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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 […]
Stihl Inc. names new president and CEO
Virginia Beach-based chainsaw and outdoor power equipment manufacturer Stihl Inc. has appointed Terrence “Terry” Horan as the company’s president and CEO effective April 1, the company announced in a news release Thursday. Stihl Inc. is the largest subsidiary of the global Stihl Group and employs more than 3,000 U.S. workers. Horan previously worked as RPM […]
New SVP for HR joins The Branch Group
Roanoke-based The Branch Group Inc. has hired Tina Pfalzgraf as senior vice president for human resources, the company announced March 28. Pfalzgraf’s first day was Monday. She will be responsible for leading human resource initiatives for the company, and will serve on its executive leadership team. Pfalzgraf has more than 25 years of experience in […]
Va. Smart Community Testbed names tech specialist
Stafford County’s Virginia Smart Community Testbed and the Virginia Innovation Partnership Cooperation have a new technology specialist for businesses and other organizations looking to pilot their products and services. Uma Marques started as the technology specialist for the Testbed March 14, according to a news release. The Testbed is a technology accelerator for the state […]
Cameron Foundation president to retire
The Cameron Foundation’s president, J. Todd Graham, will retire Dec. 31, the Petersburg foundation announced Monday. Graham has served as the foundation’s president since fall 2012. Under his leadership, the foundation has supported projects that have established school-based health clinics in Petersburg and Hopewell high schools, a teacher residency program in Petersburg schools to re[...]
LewisGale Medical Center names new COO
Salem-based LewisGale Medical Center has named Willie Payton Jr. its new chief operating officer, the hospital announced March 17. Payton comes to the 506-bed acute-care medical and surgical facility from Johnston-Willis Hospital in Richmond, where he was vice president of operations. “We are excited to welcome Willie to our executive team and leverage his experience […]
Capital Square promotes James Brunger to CSO
Henrico-based real estate firm Capital Square has promoted James Brunger to chief sales officer, the firm announced March 17. Brunger joined the firm in 2019 as executive vice president and national sales manager. Under his leadership, Capital Square launched 49 investment programs that have raised more than $1.2 billion in equity. “James Brunger brings an […]
Leidos names new top climate scientist
Reston-based Leidos Holdings Inc. has named Miguel Román as senior director and chief scientist of climate and environment, the science and technology giant announced Thursday. Román joins Leidos from NASA, where since 2014, he led a worldwide group to generate long-term climate data from polar-orbiting satellites. In his new role, Román will be responsible for […]
