ADVERTISING

NEATHAWK DUBUQUE & PACKETT has been awarded five 2009 HealthLeaders Media Marketing Awards.

CONSTRUCTION

Martin Bros. Contractors Inc. announced the addition of REGGIE REYNOLDS as project manager and ELIZABETH FLETCHALL as marketing coordinator.

EDUCATION

JEFFREY LAMIE has been appointed to plan and manage fundraising for the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute and the Carilion Clinic Foundation.

AMY AVERY-GRUBEL has joined the staff of The Jacksonville Center for the Arts as the educational programming coordinator.

DR. KENNETH D'AMATO has been installed as the chairman of surgery for the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

JOHN ANSTROM has been installed as the anatomy department chairman for the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

FINANCIAL

WestStar Mortgage Corp. has opened a new branch in Roanoke with JIM GEORGE as loan officer and area manager, EDIE SAUNDERS as loan officer and DONNA SPRADLIN as loan manager.

SunTrust Bank announced that GRAHAM LEONARD was named a diversified relationship manager within its commercial division.

WestStar Mortgage Corp. has opened a new branch in Blacksburg with DEBBIE CLAY and TERESA THOMPSON as loan officers.

HEALTH CARE

DR. E. MARK WATTS of Carilion Family Medicine has been named president of the Medical Society of Virginia Foundation.

MELISSA MAY has been named the executive director of the Roanoke Adolescent Health Partnership.

The Board of Directors of Warm Hearth Inc. has elected JANET JOHNSON to serve as chairwoman for 2009-10.

The Adult Care Center of Roanoke Valley announced the following board of directors: FRANK PITTARD, chairman; DOUG ROSIER, vice chairman; REBA MUSSELMAN, secretary; DONNA LITTLEPAGE, treasurer. New board members: GINGER ASHTON, MAVIS FORD, KYE KIM, TONY LEFKOWICZ, KAREN McNEW, CYNTHIA MEADOWS and GAIL UPDIKE.

SUSAN WIRT of Wirt & Associates has been named the Rehabilitation Nurse Case Manager of the Year by the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses.

CRAIG CAMIDGE of Tuck Chiropractic Clinic is certified by Titleist to perform functional screening procedures on golfers to determine if a physical limitation is hindering golf performance.

LAW

Frith Anderson & Peake PC announced that JOHN JOHNSON tied for first place in the 2009 survey by The Roanoker magazine in the field of workers' compensation.

Spilman Thomas & Battle PLLC announced the addition of associate TRAVIS KNOBBE.

Frith Anderson & Peake PC announced that the following lawyers will be included in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America: LINDA FRITH, PHILLIP ANDERSON and WALTER PEAKE III.

LeClairRyan announced that the following will be included in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America: JAMES COWAN JR., MICHAEL DRZAL, STEVEN BLAINE, H. ROBERT YATES III, TARA BRANSCOM, WILLIAM CALLAHAN, JAMES CHAPMAN HALE, MICHAEL HASTINGS, JOHN JESSEE, POWELL LEITCH III, CLINTON MORSE, KEVIN ODDO, DAVID PERRY, LORI THOMPSON, JEFFREY VAN DOREN and HUGH WELLONS.

Woods Rogers PLC announced that the following will be included in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America: THOMAS BAGBY, VICTOR CARDWELL, AGNIS CHAKRAVORTY, BAYARD HARRIS and THOMAS WINN III.

OTHER

The American Society for Training and Development has selected TOM COFFEY to serve on the organization's national leadership committee.

JERRY McLAWHORN of Superior Exterminating Co. has been elected president of the Virginia Pest Management Association.

LIZ BURFORD has joined Delta Dental of Virginia's marketing team as market manager.

DENISE BARRETT has joined Abingdon-based Appalachia Sustainable Development as executive director.

Virginia Cooperative Extension agent SARAH BURKETT has received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.

The March of Dimes Greater Blue Ridge Division announced that the following have been awarded the Star Regional Honoree Award for 2009, in recognition of their service, professionalism and community leadership and their commitment that all babies should have a healthy start in life: DANIELLE YARBER, GORDON WILLIS SR., NORMAN LINEBURG and CABELL BRAND.

The Kiwanis Club of Roanoke announced the election of officers for 2009-10: KEN BRIGGS, president; MICHAEL LOVEMAN, president elect; JAMES AREND, vice president; LLOYD ENOCH, secretary/treasurer, J. ANDREE BROOKS, immediate past president; EDDIE BARNES, Kiwanis Foundation president, and directors: EZRA AMISS, MICHAEL BELL, MICHELLE BELTON, ALEX BOWMAN, LARRY DANCY, CYNTHIA GRAY, MICHAEL McEVOY, F. ANDERSON STONE and J.C. TAYLOR.

REAL ESTATE

Thalhimer Cushman & Wakefield Alliance announced the addition of TODD CONNER as an associate broker.

THALHIMER has been selected for the property management of Bridgewater Pointe Condominiums & Bridgewater Grande Development at Smith Mountain Lake.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

DYNIS LLC has named HENNY BROOKS as business development manager for the Greater Roanoke Region.

TOURISM

SERGEI TROUBETZKOY, the director of the Bedford Office of Tourism, has been named Travel Employee of the Year by Virginia Hospitality and Travel Association.