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Anne Arundel Tech Council Hires New Executive Director

The Anne Arundel Tech Council has appointed Laura Willoughby as its new executive director. She succeeds Marcia Hall, who took over the position on an interim basis in April 2004.

Willoughby will guide the organization as it continues to expand program offerings, enhance educational opportunities and strengthen the council as a technology exchange. She will report to the board of directors, supporting the council's members, fostering relationships with organizations and businesses throughout the state and managing membership activities and programs.

She has been involved in the Anne Arundel County business community for nearly 10 years, most recently as owner of a local public relations firm. She was formerly a business reporter at The Capital and a reporter at the Maryland Gazette, was a contributor to The Business Monthly and served as associate editor of Energy eBusiness, an energy industry trade publication in Crownsville.



Laurel Regional Hospital Re-Elects Officers, Board Members

Laurel Regional Hospital (LRH) Foundation's board of directors recently re-elected all of its officers to second term appointments. At the same time, the board re-elected five board members to serve additional three-year terms.

The officers re-elected to second terms are Larry Bormel, board chairperson and partner at Bormel, Grice & Huyett; Ronald Trozzi, first vice chairperson of the board and partner at Zagami-Trozzi Chartered; Linda Abell, second vice chairperson of the board and principal at Security Vault Works; Joe Pipitone, board treasurer and executive vice president at Citizens National Bank; and Dr. Thomas Burguieres, board secretary and chairman of LRH Emergency Medicine.

Among those board members tapped to serve additional three-year terms are Jean Lancaster, past board chairperson; V. Peter Markuski, Jr., partner at Goozman, Bernstein & Markuski; Stanley Merson, senior vice president of Sandy Spring Bank; John Miller of Chesapeake Business Development LLC; and Ronald J. Xifo, past chairperson and principal at RONEL Associates Insurance, Inc.



INNOVIA Education Institute Appoints Gross, Dancy, Others

The INNOVIA Education Institute has appointed Jeffrey Gross, Pharm.D., and JaNeen Dancy, Rph., to the position of manager, scientific and clinical affairs.

Gross previously served as a clinical pharmacist at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He also worked as a clinical consultant for the Collaborative Consulting Group in Hunt Valley, where he evaluated clinical research and presentations related primarily to oncology and infectious disease.

Dancy was previously the assistant director of client relations with ACS State Healthcare, LLC, a Pharmacy Benefits Management Company in Atlanta. She has more than 12 years of experience in the healthcare arena.

Other recent appointments at INNOVIA include Reggi Veatch to director, editorial & scientific services; Sarah Mooney as director, program services; and Eve Wilson, PhD, ELS as director, continuing medical education services.



Dragon Development Corp. Announces New Executive Management Team

Columbia-based Dragon Development Corp. (DDC) has appointed two new members to its executive leadership team. They are Chris Prestel, the new president and COO; and Ed Grimes who was hired as the senior vice president of Maryland Intelligence Programs.

Prestel will create and manage an aggressive growth strategy for 2005 that includes expanding the customer base into other federal agencies, and Grimes is responsible for leading DDC's Maryland Intelligence business unit, which provides professional services to customers in the Fort Meade area.

Both men bring 20 years of experience within the Federal IT services field to DDC. Prestel has served as the senior director for federal professional services at Sybase, Inc. Grimes comes to DDC from Dynamics Research Corp.



Faulconer Assumes Key Role in APL Space Department

J. Walter Faulconer is the new business area executive for civilian space at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel. He will strengthen and expand APL's relationships with its space science and exploration customers and ensure that the space department continues to deliver timely, quality service.

Faulconer joins APL after more than 25 years at Lockheed Martin, where he last directed space exploration business development for Lockheed's Space Systems Company. His prior roles included director for business development for space transportation, as well as director of strategic planning and development for Lockheed Space Systems.



Frank Strategic Marketing Adds Staff

Frank Strategic Marketing of Ellicott City has added two account managers and three designers to its strategic and creative teams.

Claire Rusko-Berger and Dana Schwaberow have joined the agency as account managers. Rusko-Berger was an account supervisor with Carton Donofrio Partners in Baltimore, directing campaigns and marketing programs for financial services, education and health care clients, while Schwaberow was an account executive with Foote Cone and Belding in Atlanta.

Also new to the Frank creative team are Steve Sulcoski, designer; Vicki Brown, designer; and Peter Burch, associate designer. Sulcoski previously was part of the in-house design team at LeHigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.; Burch joins Frank from Allegra Print and Imaging, where he headed the Graphics Department; and Brown was most recently was a designer with Gilden Integrated in Baltimore.



McCabe, Owens Announce New Anne Arundel Social Services Director

Maryland Department of Human Resources Secretary Christopher McCabe and Anne Arundel County Executive Janet Owens have announced the appointment of Marcia Kennai as director of the Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services.

