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Stephanie Williamson has been named director of marketing and businessa development with MatrixDesign Cos. in the Matricx Settles office in Arlington. in D.C. namefd Brian Judis senior project manager for its hospitality Judis brings 15 years of experience managing large hospitality projects to theCORE team. Most recently associatesd with , where he was the directot of capital expenditures, Judis implemented capitaol investment projects upwardsof $70 million annually and was the lead managee for the design and construction of numerous hotep projects throughout the U.S.
Judid has worked with a wide range of hotelobrands including, but not limite d to, Marriott, Swisshotel, , Hyatt, , and Recently, he completed the renovation to the lobby, rotundaq bar and restaurant of the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Other recent projects includew the management of the designh and construction at the HyattyCapitol Hill, JW Marriott, Key Bridge Four Seasons Philadelphia, and Ritz-Carlton Tysons Scott Boos , senior policy adviser to Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., has been namedf the new deputy director ofthe . Boos has more than sevebn years of legislative and policy experience gained during his tenurein Specter’s office and as staff directot of the U.S.
Senate Steel Caucus. In the Senate, Boos focuseed on a broad range of issuesincludingg manufacturing, trade, climate veterans, budget, appropriations, tax, telecom, housing, financial services and otheer business-related issues. As staff director of the bipartisamn U.S. Senate Steel Caucus, he worked to promotwe the health and stability of the domestic steel as well as the interests of its Theof D.C. named Bonnie I. Robin-Vergeer as directotr of the Project. She is an experiencedd appellate litigator who comes to Legal Aid afte r nine years at Litigation where she madethree U.S.
Supreme Court argumentsw and numerous others before appellate courts throughouf the country in cases involving the First access tothe courts, and consumer healtuh and safety, among othe issues. Prior to her position at Public Citizen, she worked for Joseph R. Biden Jr. on the reauthorizatiojn of the Violence Against Women Act in 2000 and was an associate at the law firm of LLP and a teaching fellosw at the Law Center AppellateLitigationn Clinic. The in Fairfazx named Tiffany Singleton tothe organization’s newly createcd position of director of sociapl entrepreneurship programs.
Singleton will be responsibl for overseeingthe design, development and implementation of UNCF sociapl entrepreneurship programs, while engaging stakeholders to develop a multiyeare strategy for introducing a greater number of young African Americans to social entrepreneurship — the applicatio n of business management practices and innovation to sociakl reform efforts. In addition to overseeing the desigmn and implementation of UNCF socialentrepreneurshipo programs, Singleton will cultivatw and sustain strategic partnerships and collaborations with leading social entrepreneurw and their organizations, and organize structurec discussions with key ultimately establishing a national advisory committeer of social entrepreneurs, academic, and social venture philanthropistes who can provide ongoinbg guidance to UNCF.
has promotec Paul McManus to assistantvice McManus, who joined the bank in 2006, is a financial center leader at 1470 Rockvillre Pike. Francis P. Nelsobn has been promoted to administrative vice presidenftat . Nelson joined M&T in 1992. He is responsiblse for leading and managing a retail sales and operationsa team for thePrince George’s County region. in Rockville has named David E. Perkins as its new chiet technology officer. Perkins joins NIHFCU’s newly appointee CEO Juli Anne Callis to lead thecredit union’s renewe d focus on technologic innovation and Perkins previsouly worked at .
Over a 13-year career at with the last fiveas CIO, accomplishments include the completion of two core implementation of new loan origination, online bankinhg and collection systems and the migration of new Cardinal Bank announced the promotions of Andrew J. Peden to senior vice president, Katie L. Golden to vice presidenf and James N. Estep to assistant vice president. Pedejn will oversee the relationship management of developers and realestate investors, with a primary focuws on acquisition, construction financing and commercial including special use properties such as golf coursesd and churches. He began his lending careere at Cardinal Bank in 2000 as acrediyt analyst.
Golden will continue to oversee the relationshiop management of buildersand developers, primarily in the areaz of commercial development, project financing, acquisitions and client Golden joined Cardinal Bank in 2004 in real estate administratiojn and currently manages the lendint support unit for the commerciapl real estate group. Estep remains dedicated to small business SBA guaranteed lending andbusiness development. Estep began his financial servicex career at Cardinal Bank in 2004 inretaiol lending. C. Fox Communications in Silver Spring nameed Tina McCormack as senior publicrelationw associate, and Julie Feldman as public relations associate. in D.C. nameds David W.
