Howard
Harkins Builders of Marriottsville promoted Tom Capps to vice president. Capps joined Harkins in 1978 as an assistant site manager.
Aegis Mobile of Columbia named Ying Jin director of software engineering and Gregory Van Allen vice president of operations, and promoted Suzanne Shaw to vice president of marketing.
Montgomery
Advanced BioScience Laboratories of Rockville named Claire Zhang to lead its downstream bioprocessing group. Previously, Zhang was head of downstream development and manufacturing at Intercell and also worked for Human Genome Sciences and Ibex Pharmaceuticals.
The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce inducted the following officers for 2012: chairwoman, Trina Lapier of The Gazette; chairman-elect and vice chairman, Ron Dimaranan of Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union; treasurer, Sam McNamee of Signs of Progress; immediate past chairman, Doug Wrenn of Rodgers Consulting; and vice chairmen, David Edgerley of HarVest Bank of Maryland, Colette Releford of Strive Business Solutions and Scott Wallace of Linowes and Blocher.
USEC of Bethesda named Mary Pat Salomone a director. Salomone is senior vice president and COO at Babcock & Wilcox. She succeeds Michael S. Taff, who resigned as CFO of Babcock & Wilcox, which has the right to elect a USEC director.
ProShares of Bethesda named Stephen Sachs head of capital markets. Previously, Sachs was director of trading with Diamond Hill Capital Management and Rydex Investments.
Global Environment Fund of Chevy Chase named Dwight O’Donnell and Nick Morriss senior investment partners and Peter Tynan managing director of sustainability. Previously, O’Donnell worked for the International Finance Corp., Morriss was co-founder and managing partner of EMAlternatives, and Tynan was a partner at Dalberg Global Advisors.
Michelle Reed, a vice president and portfolio manager with McShea Residential of Gaithersburg, was named 2011 Accredited Residential Manager of the Year by Chapter 92 of the Institute of Real Estate Management. Connie Patterson-Norris, COO of McShea, won the 2011 Alvin L. Sussman Award from the Property Management Association.
Scheer Partners of Rockville named Kenneth Luchs, 73, of Potomac senior vice president. Previously, Luchs was president and CEO of Shannon & Luchs.
Earth Networks of Germantown named Thomas Spendley vice president of engineering. Previously, Spendley was vice president of software development at Thomson Reuters and also worked for Norwest Corporate Trust Services and CSC.
Prince George’s
ASRC Federal Holding of Greenbelt named William Hassler senior vice president of business development. Previously, Hassler was director of business development at SRA International and also worked for Galaxy Scientific, CSC and Unisys.
State
First Mariner Bancorp of Baltimore named Michael R. Watson interim, nonexecutive chairman, succeeding Chairman, CEO and founder Edwin F. Hale Sr., who retired Dec. 22. Watson, a director since 1998, is president of the International Maritime Pilots' Association and the American Pilots' Association, and former chairman of the Baltimore branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Va. Mark Keidel, president and COO, will be interim CEO.
Daft McCune Walker of Towson named Hank Alinger director of design services for its Towson, Frederick and Berlin offices. Previously, Alinger was an associate principal and studio leader at EDSA, and a principal with HNTB and LDR International.
Alliance, a Baltimore nonprofit, named John Hill CEO. Previously, Hill was CEO and director for Comprehensive Care and also worked for Sheppard Pratt Hospital and American Psychmanagement.
Remedi SeniorCare of Baltimore named Corey Gauff senior vice president of sales and account management. Previously, Gauff was Southeast division vice president of sales for Apria Healthcare and also worked for Wyeth Consumer Healthcare and Abbott Laboratories.
Proteus Technologies of Annapolis Junction named Joseph Petti vice president, health care solutions.
Colliers International of Baltimore named Emily Miley of Sparks assistant vice president of engineering and project management. Previously, Miley worked for Heery International.
Junior Achievement of Central Maryland in Owings Mills named LaRee McCuan of Baltimore director of education and outreach. Previously, McCuan managed United Way Youth Ventures.
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