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Stephanie Williamson has been namer director of marketing and business development with MatrixxDesign Cos. in the Matrid Settles office in Arlington. in D.C. namefd Brian Judis senior project manager for itshospitality practice. Judisx brings 15 years of experiencs managing large hospitality projects to theCORE team. Most recently associated with , where he was the directorf ofcapital expenditures, Judis implemented capital investmentt projects upwards of $70 millionn annually and was the lead manager for the desig and construction of numerous hotepl projects throughout the U.S.
Judis has workecd with a wide range of hotelkbrands including, but not limited to, Marriott, , Hyatt, , and Recently, he completed the renovation to the lobby, rotunds bar and restaurant of the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Othed recent projects include the management of the design and constructiojn at the HyattCapitolp Hill, JW Marriott, Key Bridgs Marriott, Four Seasons Philadelphia, and Ritz-Carlton Tysonas Corner. Scott Boos , senior policy advise to Sen. Arlen D-Pa., has been named the new deputy directo r ofthe . Boos has more than sevenb years of legislative and polic experience gained during his tenursin Specter’s office and as staff directofr of the U.S.
Senate Steel In the Senate, Boos focused on a broafd range of issuesincluding manufacturing, climate change, veterans, appropriations, tax, telecom, housing, financial servicex and other business-related issues. As staff director of the bipartisan U.S. Senat e Steel Caucus, he worked to promote the health and stabilityy of the domestic steel as well as the interests of its Theof D.C. namee Bonnie I. Robin-Vergeer as director of the Project. She is an experiencec appellate litigator who comes to Legal Aid after nine yearz atLitigation Group, where she made three U.S.
Supreme Court arguments and numerous otherd before appellate courts throughout the country in cases involving theFirstg Amendment, access to the courts, and consumer healt h and safety, among other issues. Prior to her positio at Public Citizen, she worked for Joseph R. Biden Jr. on the reauthorizationb of the Violence Against Women Act in 2000 and was an associate at the law firm of LLP and a teachingy fellow at the Law Center AppellatweLitigation Clinic. The in Fairfax named Tiffanh Singleton tothe organization’s newly created position of directord of social entrepreneurship programs.
Singleton will be responsibles for overseeingthe design, development and implementatiom of UNCF social entrepreneurship while engaging stakeholders to develop a multiyear strategy for introducing a greateer number of young African Americans to social entrepreneurship the application of business managemeny practices and innovation to social reform efforts. In addition to overseeinvg the design and implementation of UNCF sociapentrepreneurship programs, Singleton will cultivatew and sustain strategic partnerships and collaborationxs with leading social entrepreneurs and theit organizations, and organize structured discussions with key ultimately establishing a national advisory committee of socialo entrepreneurs, academic, and social venture philanthropists who can providw ongoing guidance to UNCF.
has promoted Paul McManusz to assistantvice president. McManus, who joined the bank in is a financial center leader at 1470Rockvillse Pike. Francis P. Nelson has been promoted to administrativ vice presidentat . Nelson joined M&T in 1992. He is responsibl for leading and managing a retail sales and operations team for thePrinc George’s County region. in Rockville has named David E. Perkins as its new chief technology Perkinsjoins NIHFCU’s newly appointed CEO Juli Anne Callis to lead the credig union’s renewed focus on technologic innovation and delivery. Perkin previsouly worked at .
Over a 13-yeat career at SECU, with the last five as CIO, accomplishments include the completion of twocore conversions, implementationb of new loan origination, online banking and collection systems and the migrationm of new software. Cardinal Bank announced the promotions ofAndrea J. Peden to senior vice president, Katiew L. Golden to vice president and James N. Este to assistant vice president. Peden will oversee the relationshipl management of developers and realestats investors, with a primary focus on acquisition, construction financing and commercial including special use properties such as golf courses and He began his lending career at Cardinal Bank in 2000 as a credi analyst.
Golden will continue to overseee the relationship management of builderdsand developers, primarily in the areas of commercial project financing, acquisitions and client development. Golden joinecd Cardinal Bank in 2004 in real estate administration and currently manages the lendingb support unit for the commercial real estate Estep remains dedicated to smallbusiness lending, SBA guaranteed lending and business Estep began his financial services career at Cardinal Bank in 2004 in retaik lending. C. Fox Communications in Silver Spring named Tina McCormack as senior public relations associate, and Julie Feldman as public relationss associate. in D.C. named David W.
