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Damascus native Jason Collins is the new owner of King Floor on Ridge Road in Damascus.
Collins, the grandson of Monroe Duvall and the late Peggy Duvall, grew up in Damascus and lives on the family farm just outside of town.
"People I grew up with, my parents and grandparents know — I enjoy seeing them come in and helping them out," Collins said.
Collins, a firefighter in Washington, D.C., owned a small flooring business in the District. When he heard King Floor was available, he bought it, he said.
Collins is on duty as a firefighter four days a month, so when he is gone, the store is in the capable hands of Dale Browning and the other long-time employees, he said.
"We'll give a different type of customer service to the people who live in town," Collins said.
That service will include adding carpet cleaning services and letting do-it-yourselfers borrow equipment.
Gaithersburg leasing agents are top ranked
Bob Dickman and Jack McShea of McShea & Co. of Gaithersburg were named No. 1 among the Top Ten Leasing Agents in Maryland for 2008 and also won the Lease Transaction of the Year Award for 2008 from the Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors.
Damascus woman
named team manager
Carol Cook of Damascus, an independent consultant with Tastefully Simple Inc., has been named a team manager with the national direct seller of gourmet goods.
Cook earned the promotion through sales achievement and by adding new consultants to the team.
Scritchfield named
to insurance association board
Randy Scritchfield, president of Montgomery Financial Group in Damascus, was appointed to the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association board of directors, along with Salene Hitchcock-Gear, president and CEO of Acacia Life Insurance Company and president and CEO of Ameritas Investment Corp., and John Doscher, vice president and chief compliance officer of Prudential Annuitie.
"These distinguished professionals bring experienced viewpoints on industry and consumer issues as we establish national standards that promote ethical business practices to benefit consumers, companies and distributors," Scott Curtis, president of Raymond James and chairman of the board of directors, wrote in a prepared statement.
Scritchfield also serves on the finance committee of National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.
Rodgers Consulting
promotes three
Rodgers Consulting of Germantown promoted Jennifer Russel, Dusty Rood and Peter Fosselman to principals. Russel leads its planning studio, Rood its environmental group.