The Herd: New hires, promotions & departures for 7.22.25

Rob Pearsall joined Spotts Fain as senior counsel.

Clare M. Lewis, Gregory S. Bean and Brett C. Herbert have joined Whiteford as partners.

Loren McAdams and Mary Lambert joined Compass as a Realtors.

Lisa Trimmer joined Cabell Childress Group as a Realtor.

At CoStar Group:

Mary Elizabeth McKinnon is a senior employee relations consultant.

Kira Anderson is an executive recruiter.

Vince Hirsch is an account manager, Homes inside sales.

Taylor Buran was promoted to sales associate, LoopNet inside sales.

Kwame Kwakye and Jaylisa Dyer are client service specialists.

Scotti Dodson is a talent acquisition partner.

Rachel Roberts was promoted to manager, financial planning and analysis.

KC Whiting is regional vice president, Homes inside sales.

Jacob Hollingsworth joined Reliable Payments as chief revenue officer.

Jeffrey J. “Jeff” Lyash joined the board of directors of Dominion Energy as an independent director.

Steve Maxey has been promoted to senior vice president of operations for RCS Commercial Moving & Warehousing and D1 Moving & Storage.

Robert Hood joined Davenport & Co. as payroll administrator.

Joining Northmarq Capital:

David A. Howard is a senior vice president.

Hannah Taylor is vice president, debt and equity production.

The city of Richmond reports:

Angie Rodgers has been appointed director of economic development.

Anna Jones is the opioid response strategist for the Office of Opioid and Substance Use Response.

Rene Almaraz, is serving as interim deputy chief administrative officer for Finance and Administration.

Michael Higgs joined GTA as senior market lead.

Michael Kirillin joined Summit Human Capital as executive vice president, commercial.

Jessica Kirk has joined the StormTracker8 as meteorologist on Good Morning Richmond with WRIC Channel 8.

Tristan Hamrick joined dwell design studio as an architectural design staff 3.

Joining Kinsale Insurance Co.:

Bill Wooten is a data architect – IT.

Claire Logsdon is an associate claims examiner.

Emma Ferek joined joined Sabot School as head.

Bethany Raffanello is head of Northstar Academy and Career Center.

Catherine “Cat” Marshburn joined Virginia Tourism Corp. as vice president of marketing.

The board for St. Joseph’s Villa: chair of the board of trustees, Chris Layne with Blue Ridge Bank; Courtney Friedlein with SouthState Bank; Richard Wintsch with StartUp Virginia joined the corporation board; Thomas Zachry with SouthState Bank joined the foundation board; Vanessa Hampton with Sterling Capital Management joined finance committee; Liz Weir joined the advancement committee.

Joining EDC:

Lauren Place was promoted to human resources and payroll manager.

Julia Atkins is accounting manager.

Jordan Thomas is human resources coordinator.

Joining Cornerstone Homes:

Sherree Devereaux is a purchasing agent.

Cameron Steenrod is a marketing assistant.

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