Andy Carr ’85 was awarded the Ted Corbitt Award by the Road Running Technical Committee of USA Track & Field for his support of U.S. road racing. Carr works full-time for the Atlanta Track Club and is a community, cross country/track and field coach at Milton High School in Georgia. He’s also the USATF long-distance running record keeper. At Roanoke, he raced in two national championship cross-country meets and earned a degree in history. He is a veteran road racer and marathoner.
Amber (Wood) Teitt ’02 was promoted to vice president of debt management and treasury at American Municipal Power, Inc. She holds a B.A. in political science from Roanoke, where she was a member of Chi Omega, and a Master of Public Administration from Indiana University. Prior to her current role, she served as director and assistant vice president of debt management at AMP.
Jennifer (West) Jones ’05 has been named controller and chief accounting officer for Roanoke College. Previously, she served as vice president of finance at Retirement Unlimited Ind. She has also worked in management roles at Lawrence Companies, Inc. and Norfolk Southern Corp. Jones holds a degree in business administration from Roanoke, where she was a member of the women’s volleyball team. She’s also a graduate of the executive development program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
Laura (Hayes) Chalk ’10 was named executive director of Virginia Beach Vision, a business advocacy group in Virginia Beach. Prior to that, she was deputy director of the Virginia Beach Department of Economic Development. She holds a BBA from Roanoke, where she played volleyball and was a Delta Gamma, and a Master of Public Administration from Old Dominion University. Chalk's innovation and passion for connecting with others — both hallmarks of a Roanoke education — were praised by Virginia Beach leaders when she agreed to take over the helm of Virginia Beach Vision. In 2023, she was named one of the year’s rainmakers to meet by Virginia Business magazine.
Zachary Zeid ’12 has been promoted to a member at Pullman & Comley, LLC, one of Connecticut’s largest law firms, where he practices in the labor, employment law and employee benefits arena. He earned a B.A. in political science at Roanoke and a law degree at Quinnipiac University.
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