Frederick
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Linton Shafer Warfield & Garrett of Frederick and Rockville promoted David A. Laramore of Thurmont to manager, Lisa A. Frushour to supervisor and Ashley Tolbert of Landover to staff accountant II.
Howard
Colfax of Fulton named Kenneth D. Konopa vice president of marketing for ESAB and Vincent Northfield vice president of global manufacturing for ESAB. Previously, Konopa was president of Danaher’s Fluke Industrial and Ormco divisions. Northfield was executive vice president of global operations for Teleflex Medical. Also, Gareth Rhys-Williams resigned as CEO of recently acquired Charter International and Brendan Colgan resigned as CEO of ESAB, formerly a Charter division. Colfax CEO Clay Kiefaber was named acting CEO of ESAB.
W.R. Grace & Co. of Columbia named Janice K. Henry a director. Previously, Henry, 60, was senior vice president of Martin Marietta Materials.
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The Health Research Alliance of Research Triangle Park, N.C., named Stephen Rose of Gaithersburg a director. Rose is chief research officer with the Foundation Fighting Blindness in Columbia.
Montgomery
Cytomedix of Gaithersburg named Cathryn J. Hope vice president of marketing. Previously, Hope was senior director, global commercial development at Talecris USA; director, global strategic marketing at Bayer Healthcare; director of marketing, USA for CSL Ltd.; and group product marketing manager for CSL Bioplasma.
HMSHost of Bethesda named Tom Fricke president and CEO. Previously, Fricke was CEO of Cartridge World and also worked for PepsiCo, Home Depot and Giant Eagle.
Capital Bank of Rockville named Brad Cohen a senior mortgage banker in its residential lending department.
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The Million Dollar Round Table of Park Ridge, Ill., named Randy L. Scritchfield of Montgomery Financial Group in Damascus chairman of its Top of the Table for 2011-12 and a member of its governing body.
PinneyAssociates of Bethesda promoted founder John Pinney to CEO; Joe Gitchell to president; Mitch Zeller to senior vice president; Lucy Owen to vice president, program operations and over-the-counter switch; and Karen Gerlach to co-director, clinical and behavioral research. Before joining PinneyAssociates, Pinney worked for the federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare; Zeller was associate commissioner and director of the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Tobacco Programs and executive vice president of the American Legacy Foundation; and Gerlach worked for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Calvert Investments of Bethesda promoted Anthony Eames to senior vice president of Calvert Investment Distributors, leading its third-party distribution efforts. Eames joined the company in 1995.
Prince George’s
Global Science & Technology of Greenbelt named DeWayne Cecil manager of its climate data records program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.
State
RMF Engineering of Baltimore named Stephen Devon principal and Ronald E. Maylor project manager. Previously, Devon was chief electrical engineer at Schlenger/Pitz; Maylor was an associate with Schlenger/Pitz.
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Benchworks of Chestertown promoted Brenda Vujanic to vice president/general manager. Previously, Vujanic, who joined Benchworks in 2008, was director of pharmaceutical marketing.
Maryland Art Place of Baltimore named Amy Cavanaugh Royce of Baltimore executive director. Previously, Royce was COO and vice president of Arch Development.
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Junior Achievement of Central Maryland in Owings Mills named Colleen Ashley of Owings Mills manager of operations and special events. Previously, Ashley was a business relations assistant with Junior Achievement of South Central Pennsylvania and a customer service representative with Susquehanna Bank.
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The Credit Union National Association re-elected Rod Staatz a director. Staatz is president and CEO of SECU in Linthicum.
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore elected Brian L. Moffet chairman. Moffet is chairman of the litigation practice group at Gordon Feinblatt in Baltimore.
St. Agnes Hospital named Lesley Stephens Hanes director of its pediatric emergency department. Previously, Hanes was an emergency pediatric physician at Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center.
Chesapeake Systems of Baltimore named Shawn Watkins of New Freedom, Pa., director of its home and office division. Previously, Watkins was mid-Atlantic field service representative for Hospitality Systems and lead Mac specialist for Goucher College's information technology department. Chesapeake also named David Ryan of Ellicott City head of its regional and national marketing efforts. Previously, Ryan was an account manager for Video Labs and vice president/general manager at GVI. Also, Mike McIntyre of Carney was named an account manager overseeing the company's new audio/visual division. Previously, McIntyre was an account manager for Diversified Systems.
Jackson Lewis named Stephen M. Silvestri a partner in its Baltimore office. Previously, Silvestri was head of Miles & Stockbridge's labor law practice.
Hogan Cos. of Annapolis named Phillip Charles Musgrave vice president of equity investments. Musgrave is founder and former managing principal of Garden Street Capital.
Jonathan Eisner, a partner in DLA Piper’s Baltimore office, was selected a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
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