Names & Faces

Fairchild Controls of Frederick promoted Mike Stauffer to vice president of integrated supply chain, succeeding Rick Hunsicker, who retired. Previously, Stauffer was director of strategic sourcing and materials management.

Eduro Networks of Frederick named the following new employees: Mark Drew of Frederick, network operations; Kimberly Prior and Stephanie Watkins-Hewitt, both of Frederick, sales; and Alaina Bressler of Middletown, provisioning.

Montgomery

NorthMarq Capital named three executives to its commercial investment sales initiative in Bethesda: Jim Kornick, Jerry Burg and Matt Clinebell, all of whom previously worked for Marcus & Millichap.

Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union in Germantown named Carol D. Rieg a director. She is president of Rieg and Associates and a director of the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce.

Stein, Sperling, Bennett, De Jong, Driscoll & Greenfeig PC of Rockville named the following new lawyers. Adam J. Cohen, an associate in its business law practice group, previously was a law clerk with the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and Federal Trade Commission, and was an assistant finance director for the city of Philadelphia. Louis M. Leibowitz, an associate in its civil litigation practice group, previously was an assistant public defender in Montgomery County and a law clerk with the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Andrew L. Schwartz, also an associate in its business law practice group, was a law clerk to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. Solomon M. Sterenberg is an associate in its personal injury practice group. Alison Case Weinberg, an associate in its family law practice group, was a law clerk with the Montgomery County Circuit Court.

JBG Rosenfeld Retail of Chevy Chase named Kasey Valeda a marketing and leasing assistant. Previously, Valeda worked for Brighter Minds Media. Also, Grier Buchanan was named a financial analyst. Previously, he worked for Darala Investment & Development Corp. and Morgan Stanley.

Dr. Lillian M. Cardona joined Potomac Physician Associates PC in Germantown. Previously, Cardona was in private practice.

Calibrant Biosystems of Gaithersburg named Satya Saxena vice president of research Previously, Saxena was chief of the proteomics and mass spectrometry facility at the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.

USEC Inc. of Bethesda promoted Larry B. Cutlip of Waverly, Ohio, to director, centrifuge manufacturing for the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio.

Theranostics Health LLC of Rockville named Danong Chen president and CEO. Previously, Chen was president and CEO of Tanox Inc. and a manager in the health care practice section at Arthur D. Little.

Prince George’s

College of Notre Dame of Maryland in Baltimore named Mabel Valdivia of Laurel director of foundation, corporate and government relations. Previously, Valdivia associate director for planning at Adventist Development and Relief Agency International. She was also policy director for the National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention.

The Prince George’s Community Foundation’s Civic Leadership Awardees for 2008 include Major F. Riddick, Jr., President and CEO of Strategic Solutions Center and Managing Partner of Great Foods LLC, and philanthropist and retail developer Walter H. Petrie, Chairman, Petrie Ross Ventures.

State

The Restaurant Association of Maryland in Columbia named Paul Hartgen president and CEO. Previously, Hartgen was president of the Nevada Restaurant Association. He also was president and CEO of the New Hampshire Lodging & Restaurant Association and worked for Ashworth by the Sea Hotel.

The University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute promoted Brad Peganoff to director, government and external affairs. Previously, Peganoff worked for Merck, Johnson & Johnson and Orthofix.

Medex Global Group of Baltimore named Mike Roban vice president of sales. Previously, Roban was senior vice president of sales and marketing for the Americas region with International S.O.S. Inc. and also worked for Health Management Corp., Matria Healthcare and Coca-Cola Co.

Warren N. Weaver, a partner at Whiteford, Taylor & Preston in Baltimore, was named Maryland representative to the Diversity Committee of the Defense Research Institute.

Mary Ann Scully, president and CEO of Howard Bank, was named the 2008 Woman of Distinction by the Business Women’s Network of Howard County.

The National Association of Industrial Properties’ Maryland chapter presented the following awards: Dwight S. Taylor of Corporate Office Properties Trust, Lifetime Achievement Award; F. Patrick Hughes of Hughes and Associates, the inaugural Legislative Award; Abby Glassberg of CB Richard Ellis, Broker of the Year; and Wayne Wilhelm of Wilhelm Commercial Builders, Service Provider of the Year.

This year’s Small Business Administration awards for Maryland were presented to the following: Karen Barbour, president of The Barbour Group of Westminster, 2008 Maryland Small Business Person of the Year; Rodney D. Hudson, president of QuickSilver Analytics Inc., of Abingdon, Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year; Jennifer Lewis of Lewis Web Creations Inc. of Abingdon, Maryland Home Based Small Business Champion; Omar Muhammad of Morgan State University, Small Business Journalist of the Year; Debra Mowery of Hawk Shadow Business Services in Whiteford, Women in Business Champion of the Year; Roberta L. Clay of Small Business Services Inc., of Bel Air, Minority Small Business Champion of the Year; Rosa Scharf of Howard Bank in Ellicott City, Financial Services Champion of the Year; Jeffrey Barnett and Bill Green of Blue Square Energy in North East, Small Business Exporter of the Year; Russell Teter of the Maryland Small Business Development Center - Northern Region in Bel Air, Small Business Development Center Excellence and Innovation Award; John O’Brien of the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command in Aberdeen, District Director’s Award; and Howard McComas IV and Holly McComas Pennington of McComas Funeral Home in Abingdon, Jeffrey Butland Family Owned Small Business of the Year.

Richard Franyo was named 2008 Outstanding Fundraiser of the Year by the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Maryland chapter. Franyo, previously a managing director with Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown for 30 years, owns Boatyard Bar and Grill in Annapolis, where he and his wife hold fundraisers for a number of charities.

Signal Hill of Baltimore named Daniel O’Neil a director on its investment banking team and Michael Schemel, managing director, institutional sales, and Todd Greenwald, senior research analyst, have joined its capital markets team. Previously, O’Neil was a director at Energy Services Group and Deutsche Bank Securities. Schemel was a managing director at Piper Jaffray and also worked for Miller Johnson Steichen Kinnard, Robert W. Baird and Wessels, Arnold and Henderson. Greenwald was a senior analyst at Nollenberger Capital Partners and also worked for Friedman Billings Ramsey, Soundview Capital Markets and Wachovia Securities.

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