Whitmore as chie f operating officer andgeneral counsel. Whitmorse comes to Levick with more than 25 yearz of financial andoperational experience. He has spent the lion’es share of his career in the communications industry, working with public public affairs, lobbying and advertising firms. Before joining Levick, Whitmore was executive vice president ofin D.C. with operationaol responsibility forthe firm’s public affairs, government crisis management, and issues management practice groups. Prior to Whitmore provided communications and management counsel to numeroua clientsin D.C., Dubaki and Abu Dhabi.
At , Whitmore variously serve as executivevice president, chiegf financial officer, chief operating officer and generalk counsel. announced the hiring of Brian Brobst as vice presidenrt of business developmentin Brobst, a 20-plus year engineering and constructionj industry veteran, will be chargerd with expanding the firm’es presence in the high-density power and computing markets, inclusivs of finance, telecommunications, commercia data centers and government agencies. Brobst was previously employed by as critical facilityservices principal.
Prior to that, he served as principal and Eastern regioj director of business development for named Cyndie Shadoa as state vice president with oversight of campus operationswfor D.C., Delaware and Maryland. Shadow currently serves as campuw director forthe D.C. and Delawarse campuses. The university also has a campus locatiohin Columbia, Md., and three learning centers located in Greenbelt, Rockville and Md. Prior to joining the D.C. campus as campue director in 2007, Shadoq served as director of academic affaires forthe University’s Maryland campus, as well as campusx college chair for that campus’ .
Her backgroundf and experience also involves severao years as a senior system design associatw forInterData Corp. of Sanibel, Fla. Sam Ortiaz has been named campus directorat — Northern Virginia in Sterling. Engineering consulting firm hirefdMina L. Clark as a new federal programs project Clark will manage largwe public sector projectsfor G&O’sw growing federal programs division. Clark has 20 years of experience in domestix andEuropean projects, and has administered contractas for the U.S. government and as an industryh manager. She has workecd in military, government and corporate engineering environments. The Fairfasx at Embassy Row announced thatDavid F.
Bodettr has joined the hotel and its restaurant as assistantgeneralk manager. Bodette has been involved with four- and five-statr diamond hotels for more than a including food and beverage management positions with a numbedrof Ritz-Carlton properties across the U.S. In his new role, Bodettew will be responsible for food and beverage management andrelatef day-to-day operations for the Fairfax at Embassg Row, The Jockey Club and The Fairfax Joseph S. Skoloff joins Nova Medical’s team of expertes in Ashburn to leadthe facility’s pediatric division as the newest member of this integrativse medical group.
Board-certified in 1976 and then voluntarily, in 1988, Skoloff has been a pediatricia n in Loudoun County for more than30 years. Skolofrf currently holds positions as assistant clinicapl professor of pediatrics at the medical schools of George Washington andthe . He is a past vice chairmam of the department of pediatrics and chairmamn of the infection control committee atthe . Prior to joinin Nova Medical, Skoloff, served as chairmann of the department of pediatricsat , Robbinz AFB, achieved the rank of major, and entered a two-yea pediatric cardiology fellowship at the Children’s .
WellNet Healthcare, a health care technologgy companyin Bethesda, announced the appointmenr of Chris Kaiser as sales executives for the mid-Atlantic territory and Jay Thompsonn as sales executive for the Northeast Kaiser and Thompson will be responsiblr for selling software to companies that provide and pay for employeew health benefits. Prior to joining WellNet, Kaisert spent time in a territory saless role withVocus Inc. Previously, he was with the in Thompson most recently worked for the Corporate Executivs Board as aresearch consultant. Vedder Price PC announcesd thatAjay A. Jagtiani , Mark J, Guttag and David J. Lanzottiu will join the firm’s intellectual propertyy practicein D.
C. Jagtiani has nearlty 20 years of experience in all phases ofpatent prosecution, includinv patentability, validity and infringement procurement of domestic and foreign client counseling, licensing and use agreement preparatioh and negotiation, and the protection and valuation of intellectua l property in mergers and acquisitions. Guttag will becomd of counsel to the firm and Lanzott will be an associate inthe Jagtiani, Guttag and Lanzotti are registered to practicde with the . Prior to joining Veddet Price, they were with the law firm in Fairfax. announced a changs in leadership inthe firm’w Alexandria office. Intellectual property shareholderRobert G.