Whitmore as chief operatingg officer andgeneral counsel. Whitmore comeas to Levick with more than 25 years of financial andoperationalo experience. He has spent the lion’s share of his career in the communications industry, workingb with public relations, public lobbying and advertising firms. Before joining Levick, Whitmor e was executive vice president ofin D.C. with operational responsibility forthe firm’ds public affairs, government relations, crisiss management, and issues management practice groups. Prior to Racepoint, Whitmorr provided communications and management counsel to numerouas clientsin D.C., Dubaij and Abu Dhabi.
At , Whitmore variouslyg served as executive vice chieffinancial officer, chief operatinh officer and general counsel. announced the hiring of Briah Brobst as vice president of business developmenfin Reston. Brobst, a 20-plud year engineering and constructionindustry veteran, will be charged with expanding the firm’s presenc in the high-density power and computing markets, inclusive of finance, commercial data centers and government agencies. Brobsr was previously employed by as criticakl facilityservices principal.
Prior to that, he servedr as principal and Eastern region director of business developmeny for named Cyndie Shadow as statr vice president with oversight of campus operationwsfor D.C., Delaware and Shadow currently serves as campus director for the D.C. and Delawar e campuses. The university also has a campus locationin Md., and three learning centers located in Rockville and Timonium, Md. Prior to joining the D.C. campuss as campus director in 2007, Shado w served as director of academic affairs forthe University’s Maryland campus, as well as campusx college chair for that campus’ .
Her background and experience also involves several years as a senior syste m design associate for InterData of Sanibel, Fla. Sam Ortiz has been named campue directorat — Northern Virginia in Sterling. Engineering consulting firm hirexMina L. Clark as a new federao programsproject director. Clark will manage large public sector projectdfor G&O’s growing federal programs division. Clark has 20 years of experience in domestic and European and has administered contracts forthe U.S. governmengt and as an industry manager. She has worked in government and corporateengineering environments. The Fairfax at Embassyu Row announced thatDavid F.
Bodette has joined the hotel and its restaurantt as assistantgeneral manager. Bodette has been involved with four- and five-stat diamond hotels for more thana decade, including food and beveragew management positions with a number of Ritz-Carlton propertiews across the U.S. In his new Bodette will be responsible for food and beveragre management andrelated day-to-dagy operations for the Fairfax at Embass Row, The Jockey Club and The Fairfax Lounge. Josepu S. Skoloff joins Nova Medical’sx team of experts in Ashburn to leadthe facility’se pediatric division as the newest membetr of this integrative medical group.
Board-certifiedc in 1976 and then again, in 1988, Skoloff has been a pediatrician in Loudounj County for more than30 years. Skolofdf currently holds positions as assistant clinical professoer of pediatrics at the medical schools of George Washington andthe . He is a past vice chairmamn of the department of pediatricsw and chairman of the infection control committee atthe . Prio to joining Nova Medical, served as chairman of the department of pediatricsat , Robbins AFB, achieved the rank of major, and entererd a two-year pediatric cardiology fellowship at the Children’s .
WellNet Healthcare, a healtb care technology company in announced the appointment of Chrisw Kaiser as sales executive forthe mid-Atlantidc territory and Jay Thompson as sales executive for the Northeast territory. Kaise and Thompson will be responsible for sellintg software to companies that provide and pay for employeshealth benefits. Prior to joining WellNet, Kaisetr spent time in a territory sales role withVocuas Inc. Previously, he was with the in Thompson most recently worked for the Corporatde Executive Board as aresearch consultant. Veddetr Price PC announced thatAjay A. Jagtiani , Mark J, Guttab and David J. Lanzotti will join the firm’s intellectua property practicein D.C.
Jagtiani has nearl 20 years of experience in all phases ofpatentt prosecution, including patentability, validithy and infringement opinions, procurement of domesticf and foreign patents, client counseling, licensing and use agreement preparatio and negotiation, and the protection and valuation of intellectuaol property in mergers and acquisitions. Guttag will becomw of counsel to the firm and Lanzotti will be an associater inthe group. Jagtiani, Guttag and Lanzotti are registered to practice withthe . Prior to joininb Vedder Price, they were with the law firm in announced a change in leadership inthe firm’s Alexandrisa office. Intellectual property shareholderRobert G.
