Virginia Realtors names senior VP, community, industry relations
Virginia Realtors announced Tuesday it has hired Leslie J. Frazier as senior vice president of community and industry relations. Frazier was most recently employed as the director of Virginia Fosters, a state government initiative that creates resources for Virginia’s child welfare system. In her new role, Frazier will ser[...]
Medical Society of Va. installs new president
The Medical Society of Virginia (MSV), the largest physician organization in the commonwealth installed Dr. Arthur J. Vayer as president during its annual meeting on Oct. 10. Based in Woodbridge, Vayer has more than 20 years of experience as a general surgeon with a focus on colon and rectal surgery. He is affiliated with Sentar[...]
Divaris names senior VP, office leasing
Virginia Beach-based real estate company Divaris Real Estate Inc. announced last week that it has hired Trib Sutton as senior vice president of office leasing in its Richmond office. Sutton joined Divaris after 21 years with commercial real estate firm CBRE | Richmond, where he handled tenant and landlord representation, inves[...]
ODU Batten College dean appointed
Ben Stuart will be the eighth dean of Old Dominion University’s Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology, effective Oct. 25, the university announced Friday. Stuart has served as interim dean since June 2019, during which time the university conducted a national search. “Ben Stuart is a thoughtful leader an[...]
Reston health care tech company names CTO
Reston-based health care technology company careMESH on Thursday announced that Gustavo Bonany has been hired as chief technology officer. With more than 20 years of experience, Bonany was most recently senior vice president of research and development for health care tech company Voxiva. In his new role, he will oversee devel[...]
Fairfax consulting firm names HR director
Fairfax-based Christopher Consultants Ltd. has hired Ali Downes as director of human resources. With more than 20 years of experience, Downes was most recently senior human resources manager with commercial real estate firm JLL, where she focused on workforce planning, talent management, compensation and performance management a[...]
Reston cybersecurity company announces leadership changes
A day after selling its Cyveillance business unit to Baltimore-based cybersecurity firm ZeroFOX, Reston-based LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Inc. announced Wednesday that its chairman of the board, Gilman Louie, has been named CEO. Louie is also a partner at San Francisco-based venture capital firm Alsop Louie Partners, which has [...]
Reston tech company names finance VP
Reston-based tech and network security company Electrosoft announced Tuesday it has hired Justin Lapington as vice president of finance. With more than 25 years of experience, Lapington most recently worked with government contractor Preferred Systems Solutions, where he accounted for more than $150 million in annual revenue. In[...]
Newport News Shipbuilding taps in-service aircraft carrier programs VP
Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Tuesday that Todd West has been promoted to vice president of in-service aircraft carrier programs for the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, succeeding Chris Miner, who will retire Dec. 1 after more than 37 years with America’s largest military shipbu[...]
Charlottesville cybersecurity company names defense president
Charlottesville-based cybersecurity technology company Mission Secure Inc. announced Tuesday it has appointed Bob McAleer as president of Mission Secure Defense. A U.S. Army and industry veteran, McAleer most recently served as chief operating officer for Nashville, Tennessee-based Military System Group, which designs and manufa[...]
Hourigan names CFO, general counsel
Richmond-based commercial construction and development firm Hourigan announced Friday it has hired David Ryan as chief financial officer and Kelley Holland as general counsel. Ryan most recently served as vice president for corporate strategy and investor relations at chemical company Albemarle Corp. With nearly 30 years of ex[...]
Herndon tech company names senior VP, CFO
Herndon-based tech company Serco Inc. (a subsidiary of United Kingdom-based Serco Group plc) announced Wednesday it has named Gordon Foster as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective Oct. 26. He will succeed Gary Shankman, who announced his plans to retire by the end of 2020. Foster has been the CFO for He[...]