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Health care providers fear cancellation of telehealth coverage after pandemic ceases
FAIRFAX, Va. — Meg Fregoso, a nurse practitioner, used to see patients who previously had a lung transplant at Inova Fairfax Hospital. Now she uses telehealth to meet patients. Fregoso is one of many health care providers offering more telehealth services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, providers are concerned that they will no longer […]
Northern Virginia Technology Council chooses acting CEO
The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) announced Wednesday that Brad Schwartz will serve as its acting president and CEO starting July 1. He succeeds Bobbie Kilberg, who announced her June 30 retirement in October 2019 after 22 years at the helm of the membership and trade association for the region’s tech industr[...]
Associated General Contractors of Virginia picks new CEO
The Associated General Contractors of Virginia (ACG-VA) has named Brandon Robinson as its new CEO, effective July 20. He replaces Gordon N. Dixon, who became executive vice president of the Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance (VTCA) on June 1. Robinson formerly worked as director of policy at the Virginia Association o[...]
Metro Silver Line service to resume Aug. 16
Metro will resume Silver Line service and reopen six Fairfax County stations on Aug. 16, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced Wednesday. The six stations are the five “west-of-Ballston” Silver Line stations (McLean, Tysons Corner, Greensboro, Spring Hill and Wiehle-Reston East) plus one Orange Line station: West Falls Church. The remaining three west-of-Ballston stations […][...]
Va. hotel revenues remain down
As the lodging industry struggles to bounce back from the economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Virginia hotel revenues for the week ending June 20 dropped by 65% compared with the same period in 2019, according to new data from STR Inc., a division of CoStar Group providing market data on the hospitality […]
S.C. manufacturer relocating to Grayson County
Metalworx Inc., a manufacturer of highly-engineered and precision-manufactured components, assemblies and products for industrial uses, is investing $7.6 million to relocate its headquarters and manufacturing operations from South Carolina to the former Core Fitness Complex in Grayson County, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday. Virginia competed with North Carolina for the project, which will create […][...]
TowneBank and CHKD buy Norfolk Southern Tower for $30M
UPDATED JULY 2 | Suffolk-based TowneBank and Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters (CHKD) have jointly purchased the 22-story Norfolk Southern Tower in downtown Norfolk from the Fortune 500 railroad corporation, which is in the process of migrating its corporate headquarters to Atlanta. The building sold for $30 mill[...]
VUU appoints associate provost for research
Virginia Union University announced Wednesday it has appointed Terrell Strayhorn as associate provost for research, innovation and graduate education. He will also serve as director of the Center for the Study of HBCUs (historically Black colleges and universities) and as a tenured professor of urban education in the Evelyn Reid[...]
Excella names VP of strategic growth
Arlington County-based software and information technology management company Excella announced Wednesday it has named Christina Seiden as vice president of strategic growth. In her new role, she will focus on expanding Excella’s business into new markets. Seiden was most recently senior vice president of operations at Reston-based software company NCI Information Systems Inc. There she […][...]
Capital Square hires VP of capital markets
Henrico County-based real estate investment company Capital Square announced Wednesday it has named Marc Slavny as executive vice president of capital markets and director of due diligence. He will be responsible for overseeing capital markets and fundraising, creating the firm’s due diligence team, as well as designing and im[...]
Reston software company selects chief revenue officer
Reston-based lease management software company LeaseAccelerator Inc. announced Tuesday it has named David Mitchell as its chief revenue officer. Mitchell was most recently senior vice president of worldwide sales at McLean-based cloud computing company Appian Corp. In his new role, he will focus on sales execution in North Ame[...]
HHS contracts Herndon company for COVID-19 modeling
Herndon-based artificial intelligence company GeoSpark Analytics Inc. announced Tuesday it has been awarded a five-year, multimillion-dollar contract to provide COVID-19 and infectious disease modeling for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). An exact contract amount was not disclosed. “If we’ve learn[...]
