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 Karen Gibbs |
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| Jerry Canaan is employed
by Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle, P.C., Attorneys at Law, as a member
of the firm’s Government Affairs and Litigation teams. He holds the
highest attorney rating, (AV) by Martindale-Hubbell. His emphasis is medical
malpractice defense of health care providers together with legislative
lobbying in the Virginia General Assembly. He also represents individual
health care practitioners with licensing disputes before the Virginia Department
of Health Professions, including the Boards of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy,
Dentistry and Optometry, and monitors important regulatory developments
in these areas. Mr. Canaan actively litigates civil matters in state and
federal courts throughout Virginia. He is admitted to practice law in the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the
United State Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and
the United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. As a member of the
Governmental Affairs Team, Mr. Canaan regularly appears before the Virginia
General Assembly, the Department if Health Professions, the Health Regulatory
Boards and other political organizations.
Mr. Canaan has litigated various types of medical malpractice cases including: oral surgery, birth injuries, pulmonary embolism, angioedema, medication administration errors, tricyclic overdoses, myocardial infarction, avascular necrosis, suicide, gastric bypass, emergency medicine, pharmaceutical errors, colorectal cancer, colonoscopies, stroke, fractures, shoulder surgery, operating room fires, medical equipment malfunctions, false positive lab results and patient falls. Mr. Canaan frequently lectures on recent legislative actions, case law developments, and risk management strategies to avoid civil litigation. Mr. Canaan earned his B.A. in political science and English from Virginia
Tech, and his J.D. from the T. C. Williams School of Law at the University
of Richmond. Upon graduation from law school, he was a clerk in the Chief
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Robert H. Tate, Vice President for Advancement at Florida Southern College, earned his Ph.D. in American Literature at The Florida State University and is an honors graduate of Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, where he received both his B.A. and M.A. in English. Dr. Tate joined the English faculty at Florida Southern in 1982 and was promoted to associate professor in 1997; he joined the development office staff June 1, 1998, and was named Vice President for Advancement January 1, 2000. Dr. Tate is a member of the Board of Directors of Volunteers in Service to the Elderly (VISTE) and the Learning Resource Center of Polk County, the advisory board for Peace River Center, the advisory board for the Historic Polk Theatre, and the Lakeland Margarita Society. He has also served on the following community boards: the Community Advisory Board for the Junior League of Greater Lakeland, Friends of the Library, First United Methodist Church, Lakeland Yacht & Country Club Board of Governors, and the Lakeland Rotary Club. Listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Education, he is also a member of such academic honoraries as Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, and Sigma Tau Delta. Dr. Tate is a frequent speaker for companies, civic organizations, and book clubs. Dr. Tate received the Omicron Delta Kappa Teacher of the Year Award in 1986; in 1987 he was awarded the Phi Eta Sigma Lover of Wisdom Award. top |
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| Charles Fisher is a Lead Documentation Specialist at Fairfax-based Datatel, Inc. (www.datatel.com), a leading developer of information management solutions for higher education. He has more than
20 years of experience in the technical communications field. In addition
to his work at Datatel, Charles teaches courses in technical writing, software
documentation, and written communication skills. He received his BA in
English from Virginia Tech in 1988, and he holds an MA in Professional
Writing (1997) and an MS in Technology Management (2001), both from George
Mason University. He is a senior member and Associate Fellow of the Society
for Technical Communication (STC) (www.stc.org), and he has held many positions
at the Society level and within the Washington DC Chapter of the STC. He
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Prior to working for Kilpatrick Stockton, Sandy was a Master Series trainer and consultant with Payne Consulting Group. In addition to training the Payne Master Series for Word class, Sandy worked with large and small firms with training on Microsoft Office products, e-mail and document management systems for attorneys, secretaries and staff. She has also contributed articles to the Payne Consulting Group’s website as well as other legal publications. In addition to consulting work Sandy was Training Manager for Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, a North Carolina based law firm with 9 offices from Washington, DC to Atlanta, GA. Her responsibilities included coordinating training for over 1200 users, working with specific practice groups to identify training and support needs, and managing the training team. She was part of the management team for three rollouts, three mergers with other law firms and the opening of two additional offices. Sandy holds a B.A. and M.A. in English from Virginia Tech in addition to a certificate in Microcomputing and several Microsoft certifications. She is also a certified Training Manager. Before working in the legal field, Sandy was an Instructor at Forsyth
Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, NC for over five years
where she was named Teacher of the Year. In addition to class instruction,
Sandy was a speaker for several textbook publishers and on the steering
committee and a project chairman for the development of the Computer
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Chuck Epes is assistant director of media relations for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and is based in Richmond, Va. His duties include public relations, press relations and outreach for the Bay Foundation. With more than 226,000 members, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation is the largest conservation organization working exclusively to Save the Bay. Before joining the Bay Foundation in 1997, Chuck was public relations coordinator for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, the Commonwealth’s largest natural resource agency. Prior to that, he spent 14 years as a reporter and editor with the former Richmond News Leader newspaper. He also has taught at the college and middle school levels. A native of Newport News, Va., Chuck has degrees from Virginia Tech (B.A., English, 1971) and Virginia Commonwealth University (M.S., Mass Communications, 1978). He lives with his wife, Debbie, in Richmond and has three children, two of whom are also Va. Tech graduates. 10/09top |
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| Donna L. Mitchell is
a Vice President of Investments with UBS Financial Services Inc. (formerly
PaineWebber Inc.). Donna joined PaineWebber in 1984 and became a registered
Financial Advisor in 1988. She now manages over $130 million in assets.