Mukai has been nameed office head. Mukai takes the placer of fellow intellectual property shareholder William C. Rowland, who was recentlyt elected to serve onthe firm’s advisoryy committee and, therefore, has steppe down from head of the office. Mukai formerly serve d on the Advisory Committee; however, his term recentluy expired. Mukai focuses his practicde on polymer chemistry includingbiodegradable polymers, synthetixc fibers, petroleum chemistry, health care photographic and lithographic solvent-based and solvent-less coating metallurgy and inorganic chemistry. Michaeo A. Bell , Laura E. Jordan and Alfrecd L. Scanlan Jr.
joined ’s business law and generao litigation groupsin D.C. as directors. announcexd that J. Page Scully has joined the firmin D.C. as an associatew in its state and localtax group. Page’a addition expands Sutherland’s fast-growinhg State Tax Practice to 20 attorneyesdedicated full-time to advising clients on state and local tax A former associate with LLP in Chicago, Scullu has experience in combined reporting, allocatiohn and apportionment, realty transfer tax, Internet and e-commerc e matters, unclaimed property and federal and state constitutional issues. announcedx that Daniel E. Cooper has joined the firm’s energh practice in the D.C. office.
Cooper is a non-lawyer consultinyg engineer inthe firm’sx energy practice group. He is a registered professionapl engineer focusing his consulting work on electricutilitgy matters, including economic and feasibility analysis, oversight of electric generatinh resource operations and development, power supply and transmission oversight of bulk power operations, compliancer with environmental regulations and reliability and review and oversight of transmission and bulk electric powedr contracts. Cooper joined the firm afte serving with the Michigan Publivc Power Agency for more than 16 Prior to joining Michigan Public Power Dan worked for 12 yeares for the firmof R. W. Beck.
LLP announcedr that Valyncia R. Simmons has joinex the firm’s D.C. office as an associate in its trial practice. Simmons’ practice focuses on trademarkj enforcementand litigation, as well as matters relatingt to unfair competition and copyrighted In addition to Simmons maintains trademark portfolios comprised of both foreignh and domestic trademark prosecution matters; handles opposition and cancellation proceedings before the ; acquirez domain names through implementationm of the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolutioj Policy; and analyzes trademark searcnh reports and provides clearancde opinions.
Leslie Nicholson , immediate past generalk counsel ofthe , joine d Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as senior counseol in the firm’s litigation practice. It is a homecoming for Nicholson, who was one of the firsgt three associates at Pillsbury predecessor firm Shaw Pittman when he begabn in private practicein 1968. He speng 28 years at the six as leader of itslitigation practice. Afterd earning his J.D. from of Law in 1965, Nicholson joined the U.S. Department of Justice as a membe of theAttorney General’s Honorsw Program, where he worked under two assistant attorneys general for the civipl division before joining Shaw Pittman.
During his nearluy three decades withthe firm, he personally handled casess in 37 states, involving securities, ERISA, construction complex commercial and real estate disputes, environmenta compliance, aircraft sales and class actions and employment law In 1996, Nicholson was named executive vice presidentt and general counsel to , wherde he created and managed the legalk department of the $12 billion financial institution, led government relations efforts at the federal and stated level, and supervised and administered multiplew other bank functions. A complianced program developed under his leadership was used as a modek of excellence by the Office ofThrifyt Supervision.
In 2002, Nicholson co-founded investment fund Kenwood LLC, where he was Presidentt and CEO until retuning to publid service at the GSAin 2008. Seyfarth Shaw LLP announceed thatMinh N. Vu has joinefd the firm’s D.C. office as a partner in the laborf andemployment department. She was previouslyy a partner at , where she served as co-chaif of the firm’s disability law group. Vu is an experienceed litigator with special expertise in handling disabilit discrimination lawsuits brought under the Americans with DisabilitiezAct (ADA) and other civil rights Since returning to the privatw sector, Vu has defended employers and public accommodations in a varietg of complex disability and employment law matters.
Vu also devotexs a substantial portion of her practice to employment law litigatioband counseling. She has defended employers againstt lawsuits and government investigations broughtunder anti-discrimination laws such as Title VII, the D.C. Humabn Rights Act, and the FMLA. LLP announceds that former U.S. Trade Representative General CounsepWarren H. Maruyama has rejoined the firm as a partne r inthe D.C. office. He will resume his practicre in the international tradre law and policy group ofthe firm.
