FINANCIAL

CHRISTOPHER THOMAS, a Certified Financial Planner, recently was ranked No. 19 by Bank Investment Consultant magazine, a publication covering the bank brokerage industry.

LAURIE HART has been named vice president of commercial banking and senior deposit officer for HomeTown Bank.

DONNA YOUNG of HomeTown Bank has successfully completed the National Automated Clearing House Association examination.

HEALTH

DR. E. MARK WATTS was elected director from District 6 to the Medical Society of Virginia board of directors at the annual meeting in October. He also is president-elect of the Virginia Academy of Family Physicians.

REAL ESTATE

DANIEL BROWN, an agent with RE/MAX Valley Realtors, has been awarded the residential construction certified designation.

ARCHITECTURE

T. MICHAEL JONES was promoted to principal associate in the Roanoke Buildings Division at Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern, an architectural and design firm. MIKE JONES, W. CRAIG HAMILTON and DAVID HENDERSON were promoted to principal associate in the Roanoke Civil/Environmental Division at the same firm.

ROBERT STRICKLAND has been appointed director of healthcare design in the building division of HSMM.

MICHAEL H. FARISS has been named president of J.M. Turner & Co., general contractors and construction managers.

SFCS Inc. has added the following staff to its Roanoke office: ADAM D'ALESSANDRO as a structural engineer in training; JUSTINE SOWERS as an interior designer and ASHTON McCAULEY as an office services assistant.

TREVA CARTER, a marketing manager with SFCS, has been designated as a certified professional services marketer by the Society for Marketing Professional Services.

LAW

ANDREW GOLDSTEIN of Magee, Foster, Goldstein & Sayers has been named to "Best Lawyers in America" for 2008 in bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights law.

KENNETH LASKY of the same firm has been named to "Best Lawyers in America" for 2008 in immigration law.

Nineteen attorneys from Woods Rogers PLC have been recognized by their peers as Legal Elite in the December 2007 issue of Virginia Business magazine. They are THOMAS BAGBY, D. STAN BARNHILL, AGNIS CHAKRAVORTY, NICHOLAS CONTE, ANTHONY GAMBARDELLA JR., JOHN GROVE, R. NEAL KEESEE, ALTON KNIGHTON, DANIEL LAYMAN JR., MARK LOFTIS, HEMAN MARSHALL III, RICHARD MAXWELL, THOMAS PALMER, WILLIAM POFF, ALEXANDER SAUNDERS, CHRISTOPHER STEVENS, DANIEL SUMMERLIN, PAUL THOMSON and THOMAS WINN III.

Eight attorneys in the law firm of Glenn Feldmann Darby & Goodlatte have been recognized in Virginia Business Magazine's 2007 Virginia's Legal Elite issue. They include PAUL BEERS, JEREMY CARROLL, SAM DARBY, MARK FELDMANN, MARYELLEN GOODLATTE, CLAUDE LAUCK, TED TROLAND and ROBERT ZIOGAS.

OTHER

CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON has been appointed chief executive officer of Air Serv International.

JOHN STEPHENS of the Roanoke Police Department and DAVID TRIBBLE of the Roanoke County Police Department were recognized as Officers of the Year for 2007 by the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce.

LOIS W. AYERS has joined Neathawk Dubuque & Packett as vice president of business development and marketing.

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