Her concentration of business typically centers around equities (common
and preferred), bonds (corporates, governments, and municipals), mutual
funds, and annuities for private clients.
Donna’s educational background includes an Associates of Science degree in Business Administration from Virginia Western Community College (1981), and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management (1983) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English (1984), both from Virginia Tech. Donna is active in the community. She currently holds many positions at Virginia Western Community College, including Vice President of the Foundation Board (to assume the position of President in 2006). She is also currently Chairman of the Virginia Western Community College Alumni Council, a member of the Executive and Development Committees for the Foundation, and was previously Treasurer of the Foundation and the Alumni Coordinator for the Foundation’s inaugural Major Gifts Campaign. Donna delivered the commencement address to the graduates of Virginia Western Community College in May of 1996. In addition to her work with the community college, Donna has been active
in many other organizations in the past, serving on the board of the
Salvation Army’s Turning Point Abused Women’s Shelter for
16 years, as well as being a past member and Vice President of the Downtown
Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association (where she
was named the club’s 1996 Woman of the Year and nominated for the
top ten National Business Women of the Year for 1997). She has also served
on the boards of Sanctuary Group Home and the Kiwanis Club of Roanoke. |
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| Dawn Krumwiede Watkins serves as the Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at Washington and Lee University (Lexington, Virginia) with responsibility for "life outside the classroom" including emergency response, campus activities, leadership development, campus recreation, the first-year program, Greek life, housing and residential life, religious life, student conduct systems, multicultural programs, security and safety, student health, wellness and counseling services and auxiliary services including dining services, university purchasing, fleet management, copy and mail services, and rental property management. Watkins joined W&L in 2001 and was promoted to her present position in 2003. Prior to joining the W&L staff, Watkins worked at Guilford College (Greensboro, NC) and Bridgewater College (Bridgewater, VA).
Watkins earned her B.A. in English from Virginia Tech in 1990, her M.A.Ed. in Counseling and Student Personnel Services from Virginia Tech in 1994 and her Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration with an emphasis in Organizational Behavior from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2002. Watkins is active in her profession as a member of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Region III Board holding the positions of Faculty Chair for the New Professionals Institute and State Director for Virginia. She also serves as Faculty Chair for the American College Personnel Association's (ACPA) Mid-Level Management Institute. She is past chair and past secretary of the Associated Colleges of the South Senior Student Affairs Officer Board. Watkins has published and presented extensively in such areas of emergency management, Greek Life and student-life related risk management. Robert Patzig is a Senior
Managing Director of Third Security, LLC. Third Security is an investment
advisory firm investing in public and private life science companies. Mr.
Patzig is part of the Investment Committee of NewVa Capital Partners, LP,
a venture capital fund managed by Third Security dedicated to early stage
investments in Southwest Virginia. Mr. Patzig also is the CEO and President
of New River Advisers LLC, an investment company and affiliate of TS and
sponsor of no-load mutual funds. Additionally, Mr. Patzig chairs the equity
investment committee and oversees all investment research for Howe & Rusling,
Inc., a registered investment advisor and an affilitate of Third Security.
Previously Mr. Patzig served as Director of Market Research and Analysis
at GIV Holdings, Inc., and Director of Research Services at GIV. He previously
worked as an instructor of English at Virginia Tech from 1994 until 1996.
Mr. Patzig received a B.A. in Philosophy and an M.A. in English from Virginia
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