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Marta Hill Gray joins board of LeadingAge Va.
Marta Hill Gray, executive director of the Arlington Retirement Housing Association and Culpepper Garden, has joined the board of LeadingAge Virginia, an association for not-for-profit aging services in Virginia, the organization announced Tuesday. She is also chair of LeadingAge Virginia’s Affordable Housing Network. Gra[...]
HII names new VP for Columbia-class submarines
Newport News-based Fortune 500 contractor Huntington Ingalls Industries has named Brandi Smith vice president of the Columbia class submarine program at its Newport News Shipbuilding division. Smith succeeds Charles Southall, who is retiring July 1 after more than 35 years, HII said in a news release Thursday. The Columbia class[...]
Colonna’s Shipyard promotes three execs
Norfolk-based Colonna’s Shipyard Inc. announced Monday it had promoted three executives to senior management positions, effective in July. CSI has promoted Jordan Webb from vice president of contracts to vice president of shipyard operations; Randall Crutchfield from chief experience officer and executive director of Steel Ame[...]
Gainwell Technologies hires new client engagement officer
Tysons-based Gainwell Technologies has named Karen Shields as its chief client engagement officer, the health and human services IT provider announced last week. Shields will work in collaboration with Gainwell’s project management team to anticipate and fulfill client needs, according to a news release. She previously ser[...]
Booz Allen Hamilton promotes exec to COO
McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consultant Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. announced Friday that it had promoted executive Kristine Martin Anderson to chief operating officer, effective June 1. Anderson is currently an executive vice president and president of the firm’s civil sector division. “She has demonstrated the a[...]
Capital Square promotes two executives
Capital Square has promoted Michael Ollinger to senior vice president of construction and development, and Victoria Coates to vice president of acquisition and development, the Henrico County-based real estate investment firm announced Thursday. Both started at Capital Square in 2020, Ollinger as vice president of construction a[...]
Gilbert Bland to receive Civic Leadership Institute award
Urban League of Hampton Roads President and CEO Gilbert T. Bland will receive the Civic Leadership Institute’s 2022 Individual Darden Award, the Norfolk-based nonprofit organization announced Thursday. “Over the last three decades, I have joined with many to build upon the efforts of countless, often unsung, past leaders to [...]
Va. Food Industry Association taps new exec director
Melissa Assalone is the Virginia Food Industry Association’s new executive director, the Richmond-based association announced Wednesday. Assalone, who previously served as deputy legislative director in Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration, assumed the role on Monday. She succeeds Parker Slaybaugh, who is now Virginia’s c[...]
GMU appoints dean for health, human services college
George Mason University’s College of Health and Human Services has named epidemiologist Melissa J. Perry as its new dean. Perry has chaired The George Washington University’s Department of Environmental and Occupational Health since 2011. She is expected to start her new position August 1 after completing a Fulbright[...]
Iridium taps Boeing exec for board
McLean-based satellite network operator Iridium Communications Inc. announced that Boeing executive Kay Sears has been elected to its board of directors. “We are fortunate to have such an accomplished executive with a keen understanding of our industry join our Board of Directors,” Iridium CEO Matt Desch said in a st[...]
Va. Tech names 2 engineering department heads
Two departments in Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering will have new leaders beginning this summer, the university announced this week. Suneel Kodambaka has been named head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and will start July 1, and Ella Atkins will be head of the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aer[...]
Va. restaurant, travel association names new VP
Richmond-based Virginia Restaurant Lodging & Travel Association has promoted Brittany Wojdyla to vice president of membership and business development, the organization announced Thursday. In her new role, Wojdyla will be responsible for leading the association’s membership efforts throughout the state, developing part[...]
