which issues affecting the city and the home-building industry could be discussed.
\ REAL ESTATE
C. TIMOTHY GARRISON, senior vice president and general manager for Boone & Co., has been elected president of the Roanoke Valley Association of Realtors. DONALD CONSTABLE of Century 21-Lake Country in Wirtz was elected president- elect, and WALTER WHITE of Owens & Co. was elected vice president.
R. BENNETT FIRESTONE, broker and partner of MKB Realtors, has been named the 1993 Realtor of the Year by the Roanoke Valley Association of Realtors. Firestone also is a land commissioner for the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Information on personnel changes of interest to people in business should be sent to this column, in care of the Roanoke Times & World-News, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke 24010.
by CNB