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Barry S. Robertson, EVP, Bay Electric Co., Newport News. Robertson is former president of the engineering division of HBA Architecture, Engineering & Interior in Virginia Beach. (06/24/2004, Press release)

Dennis J. Jarvi, president, Rolls-Royce Defense North America, Chantilly. Jarvi held executive positions at Bell Helicopter Textron and Detroit Diesel Corp. (06/24/2004, PRNewswire)

T. Joe Crawford, president, COO, Roanoke Electric Steel Corp., Roanoke. Crawford joined the company in 1977 and was elected vice president in 1988. (06/24/2004, Press release)

Mark Drever, president, CEO, Performance Food Group's Fresh Express division, Richmond. Drever joined PFG in 1988 and has been president and COO of the division since 1993. (06/24/2004, Business Wire)

Stanley K. Joynes III, director, Tredegar Trust Company, Richmond. Joynes is chairman and president of JoynesKnight, previously he was an attorney with LeClair Ryan where he was president, shareholder and director. (06/21/2004, Press release)

Jeffrey M. Lacker, president, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Lacker is a SVP and director of research at the Fed. He will become a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee in 2006. (06/18/2004, Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Charles T. Nash, director, Guardian Technologies, Dulles. Nash is president of Emerging Technologies International. (06/18/2004, Business Wire)

Tom Dent, president and CEO, Med-Tel International Corp., McLean. Dent was a co-founder of PhyCor in 1987; previously he was vice president at Equicor. (06/15/2004, Business Wire)

Donna Morea, president, CGI-AMS, Fairfax. Morea joined AMS in 1980 and was most recently co-COO and general manager of the public sector practice. (06/14/2004, Press release)

Robert L. Veschi, president, PEC Solutions' defense sector, Fairfax. Veschi previously held executive positions with Affiliated Computer Services, ACS Government Solutions and Lockheed Martin. (06/14/2004, Business Wire)

Kathleen M. Adams, SVP and director, civil sector; and Michael M. Fox, SVP and director, marketing and sales, SRA International, Fairfax. (06/14/2004, Press release)

John Wingfield, SVP, corporate services and investments, Divaris Real Estate, Richmond. Wingfield most recently was principal responsible for Divaris's Florida offices. (06/11/2004, Press release)

Anita L. Shull, president and COO, Millennium Bank, Reston. Shull has held previous positions with Yount, Hyde & Barbour, and Marshall Bank & Trust Co. (06/09/2004, Business Wire)

Janet Van Pelt, president and CEO, Anystream, Sterling, a software developer. Van Pelt previously was CFO and VP with Peachtree Software and MicroHelp Inc. (06/08/2004, PRNewswire)

Thomas S. Johnson, board of directors, Freddie Mac, McLean. Johnson is chairman and CEO of GreenPoint Financial Corp. (06/07/2004, PRNewswire)

Gary Lisota, CEO, AMSEC, Virginia Beach. Lisota has been with the company since its inception in 1981. He becomes only its second CEO and will remain as president and COO until a successor is named. (06/02/2004, PRNewswire)

Lt. Gen. Michael A. Canavan (ret.), president, Information Systems Group, Anteon International, Fairfax. Canavan previously served as a counterterrorism executive for Bechtel Corp. and served 34 years in the Army, including posts as Chief of Staff, European Command and Commander, Special Operations Command. (06/02/2004, Press release)

Vernon L. Feather, principal, SFCS, Roanoke. Feather joined the firm in 2003 as a vice president and is currently manager for design projects in New Jersey, D.C. and Virginia. (06/02/2004, Press release)

Charlie Thomas, board of directors, NISCO, Fairfax. Thomas is founder of Claris Capital and former chairman and CEO of Net2000 Communications. (06/01/2004, Business Wire)

Brett Lindsey, president, Elantic Telecom, Richmond. Lindsey was previously vice president of sales and marketing at City Signal Communications and a regional vice president at Qwest Communications. (06/01/2004, PRNewswire)

Jeffrey A. Hayes, partner and SVP, The Simmons Group, Richmond. (05/26/2004, Press release)

Dr. Belinda C. Anderson, president, Virginia Union University, Richmond. Dr. Anderson has been interim president at VUU since August 2003. She joined the university in 2000 as vice president of academic affairs. (05/25/2004, PRNewswire)

William R. Geiler, EVP of acquisitions, Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Arlington. Geiler held a similar position at Wyndham International where he closed $500 million in hotel real estate transactions. (06/03/2004, Business Wire)

Scott Meller, COO, Luna Innovations, Blacksburg. Meller was vice president of Luna’s research and development operations. (05/27/2004, Press release)

Mike McDuffie, Lt. Gen. (ret.), EVP, Telos Corp., Ashburn. McDuffie was president and general manager of information systems at Anteon International. He served 31 years in the Army, including three years as director of logistics for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (05/25/2004, Business Wire)