McLean tech company names president, chief delivery officer
Avantus Federal, a McLean-based IT defense contractor, announced Tuesday it has hired Luanne Pavco as president of Avantus Services and chief delivery officer. Pavco most recently served as regional general manager with Seattle-based consulting firm Slalom and also served on Avantus’ board of advisers. In her new role, she wil[...]
Reston professional services firm names risk management VP
Reston-based professional services company Caliburn International LLC announced Tuesday it has promoted Mike Reynolds to vice president of risk management. With more than 35 years of experience, Reynolds joined Caliburn in 2020 as a program manager for risk management, supporting U.S. Department of State task orders in Erbil, Ir[...]
Norfolk consultancy names two VPs
Norfolk-based government health care management and IT consulting firm ARDX announced last week it has hired Mary Shaffran as vice president of service delivery and Jennifer Stone as vice president of business development. With more than 20 years of experience, Shaffran has held leadership positions with Northrop Grumman Corp., [...]
Arlington biotech company names CFO
Regenerative tissue producer Kerecis, which has its U.S. headquarters in Arlington, announced last week it has named Mike Cadigan as its chief financial officer. With 25 years of experience, Cadigan was most recently the managing partner of Cadigan Capital, where he previously advised Kerecis since 2017. Kerecis was founded in I[...]
Va. Community Capital president, CEO to retire this year
Richmond-based nonprofit Virginia Community Capital (VCC) announced last week that President and CEO Jane Henderson will retire this year after four decades in the banking industry. Henderson has led VCC, a community development financial institution, since its 2006 inception. She has spent 29 years in community development fi[...]
Falls Church consultancy names executive chairman, vice chairman
Falls Church-based consultancy PACEM Solutions International and PACEM Defense LLC announced Friday the appointment of Cory Mills as executive chairman and Rana Al Saadi as executive vice chairman of its board of directors, effective immediately. Mills and Saadi are both co-founders of PACEM Solutions International and PACEM D[...]
Sentara hires supply chain exec
Norfolk-based Sentara Healthcare announced Thursday it has hired Jennifer McPherren as its vice president of supply chain, effective March 15. She succeeds Doug Farley who retired in May 2020. McPherren serves as the vice president of supply chain management and procurement services with Northwestern Memorial Healthcare in Chica[...]
Fairfax tech company names growth VP
Fairfax-based tech company Pyramid Systems announced Wednesday it has hired Art Boghozian as its vice president of growth. Boghozian most recently served as the director of business development for strategic accounts for Reston-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Science Applications International Corp.’s (SAIC) National Secu[...]
Neustar announces leadership appointments
Sterling-based identity management tech company Neustar on Jan. 15 announced five new appointments to its executive team. The appointments include: Michael Schoen, senior vice president of marketing solutions Bob McKay, senior vice president of risk solutions Jimmy Garvert, senior vice president of communications solutions Hyune Hand, senior vice president of customer success J. Martin, chief […][...]
DroneUp names chief strategy officer
Virginia Beach-based DroneUp LLC announced Tuesday it has hired Carl Smit as its chief strategy officer. In his new role, he will advise CEO Tom Walker and DroneUp’s senior leadership team to set the strategic direction of the company and focus on growing its retail drone delivery offerings. He will also oversee corporate [...]
Va. Society of Association Executives appoints board member
The Virginia Society of Association Executives announced Monday it has appointed Christina Lewellen to serve on its board of directors. VSAE was founded in 1949 and currently has more than 400 members who are association executives, association management companies, hospitality industry representatives and others from the associ[...]
Richmond Heritage Federal Credit Union names chairman
The Richmond Heritage Federal Credit Union announced Friday it elected Antione M. Green as its next chairman on Dec. 29, 2020. Green joined the board in 2018. He is the co-founder of the Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts, where he also served as CEO. He also serves as board president of the Richmond […]