Vandeventer Black announces 2020 exec board
Norfolk-based law firm Vandeventer Black LLP elected a new executive board member and reelected three current board members, the firm announced Tuesday. Richard Ottinger, a partner at the firm, was newly elected to the board. He specializes in commercial litigation, transportation and maritime litigation and complex trusts and e[...]
Roanoke’s Poe & Cronk Real Estate Group names new president
Roanoke-based commercial real estate agency Poe & Cronk Real Estate Group has promoted Matt Huff as its new president, Poe & Cronk announced Tuesday. Huff joined Poe & Cronk in 2008 and in 2015 became the firm’s first executive vice president and chief operating officer. He succeeds Dennis Cronk, who will serve as [...]
Eastern Mennonite University names VP for innovation and student recruitment
Eastern Mennonite University has named Jason Good as vice president for innovation and student recruitment — a new position for the private liberal arts university in Harrisonburg, EMU announced Monday. He will start on Jan. 27. Good, an EMU graduate who formerly worked as the university’s director of admissions, most re[...]
Dulles-based ERP platform developer Unanet adds six new executives
Dulles-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform developer Unanet has hired six executives, the company announced Friday. Assad Jarrahian was appointed as chief product officer. Most recently, Jarrahian was the senior vice president of product at Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based Intelex Technologies ULC. He has also worked for companies including Pearson, Digidata, Oracle and EMS Software. He […][...]
Booz Allen Hamilton promotes Judi Dotson to executive VP
McLean-based management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton is promoting Judi Dotson to executive vice president effective April 1, the company announced Jan. 17. Dotson has been with Booz Allen Hamilton for 31 years and currently leads the firm’s Joint Combatant Command account, which works for U.S. Department of Defense cl[...]
Breakout Capital promotes McLean Wilson to CEO and president
McLean-based financial services company Breakout Capital LLC has promoted McLean Wilson from chief credit officer to chief executive officer and president, the company announced Jan. 14. Wilson joined Breakout — which provides capital loans and underwriting to small businesses —in 2016 as the company’s first lender. In h[...]
GreeneHurlocker promotes Paul Allen to operations officer
Henrico County-based law firm GreeneHurlocker has promoted Paul Allen to operations officer, Co-Managing Member Brian Greene announced Friday. Allen joined GreeneHurlocker in August 2016 as a paralegal and operations manager, having previously working as a paralegal both locally and nationally. He earned a bachelor’s degree f[...]
Mid-Atlantic CCIM Chapter names new president
The Mid-Atlantic Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) Chapter has elected Heather Placer of Richmond-based real estate agency Shaheen, Ruth, Martin & Fonville as its chapter president, the organization announced Friday. There are more than 13,000 members in 50 CCIM chapters globally — each focused on networking an[...]
Reston software company names VP of customer success
Reston-based marketing software company Triblio named Acacia Waller as its vice president of customer success, the company announced Thursday. Triblio is the developer of an account-based marketing platform designed to orchestrate marketing and sales campaigns, provide audience management (account leads), track sales activity, p[...]
Local Initiatives Support Corp. names new Va. executive director
The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) has selected Jane Ferrara as executive director of LISC Virginia, a nonprofit organization that raises capital and creates programs to support community revitalization and economic development. Ferrara starts the new position Feb. 3. LISC has raised more than $32 million locally and has invested $639 million into Richmond-area housing, […]
West Cary Group hires former ChamberRVA CEO as senior policy adviser
Richmond-based strategic communications firm West Cary Group has hired former ChamberRVA CEO Kim Scheeler as its senior policy adviser, the company announced Wednesday. Scheeler, who retired from the chamber in December 2019, will split his time between Richmond and Port Charlotte, Florida, for his new position. He worked for Ch[...]
Focused Ultrasound Foundation names chief relationship officer
Charlottesville-based Focused Ultrasound Foundation has named Ann Taylor its chief relationship officer, the nonprofit organization announced Wednesday. She will start on March 1. Taylor has more than 27 years of nonprofit leadership experience as executive vice president of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation and as executive direc[...]