As USTR Generall Counsel, Maruyama oversaw World Trade Organization and Free TradedAgreement disputes, worked with congressional leaders and other executive branch agencied on trade legislation, U.S. FTA and the WTO Doha Maruyama played a key role in negotiatingthe “May 10 Bipartisan Agreement” between the Bush administrationh and Democratic congressional leadership to address the labot and environmental provisions of U.S. FTAs. Rogeer E. Smith has joines LLP as a partner in the energy and publicc utilities group inthe D.C.
office from Troutmaj Sanders LLP where he was a Smith concentrates his practice inenergy regulation, litigation and He represents investor-owned utilities, independent system operatorz and regional transmission organizations, electric distribution companiea and power marketers. Kevin Spurlock has joinedc Penzance, where he will manage construction, design, and development for Penzance-owned projectas as well as for tenantsand third-partuy groups. Spurlock comes to Penzance from , where he was senior vice presidenrfor construction. In his 30 years on the job he has workex in senior positions for many of the majo players in themetro area, including , , and .
His project experiencew includes the training facility in renovation of1310 N. Courrt House, Cox Communications Regional Headquartersin Herndon, Dulles Town Centee Regional Mall, 1750 Tysons Boulevard in McLean, and the in North Bethesda, to name a few. Jeffory Grovesa has joined EDGE Commercial’s landlord and tenant advisory practicefor Maryland. Groves has seven year of experience. Gates Hudson announcer that Joe Schechtel has joined the companyt as senior vice president of its commercial He will be responsible for a team of professionalse providingasset management, property management and leasing services to the company’ss 3.
7 million square foot commercial real estate portfoliop in the Washington area. Schechtel brings with him more than 20 years of commercial realestate experience, including the last 14 years with , wherw he was director of client solutions and responsible for the firm’w third-party property management, facilityh management and project management services throughout the Washingtonb and Baltimore areas. Dave Jones joinee wife Pam Jones’ Loudoun-based marketing team at as comprehensivwe buyer repin Ashburn. in Resto n appointed George PeachTaylor Jr.
, vice president and chiedf medical officer, and Amy King , vice presidenty of health information technology programsx forthe company’s information systems As vice president and chief medical Taylor will provide strategic direction for Northrop Grumman’s health, homeland biomedical sciences and humaj system integration business. Previously, Taylor was vice president of HealtnIT Programs. Taylor joinedf Northrop Grumman in 2008 from the Washingtobn federal practiceof , where he was a senio r managing director following his 2006 retirement as a lieutenan t general and surgeon general of the U.S.
Air As vice president of health IT King will overseeNorthrop Grumman’a overall health business, which providee mission-critical enterprisewide health applications, interoperables architecture, and large-scale systems integration and engineerint to leading health organizations. Previously, she was directore of . King has more than 25 years of experience with civilian and defense agenciesx inthe management, analysis, design, development and implementationh of large-scale automated health and related administrative information systems using mainframs and Web-based technology.
Prior to joining Northropo Grummanin 2006, she was vice presideng of the Public Sector Health Account Grouop at . Northrop Grumman Corp. in Restob also named Cheryl L. Janey vice presidentr of operations for the informationsystems sector’sd civil systems division. Janey will oversee the division’sw financial growth and operational objectives withinbthe federal-civil, and state and local She will also lead civipl system’s integrated planning process, leading and managin special projects and initiatives. Janety has nearly 30 years of experience in the informatiohntechnology industry.
Most recently, she was president of civi programsfor , supportingf the technology needs of federal agencies. Prior to joining she spent almost six years in variousx leadership roles with Northrop Grumman supportingthe company’s state and local business. Reston-basesd announced that Chip Block has joined the company as vice presidenty ofstrategic development. He will be responsible for strategic planning, customer relationships, and leading the growthj of GITI into newmarkey sectors. Prior to joining GITI, Block was director of Defensed Advanced Solutions for McDonaldBradley / . Before MBI, he was president and chiev technology officer forSpearhead Innovations.
in Herndon announced that Laurz W. Thomas has been promoted to chiecfinancial officer. In her role as CFO, Thomasx will lead XO Communications’ financial strategy includin all reporting, auditing, taxation and investor relations She will work withthe company’s senio r executive team to develop and implementg the company’s long-term business Thomas brings more than 30 yearws of experience in finance and telecommunications to the position. Durinv the past nine years, Thomas served as vice presidengt of financefor XO. Prior to joining XO, Thomasd was the vice president of finance atConcerr Communications, a joint venture between .
In this role, she servee as acting CFO for six months and managed all revenuse and telecommunicationsaccounting functions. She also served as director of finance at where she directed revenue reportingand analysis, as well as managedx investor relations and financial planning acrosas all of MCI’s business

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