NAMES AND CHANGES

EDUCATION

Thomas Hou , professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech, is the newly elected steering committee chairman of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Conference on Computer Communications.

ENGINEERING

Donald Sipher has been promoted to chief operating officer of Froehling & Robertson Inc.

FINANCIAL

Wendy Hughes has been named office manager for McLeod Enterprises LLP.

LAW

Glenn Robinson & Cathey announced that Michael Hartley has joined the firm as an associate, Johneal White has become a partner with the firm and Melissa Robinson has been named a fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation.

Richard Maxwell , an attorney with Woods Rogers PLC, has been named a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.

ORGANIZATIONS

Amanda Stanley has been named executive director for DePaul Community Resources.

Krystal Thompson has been named executive director of Brain Injury Services of SWVA.

OTHER

Burman Clark has been named small group premier producer for 2013 by Aetna.

Konica Minolta has announced the following staff changes: Daniel Short was transferred from the Richmond branch as account executive, Bradley Miller was hired as named account executive and Cindy Thomas was named account health care executive specializing in the health care community.

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