Kennai has served as the deputy commissioner of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, and as the director of the Protective Services Division of the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department. In Maryland, she has previously served as director of Community Services and Programs for the Good

Shepherd Center, and the program director of the Maryland Family to Family

Foster Care Initiative. She will begin in her new position in March, assuming the reins from Kerry Ahearn-Brown.



Weidow Joins Pangia

Technologies as VP

Pangia Technologies of Ellicott City has hired Paul Weidow as vice president of intelligence programs. In his role, Weidow will be responsible for all business development among intelligence agencies and in other markets while working to grow and expand Pangia's presence in a variety of engineering disciplines.

Prior to joining Pangia, he served as the business director for Henggeler Computer Consultants. In that position, he was responsible for all business development activities for the company and was directly responsible for doubling its size during his 16-month tenure. Weidow also worked at Booz Allen Hamilton from 1996-2003.



Northrop Featured in New

Real Estate Book

About 15,000 new Realtors enter the market every month and the average Realtor makes $61,200 per year. But a look at how top sales reps make in excess of $1 million dollars a year is offered in a new book by Debra Pestrak, Playing with the Big Boys & Girls in Real Estate: #1 Residential Superstars Reveal All. It includes interviews with 12 Realtors, including local Long & Foster Broker Creig Northrop.

CEO Nina Cottrel of the Council of Residential Specialists said the book provides a fresh twist on discussing what successful Realtors actually do and how they work with prospective clients to consistently win the listings.



MIE Properties Names

Bell Marketing Director

Baltimore-based MIE Properties has named Lesly Bell its new director of marketing. The eight-year marketing/special events veteran will develop objectives for and implement the marketing of current and future projects.

Additionally, Bell will oversee the preparation of press releases and articles, and coordinate media and promotional events. She will also direct the writing, editing and publication of MIE's company newsletter, its tenant magazine, its corporate brochure and all other collateral materials. She previously served as regional marketing manager for a North Carolina-based bank, and as a special events consultant.



Ochrimenko, Wylie Join

Structural Group

The Structural Group in Hanover has announced that Sergej Ochrimenko has joined its Structural Preservation Systems company as a project manager and Barry Wylie has come on board as assistant controller.

Ochrimenko has a B.S. in civil engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass., and more than 25 years of industry experience. His recent experience includes serving as a project manager for Yonkers Contracting Co., Inc. In this role, he worked on a diverse range of projects including an expansion to the Westchester Square Mall in Greenburg, N.Y., and the restoration and expansion of existing subway tunnels and platforms as part of the Path Restoration Program in Jersey City, N.J.

Wylie was most recently employed by RSM McGladrey. His previous experience includes work in both private accounting firms, as well as serving as a program accountant for Catholic Charities and a senior accountant for Coughlin & Mann.



Manekin Names Dorman

Asset Manager

Kim Dorman, a 14-year retail management veteran, recently joined Manekin, LLC, as an asset manager. She will manage, oversee and increase the firm's retail portfolio in the Baltimore-Washington Corridor.

Dorman most recently served as general manager for H&S Properties, overseeing

1 million square feet of Class A office and retail buildings in Baltimore's Inner Harbor area. Previously, she served as a property manager for Madison Marquette Realty, where she was responsible for a 1.5 million-square-foot portfolio of retail shopping centers.



RAM Welcomes New VP of Expositions & Allied Membership

The Restaurant Association of Maryland (RAM) has announced that Brian McDonnell has joined the organization as vice president of expositions & allied membership.

In his new role, McDonnell's main duties will be to serve RAM's members, as well as to plan and choreograph the Mid-Atlantic Food, Beverage and Lodging Expo that will be held Sept. 7-8 at the Baltimore Convention Center. He comes to the association with 15 years of sales and marketing experience in the foodservice industry with America's largest foodservice distributor, Sysco.



Howard Republican Association

Elects New Officers

The Howard County Professional Republican Association has elected its new officers to serve for the upcoming year. They are Tony Salazar, president; Scott Skogmo, vice president; Lynne DeMinco, secretary; and Tommie Tarsell, treasurer.

Salazar serves as the deputy general counsel to Provident Bank and was the Republican candidate in the 2004 election for the U.S. House of Representatives 7th Congressional District seat. Skogmo is a 20-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry and is a principal in TSC Realty Services.

DeMinco has been a member of HCPRA since early 2004. She is an educator and resident of West Friendship. Tarsell is president of TOMCO Insurance Corp., a certified insurance counselor, and immediate past chairman of the Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland.



Manekin Construction

Announces Three Hires

Manekin Construction has added three employees to its growing team, which has built 10 million square feet of space with an annual volume averaging in excess of $75 million. Beth Galloway now serves as construction accounting assistant; Blaine McVicker serves as superintendent at the Logan's Reserve project in Loganville, Pa.; and Jason Stephens has been named assistant project manager.



