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Va. Credit Union League announces new directors
The Virginia Credit Union League announced on Friday its newly elected directors. The following credit union executives are starting first terms on the league’s board: Kim Little, Virginia Beach-based Chartway Credit Union Bruce Six, Dahlgren-based Topside Federal Credit Union Mike Warrell, Martinsville-based ValleyStar Credit Union Andrew Reynolds, Roanoke-based Blue Eagle Credit Union Exce[...]
AIA’s top Va. exec moves to national role
Corey Clayborne, who has served as executive vice president and CEO of the American Institute of Architects Virginia since 2017, is moving up to the national organization. Clayborne will serve as senior vice president of knowledge and practice at the AIA’s Washington, D.C., headquarters. His last day with AIA Virginia is June 17, according to […]
Capital Square hires chief comms officer
Capital Square has hired Jacqueline Rogers as chief communications officer, the Henrico County-based real estate investment firm announced Monday. Rogers most recently served as head of brand program management at Amazon Music. In her new role, she will oversee branding, marketing, investor relations, communications, strategy and implementation. At Amazon Music, Rogers spearheaded the development [...]
Sturtevant to leave Virginia Realtors for Bright MLS
Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist for Glen Allen-based Virginia Realtors, will join Bright MLS in May, Virginia Realtors announced earlier this month. Sturtevant has served as chief economist for the statewide Realtor organization since January 2020 and will continue consulting when she begins her new role. Rockville, Maryland-based Bright MLS is a multiple listing service that […]
Reston-based Babel Street names new CEO, CFO
Reston-based Babel Street Inc., a web and social media monitoring company, has named a new CEO and chief financial officer, according to a news release. Michael Southworth succeeds Babel Street founder and CEO Jeff Chapman, who has been named vice chairman of the company’s board of directors. Brian Daum has joined the company as CFO. “I […]
Mark Esper joins Tysons venture capital firm
Mark Esper, who led the Pentagon from 2019 to 2020, has joined Tysons-based incubation and venture capital firm Red Cell Partners LLC as a partner and chair of its national security practice, according to a news release. Esper will lead Red Cell’s investment activities in cyber, defense, security, international affairs, space and aerospace and seek […]
Hampton University names next president
A Hampton University graduate and retired Army lieutenant general will be the next president of Hampton University. Darrell K. Williams will succeed William R. Harvey as Hampton’s next president. Harvey announced his retirement in December 2020. His last day will be June 30. “Running a university is complex, as was made evident by the global […]
Pinnacle Living hires VP of sales and marketing
Pinnacle Living has added Laura Jones to its leadership team as vice president of sales and marketing, the company announced Monday. The Henrico-based not-for-profit has five senior living communities throughout Virginia. Jones started on March 31 and oversees sales, marketing, branding, advertising and public relations strategies. She reports to the chief operating officer. Jones joins […]
Inova adds 2 execs to board of trustees
Falls Church-based Inova Health System has added two new members to its board of trustees, the nonprofit health care provider announced April 6. Kathryn Falk, vice president at Cox Communications in Northern Virginia, and Lesley Kalan, corporate vice president and chief strategy and development officer for Northop Grumman Corp., have joined the board, which oversees […]
Va. aquarium hires new CFO
The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center in Virginia Beach has hired a new chief financial officer, the city announced April 4. Mary Anna Twisdale started her new role on April 7. Twisdale has more than 30 years of experience managing multimillion-dollar city and county departmental budgets in the cities of Virginia Beach and Chesapeake; […]
Hunton Andrews Kurth promotes execs
Virginia’s second-largest law firm, Richmond-based Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, has named a new executive committee chair, the firm announced Monday. Randall S. Parks will succeed George C. Howell III as the chair of the firm’s executive committee. Parks joined the firm (then Hunton & Williams LLP) in 1988. Howell served as chair for five years, […]
Greater Washington Partnership CEO steps down
Greater Washington Partnership CEO JB Holston has left the organization he has led since September 2020. Holston’s last day was Thursday, Nina Sharma, a partnership spokesperson confirmed to Virginia Business. It comes one day after the alliance of business and community leaders from Baltimore through Richmond announced a five-year, $4.7 billion effort to invest in […]
