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-ba[...]
Herndon analytics firm taps new president and CFO
Herndon-based data analytics firm Illuminate has named Tameika Hollis as president and Scott Crane as chief financial officer, according to an April 12 announcement. Hollis previously served as Illuminate’s chief operations officer and joined the company in 2020 after nearly 17 years as a program manager and executive at Northrop Grumman, according to her LinkedIn […]
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 com[...]
Fredericksburg chamber promotes 4
The Fredericksburg Regional Chamber has promoted four of its staff, the chamber announced in a news release Thursday. Wendy Zelazny is now vice president of membership, Carley Swaim Walker is now vice president of programs and events, Stacey Hicks is now operations manager and Ellen Ball is now senior director of finance. Zelazny has been […]
Sentara Healthcare names new general counsel
Earl Barnes will join Sentara Healthcare as its general counsel on June 2, the Norfolk-based health system announced Tuesday. Barnes previously was executive vice president and chief legal officer for Chicago-based Amita Health. In that role, he managed the legal, compliance, audit and risk departments, leading a 60-person team [...]
Capital Square names CFO
Henrico-based real estate investment company Capital Square has named Donna Sperounis as its chief financial officer, the company announced Wednesday. Sperounis has 22 years of real estate experience and joins Capital Square from Dakota Partners, where she was chief financial officer and chief operating officer. While there, she increased cashflow by 50%, maximized tax incentives […]
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 strategi[...]
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.,[...]
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 Bea[...]
Focused Ultrasound Foundation names 2 managing directors
The Charlottesville-based Focused Ultrasound Foundation has added two new managing directors. Eliza Vellines Phillips was named last week by the foundation as its new managing director of development, and Rick Hamilton, an inventor who holds more than 1,000 patents, joined as its managing director and chief technology officer. P[...]
GMU names new business school dean
George Mason University has named a new dean to lead its business school. Ajay Vinzé will start July 1. He served as dean of the University of Missouri’s Trulaske College of Business from 2017 until recently, after he decided to step down to return to teaching and research, according to the university’s website. He [...]
Prince William chamber leader announces retirement
Prince William Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Debbie Jones will retire at the end of the year, the organization announced Monday. Jones has served in the position since July 2014 after joining the chamber in 2010 to serve as its chief operating officer. She previously served 17 years as the president and CEO of […]