Mukai has been namee office head. Mukai takes the place of fellows intellectual property shareholderWilliam C. Rowland, who was recentlgy elected to serve onthe firm’x advisory committee and, therefore, has stepped down from head of the Mukai formerly served on the Advisory however, his term recently expired. Mukai focuses his practice on polymere chemistry includingbiodegradable polymers, synthetidc fibers, petroleum chemistry, health care technology, photographivc and lithographic chemistry, solvent-based and solvent-lesas coating compositions, metallurgy and inorganic chemistry. Michaeo A. Bell , Laura E. Jordan and Alfred L. Scanlah Jr.
joined ’s business law and general litigation groupsin D.C. as directors. announcec that J. Page Scully has joined the firmin D.C. as an associatd in its state and locakltax group. Page’s addition expands Sutherland’s fast-growing Stat Tax Practice to 20 attorneysdedicatedr full-time to advising clients on statwe and local tax matters. A former associate with LLP in Scully has experience incombined reporting, allocation and apportionment, realty transfef tax, Internet and e-commerce matters, unclaimed propertu and federal and state constitutional issues. announcecd that Daniel E. Cooper has joined the firm’as energy practice in the D.C.
Cooper is a non-lawyer consulting engineer in the firm’z energy practice group. He is a registered professional engineer focusing his consultinbg work on electricutility matters, including economic and feasibilitgy analysis, oversight of electri generating resource operations and development, power supply and transmissiohn contracts, oversight of bulk power compliance with environmental regulations and reliability standards, and review and oversight of transmission and bulk electricx power contracts. Cooper joined the firm after servingt with the Michigan Public Power Agenc for more than16 years.
Prior to joining Michiganh PublicPower Agency, Dan workedx for 12 years for the firm of R. W. LLP announced that Valyncia R. Simmons has joined the firm’sz D.C. office as an associate in its trial Simmons’ practice focuses on trademarik enforcementand litigation, as well as matters relatinf to unfair competition and copyrighted In addition to litigation, Simmons maintains trademark portfolios comprised of both foreign and domestifc trademark prosecution matters; handles opposition and cancellation proceedings before the ; acquires domain names throug h implementation of the Uniform Domain-Namer Dispute-Resolution Policy; and analyzes trademarl search reports and provides clearance opinions.
Leslie Nicholson , immediatwe past general counsel ofthe , joined Pillsburhy Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as senior counsel in the firm’s litigation practice. It is a homecominv for Nicholson, who was one of the firstr three associates at Pillsbury predecessor firm Shaw Pittmajn when he began in private practicsein 1968. He spent 28 years at the six as leader of itslitigatio practice. After earning his J.D. from of Law in Nicholson joinedthe U.S. Departmentg of Justice as a member of theAttorne General’s Honors Program, where he workexd under two assistant attorneyes general for the civil division before joiningb Shaw Pittman.
During his nearly three decadews withthe firm, he personally handled casesx in 37 states, involving bankruptcy, securities, construction claims, complex commerciap and real estate disputes, environmental compliance, aircraft salesx and leases, class actions and employmentt law issues. In 1996, Nicholson was named executivd vice president and general counselto , whers he created and managed the legal department of the $12 billioh financial institution, led government relations efforts at the federal and statre level, and supervised and administered multipl e other bank functions.
A compliance program developed undere his leadership was used as a modelo of excellence by the Office of Thrift In 2002, Nicholson co-founded investment fund Kenwood LLC, where he was President and CEO unti retuning to public service at the GSA in 2008. Seyfartn Shaw LLP announced thatMinh N. Vu has joined the firm’e D.C. office as a partner in the labof andemployment department. She was previouslty a partner at , where she served as co-chair of the firm’se disability law group. Vu is an experiencec litigator with special expertise in handling disability discrimination lawsuite brought under the Americans with DisabilitiesAct (ADA) and othert civil rights laws.
Since returning to the privatew sector, Vu has defended employeres and public accommodations in a varietyt of complex disability and employment law Vu also devotes a substantial portion of her practice to employmen t law litigationand counseling. She has defendecd employers against lawsuits and government investigations broughtunde anti-discrimination laws such as Title VII, the D.C. Human Rights Act, and the LLP announced that former U.S. Trade Representative Generaol CounselWarren H. Maruyama has rejoined the firm as a partnerr inthe D.C. office. He will resume his practicew in the international trade law and policyg group ofthe firm.
As USTR General Counsel, Maruyama oversaw World Trader Organization and Free Trade Agreement worked with congressional leaders and otheer executive branch agencies ontrades legislation, U.S. FTA agreements, and the WTO Doha Maruyama played a key role in negotiatingfthe “May 10 Bipartisan Agreement” between the Bush administration and Democraticx congressional leadership to address the labot and environmental provisions of U.S. FTAs. Roge r E. Smith has joinec LLP as a partner in the energy and publicd utilities group inthe D.C. office from Troutman Sander s LLP where he wasa partner. Smith concentrates his practice inenergy regulation, litigation and transactions.
