Appointments

Monday, December 24, 2007

Companies

Honesty Online of Bethesda named Larry Cynkin chief technology officer.

TWD & Associates of Arlington named Michael Lee chief marketing officer and Ron Gibbs executive director of operations.

The Pinnacle House of Washington Wholesale of the District named Eric Platt, former vice president, director of sales for Robert Whale Selections, wine director.

The Bozzuto Group of Greenbelt named Thomas K. Wagenhauser II, former vice president and corporate controller at OAO Technology Solutions, chief accounting officer.

Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing of Leesburg named Tom Quinly senior vice president.

Portal Dynamics of Alexandria named Stephen Komlo, former senior executive director with ManTech, vice president of corporate development.

Kroll of the District named William T. Keevan head of its U.S. forensic accounting and litigation consulting practice.

Associations/Nonprofits

The Children's Defense Fund of the District named Rebecca D. Beauregard director of government relations.

The American Council of Young Political Leaders of the District named Linda Rotunno, former director of development at the Center for American Progress, chief executive.

Education Development Center of the District named Amy Willsey, former director of program development for the International Youth Foundation, director of new business development.

The National Women's Health Resource Center of the District named Elizabeth Battaglino Cahill executive director.

Institute for 21st Century Energy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce named Marty Coyne, former senior editor at McGraw-Hill, director of communications.

Education

George Washington University of the District named Beth Nolan, former White House counsel, vice president and general counsel.

Biotechnology

MedImmune of Gaithersburg named Andrew D. Skibo, former vice president of corporate engineering and capital projects at Amgen, senior vice president of engineering; and JoAnn Suzich, former senior director, vice president of research and development, infectious disease.

Communications

DBC PR and New Media of the District named Melissa Chotiner, formerly with Blackboard, account director of the education technology practice.

Van Eperen Public Relations of Bethesda named Katherina Zotos account assistant.

Cox Communications of Herndon named Steve Gruneisen vice president of customer operations.

Financial

Chain Bridge Bank of McLean named John Vogt, former executive vice president with the Bond Market Association, chief business development officer.

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand of Vienna named Michael H. Lippman, former vice president, technical and strategic tax services with Liquid Engines, managing director.

Legal

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal of the District named Claude Fontheim partner and Gabriel Guerra-Mondrag¿n senior adviser to the public law and strategies group.

Miller & Chevalier of the District named the following lawyers as partners in the firm: Dwight N. Mersereau, tax department; Anthony G. Provenzano, employee benefits department; Matthew T. Reinhard, litigation department; Steven R. Schneider, tax department; James G. Tillen, international department.

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