IN & OUT

Published November 21, 2014 by Veronica Garabelli

Virginia’s new hires, promotions and departures as heard from around the web. Have an announcement you’d like to share? Email submissions to [email protected].

CENTRAL VIRGINIA

James W.C. “Jamie” Canup has joined Richmond-based Hirschler Fleischer as a partner chairing the firm’s tax practice group. Canup’s career has included service in the chief counsel’s office of the Internal Revenue Service and positions at major law firms. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Jonathan Davis named president of Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, effective mid-January. Davis currently is president of Methodist Charlton Medical Center in Dallas. (News release)

Pamela Hammond, provost at Hampton University, named interim president at Petersburg-based Virginia State University, effective Jan. 1. Keith Miller, president of VSU since 2010, announced on Oct. 31 that he would step down as president as of Dec. 31 but remain on staff as a tenured faculty member. (Daily Press)

Herschel V. Keller tapped to lead Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP’s new Lynchburg office. Keller lives in Lynchburg, where he has practiced law for the past 15 years. Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore is based in Roanoke. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Stephanie Peters, the president and CEO of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants, has been installed as president of the board of directors of the Certified Public Accountants Society Executives Association. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

John Ravenal, VMFA’s Sydney and Frances Lewis family curator of modern and contemporary art, is leaving to become the new director of DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Mass. He starts his new job on Jan. 20. (Style Weekly)

HAMPTON ROADS

The Virginia General Assembly appointed B. Elliott Bondurant, a practicing attorney who shares a law office in West Point with Mayor Jim Hudson, as presiding court judge to the 9th Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia. A vacancy was made for Bondurant's new position when Judge Thomas B. Hoover announced his retirement from the court in September. Hoover's term as presiding circuit court judge will end Dec. 31. (Tidewater Review)

Williamsburg City Manager Jack Tuttle announced plans to retire June 30, 2015. He has managed the city since 1991. (Williamsburg Yorktown Daily)

NORTHERN VIRGINIA

Booz Allen Hamilton appointed Robert Hale, the Pentagon’s former comptroller and chief financial officer, as its latest “Booz Allen fellow.” The company’s fellows program, created in 2011, recognizes people who are considered subject-matter experts. (The Washington Post)

Reston-based Leidos appointed Michael Leiter its new executive vice president for business development and strategy. Leiter, who formerly led the National Counterterrorism Center under the Bush and Obama administrations, most recently worked as a counselor to the chief executive of Palantir Technologies. (The Washington Post)

Fairfax-based Pediatric Specialists of Virginia (PSV) has named Dr. Leon E. Moores its first chief executive officer. Moores is a pediatric neurosurgeon and the medical director of pediatric neurosciences for the Inova Health System. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Chantilly-based Professional Warranty Services Corp. (PWSC) named Gale Sommers as its new CEO. Sommers was most recently the company’s chief financial officer and senior vice president. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Reston-based Clarabridge has named Jim Tholen to its board of directors. Tholen is CFO of BroadSoft, where he oversees its finance, accounting, M&A and legal functions. He guided BroadSoft through an IPO in 2010. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Patrick Cataldo has been named managing consultant of Towers Watson’s Arlington County office. Cataldo was most recently the company’s director of account management for the Virginia and Maryland markets. He succeeds Susan Potter, who last month was named Towers Watson’s leader of the Eastern U.S. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

SHENANDOAH VALLEY

Chris Kyle, vice president of industry affairs and regulatory for Edinburg-based Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. (Shentel), has been elected chairman of the Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association (VCTA). (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Shenandoah County announced the resignation of Parks and Recreation Director Pam Salokangas. Assistant County Administrator Evan Vass will take over duties until a replacement can be found. (Daily News-Record)

SOUTHERN VIRGINIA

Scott Spillmann, a board certified preventative/occupational medicine physician, has joined Danville Regional Medical Center. Spillmann comes to DRMC from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, where he most recently served as an assistant professor and director/medical director of employee and occupational health. (Work It, SoVa)

Spencer Thomas named chief operating officer at Danville Regional Medical Center. Thomas comes to Danville from Newport, Tenn., where he most recently served as chief executive officer at Tennova Newport Medical Center. (Work It, SoVa)

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

Roanoke-based Advance Auto Parts Inc. has named Adriana “Andi” Karaboutis to its board of directors, effective Feb. 10. Karaboutis is executive vice president, technology and business solutions, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Mass. (VirginiaBusiness.com)

Bank of Floyd’s former president and CEO Mike Larrowe left the organization in November. Asked why, he said the bank’s board told him that more than two years into his term, they wanted to strategically go in a different direction. He declined to comment further. Mark Smith, the bank’s chief lending officer, will become interim CEO if regulators approve the promotion. (The Roanoke Times)