The Motley Fool hires chief diversity and inclusion officer
Alexandria-based financial services company The Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has hired its first chief diversity and inclusion officer, the company announced Wednesday. Rachel Williams joined the company on Nov. 12. She will work on recruiting, leadership development, employee engagement and retention. Her focus will also include a[...]
Noblis CFO to retire in 2022
Noblis Inc.’s senior vice president, chief financial and administrative officer and treasurer, Mark Simione, will retire July 8, 2022, the Reston-based not-for-profit federal contractor announced this week. Gary Sladic, the company’s vice president of finance and accounting, has been appointed deputy CFO and will assume the top role after Simione’s retirement. “As one of the […][...]
MWAA creates diversity, inclusion, social impact VP post
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which oversees the Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport, created a new Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Social Impact on Wednesday, to be led by Tanisha Lewis, a 21-year veteran of the authority. Lewis was named the authority’s firs[...]
HII taps Northrop Grumman exec as new VP
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Wednesday it has hired Mike Aldinger as vice president of the live, virtual, constructive (LVC) training solutions department in its technical solutions division. Aldinger joins Newport News-based HII after 22 years at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems. HII is the United States’ large[...]
Prince George County administrator headed to King William County
Prince George County Administrator Percy C. Ashcraft is leaving to take the same role in King William County, county board chairman Floyd Brown Jr. announced Monday. Ashcraft’s last day in Prince George will be Dec. 3 and he will start in his next role on Dec. 6. “As chairman, I am saddened by his announcement, […]
Reston tech company promotes CFO
Reston-based tech and network security company Electrosoft Services Inc. announced Tuesday that it promoted Justin Lapington to the role of chief financial officer. Lapington had been the company’s vice president of finance since September 2020. He led the implementation of a new resource planning system and expanded the finan[...]
New Liberty law school dean was State Dept. ambassador
Morse Hyun-Myung Tan will be the new dean of Liberty University School of Law beginning Jan. 1, the school announced Tuesday. Tan was most recently the ambassador at large for the U.S. State Department’s Office of Global Criminal Justice, where he oversaw the indictment, sanctioning, capture and/or conviction of war criminals [...]
Carilion Clinic names first VP for philanthropy
Carilion Clinic has hired its first vice president for philanthropy in October, the Roanoke-based health system announced Monday. Ralph Alee provides strategic leadership for systemwide fundraising efforts, works with executive leadership in strategic planning for strengthening philanthropy, and will collaborate and help with Ca[...]
BWXT promotes chief strategy officer to CFO
Robb A. LeMasters will be promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer of Lynchburg-based nuclear components and fuel supplier BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT) on Nov. 15. “We are extremely fortunate to have someone internal to BWXT who is fully prepared to assume the role of CFO,” BWXT President and CEO Rex Gev[...]
Rush Street Gaming announces Portsmouth casino general manager
Chicago-based developer and gaming operator Rush Street Gaming announced Monday that it has named Roy Corby as the general manager for the upcoming $300 million Rivers Casino Portsmouth. “We’re excited to expand our Rivers Casino family of market-leading destination casinos and to help launch Virginia’s new casino industry[...]
Huntington Ingalls Industries names president of cyber warfare group
Newport News-based Fortune 500 military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) named Grant Hagen president of its technical solutions division’s Cyber and Electronic Warfare business group, it announced Monday. “I’m confident in Grant’s vision to successfully lead our Cyber and EW team. With his exceptional expe[...]
Hunton Andrews Kurth adds government relations execs
Richmond law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has added two members to its Virginia government relations team, the firm announced last week. Elizabeth Rafferty and Adisa Muse, both based in Richmond, will serve as directors of government affairs for the firm’s full-service public affairs and strategies consultancy, which focu[...]