Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, October 6, 1994 TAG: 9412010001
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S7 EDITION: METRO
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WHEAT FIRST BUTCHER SINGER INC. has announced that four senior vice presidents/investment officers in its Roanoke office have been awarded membership in the Senior Leadership Council. They are Corbin B. Bailey, F. Gary Osborne, John C. Parrott II and Robert H. Phillips, all of Roanoke.
PHYLLIS K. ROUSE,marketing coordinator with Dewberry & Davis, has been chosen as president of the North Roanoke Chapter American Business Women's Association.
Other officers are Karen Sowers, vice president; Mary Martin, recording secretary; Judy Muse, corresponding secretary; and Brenda Cooper, treasurer.
MELISSA CASSITY, supervisor in the consumer loan department at First Union Bank, has been chosen 1994 Boss Business Associate by the North Roanoke Chapter American Business Women's Association.
She is a graduate of William Byrd High School and holds a certificate of achievement from the Institution of Financial Education.
CAROLINE TUCK, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Tuck of Roanoke, was honored as one of the top five most outstanding Jaycees in the nation. A member of the Alexandria Jaycees, Tuck received the John H. Armbuster Memorial Award at the 74th annual national convention.
ELAINE C. BELL, relocation director at MKB Realtors, recently received the Certified Relocation Professional designation. This designation is awarded by the Employee Relocation Council to group members who meet specific service requirements and pass a written examination.
JAIME BANNWART has been named employee of the Year for 1994 by Brandon Oaks, a life-care retirement community sponsored by Virginia Lutheran Homes Inc.
Bannwart is resident program coordinator and also oversees the operation of transportation services for residents.
DR. JITENDRA S. DESAI, medical director at Lewis-Gale Psychiatric Center, recently received board certification in adolescent psychiatry from the American Board of Adolescent Psychiatry.
THE BLUE RIDGE CHAPTER OF THE CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATION INSTITUTE has announced the names of its officers for the 1994-95 fiscal year. They are Duane K. Smith, president; Earle H. Shumate, president-elect; Lenard A. Rowe, vice president; Lawrence B. Dickenson, secretary; John C. Shields, treasurer; Daniel H. Fendley, director/industry; Robert J. Goodwin, director/professional; Michael Baratta, director/professional; Larry W. Degen, immediate past president.
LOUIE WOOTEN has received the first-place award as the leading sales manager -1993 from the American Funeral Assurance Company.
DAVID CHEWNING of Roanoke recently was named best in his chapter in Chevrolet's Professional Service Council Regional competition.
DR. J. HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH, a Roanoke cardiologist, has been elected to a four-year term as president of the Virginia chapter of the American College of Cardiology.
IDS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. has announced that several employees have received new designations. They are Joseph Craig Jr., a personal financial planner who has been named a master planner; and Ryan Long, a personal financial planner who has been named certified financial planner.
Suzanne Osborne, a certified financial planner, was invited to join the Gold Team, top 3 percent of IDS planners.
Osborne, who specializes in advanced business and estate planning, is the first woman to be selected to the Gold Team from Virginia.
GREGG S. WOODS, financial investigator with Trigon, has been named a certified fraud examiner by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. The designation is awarded to select professionals responsible for detecting, deterring and investigating fraud.
SHEILA L. JONES, a sales representative for Avon Products Inc., earned an all expense-paid trip to Orlando, Fla., by achieving sales totaling $75,400 in 1993.
Jones, of Roanoke, is one of 1,100 sales representatives out of 415,000 in the nation who qualified for the "National Honors Event" by reaching a minimum sales level of $75,000 in 1993.
KAREN H. JONES, agency manager at Allstate Insurance Co., has been designated Certified Insurance Counselor after completing an insurance education program sponsored by the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors.
JAMES S. FRANCIS, president of Jackson Insurance Agency Inc. in Hillsville, was elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia Inc. He will be responsible for its 6th District boundaries, an area closely following the old Virginia 6th Legislative District boundaries.
Francis, formerly of Roanoke, also was president of the Independent Agents Association of Roanoke for two terms.
WILLIAM R. STOUT of Stout Insurance & Financial Services Inc. of Roanoke, has received membership in the Fortis Sales Elite Leaders Circle by the Fortis Financial Group. Membership is based on outstanding sales and service accomplishments to clients.
HOPE PLAYER, an accountant, has been elected president of The Blue Ridge Regional Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners.
Other officers are Deborah Oehlschlaeger of Plunkett Logan & Oehlschlaeger, PLC Attorneys, vice president/president-elect; Deanna Burns, CPA of Walker & Norton, PC, treasurer; Gail Godsey of Safeguard Business Systems, membership acquisition; Janice Webb of Webb's Oil Corp., membership retention; Pamela Corcoran of Crystal Spring Linen, program coordinator; Lin Chaff of Lin Chaff Public Relations & Advertising, publicity; Cynthia Dillon of Design Marketing Inc., governmental affairs.
LEE YEAGER of Roanoke has been appointed eastern area sales manager for the bronze division of Matthews International Corp.
Yeager has worked for the company for 37 years, holding positions that include quality control and pricing administrator, office manager, office services manager and advertising copywriter. He has covered the District of Columbia, Virginia, Western Maryland and West Virginia territory since 1980.
BRIGHT IMAGES, owned and operated by Margaret Bright, has moved to 3503 Shenandoah Ave. N.W. and has expanded its services. The Christian salon offers hair care, nail care, pedicures, facials, parafin wax treatments, makeovers and color analysis. The shop is open Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, call 344-4126.
CAROLYN V. PENCE and DON A. ASSAID CLU were recently honored by the Roanoke Valley Association of Life Underwriters.
Pence, owner of Pence Insurance Agency, was named Life Underwriter of the Year. She has held offices in the organization since 1980, most recently leading the Life Underwriters Political Action Committee for the past three years. Assaid was given the Outstanding Service Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the success and growth of the association. The Equitable Life Insurance Society representative recently was chairman of the membership committee. In this period, the Roanoke association finished first in the nation in its size category for new membership growth.
The association also received awards for the largest number of members and contributions in the state.
I U ION PHO O: headshots of ouse, Cassity, uck, Wooten, Chewning, Woods, Bannwart, Pence, Assaid and Desai
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