
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, July 2, 1995                   TAG: 9506300027
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: G-4   EDITION: METRO  
SOURCE: COMPILED BY MARY LINN
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Long

SFCS APPOINTS NEW PRESIDENT

Sherertz Franklin Crawford Shaffner Inc., an architectural, engineering, planning and interior design firm in Roanoke, has announced the appointment of GREGORY A. JONES as president and chief operating officer, MANJIT S. TOOR as executive vice president and chief financial officer, CURTIS R. JENNINGS JR. as senior vice president; and TYE CAMPBELL as vice president. Also promoted were DONALD P. PRITCHARD and DAVID P. JARMOLOWSKI to the position of senior associate, and RONALD W. BRITT to associate. PATRICK SHAFFNER, who previously held the title of president, remains chairman and chief executive officer.

Jones has been with SFCS since 1983, most recently as vice president and director of seniors design. Toor, formerly vice president and director of general practice, has been with the firm since 1986. Jennings, previously a vice president, began his career with SFCS in 1970. Campbell has worked for the company since 1984, most recently as director of engineering. Pritchard joined SFCS in 1983, Jarmolowski in 1987 and Britt in 1989.

SFCS specializes in the design of educational, health care and retirement facilities.

ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS

MICHAEL BRENNAN and ROBERT J. SMITH have been promoted to the position of senior associate at Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern Inc., an architectural, engineering and planning firm based in Roanoke. JOSEPH E. WELLS has been promoted to assistant vice president of the company. Brennan, a registered architect and interior designer, joined HSMM in 1989. Smith, who is senior systems analyst and head of the data processing department, has been with HSMM for 18 years. Wells has been a project architect, project manager and head of the architectural department since he joined HSMM in 1981. In 1983, he transferred to the firm's National Capital Regional Office in Rockville, Md., where he is currently office manager.

COLLEGES

CHARLES W. CRIST, a vice president with BellAtlantic Corp. in Arlington, has been named vice president for business and finance at Hollins College. He will assume his new post Sept. 5.

Crist comes to Hollins with 29 years of education and experience in the telecommunications industry, having been with BellAtlantic since 1989, and, before that, with C&P and AT&T.

At Hollins, he will be responsible for managing the college's endowment and administration of the college's finances, auxiliary services, security, human resources and the physical plant and grounds.

ENVIRONMENT

RON TUCKER has joined Earth Reach Environmental Consultants in Rocky Mount as marketing manager. Tucker formerly worked with an asbestos and lead paint specialist. In his new job, he will maintain and develop a statewide client base for the consulting company.

FOOD PROCESSORS

JOHN O. NIELSON, president and chief operating officer of Smithfield Foods Inc., has assumed the additional responsibilities of president and chief operating officer of the company's largest operating unit, Smithfield Packing Co. Smithfield Foods is parent of Valleydale Foods Inc. of Salem. He replaces ROBERT W. MANLY IV, who has been named executive vice president of Smithfield Foods Inc.

FOOD SERVICE

RICK NEASE has joined the Jefferson Club in Roanoke as maitre d'. He previously was the dining room manager at Brandon Oaks Retirement Community. Nease has more than 16 years of experience in the food and beverage industry, 13 of which he worked in food service at Virginia Military Institute.

GOVERNMENT

CAROLE BRACKMAN, owner of Multimedia Creations in Salem, has been elected to the Industrial Development Authority of Roanoke County.

HOSPITALITY

At The Homestead resort hotel in Hot Springs, BRETT SCHOENFIELD has been named rooms division manager, ANN WALKER has been appointed national sales manager and SUSAN HRUSKA has been named public relations manager. Schoenfield, a 10-year hospitality veteran, comes from San Antonio, Texas, where he was executive assistant manager of rooms for Hyatt Regency Country Club. Walker was national sales manager for The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., for 10 years. Hruska, a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, worked several summers for Pinehurst Resort and Country Club, a sister resort to The Homestead under the operation of Club Resorts Inc.

INFORMATION SERVICES

CANDY MILLS has joined Professional Library Update Service Systems, a legal and tax loose-leaf filing and information service in Roanoke, as assistant director of operations specializing in the area of legal information.

INVESTMENTS

L. DANIEL SPRINKLES has joined Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.'s Roanoke office as an account executive. He has worked for the last 17 years in corporate financial management and as a private management consultant, most recently in Monterey, Calif.

NONPROFITS

The American Red Cross, Roanoke Valley Chapter, has elected officers for 1995-96: PATRICK SHAFFNER of Sherertz, Franklin, Crawford and Shaffner, chairman; R. WILLIAM JOHNSON, certified public accountant, first vice chairman; SUSIE FEINOUR, community volunteer, second vice chairman; CHARLOTTE THORNE, community volunteer, third vice chairman; BAYARD HARRIS of the Center for Employment Law, secretary; and JACK CARROLL of Carter Machinery Co., treasurer. New board members include REGINALD DAVIS of Davidson's Inc.; J. RANDOLPH EDWARDS of Carilion Health System; BRENDA MATTHEWS of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; DICK ROBERS of Maid Bess Corp.; RICHARD S. WHITNEY JR. of Fralin & Waldron Inc.; and KEN WIRTH of Advance Auto Parts.

ORGANIZATIONS

The Blue Ridge Chapter of the Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters has installed officers for 1995-96: HARRY L. WALDRON of Atlantic Mutual Cos., president; ROBERT D. NAVE of Thomas Rutherford Inc., president-elect; WILLIAM G. JOHNSON of Atlantic Mutual Cos., secretary; and JESSE N. JONES JR. of State Farm Mutual Insurance Cos., treasurer. JO ANN GORDON of Allstate Indemnity is immediate past president.

REAL ESTATE

Several members of the Roanoke Valley Association of Realtors have been named to the Virginia Association of Realtors Honor Society for 1994: DON CONSTABLE of Century 21 Anchor Realtors; DENNIS CRONK of Waldvogel Poe & Cronk Real Estate Group; BARBARA DELANEY of Garst & Associates; DAVID EELLS of MKB Realtors; BILL GEARHART of Gearhart-Stevens Realtors; ED HALL of Hall Associates; SHARON HARWOOD of Boone & Co. Realtors; STEVE HOOVER of MKB Realtors; JAMES LUGAR of Lugar Poff McGuire Inc.; DOUGLAS SAWYER of Sawyer Properties, and ANNE LEE STEVENS of Gearhart-Stevens Realtors.

The society recognizes individuals who have demonstrated superior leadership at local, state and national board levels. Cronk, Gearhart, Hall, Hoover, Lugar and Stevens have received the honor for five consecutive years.

RETAIL

STEPHEN J. KONSIN has joined Retired Persons Services Inc. as senior vice president, pharmacy operations. Retired Persons Services administers the AARP Pharmacy Service, a nonprofit mail service pharmacy which operates a telemarketing center in Roanoke. Konsin has been in management positions with Thrift Drug and Systemed Pharmacy Inc., most recently as senior vice president of operations. Retired Persons Services Inc. is a separate entity sponsored by, but not owned or controlled by, the AARP.

Information on personnel changes of interest to people in business should be sent to this column, c/o the Roanoke Times & World-News, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke 24010.

by CNB