APPOINTMENTS

Companies

GTSI of Chantilly named Craig Ballam chief information officer.

Winning Strategies of Washington named Alex DelPizzo vice president.

HNTB Federal Services of Washington named Robert B. Flowers chief executive.

Multimax of Largo named Jim Wilson vice president, business development.

Aspen Systems of Rockville named Lara Vande Walle manager of business development, legal information management services group.

Biotechnology Institute of Arlington named Jennifer Moire director of communications and Katherine Zorn manager of development.

Associations/Nonprofits

National Council of Farmer Cooperatives in Washington named Kam Quarles director of government affairs.

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in Fairfax named Paula Schneider director of meetings and conventions.

Education

University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business in College Park named Joseph Bailey director of the school's Center for Electronic Markets and Enterprises.

Real Estate

Trammell Crow Residential of Rockville named Jon Conte president, mid-Atlantic construction; Krissy Kahler development associate; Denis Dunathan senior project manager; and Jennifer Taylor construction coordinator.

Trammell Crow of McLean named A.J. Wood associate.

Legal

Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis of Washington named Timothy K. Lewis co-chair of the firm's appellate practice group.

Steptoe & Johnson of Washington named Shannon W. Coffin partner, litigation department.

Ropes & Gray of Boston named James R. Myers partner, litigation department, Washington office.

Health Care

AdvaMed of Washington named Ralph F. Ives executive vice president, global strategy and analysis.

Communications

Tachyon Networks of Vienna named Yaniv Oz vice president of distribution channels.

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