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HII division announces new VP of infrastructure and sustainability
Newport News-based Fortune 500 military shipbuilder HII announced Wednesday that Eric Crooker is the new vice president of infrastructure and sustainability at its Pascagoula, Mississippi-based Ingalls Shipbuilding division. In this role, Crooker will focus on compliance and enterprise risk management along with overseeing env[...]
Leidos names new chief HR officer
Leidos has named Maureen Waterston as its new chief human resources officer, the Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor announced Tuesday. Waterston most recently served in the same position at Pratt & Whitney, a Connecticut-based subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies. At Leidos, Waterston will be responsible for implemen[...]
Fairfax-based Guidehouse names chief human resources officer
Fairfax-based Guidehouse has named Jamila Taylor as its chief human resources officer. Taylor joined the consultancy in 2019 to help build its human resources functions and later that year was named partner and lead of Guidehouse’s shared services function. In her new role, Taylor will focus on strategy, talent acquisition[...]
Navy Federal names new chief operating officer
Vienna-based Navy Federal Credit Union has named a retired rear admiral to serve as chief operating officer. Dietrich Kuhlmann took over from former COO Debbie Calder, who has retired, effective Monday. He will oversee the credit union’s operations and its 20,000 workers in service of its members. Kuhlmann joined Navy Fede[...]
Fairfax-based Guidehouse names chief technology officer
Fairfax-based Guidehouse has named Dan Hushon to lead its technology efforts. As chief technology officer, Hushon will lead transformational activities as Guidehouse speeds delivery of digital solutions for its commercial and public sector clients. He will also lead the company’s next generation cloud computing solutions a[...]
HII announces corporate, human resources promotions
Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries, the nation’s largest military shipbuilder, has promoted Edmond Hughes to executive vice president and chief human resources officer, the company announced Thursday. Hughes has served as vice president of human resources and administration contracts at HII’s Ingalls Sh[...]
Arlington cybersecurity firm promotes CEO
Jennifer Tisdale has been promoted to CEO of GRIMM, the Arlington-based cybersecurity firm announced Tuesday. She was previously the firm’s senior principal of cyber-physical systems security. “Having spent the last decade dedicated to the advocacy of cybersecurity research and testing, it is an honor to lead the str[...]
Maxey elected Council of Independent Colleges chair
Roanoke College President Michael C. Maxey has been elected chair of the Council of Independent Colleges’ Board of Directors, the council announced Monday. “The Council is pleased to have Michael Maxey as chair of the board,” CIC President Marjorie Hass said in a statement. “CIC is in the midst of impleme[...]
Port of Va. hires offshore wind development VP
Patrick Kinsman, former CEO and commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Norfolk District, has been hired as the Port of Virginia’s new vice president of offshore wind development. Kinsman will oversee Portsmouth Marine Terminal’s conversion to a logistics hub. Simeans Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A. is inve[...]
DroneUp taps former NFL exec as board chair
Virginia Beach-based DroneUp LLC announced Tuesday that former NFL executive Eric Grubman is the company’s new board chairman. “Eric is incredibly respected across many business sectors for his tremendous vision, insight and passion for technology,” DroneUp CEO and founder Tom Walker said in a statement. “[...]
Newport News housing authority elects new chair
Kenneth D. Penrose Jr. has been elected to serve as chairman of the Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority (NNRHA). An office and leasing specialist in Cushman & Wakefield Thalhimer’s Newport News office, Penrose has been with the firm since 2000 and is in the second year of his second four-year term on the NNRHA. […]
Associated General Contractors of Va. elects officers
The Associated General Contractors of Virginia (AGCVA) has elected new officers and members to the industry group’s board of directors. Anthony Smith of Service Contracting of Virginia Inc. will serve as board chair, Don Sproul of Clancy & Theys Construction Co. will serve as vice chair and Arlene Lee of Lee Building Co. will serve […]
