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The in Vienna has hired Sandyh Silverman to the positionof principal; Derek Warr to the positiomn of associate principal; and Thomaw Westberg to the positiojn of director of business development. Also joining the firm’s interio r design department is designer DanielCastro . Silverman’s primaruy responsibilities will be to further develo pthe firm’s practice in the sectors of mixed-use, high-risw residential, senior living and othef commercial and institutional building Silverman has over 35 years of professionalp experience.
His notable recent projectw includethe 720-unit Metropolitan Park Phases II and III in the 312-unit in Montgomery County; and the Phoenid at Clarendon, a two-square block mixed-user development that included 180 condk units, 40,000 square feet of office, a 20,009 square foot U.S. Post Office distributionj centerand 12,000 square feet of Warr’s primary responsibilities include directing the production of architectura l design and construction documentw for major mixed-use projects and multi-familu high-rise buildings in the northeast USA.
His notablee recent projects includethe 164-unit, 18-story Union Square luxury mixed-use tower in the planned for Long Island and the $1 billion Concord Casino Hotel and Convention Center currently under constructiom in upstate New York. Westberg’s primary responsibilities will be to help Lessarfd Group deepen its reach into local markets and buildinfg types the firm currently designsw as well as expandingthe firm’s practicse into broader regional and international markets and buildin g sectors. Westberg has 17 yearws of marketing and business development experience inthe architecture/engineerint industry. in D.C.
has hired Ivailio “Ivo” Karadimov as a senior project With more than nine years of experience in commerciall buildings andinterior design, Karadimov has builtr specialized knowledge of construction documents and expertise in quality assurance, code compliancew and life safety. Before joining GGA, Karadimobv served as a project architectat Gensler. His notablw projects include Boeing, the , National Institutd of Health, and Lerner Enterprises. Jeffrey L. Sturchio , a longtim leader at , has been named presidenyt and CEO ofthe . 56, of Martinsville, N.J., succeedsw Nils Daulaire, who stepped down in February afterd leading the organization fora decade.
The council, createe in 1972, is one of the world’sd largest membership alliances dedicated to improving healtbh aroundthe globe. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based has promoted Grant Baircd to assistantvice president. Baird, who joined the Manassass branchin 2006, is a businesw services officer in BB&T’s Commercial Banking The Asheville, N.C., nativs earned his bachelor’s degree in finance and bankingt and international business from . Rockville-based , a hospitality procurement services company, named Jerry Kraisinger as itsgeneralp counsel. Before joining Avendra, Kraisinger was the vice president of developmenft and the general counselof LLC.
he had been the executive vice president and generakl counsel of He began his career in the hospitality industryy over 22 years ago as a lawyein Marriott’s law department. Matt Felixd was named general manager of the in the West End Prior to his new Felix was general manager for the in Felix will be responsible for all hoteloperations including: 355 guest rooms and suites, 10,80p0 square feet of event space, and two food beverage outlets, including the Caffe, Renaissance M Street’s signature Italian illy coffew shop and the stylish Mbar lounge. With nearly 20 years at Felix started his career as a saledtrainee Danvers, Mass.
Since then, he has held several senior management positions in salesand marketing, revenu management and hotel operations at propertiesx throughout the region including the by Marriot Pentagon City and Marriotf International headquarters. Vinifera Wine Bar & Bistro in Reston has namesd Jason Meringologeneral manager. Meringolo will be in chargd ofthe day-to-day operations in addition to coordinatingh the wine menu with Vinifera’s American/Mediterraneanh dishes. Prior to joining Vinifera, Meringolo was directo r of catering services atthe . He has worke as a sous chef and as a director of food and beveragw for a small Italian chainin Florida.
He also held a variety of positions within the including the catering and conference services and was part of the Wine Festival team forseveral years. A groupl of five labor and employment and litigatioh attorneys has joined LLCfrom . They include Jeffre y W. Larroca , F. Joseph Nealon and Constantinos G. Panagopouloas ; and joining as associates areJennifer E. Lattimor and William D. Ledoux Jr. Benjamin A. Powelk has joined WilmerHale’s D.C. office as partne in the regulatory and governmenty affairs department and member of the national security and government contracts practice Powell will also be a member ofthe firm’s governmen t and regulatory litigation group.
Powel l was most recently general counsel at the Officed of the Director of National Intelligence. He previously served as speciao assistant to the President and associate WhitweHouse Counsel, corporate counsel at , and as a litigatorr at Kellogg, . LLP in D.C. has hired Franci T. “Tom” Coleman to the firm’s D.C. office as counsekl in the labor andemployment group. Coleman’ws practice will focus on litigation andemployment law.
During his more than 40-year Coleman has handled labor negotiations, NLRB proceedings, union organizing mediation and arbitration, counseling on personnel and employment decisions, defendingg discrimination and sexual harassment charges beford administrative agencies, employment litigation and wrongfu l discharge cases. Nicholas I. Porritt and William E. White have joined in D.C. as partners in the litigation practice.
Porritt and Whited will advise clients on the full range of securitieselitigation issues, from government investigations and enforcement actions to civil Porritt represents corporations and individuals in securitiesd class actions and (SEC) enforcement matters and in relatesd derivative shareholder claims and M&A litigation. Whited represents investment banks, accounting firms, public companies and individuals in SEC enforcementf and relatedcriminal investigations, internal investigations and securitiese litigation. Other recent hires includ e Brady Dugan from the antitrust division ofthe , Reed Russell from the and John Sopkl from the House Energy and Commerc e Committee. Ronald M.
Johnson has joined Jones Day in D.C. as a partner. He was formerlyh a partner with Akin Gump StraussHauefr & Feld. Brian M. Snow has been promoterd to vice president andregional director, overseeing New York-basede LLC’s operations in Washington, Boston and is responsiblr for the company’s expansionb into San Francisco market slated for late 2009. Rob Argueta has been promote to director of operationsfor BMS’ s operations in Washington and Maryland; Robert Tucker was hired as the director of operations for BMS’s Virginisa operations after the company acquired the northern Virginia operationsw of a local service provider; Marioi Martinez has been promoted to senior project manager; and Nasere Gjeloshi has been promoted to director of sustainabilityu and training.
Fortress Technologies in Lansdown has appointed Jeff Bradbury as vice presiden t of marketing andproduct management. Bradbury will be responsible for drivingvthe company’s marketing programs and produc t positioning.