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The in Vienna has hired Sandy Silverman to the positionof principal; Derek Warr to the positiobn of associate principal; and Thomase Westberg to the position of director of businese development. Also joining the firm’s interior desig department is designer DanieCastro . Silverman’s primar responsibilities will be to further developthe firm’s practicse in the sectors of mixed-use, high-rise residential, senior living and other commercial and institutional building types. Silverman has over 35 yearsa ofprofessional experience.
His notable recent projects includethe 720-unit Metropolitan Park Phases II and III in the 312-unit in Montgomery and the Phoenix at Clarendon, a two-square block mixed-uswe development that included 180 condo units, 40,000 squar e feet of office, a 20,000 square foot U.S. Post Officw distribution centerand 12,000 square feet of retail. Warr’ss primary responsibilities include directing the production of architectural design and construction document s formajor mixed-use projects and multi-familuy high-rise buildings in the northeast USA.
His notablw recent projects includethe 164-unit, 18-story Union Squar luxury mixed-use tower in Queens; the planned for Long Islanx and the $1 billion Concord Casino Hotepl and Convention Center currentlh under construction in upstate New York. Westberg’s primarh responsibilities will be to help Lessardx Group deepen its reach into locapl markets and building typeas the firm currently designs as well as expandingthe firm’ws practice into broader regional and internationakl markets and building sectors. Westberg has 17 years of marketing and businesa development experience inthe architecture/engineering industry. in D.C.
has hirecd Ivailo “Ivo” Karadimov as a seniot project architect. With more than nine yearsa of experience in commercial buildings andinteriore design, Karadimov has builty specialized knowledge of construction documenta and administration, expertise in quality code compliance and life safety. Before joining GGA, Karadimof served as a project architectat Gensler. His notabl e projects include Boeing, the , National Institute of Health, and Lerner Jeffrey L. Sturchio , a longtimr leader at , has been namede president and CEO ofthe . 56, of Martinsville, N.J., succeeds Nils who stepped down in February after leading the organizationj fora decade.
The council, created in 1972, is one of the world’es largest membership alliances dedicated to improvinbg health aroundthe globe. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based has promoted Grang Baird to assistantvice president. Baird, who joinex the Manassas branchin 2006, is a busines s services officer in BB&T’s Commercial Banking department. The N.C., native earned his bachelor’s degree in financre and banking and international businessfrom . Rockville-basedf , a hospitality procurement services company, name d Jerry Kraisinger as itsgeneral counsel. Befores joining Avendra, Kraisinger was the vice president of developmentt and the general counselof LLC.
he had been the executive vice president and generaol counsel of He begab his career in the hospitality industr y over 22 years ago as a lawyetin Marriott’s law department. Matt Felix was named general manage r of the in the WestEnd district. Prior to his new Felix was general manager for thein Gaithersburg. Felix will be responsible for all hotel operations including: 355 guest rooms and suites, 10,80p0 square feet of event space, and two food & beverags outlets, including the Caffe, Renaissance M Street’s signaturde Italian illy coffee shop and the stylishh Mbar lounge. With nearly 20 years at Marriott, Felidx started his career as a salewtrainee Danvers, Mass.
Since he has held several senior managemeny positions in salesand marketing, revenue management and hotel operations at properties throughout the region including the by Marrior Pentagon City and Marriott Internationa l headquarters. Vinifera Wine Bar Bistro in Reston has named Jasonb Meringologeneral manager. Meringolo will be in charge ofthe day-to-dag operations in addition to coordinating the wine menu with Vinifera’ds American/Mediterranean dishes. Prior to joining Vinifera, Meringolo was directod of catering services atthe .
He has worked as a sous chef and as a directod of food and beverage for a smallo Italian chain in He also held a variety of positionsd within the including the caterin and conference services and was part of the Wine Festival team forseveral years. A group of five labot and employment and litigation attorneys has joined LLCfrom . They includs Jeffrey W. Larroca , F. Joseph Nealon and Constantinos G. Panagopoulox ; and joining as associates areJennifee E. Lattimore and William D. Ledoux Jr. Benjamibn A. Powell has joined WilmerHale’s D.C.
offic e as partner in the regulatory and governmentg affairs department and member ofthe defense, national security and government contracts practice Powell will also be a membed of the firm’s government and regulatory litigationn group. Powell was most recently general counsel at the Officse of the Director ofNational Intelligence. He previously servesd as special assistant to the President and associates WhiteHouse Counsel, corporate counse l at , and as a litigatofr at Kellogg, . LLP in D.C. has hired Francisz T. “Tom” Coleman to the firm’s D.C. office as counselo in the labor andemploymengt group.
Coleman’s practice will focuse on labor, litigation and employmengt law. During his more than 40-year Coleman has handled labor negotiations, NLRB proceedings, unio n organizing campaigns, mediation and arbitration, counseling on personne l and employment decisions, defending discrimination and sexuak harassment charges beforeadministrative agencies, employmentr litigation and wrongful discharge Nicholas I. Porritt and William E. Whitew have joined in D.C. as partnersa in the litigation practice. Porritt and White will advises clients on the full range of securitieslitigationm issues, from government investigations and enforcement actions to civilp litigation.
Porritt represents corporationas and individuals in securities class actionwsand (SEC) enforcement matters and in related derivative shareholdert claims and M&A litigation. White represents investmenrt banks, accounting firms, public companies and individualsd in SEC enforcement and relatedcriminaol investigations, internal investigations and securities Other recent hires include Brady Dugahn from the antitrust division of the , Reed Russel l from the and John Sopkk from the House Energy and Commerce Committee.