Casey at the Bat
We’re pleased to welcome Casey (née Ferguson) Prentice back into the Hodges fold. An ECU grad and former Hodges intern, Casey began her communications career at THP, and eventually was lured away by our then sister agency at the time, Hodges Digital. Now, after a stint at VCU’s School of the Arts – proving that she is both left- and right-brained – she has returned to the Mother Ship and is settling in at her old desk (no doubt where she has some pretty old voice mails waiting for her). Welcome back, Case.
If You’re Keeping Score at Home
Alert Hodges watchers will have noted a new name on our team roster – Saunders. It’s not the result of a new hire but due to end-of-year nuptials for Laura Elizabeth Mann, who can now be reached at lsaunders@hodgespart.com. Best wishes to Paul and LE and they start 2017 as husband and wife.
Aisle Be
Another Hodges wedding is in the future (but, hey, no pressure). Ryan O’Bar popped the question to our own Lindsay Grant late last year, giving Linds an excuse to flex her muscular event-planning skills. Here’s to the soulmates.
The Notorious CIG
Our friends at The Robins Foundation have bestowed what we believe is the single largest human services grant in central Virginia – the Lora M. and E. Claiborne Robins, Sr. Community Innovation Grant. This year’s $500,000 check was made out to ChildSavers, whose partnership with Richmond Public Schools and Greater Richmond SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now) will help some 4,500 students in Richmond’s East End deal with the trauma that has become an ever-present reality in their lives. The RTD’s Katherine Calos has the details here.
Because we’re good at promotion...
We gave Tony one. Congratulations to Tony Scida, our new Director of Creative Services. Tony and his team are like our “Intel Inside,” making our work – presentations and videos and newsletters and websites – so much better. And they also have been known to add their creative flair to some of our client work as well. Kudos to Tony on his new business cards (which, incidentally, he also designed).
In the Outdoor
Richmond-based Outdoor Access – think of it as the AirBnB for outdoor enthusiasts – recently was profiled in RichmondBizSense, which chronicled the young company’s nascent growth and its recent efforts to raise a second round of financing, following an initial $750,000 round.
RBS re TBC’s APS
RBS also reported on the growing portfolio of Richmond-based Turning Basin Capital, a private equity group specializing in energy-related companies. One of the firm’s portfolio companies has struck a deal to acquire Appalachian Production Services out of Abingdon. Read RBS’s story on the deal here.
