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Fairfax tech firm names new CTO
Fairfax-based business and technology consulting company Customer Value Partners Inc. (CVP) named Keith Kapp as its chief technology officer, the company announced Thursday. As CTO, Kapp will oversee business transformation, technology modernization, data science, engineering and cybersecurity at the company. Kapp most recentl[...]
Vienna e-commerce delivery company names CEO
Vienna-based e-commerce delivery company LaserShip has appointed Brett Bissell as its CEO, succeeding company co-founder Blake Averill, the company announced Wednesday. Bissell will be based in LaserShip’s Vienna headquarters and Averill will continue to serve on the company’s board of directors. He most recently comes from international supply chain company CEVA Logistics, where he was […][...]
TowneBank promotes exec to senior VP
Portsmouth-based TowneBank promoted Keith Robinson to senior vice president and indirect sales manager, the bank announced Wednesday. Robinson has been with the bank for 18 years and previously led dealer services and indirect lending marketing and sales in the Hampton Roads, Richmond and North Carolina markets. He also previous[...]
MITRE names VP of joint and cross-cutting capabilities
The Mitre Corp. has promoted Eliahu H. Niewood to vice president of joint and cross-cutting capabilities, the McLean-based nonprofit research and development organization announced Tuesday. Niewood has been with MITRE since 2017 and has focused on developing command and control technology for the Department of Defense. He has se[...]
U.Va. Foundation hires director of real estate asset management
The University of Virginia Foundation has hired Maryellen Dolan as director of real estate asset management, the organization announced Wednesday. The U.Va. Foundation has provided real estate, financial and administrative services to the university since 1986. Dolan will develop and implement strategies for the foundation’s r[...]
Richmond-based Atlantic Constructors Inc. names Evan Shriver as CEO
Richmond-based Atlantic Constructors Inc. (ACI) named Evan Shriver as its CEO, replacing founding CEO Art Hungerford, the company announced Monday. Hungerford will transition into the role of chairman. ACI is an industrial and commercial contractor with offices in Richmond, Newport News, Roanoke and Hampton Roads. The company em[...]
Arlington nonprofit BBB National Programs Inc. names executive VP of policy
Arlington-based BBB National Programs Inc. named Mary K. Engle as its executive vice president of policy, effective Jan. 31, the organization announced Monday. The self-regulatory body of the former Council of Better Business Bureaus, BBB National Programs provides self-regulation for companies to address truth-in-advertising,[...]
Virginia Beach-based Towne Insurance promotes executive leaders
Virginia Beach-based independent insurance agency Towne Insurance has promoted multiple executives in leadership positions. Towne Insurance CFO Boyd Griffin was promoted to executive vice president and will retain his duties as CFO. Chris Rogerson was appointed as chief operating officer. Rogerson joined the agency in 2017 as vice president and manager of the select business […]
Virginia Tech Innovation Campus names Cornell dean as executive director
Lance R. Collins, the Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering at Cornell University, has been selected as the first vice president and executive director of Virginia Tech’s $1 billion Innovation Campus, which is set to open in Alexandria’s North Potomac Yard area in the fall. He will join Virginia Tech as of Aug. 1. The Innov[...]
Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority names vice chairman
Kenneth D. Penrose Jr. has been elected as vice chairman for the Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority for the 2020-year term, commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Jan. 28. Penrose has been with Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer since 2000. He currently serves as vice president of commercial sales and […]
New GRTC chief sets Richmond transit priorities
After 25 years in the transportation industry, Julie Timm went back to school to get her MBA. “I wanted to understand the business world,” explains the new CEO of the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC), the region’s municipal bus system. “Sometimes when transit people talk to our business partners, it’s like we’[...]
The Virginia Bar Association names 132nd president
The Virginia Bar Association (VBA) installed Alison M. McKee as its 2020 president, effective Jan. 25, the organization announced Tuesday. McKee is the 132nd president of the VBA. McKee is an attorney at the Virginia Beach branch of the Norfolk-based law firm Kaufman & Canoles P.C. Her practice is focused on banking and fina[...]
