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Urban Land Institute Va. chapter elects new chair
Chesterfield County’s director of community enhancement, Daniel Cohen, has been elected chair of the Urban Land Institute’s Virginia District Council and will begin chairing the district board on July 1, the nonprofit announced today. The Virginia district serves more than 420 members in the Hampton Roads, Richmond and Charlottesville metro region, working to shape communities […][...]
Blue Ridge Bank hires first chief development officer
Steve Farbstein has left his position at Cornerstone RPO to become Blue Ridge Bank’s first chief development officer, the bank recently announced. Farbstein will be responsible for marketing, employee development and growing and maintaining lines of revenue at the bank, a subsidiary of Charlottesville-based Blue Ridge Bank[...]
Va., Md., Del. electric coops association leader retires
Richard G. Johnstone Jr. handed over the reins of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives this week, retiring after 36 years. Johnstone served as president and CEO of the 76-year-old, Glen-Allen based organization, which represents 15 member-owned electric cooperatives. His replacement, Brian S[...]
Shenandoah Growers picks new COO
Shenandoah Growers Inc. has hired former Walmart executive Cameron Geiger as the company’s chief operating officer, it announced this week. The Rockingham County-based agricultural products company says Geiger will help lead the company’s next phase of growth. Geiger, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1989 — the year Shenandoah […]
Maximus hires new Federal Services general manager
Government services company Maximus Inc. has named IBM executive Teresa “Terry” Weipert as general manager of its U.S. Federal Services Segment, the Reston-based company announced this week. Weipert will replace Thomas Romeo, who is staying through July to help with the transition before he retires and moves to the segment&#[...]
Ashburn-based Telos Corp. names new vice president
Ashburn-based cybersecurity firm Telos Corp. has hired Troy M. Bertram as vice president to lead its global enterprise sales teams across state and local governments, education, regulated industries and commercial business verticals, it recently announced. The company cited Bertram’s more than 25 years of experience in gov[...]
Prince William chamber taps new COO
The Prince William Chamber of Commerce has promoted Ross W. Snare IV to chief operating officer, effective April 1. Snare started with the Manassas-based business chamber in April 2018 as director of communications and government relations. He became senior director of operations and government affairs two years later. The chamb[...]
CounterFlow AI names new CEO
Charlottesville-based CounterFlow AI has named its chief product officer, Bill Cantrell, as CEO effective April 2, the network security firm announced today. Cantrell will succeed Randy Caldejon, who co-founded the company in 2017 and will continue as its executive chairman and vice president of engineering. Caldejon, whose Crozet Coffee Co. was acquired by Grit Coffee […]
BAE Systems hires general manager for Radford Army Ammunition Plant
Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems Inc. has hired Kirk Johnson as general manager of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, effective March 29. Johnson comes to the position with seven years of experience at Lubrizol Corp., a Berkshire Hathaway specialty chemicals company, where he served as managing director for specialty and industrial additives and then as […]
Arlington software company hires chief people officer
Arlington-based software developer Higher Logic announced on March 16 that it has hired Joanna Luth as its new chief people officer. Luth is a human resources executive with more than 20 years of experience. Prior to joining Higher Logic, Luth served as the chief people officer for Georgia-based software company Intradiem and vice president of […]
Torc Robotics names chief transformation officer
Blacksburg-based Torc Robotics has hired Eddie Amos, a former Microsoft and GE Digital executive and software developer, as its chief transformation officer, the company announced Thursday. In a statement, Amos said his new job is to “translate the lessons learned in 35 years of software disruption into best practices for [...]
New Arlington-based tech contractor names chief financial officer
Two Six Technologies Inc., a new national security technology provider based in Arlington, announced Wednesday it has hired Bob Kwaja as chief financial officer. The company was formed in February after an affiliate of global investment firm The Carlyle Group acquired IST Research and Two Six Labs. Among Two Six TechnologiesR[...]
