People in Business

Community Foundation Announces
New Board, Officers
The Community Foundation has announced its new board and officers for 2010. They are Dave Cyphers, president of The Cyphers Agency, who starts his second year as board chair; Martha Blaxall, economist, The George Washington University; and Karen Whaley, owner of Whaley & Associates, who remain as vice chairs; Harley Flack, CEO of FlackVentures, treasurer; and Carroll Hynson, president of Carroll Hynson & Son/Image Power, secretary.
New board members include Dick Franyo, owner, Boatyard Bar & Grill; Greg St. Cyr, senior pastor, Bay Area Community Church; Veronica Tovey, publisher, What's Up Magazine; Enrique Melendez, national practice leader for information systems at Jacobs Engineering Group; and Jean Moreau, president, Jean Moreau & Associates.

High's Dairy Stores
Re-Aligns Upper Management
Hanover-based High's of Baltimore has announced the promotions of four executives who have 75 years combined experience working for the company: Pat Kelly has been promoted to co-director of sales and marketing, Benjamin Jatlow is the new director of business development, Kevin Greene has been selected as retail operations manager and Carla Lee has been named district manager.

Gilchrist Names New
Chair, Board Members
Gilchrist Hospice Care has elected Mary Stuart Rodgers, owner and president of Stuart Rodgers Interior Design, as the new chair of its board of directors; and announced the appointment of three new board members: Peter Banks, Jana Corn Burch and Benjamin Lucas II.

MedStar Names Johnson
Senior VP, General Counsel
MedStar Health has appointed Oliver Johnson, II, as senior vice president and general counsel. He will serve as chief legal officer to a nearly $4 billion multi-jurisdictional health system, which is composed of nine hospitals and more than 40 corporate entities across the Baltimore-Washington region.

Veteran Journalist Terry
Joins The Daily Record
Veteran journalist Rob Terry has joined The Daily Record as managing editor/online and special publications. He will oversee all of the business and legal affairs for the publication's web, blog and social media operations, as well as a host of magazines, reports and newspaper sections.

JPBRES Adds Homberg
JPB Real Estate Services (JPBRES) has added Susan Homberg as vice president of the real estate services group. Her background includes retail leasing positions for Jones Lang LaSalle in Washington and management of East Coast real estate operations for Merry-Go-Round Enterprises.

ANALYSYS' Kolbe Wins 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Steve Kolbe, president of ANALYSYS, has received the Entrepreneur of the Year award from Maryland-based Entrepreneur's Exchange. The award recognizes CEOs who have demonstrated an outstanding capacity for entrepreneurial leadership in the community.

Thomas Named to
Vantage House Board
Virginia Thomas has been elected president of the Vantage House Corporate Board. She has served on the entity since 1996. She is retired from UMBC, where she was director of community health, and also served 12 years as a state legislator in the Maryland General Assembly

Sandy Spring Hires
Merendino as Senior VP
Sandy Spring Bank has appointed Frank Merendino as Government Contracting Lending Group team leader and senior vice president. He will be responsible for coordinating the bank's business development efforts in that sector.

Townshend Nominated for
Workforce Board
Walt Townshend has been nominated for appointment to the Maryland Workforce Corporation Board by Gov. Martin O'Malley. He is president and CEO of the Baltimore Washington Corridor Chamber and the director and CEO of the Central Maryland Regional Transit.

DP Solutions Appoints Schell
Director of Operations
Columbia-based DP Solutions has promoted Karyn Schell to the new position of director of operations. She will oversee such functions as network services, help desk, data center, programming, maintenance and purchasing.

Roderique, Zawodniak Add
Systems Focus to Eurotech
Columbia-based Eurotech has named Ben Roderique as COO and Leann Zawodniak as CFO. The company designs, develops and produces application-ready embedded computers and systems to serve the North American market.

Hess Moves From Howard to
City Incubator
Vic Hess, a former chair of the Howard Technology Council, has left the Howard County Economic Development Authority's Center for Business and Technology Development and has moved to the Emerging Technologies Center in Baltimore.

APL's LaPlante Named to
Defense Science Board
William LaPlante, head of the global engagement department at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, has been named to the Defense Science Board. The prestigious federal panel advises top Defense Department leaders on scientific, technical, research and other critical matters.

Aldrich Named HCGH Vice President of Medical Affairs
Eric Aldrich has been named vice president of Medical Affairs at Howard County General Hospital (HCGH). He will provide administrative oversight and service support for professional staff activities and will work with physician leaders at the hospital.

Collier Elected Chair of Horizon Foundation Board
Shirley Collier, CEO of Optemax LLC, has been elected to a three-year term as chair of The Horizon Foundation's Board of Trustees. She has been a member of the foundation's board since 2004.

Shen Promoted at Merkle
Columbia-based Merkle has promoted Zhengda "Z" Shen to executive vice president and COO. He will oversee the agency's analytics, technology and data groups.

Ritacco Elected to Lifespan/
MANPHA Boards
Meriann Ritacco was elected to the LifeSpan/MANPHA Board. Meriann is the executive director at Vantage House, a Life Care senior living community in Columbia. She has spent more than 25 years working in the personal care, nursing home and continuing care communities.

St. John Properties Tabs Roud as Development Director, Southern Division
St. John Properties has hired Andrew Roud as development director for its southern division. He was previously managing director-MDG Europe at McMahon Development Group in Washington, D.C.

Leco Named President of
Summit Solutions
Jeffrey Leco was recently named president of Hanover-based Summit Solutions. The founder and original vice president of Summit, he replaces Moira Mattingly, who was named vice president of strategic initiatives for the company.

NGC Names Reith VP of
Finance, Controller for ESS
Northrop Grumman Corp. (NGC) has appointed David Reith as vice president of finance and controller for the company's Electronic Systems Sector (ESS). He will provide oversight for all sector financial functions.

Watts Promoted at Howard Bank
Perry Watts, Jr., has been promoted to assistant manager at Howard Bank's Maple Lawn Branch. Watts joined the bank in 2007 as a personal banker and has participated in professional development programs like the American Bankers Association's Principles of Banking course.

Kmetyk Honored as a 2009 Sapphire Award Winner for Inscape Publishing
Mary Ann Kmetyk of Applied Performance Strategies in Columbia has been honored as a 2009 Sapphire Award winner by Inscape Publishing. That status is based on purchases of personalized learning assessments and facilitation materials from Inscape.

Wright Joins Howard Bank
Tyler Wright has joined Howard Bank as an officer and assistant relationship manager at the bank's corporate offices in Ellicott City. Wright comes to the local bank from Bradford Bank in Towson, where he was a portfolio manager and credit analyst.

GWU's Tarimcilar Cited as 'Redhead of the Year' by Local Firm
Murat Tarimcilar, associate dean of graduate programs at The George Washington University School of Business, has been named the 2009 Redhead of the Year - a distinction based on attitude and actions, not appearance - by The Redhead Companies of Ellicott City, a marketing firm.

Drake Named Chief Scientist for Green Connected
Green Connected, of Annapolis, has hired Bert Drake as the company's chief scientist. The educational and consulting firm operates www.greenconnected.com with 500 companies using or providing environmentally friendly products and services.