Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, July 10, 1994 TAG: 9407150051
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: F-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Compiled by MARY LINN
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
C. WAYNE HASTY has been named public affairs director at Appalachian Power Co. in Roanoke. He will succeed RICHARD K. BURTON, who retires Sept. 1.
Hasty has been public affairs director at Indiana Michigan Power Co., a sister utility of Appalachian in Fort Wayne, Ind., since 1980.
He joined American Electric Power Co., parent company of both Appalachian and Indiana Michigan, in New York in 1976. Before that, Hasty was public relations director of Newport News Shipbuilding Co.
COMMUNICATIONS
JEFF ADAMS has been promoted to vice president of Executone Communications Inc. in Roanoke. He has been with the company 10 years and has most recently been operations manager. Executone is a distributor of telecommunication and hospital equipment.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
PERRY R. DOWNING has been appointed senior financial consultant with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith stockbrokers in Roanoke.
GOVERNMENT
CAROLYN B. WAGNER of the Roanoke Valley Resource Authority has received an award of excellence from the Virginia Association of Counties. She won the award for her work on Celebration 1993, an event recognizing the people who worked to create the resource authority.
MEDIA
LEE CLARK has been promoted to classified advertising manager at the Roanoke Times & World-News. A certified public accountant, Clark began his career with the newspaper as controller in 1988 and most recently was a sales development/research analyst in the advertising department. Before joining Times-World Corp., he was a senior accountant with Brown, Edwards and Co. in Roanoke.
CHARLENE COCHRAN has been named promotions director at WFIR and WPVR radio stations in Roanoke. She will continue to produce and be host of a daily interview program while handling promotions for both stations.
JAMES L. DeSCHEPPER of WSLS-TV, Roanoke, was elected president-elect of the Virginia Association of Broadcasters. He had previously been secretary/treasurer of the organization. Elected directors for 1994-95 were ROBERT G. LEE, WDBJ-TV, Roanoke; ROGER INGRAM, WYYD-FM, Lynchburg; and MICHAEL J. SLENSKI, WROV-AM/FM, Roanoke.
MEDICINE
DR. MASTON R. McCORKLE JR. of Roanoke has been elected secretary-treasurer of the Virginia Association of Orthodontists. He is also a member of the Southern and American associations of orthodontists.
ORGANIZATIONS
The Blue Ridge Regional Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners has elected new officers: HOPE PLAYER, Hope Player CPA, Roanoke, president;DEBORAH OEHLSCHLAEGER, Plunkett Logan & Oehlschlaeger attorneys, Roanoke, vice president/president-elect; DIANE GREEN, Diane Green CPA, Blacksburg, secretary; and DEANNA BURNS, Walker & Norton, Roanoke, treasurer.
WHOLESALE
DAVID E. FIELDS has been named director of safety for Webb's Oil Corp., a wholesaler of petroleum products based in Roanoke. Fields has more than 15 years' experience with petroleum transporting, storage equipment and environmental regulations. In his new position, he will supervise safety operations at the company and consult with customers.
Information on personnel changes of interest to people in business should be sent to this column, c/o the Roanoke Times & World-News, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke, Va. 24010.
by CNB