Names & Faces

USEC Inc. of Bethesda named Jim Bolon director of engineering, procurement and construction for its American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio. Previously, Bolon, a retired Navy officer, was executive vice president of Theta Pro2Serve Management Co. and also worked for British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. and Lockheed Martin Energy Systems.

The Women Business Owners of Montgomery County inducted the following board members: president, Michelle Bender, Bender Financial Advisors LLC; vice president, Laura Levengard, personal trainer; secretary, Carolyn Bruna, Success Skills; treasurer, Natalie Davis, Processing Solutions; communication, Jan Brito, ReMax Premier Selections; membership, Suja Ali, Keys to Wellness; program, Vicki Scofield, Pansimonium; publicity, Martha Covell, MCM Select LLC; and immediate past president, Chiquita Sorrels, Caitlin Enterprises LLC.

Hendershot Financial Group of Gaithersburg named Kevin S. Gallagher director of business development. Previously, Gallagher, a Marine veteran, was president of KnV Asset Management LLC.

Stark, Meyers, Eisler & Leatham LLC of Rockville named Megan M. Wallace of Washington, D.C., counsel.

Adlyfe Inc. of Rockville named Roxanne Duan vice president of research. Previously, Duan was vice president of research at Functional Genetics Inc. and also worked for Human Genome Sciences and as a senior research fellow at the National Cancer Institute.

Lydon Fetterolf Corydon PA of Rockville named Janet Kaplan marketing manager

Goodman & Co. of Hampton Roads, Va., named JoAnn Brown senior associate in its Rockville office. Previously, Brown was an accountant for the Bond Market Association and senior accountant for Rockefeller & Co.

Prince George’s

The University of Maryland, College Park, named Stephen Henry a music librarian in its Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. Previously, Henry was assistant music librarian at the University of Pittsburgh’s Theodore M. Finney Music Library.

The University of Maryland’s Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute in College Park named Jim Chung director of the Mtech VentureAccelerator. Previously, Chung was director of new business development for the Corporate Executive Board. He also was vice president of Intervale Capital and managing director of incTank Ventures.

State

A.L. Giannopoulos, chairman, president and CEO of Micros Systems Inc. of Columbia, was named 2007 Hospitality Executive of the Year by the Penn State Hotel and Restaurant Society.

Thayer Lodging Group of Annapolis named James Rowe director of acquisitions and development. Previously, Rowe was an investment sales associate with Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels and worked in Raymond James & Associates’ investment banking department.

Crosby Marketing Communications of Annapolis promoted Pam Atkinson to vice president, media director. Previously, Atkinson was a media supervisor at Eisner Communications.

Miles & Stockbridge PC of Baltimore promoted Jefferson V. Wright to head of its litigation department. Before joining the firm in 1981, Wright clerked for J. Dudley Digges on the Court of Appeals of Maryland. Wright succeeds John Parker Sweeney, who is joining Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice’s Baltimore office.

Simondr of Baltimore named Lisa Beck director of operations.

Comcast Corp. named John Conwell regional vice president of government affairs for its Potomac region, which comprises Washington, D.C., and parts of Maryland and Virginia. Previously, Conwell was legal and regulatory counsel for the Cable Telecommunications Association of Maryland, Delaware & D.C. and attorney adviser for the Federal Communications Commission.

The Howard County Economic Development Authority named Candace D. Perdue a communications associate. Previously, Perdue worked for the YMCA of Burlington County (N.J.) and co-hosted and produced a morning radio show on 1300 WIMG in Trenton, N.J. She also was a mobile traffic reporter and producer for Clear Channel Radio.

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