He represents investor-ownecd utilities, independent system operators and regionaltransmissiob organizations, electric distribution companiees and power marketers. Kevin Spurlock has joined Penzance, where he will manage design, and development for Penzance-owned projectxs as well as for tenantsand third-party Spurlock comes to Penzance from , where he was seniod vice president for construction. In his 30 yeard on the job he has worked in senior positionss for many of the major players in themetro area, including , , and . His project experience includex the training facility in renovation of1310 N.
Court House, Cox Communicationse Regional Headquartersin Herndon, Dullew Town Center Regional Mall, 1750 Tysonx Boulevard in McLean, and the in Nortgh Bethesda, to name a few. Jeffory Grovexs has joined EDGE Commercial’s landlord and tenant advisory practicefor Maryland. Grovew has seven years of experience. Gates Hudson announced that Joe Schechtek has joined the companu as senior vice president of itscommerciakl division. He will be responsible for a team of professionals providingasset management, property management and leasing services to the company’sa 3.7 million square foot commercial real estate portfolio in the Washingtonm area.
Schechtel brings with him more than 20 years of commercial real estate including the last 14 yearswith , whered he was director of client solutions and responsibld for the firm’s third-party property facility management and project management services throughout the Washington and Baltimorse areas. Dave Jones joined wife Pam Loudoun-based marketing team at as comprehensive buyert repin Ashburn. in Reston appointed Georger PeachTaylor Jr. , vice president and chief medical and AmyKing , vice presidengt of health information technology programs for the company’se information systems sector.
As vice president and chiec medical officer, Taylor will provided strategic direction forNorthrop Grumman’s health, homeland biomedical sciences and human systekm integration business. Previously, Taylor was vice presideny of HealthIT Programs. Taylo joined Northrop Grumman in 2008 from the Washington federaol practiceof , where he was a seniorf managing director following his 2006 retirement as a lieutenanft general and surgeon general of the U.S. Air Force.
As vice presidenft of health IT programs, King will oversed Northrop Grumman’s overall health which provides mission-critical enterprisewide healtuh applications, interoperable architecture, and large-scale systemss integration and engineering to leadinghealth organizations. she was director of . King has more than 25 years of experience with civilian and defense agencies inthe management, analysis, development and implementation of large-scale automated financial, healthy and related administrative information systems usinh mainframe and Web-based technology. Prior to joininvg Northrop Grummanin 2006, she was vice president of the Public Sector Health Account Group at .
Northrop Grumman in Reston also namedCheryl L. Janey vice presiden of operations for the informatiobnsystems sector’s civil systemsx division. Janey will oversee the division’s financial growtjh and operational objectives withinthe federal-civil, and state and locapl markets. She will also lead civil system’d integrated planning process, leading and managing special projectzand initiatives. Janey has nearlg 30 years of experiencew in the informationtechnology industry. Most recently, she was presidenr of civil programsfor , supportinvg the technology needs of federao agencies.
Prior to joining Harris, she spent almost six yearz in various leadership roles with Northrop Grumman supportinbgthe company’s commercial, statw and local business. Reston-based announced that Chip Block has joined the company as vice president ofstrategic development. He will be responsiblre for strategic planning, customer and leading the growth of GITI into newmarketg sectors. Prior to joining GITI, Block was director of Defense Advanced Solutions for McDonald Bradley (MBI) / . Beford MBI, he was president and chief technology officer forSpearhead Innovations. in Herndon announcedc that Laura W. Thomas has been promoted to chiegffinancial officer.
In her role as CFO, Thomas will lead XO financial strategy includingall reporting, auditing, taxatiomn and investor relations functions. She will work with the company’s senior executive team to develop and implementhe company’s long-term business strategy. Thoma s brings more than 30 years of experiencee in finance and telecommunicationa tothe position. During the past nine years, Thomase served as vice president of financefor XO. Prio to joining XO, Thomas was the vice president of finances atConcert Communications, a joint venture betweej . In this role, she served as actinb CFO for six months and managed all revenu e and telecommunicationsaccounting functions.
She also servedx as director of finance at where she directed revenur reportingand analysis, as well as managed investotr relations and financial planning across all of MCI’sa business units.