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Va. Beach commercial real estate development company names president
Virginia Beach-based The Runnymede Corp. announced Friday it has named Matthew Fine as president of the family-owned commercial real estate development company. Fine has been on the company’s board of directors for 30 years and managed a Hampton Roads portfolio for 20 years. He is also a founding director of Townebank Norfolk [...]
Virginia Aquarium names VP of marketing
The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center in Virginia Beach announced Thursday it has named Natalie Sims as its vice president of marketing. Sims was most recently the marketing senior leader for SeaWorld, Aquatica and Sesame Place in San Diego, and previously the marketing director for Busch Gardens in Williamsburg. I[...]
VCU Wilder School names new dean
Virginia Commonwealth University announced Wednesday that Susan T. Gooden is now dean of the university’s L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs. Gooden has been the interim dean of the school since May 2018 and has been with VCU since 2004, when she started as an associate professor in the Wilder School. Sh[...]
Va. Beach real estate investment company names new managing principal, CIO
Virginia Beach-based real estate investment company Croatan Investments announced Monday that Eric Smith will serve as its new managing principal and chief investment officer. Smith was most recently the chief operating officer and CIO at Armada Hoffler Properties, also in Virginia Beach. During his career, he’s worked with [...]
Altria CEO Howard Willard retires
Altria Group Inc. Chairman and CEO Howard Willard, who took a medical leave of absence in March after testing positive for COVID-19, has retired from his position heading up the Henrico County-based Fortune 500 parent company of cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris USA, effective April 14. Altria’s Board of Directors elected W[...]
McLean IT company names new CFO
McLean-based Altamira Technologies Corp. announced Thursday that A. Adam Omar will serve as its new chief financial officer. A certified public accountant, Omar previously worked as CFO for Maryland-based CyberCore Technologies and he has worked as a vice president and finance executive for companies including Reston-based Science Applications International Corp., Software AG and LexisNexis. He […][...]
Danville Community College names associate VP of human resources
Danville Community College announced Tuesday it has hired Bruce Cottrill as its associate vice president of human resources, a new position for the college. Cottrill relocated from Charleston, West Virginia, where he was most recently the interim vice chancellor for human resources with the West Virginia Higher Education Pol[...]
Commonwealth Catholic Charities names CFO
Richmond-based nonprofit Commonwealth Catholic Charities announced Thursday it has named John Montoro as its chief financial officer. Montoro has more than 30 years of experience in public accounting and working with nonprofit organizations and local governments as an auditor and consultant. He started an accounting practice, [...]
Fairfax software company names new COO
Fairfax County-based computer software company 3Pillar Global announced Thursday it had promoted former chief revenue officer Heather Combs to chief operating officer. In her new role, Combs will work on company growth strategies and will continue to oversee development and operations of 3Pillar’s services including marketin[...]
Averett University names new VP and CFO
Averett University announced Thursday that Don Aungst has become the university’s new vice president and chief financial and operating officer. He started at the Danville college this month. Aungst was most recently the CFO at Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania. He has more than 30 years of experience in higher educati[...]
Reston-based IT company names new CFO
Reston-based information technology company Contegix announced Thursday that it has named Mike Dunn as its new chief financial officer. Dunn was most recently the CFO of systems integrator and managed hosting provider NeoSystems LLC. He has also previously been CFO of Siteworx and Recovery Point Systems. In his new role, he will[...]
Arlington tech company names COO
Arlington-based tech company Excella Consulting Inc. announced Tuesday it has named Sandy Gillespie as its chief operating officer. Gillespie was most recently COO and executive vice president for Reston-based NCI Information Systems Inc. since April 2018. In her new role at Excella, she will oversee client delivery and growth s[...]
