Chantilly contractor hires president, national security solutions
Chantilly-based defense contractor VTG announced Thursday it has hired Kirk Herdman as its president for national security solutions and as a member of its board of directors. Herdman most recently served as executive vice president for business development and corporate development at Maryland-based defense contractor KeyW Corp[...]
Arlington contractor names chief financial officer
Arlington-based aerospace and defense contractor Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions (CAES) announced Monday it has hired Sean Daily as its chief financial officer and a member of its board of directors. Daily most recently served as vice president of finance and business operations for Denver-based Lockheed Martin Space, where[...]
Dominion names economic development strategy VP
Richmond-based Dominion Energy Inc. announced Wednesday that Felicia Howard has been promoted to the newly created position of vice president of economic development strategy, effective Jan. 1. Howard most recently served as vice president of gas operations for Dominion Energy South Carolina, but will be based in Richmond for he[...]
Va. Beach health care consultancy hires chief strategy officer
Virginia Beach-based health care consulting company Divurgent announced Wednesday it has hired Sam Hanna as its chief strategy officer and executive vice president of innovation and consulting . Hanna joins the firm with experience as an executive adviser to Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and several medical device and artificia[...]
Virginia Law Foundation names 2021 president
The Virginia Law Foundation announced Tuesday that Jon D. Huddleston has been named as president for 2021. He succeeds Matthew E. Cheek. Huddleston is a principal with Leesburg-based Sevila, Saunders, Huddleston & White PC, where he has practiced since 1986 specializing in family law and serious traffic offenses. From 2009[...]
Herndon contractor names president, crisis response
Herndon-based federal contractor Constellis announced Monday it has promoted Rick Tye as president of the company’s crisis response business. Joining Constellis in 2017, Tye was most recently the company’s chief growth officer. Darryle Conway will succeed him in this role. Constellis’ crisis response business provides customers with response and planning services to reduce risk, prepare […][...]
Chesapeake gas, diesel sales company names new president, CEO
Chesapeake-based natural gas and diesel engine sales company Bay Diesel announced last week it has named Willard “Rob” Robins as president and Scott Wheeler, current president and founder, as CEO. This marks the first time since its 1982 inception that Bay Diesel has a new president. Robins joined the company in 2003 as a sa[...]
Reston-based contractor Amyx taps two new VPs
Reston-based federal contractor Amyx Inc. announced last week it has hired Christopher Ziniti as vice president of defense and promoted Roman Dzialo to vice president of strategic programs. U.S. Army Veteran Ziniti has more than 15 years of experience in the federal market specializing in logistics, information technology, security and intelligence. In his new role, […]
Touchstone Bankshares names chief lending officer
Prince George-based Touchstone Bankshares Inc. has named C. Sean Link as its chief lending officer. Link has more than 10 years of senior executive banking experience with a focus on commercial banking, most recently as senior vice president of commercial banking at Truist in Richmond. Link also served as senior vice president of commercial banking […]
Booz Allen names executive VP, market strategy leader
McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. announced Wednesday it has hired Andrew Turner as an executive vice president and market strategy leader for the firm’s global commercial business. With two decades of experience, Turner most recently was chief security officer with Fidelity[...]
Virginia Economic Developers Association announces 2021 officers
The Virginia Economic Developers Association (VEDA) announced Wednesday its elected 2021 officers, including a new president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. The VEDA is a member-based association that works to provide professional services for economic development in Virginia. Founded in 1982, it offers training and ne[...]
Richmond pharma company makes leadership appointments
Richmond-based pharmaceutical company Kaléo announced Tuesday five executive leadership appointments and promotions. Joining Kaléo from Boston Scientific, where he served as the senior vice president of corporate compliance and privacy officer, Kevin Espinoza has been hired as chief compliance officer. He will oversee Kaléo’s operations. He has also previously worked with Forest Laboratories, Compliance Implementation […][...]