Associations for Oct. 19

Blackwell N. Shelley Jr. has been named chair of the Virginia State Bar Special Committee on Technology and the Practice of Law. He is an attorney with Shelley & Schulte.

New officers for the Hanover Association of Businesses and Chamber of Commerce are: president, Timothy Boschen with Union Bank & Trust; vice president, Emma Lee Mitchell with Coldwell Banker Dew Realty; and treasurer, Karen Epps with Hanover County Economic Development. Directors are: Roger Cole with Highway Service Ventures Inc. and Dennis Beard with Goodfellow, Jalbert, Beard & Associates.

New members on the board of directors for FightSMA are: Dan Hayden, Alex Kostyuchenko and Bill Strong.

New officers for the Virginia Trucking Association are: chairman, R. Carl Bumgarner with Fleetmaster Express Inc.; first vice chairman, Harry G. Norris with Howells Motor Freight Inc.; second vice chairman, T. Guy Wilson with Wilson Trucking Corp.; third vice chairman, Douglas Z. Houff with Houff Transfer; treasurer, Gary Okes with Estes Express Lines; and secretary/president, CEO, Dale Bennett with Virginia Trucking Association. The following were elected to the executive committee: John A. Cox with Cox Transportation Services; Richard O. "Rick" Harrell III with R.O. Harrell Inc.; Gary W. Short with Atlantic Bulk Carrier Corp.; James R. Harris Jr. with Harris Transportation System; Richard H. Eanes with Warren Trucking Co.; James E. Hartman with Truck Enterprises; and Timmy Nelson with UPS. Elected members on the board of directors are: G.R. Barkley Jr. with Colonial Ford Trucks; Frank Borum with D.D. Jones Transportation Services; C. Fair Brooks III with Brooks Transfer & Storage; David W. Chewning with Wyatt Transfer; Barry Dodson with Hilldrup Moving & Storage; Russell Ellett with Virginia Truck Center; Robey W. Estes Jr. with Estes Express Lines; John W. Fain with UPS Freight Inc.; T. Nelson Flippo with Flippo Lumber Corp.; John P. Harlow with Norfolk Truck Center; Thomas W. Mohr with Highway Motors Inc.; C. Duncan Quicke with SVCC Truck Driver Training School; Thomas F. Rust with Loudoun Milk Transportation; Ward R. Scull III with Virginia Transfer & Storage; James G. "Jay" Smith III with Cox Transportation Services; Robert E. Speight Jr. with Estes Specialized Services; Thomas D. Thayer with International Truck Sales of Richmond; and C.L. "Chuck" Wilson with Wilson Trucking Corp.

New officers for the Virginia Movers & Warehousemen's Association are: president, Jeff Brooks with Brooks Transfer & Storage Company Inc.; vice president, John Phillips with Premier Moving and Storage; secretary, Paul Breaud with Student Services Moving & Storage; treasurer, Dennis LaLiberte with Dunmar Moving Systems; and past president, Charles "Chuck" Bailey with Executive Moving System. Elected members on the board of directors are: J.D. Morrissette with Interstate Van Lines; Chuck Bailey with Executive Moving System; Charles "Chuck" Russo with McCollister's Transportation Group; Fred Craig with Craig Van Lines; George Calabrese with Lee Moving & Storage; Fair Brooks with Brooks Transfer and Storage; Wes Stewart with Wes Stewart Moving & Storage; Cal Paxton with Paxton Van Lines; John Lugar with Virginia Varsity Transfer; Roger Moody with Moody Moving & Storage; Lewis Pitzer with Pitzer Transfer; and Barry Dodson with Hilldrup Moving & Storage.

Sandra Barker has been named the Bill Balaban Endowed Chair of Human-Animal Interaction. She is with the Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Human-Animal Interaction.