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Business promotions and recognitions: May 26, 2013

Compiled by DANIELLE DUNAWAY; names@roanoke.com, 981-3340

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Jinnee Young

Matt Wirt

Mary Williams

Aimee Ward

Will Walton

Sarah Van Zele

Kristie Thompson

Connie Smith

Linda Saunders

Elizabeth Perrow

Michael Pace

Mary Miller

Luke Lester

Brent Jenkins

Brad Harris

Jennifer Gordon

Frank Fox

Susan Foley

Bonnie Ferguson

Michael Erskine

Megan Downing

Amanda Dooley

Shannan Crosswhite

Clayton Caswell

Guy Byrd

Jerry Bradley

Nancy Page

Alan Miller

Richard Sorensen

Sunday, May 26, 2013

EDUCATION

Richard Sorensen, retiring dean of the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech, was presented with the Distinguished Leadership Award of Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International.

Luke Lester has been named head of the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech.

Clayton Caswell, a bacteriologist in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, has been awarded the Makela-Cassell Travel Award for Early Career Scientists by the American Society for Microbiology and the Federation of European Microbiological Societies.

Mary Miller, founder and president of Interactive Design and Development, is the Virginia Tech College of Engineering Distinguished Alumna for 2013.

Dr. Michael Erskine has been named interim director of Virginia Tech’s Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center.

FINANCIAL

Valley Bank announced the following changes to its staff: Brad Harris has joined as senior vice president and business banking officer; Alan Miller has joined as assistant vice president and business banking officer; Mary Williams has joined as assistant vice president, mortgage office manager and closing coordinator; Jerry Bradley has been promoted to senior vice president of finance; Brent Jenkins has been promoted to assistant vice president and downtown branch manager; Connie Smith, Linda Saunders and Bonnie Ferguson were promoted to bank officer; and Shannan Crosswhite has been promoted to branch manager at the Salem branch.

Aimee Ward has been named a new financial representative of Valley Financial Solutions.

Jennifer Gordon has been appointed branch manager of the Carter Bank and Trust southeast Roanoke office.

Amanda Dooley has been named director of financial management of real estate entities for McLeod Enterprises.

LAW

Elizabeth Guilbert Perrow, an attorney with Woods Rogers PLC, has been named one of Virginia’s Most Influential Women by Virginia Lawyers Media.

G. Michael Pace Jr. has been appointed Roanoke College’s first general counsel.

MEDIA

Sandy Hausman of WVTF Public Radio and Radio IQ received a national award for investigative reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists.

MEDICAL

Susan Foley has joined Virginia Interventional Pain and Spine Center as a certified medical assistant.

OTHER

R. Frank Fox Jr. has joined Nancy’s Candy Co. as plant manager in its headquarters facility in Meadows of Dan.

The Science Museum of Western Virginia has added six people to its staff: Guy Byrd, assistant animal care specialist; Megan Downing, museum store manager; Kristie Thompson, visitor services manager; Sarah Van Zele, membership coordinator; Matt Wirt, marketing manager; and Jinnee Young, administrative assistant to the executive director.