EDUCATION

Joe Carpenter has been appointed vice president for the office of university relations at Radford University.

Leigh McCue-Weil, an associate professor in Virginia Tech's department of aerospace and ocean engineering, will receive the Rosenblatt Young Naval Engineer Award from the American Society of Naval Engineers.

Dr. Julie Cecere has joined the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech as a clinical assistant professor of theriogenology in the department of large animal clinical sciences.

The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine has announced the following staff changes: Brad McCrady has been named an osteopathic manipulative medicine faculty member and Kim Garnett has been named anatomy lab manager.

ENGINEERING

James Breakell has been hired as the director of business development and marketing for CSE Inc.

FINANCIAL

James Porter was named assistant vice president and business banking relationship manager within SunTrust Bank, Western Virginia's commercial division.

ORGANIZATIONS

Timothy Fortuna and Krista Crawford-Mathis have been elected to the board of directors of Project Access of the Roanoke Valley.

Goodwill Industries of the Valleys has announced the following staff changes: Jackson Green has been promoted to chief operating officer and Deb Saunders has joined as chief compliance officer.

Bedford County's Office of Economic Development announced its 2013-14 Economic Development Authority officers and members. Officers: Craig Coker, chairman, and Matthew Braud, vice chairman. New members: Raymond Sellers, Wyatt Walton III, Jim Lusk, Kimberly McCabe and Paul Kelbaugh.

The Blue Ridge Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America announced the following: Laura Neff-Henderson was elected to be an at-large delegate to the 2013 PRSA National Leadership Assembly, Douglas Cannon is serving through 2015 on the Universal Accreditation Board and Don Egle is serving as 2012-14 national professional adviser to the Public Relations Student Society of America.

Interactive Achievement Foundation for Kids announced the election of new directors for 2013: Danielle Cranwell, Beth Cross and Rebecca Muller. Bitsy Davis was elected secretary.

OTHER

Lois Badey has been named the senior director of development for the Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech.

Shane Spikes, general manager at Deli-Matic, has been elected president of the Virginia Automatic Merchandising Association.

Jay Inge has been named chairman of the Ferrum College Estate Planning Council.

David Pruett has joined Lutheran Family Services of Virginia as vice president for finance and chief financial officer.

REAL ESTATE

Don Ferguson has joined Lake & Land Realty at Smith Mountain Lake.

Christina Defibaugh of Weichert, Realtors Bridges & Co. has earned a real estate broker's license and is now an associate broker with the firm.

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