SunTrust Maryland

Announces New Titles

Carol Meserve, a portfolio specialist in the Real Estate Finance Group in Laurel, and Fatima Phall-Barry, branch manager of the Columbia East office at 8200

Snowden River Pkwy. in Columbia, Md., were each named an assistant vice

president by SunTrust Bank.

Both employees will remain in their current positions. SunTrust Bank, Maryland is part of SunTrust Banks, Inc., headquartered in Atlanta and one of the nation's largest commercial banking organizations, with total assets of $159.1 billion and total deposits of $103.4 billion.



Princeton Sports President

Appointed to Board

Alan Davis, president of Princeton Sports, was recently appointed to the Sports Specialists board of directors. Sports Specialists is a retailer-owned marketing, merchandising and purchasing organization with a collection of the best specialty ski and snowboard shops in North America.

Princeton Sports is one of only 59 retailers representing 150 stores with a combined retail sales of over $200 million. "We are among the 'best of the best' ski and snowboard shops and it is an honor to be on the board of directors," said Davis.



FIRT Names McConnell Regional Director for B-W Region

Hanover-based First Industrial Realty Trust (FIRT) has hired Mark McConnell as the regional director for its Baltimore-Washington, D.C. office. He was formerly senior vice president for Whitehall Industrial Properties and responsible for investment and re-development activity in the mid-Atlantic region.

In his new position, he will manage the day-to-day activities of the Hanover office of the real estate investment trust. He brings more than 21 years of direct real estate and marketing experience to the company, having also worked as vice president-international real estate for Merrill Lynch and managing director for Insignia/ESG, Inc., among other positions.



Steinle Elected Fellow of

National Medical Society

Dr. Nanette Steinle, medical director of the Joslin Diabetes Center at North Arundel Hospital (NAH), was recently elected a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. The distinction recognizes Steinle's achievements in internal medicine.

She has worked at the Joslin Diabetes Center at NAH since it opened in 2001. As medical director, she provides clinical leadership and expertise focusing on preventing diabetes and its complications. Steinle is also an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition.



The Columbia Bank Promotes

Quirk to EVP

The Columbia Bank has promoted Melissa Quirk to executive vice president. Formerly senior vice president, operations, she has been employed with the bank since its inception in 1988.

Quirk has direct responsibility for day-to-day banking operations, as well as overseeing the activities of the information technology, facilities management and security departments. She has more than 25 years of banking experience and has also worked at St. Landry Bank, a community bank in Louisiana. She studied at the AIB Banking School at the University of Southern Louisiana, has served on the Federal Reserve Fifth District Cash Committee and is a past board member of the Baltimore Chapter.



Howard Bank Names Tompkins AVP

Brenda Tompkins has been named assistant vice president, loan operations manager, of Howard Bank. In her new role, Tompkins is responsible for managing the bank's daily loan accounting and loan documentation processes. She has nearly 30 years of experience in the industry, including management positions with CoreStates Bank, Wachovia and M&T Bank.



Former Rouse CEO Deering Working With Exeter Capital

It didn't take long for former Rouse Co. CEO Anthony Deering to make his next move and its turns out he's still connected to his former long-time employer.¼He is now chairman of the board of Lutherville-based Exeter Capital, an investment firm that is co-located with the Rouse Co. Foundation and the Charlesmead Foundation.¼

"I am delighted to say that Margaret Mauro (former director of corporate contributions for Rouse) has joined me as vice president of the Rouse Company Foundation," he said. "Also, very thankfully, Catherine Schoonover has joined me as my executive assistant here as well."



Berman Goldman & Ribakow LLP Hires Baltchev

Atanas Baltchev has joined Berman Goldman & Ribakow as a staff accountant in the audit department. Baltchev is a recent graduate of Towson University, where he received his bachelor's in accounting.



Vantage House Appoints New President

Vantage House Life Care Retirement Community in Columbia recently elected Richard Vogel, Jr., as president of its board of directors and re-elected Virginia Thomas as vice president and Douglas Brooks as secretary/treasurer.

Vogel is senior vice president and division manager of The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., a large national construction company. Thomas, a former Delegate in the Maryland General Assembly, is director of community and intergovernmental relations at the University of Maryland Center for Health Program Development and Management. Brooks is a vice president and financial adviser in the Baltimore office of Deutsche Banc Alex Brown.



Citizens National Bank Promotes Hollander

Bruce Hollander has been promoted to senior vice president by Citizen's National Bank. A University of Maryland graduate, Hollander has been proactive in a number of projects in the Baltimore-Washington Corridor in professional and charitable organizations, such as the Howard County Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Howard County and the YMCA.