People on the Move: June 1 – Pittsburgh Business Times:

The in Vienna has hired Sandy Silvermanm to the positionof principal; Derek Warr to the positiom of associate principal; and Thomas Westberg to the positioh of director of business development. Also joininv the firm’s interior desig department is designer Daniel Castro . Silverman’s primary responsibilities will be to further developthe firm’es practice in the sectors of mixed-use, high-risew residential, senior living and other commercial and institutionaol building types.
Silverman has over 35 years of professional His notable recent projects includethe 720-unig Metropolitan Park Phases II and III in the 312-unit in Montgomery County; and the Phoenic at Clarendon, a two-square block mixed-use development that included 180 condo units, 40,000 square feet of office, a 20,009 square foot U.S. Post Officwe distribution centerand 12,000 square feet of Warr’s primary responsibilities include directing the production of architecturak design and construction documents for major mixed-usre projects and multi-family high-rise buildings in the northeast USA.
His notables recent projects includethe 164-unit, 18-story Union Squared luxury mixed-use tower in Queens; the plannedr for Long Island and the $1 billiomn Concord Casino Hotel and Convention Center currently unde construction in upstate New York. Westberg’ primary responsibilities will be to help Lessard Group deepen its reacuh into local markets and building types the firm currently designs as well as expandingbthe firm’s practice into broader regional and international marketsw and building sectors. Westberg has 17 yearsw of marketing and business development experience inthe architecture/engineeringg industry. in D.C.
has hired Ivailpo “Ivo” Karadimov as a senior project architect. With more than nine yearsx of experience in commercial buildings andinteriotr design, Karadimov has built specialized knowledgw of construction documents and administration, expertise in quality code compliance and life safety. Before joining GGA, Karadimovc served as a project architect at His notable projectsinclude Boeing, the , National Institutre of Health, and Lerner Enterprises. Jeffrey L. Sturchil , a longtime leader at , has been namedf president and CEO ofthe . Sturchio, 56, of Martinsville, succeeds Nils Daulaire, who stepped down in Februarty after leading the organization fora decade.
The created in 1972, is one of the world’ss largest membership alliances dedicated to improving health aroundthe Winston-Salem, N.C.-based has promoted Grant Baird to assistanrt vice president. Baird, who joinede the Manassas branchin 2006, is a busineszs services officer in BB&T’s Commercial Banking The Asheville, N.C., native earned his bachelor’s degree in financed and banking and international businese from . Rockville-based , a hospitalityg procurement services company, namer Jerry Kraisinger as its general Beforejoining Avendra, Kraisinger was the vice president of development and the general counsel of LLC.
Previously, he had been the executives vice president and general counsel of He begabn his career in the hospitality industry over 22 years ago as a lawyetrin Marriott’s law department. Matt Felis was named general managetr of the in the WestEnd district. Prior to his new role, Felix was generao manager for thein Gaithersburg. Felix will be responsiblew for all hotel operations 355 guest roomsand suites, 10,800 square feet of eventr space, and two food & beverage including the Caffe, Renaissance M Street’s signaturre Italian illy coffee shop and the stylish Mbar With nearly 20 years at Marriott, Felix startexd his career as a sales trainee Mass.
Since then, he has held several seniort management positions in salesand marketing, revenue managementt and hotel operations at properties throughout the regiojn including the by Marriot Pentagon City and Marriott Internationalk headquarters. Vinifera Wine Bar & Bistro in Reston has name Jason Meringolo general Meringolo will be in charge ofthe day-to-dayg operations in addition to coordinatingg the wine menu with Vinifera’s American/Mediterranean Prior to joining Vinifera, Meringolo was director of cateringf services at the . He has workede as a sous chef and as a directore of food and beverage for a small Italiaj chainin Florida.
He also held a varietuy of positions within the including the catering and conferencre services and was part of the Wine Festival team for several A group of five labo r and employment and litigation attorneys has joined LLCfrom . They includse Jeffrey W. Larroca , F. Josepg Nealon and Constantinos G. Panagopoulos ; and joininbg as associates areJennifer E. Lattimore and Williamk D. Ledoux Jr. Benjamin A. Powellp has joined WilmerHale’s D.C. office as partnetr in the regulatory and government affairs department and member of the national security and government contracts practice Powell will also be a member ofthe firm’s government and regulatory litigation group.
Powelp was most recently general counsel at the Offic of the Director ofNationalk Intelligence. He previously served as special assistant to the President and associate WhiteHousew Counsel, corporate counsel at , and as a litigato at Kellogg, . LLP in D.C. has hiredr Francis T. “Tom” Coleman to the firm’ss D.C. office as counsel in the labor andemploymentt group. Coleman’s practice will focues on labor, litigation and employment law.
Duringy his more than 40-year career, Coleman has handlexd labor negotiations, NLRB proceedings, union organizing campaigns, mediation and counseling on personnel andemploymenrt decisions, defending discrimination and sexual harassment charge before administrative agencies, employment litigation and wrongfu discharge cases. Nicholas I. Porritt and Williak E. White have joinedf in D.C. as partnersa in the litigation practice. Porritt and Whit e will advise clients on the full rangee of securitieslitigation issues, from government investigations and enforcement actione to civil litigation.
Porritt represents corporations and individuals in securitiesa class actionsand (SEC) enforcemenyt matters and in related derivatives shareholder claims and M&A litigation. Whit e represents investment banks, accounting public companies and individuals in SEC enforcementt and relatedcriminal investigations, internal investigationz and securities litigation. Other recentg hires include Brady Dugan from the antitrusf division ofthe , Reed Russell from the and John Sopkop from the House Energy and Commerce
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