The Herd: New hires, promotions & departures for 4.8.25

Bret Schardein, Powhatan’s county administrator, is stepping down, effective July 1. He will become deputy county administrator for Hanover.

Jon Lugbill, executive director of Sports Backers, is stepping down in June.

John Bernier, WRIC’s StormTracker8 chief meteorologist has announced his retirement at the end of April.

Fotis Sotiropoulos, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University, will leave on May 31 to join Penn State University as executive vice president and provost.

Christopher Hurley has been promoted to partner with Spotts Fain.

Heather Lambert was promoted to managing partner with the Richmond office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough.

At Hunton Andrews Kurth:

Robert M. Cipolla is a partner.

Rudene Haynes is the Richmond office managing partner.

Steve Haas has become a co-head of the corporate team.

Jamie Head leads the energy and infrastructure team.

Jayden Nicholas, Hailey Fields, Claudia Pinckney, Wade Wilkins, Carrie Wyatt, Tonya Kern and Sebastian Duque Plata joined Hometown Realty as Realtors.

At CoStar Group:

Jabril Cartier is senior sales recruiter, Homes.com sales.

Nathan Pearce, Noel Varghese and Brayden Cassidy are sales associate I, Homes.com inside sales.

Lexie Hull is a product recruiter.

Matt Kokal is senior sales recruiter, CoStar sales.

Sally Snead is sales director, Homes.com inside sales.

Jake Chalkley is an inside sales associate, Apartments.com.

Richard Myrie is sales associate II – Homes.com inside sales.

Anthony Oppermann has been named general manager of the Richmond Flying Squirrels.

Will Dixon has been promoted executive director of Sports Backers.

John Gerard has been promoted to partner with SecureBridge Wealth Advisors.

Angela Baker joined TCV Trust & Wealth Management as vice president – client administration.

Lea Bacharach is an employee benefits client support specialist with the VBA Benefits Corp.

Kimberly Hawkins joined The Sandbox Collective as vice president.

Joining Kinsale Insurance Co.:

Jessica Roth is an associate underwriter – allied health.

Max Slone is a premium accounting analyst – finance.

Joining the board of Richmond Public Library Foundation: Tori Filas with Virginia Credit Union; Dominique McKenzie with The Vectre Corp.; Ashley Payne with the Country Club of Virginia; and Deon Wright with Dominion Energy.

Emmanuel Pezoa joined Xponent21 as an executive producer, brand video.

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