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Dewberry selects new CHRO
Dewberry — an engineering, architecture and construction firm in Fairfax County — announced Monday it has promoted Stacey McKavish to chief human resources officer. In the role, McKavish will oversee all HR functions of the organization and a team of nearly 30 benefits, compensation, human resources, recruiting and training specialists. “Stacey is a charismatic leader […]
Xpect Solutions names new CFO
Fairfax County-based Xpect Solutions — an IT, cyber and infrastructure solutions provider to federal agencies — announced Tuesday that it has appointed Jeff Dohmann as chief financial officer. Dohmann has experience from financial leadership roles across private equity-backed firms in the federal sector. He was most recently interim CFO at Reston-based Raft and previously served […]
SAIC appoints new CHRO
Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor Science Applications International Corp. announced Wednesday that it has appointed Kathleen McCarthy as its new executive vice president and chief human resources officer, effective May 12. She will report directly to CEO Toni Townes-Whitley and will spearhead all human resources initiatives, employee engagement strategies and talent acquisition operatio[...]
National Bankshares CEO to retire
Blacksburg-based National Bankshares announced that its chairman and CEO, F. Brad Denardo, will retire June 30 from his position as CEO of the community bank holding company and its banking subsidiary, The National Bank of Blacksburg, which does business as National Bank. Denardo will also retire from his position as chairman, president and CEO of […]
Genworth taps new CIO
Henrico County-based Fortune 500 insurance company Genworth Financial announced Monday that Morris Taylor is its new senior vice president and chief information officer. Taylor joins the company from Glen Allen-based Fortune 500 insurer Markel, where he had served as chief information officer since 2021. Before Markel, Taylor spent 25 years with McLean-based Capital One Financial, […]
Bank of Botetourt CEO retires after nearly four decades at bank
G. Lyn Hayth III will retire as CEO of the Buchanan-based Bank of Botetourt at the end of June after nearly four decades at the bank, according to a Wednesday announcement. Michelle R. Austin, the bank’s president and chief operating officer, will become CEO on July 1 and retain her role as president. After joining […]
Virginia Business announces inaugural C-Suite Awards winners
Virginia Business has selected its inaugural group of Virginia C-Suite Awards recipients. The Virginia C-Suite Awards celebrate top corporate executives who consistently demonstrate remarkable leadership skills, integrity, values, vision, commitment to excellence, company performance and community engagement. The honorees must have their primary work office in Virginia and hold a top corporate exe[...]
Peraton taps new chief security officer
Peraton last week announced that it has appointed Christy Wilder as its chief security officer. In the role, Wilder will develop and execute comprehensive strategies, risk management and mitigation initiatives, incident response preparedness and enterprise safety protocols for the Reston-based federal contractor. She succeeds Mike Londregan. “Peraton is emerging as a leading-edge technology comp[...]
InterChange announces several leadership changes
Mount Crawford-based industrial developer and logistics company InterChange Group announced several major changes to its executive leadership. Effective March 10, Keith VanBenschoten assumed the role of chief strategy officer, and Cliff Alt was promoted to chief operating officer. The company also announced that Timothy Cognata had been appointed director of sales. A company spokesperson said [&he[...]
First Bank names new exec VP and CFO
Former TowneBank President and Chief Operating Officer Brad E. Schwartz will join First National and First Bank as executive vice president and chief financial officer effective March 31. Strasburg-based First National, the bank holding company of First Bank, made the announcement Monday. Schwartz succeeds Shane Bell, who left late last year to become CFO for […]
Herndon tech distributor names new president
Four Inc., a Herndon distributor of technology products to the government, announced earlier this month that it has named a new president and CEO to replace former leader and co-founder Jeff Nolan, who is now executive vice chair of Four‘s board. David Stewart, previously Four’s chief operating officer, began his new role Feb. 5, according […]
RTX board chair to step down in April
Gregory J. Hayes will step down as executive chairman of Arlington County-based RTX in April, when he will be replaced by Christopher T. Calio, president and CEO of the Fortune Global 500 aerospace and defense contractor. Hayes notified RTX of his plans to step down as executive chairman and from the board “prior to the […]
