Richard C. Benson, dean of College
of Engineering at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg. Benson
is head of the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear
Engineering at Penn State University, a position he
took in 1995. Previously, he was chair of the Department
of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rochester. (Press
release)
Mark Boster, executive
vice president and COO, PlatinumSolutions Inc., Reston.
Boster has been on
the company’s board of advisers and was a consultant
in the federal sector and a senior vice president with
Science Applications International Corp. (PRNewswire)
Joseph C. Brandt, executive
vice president and COO, AES Corp.’s Integrated Utilities, announced
his resignation to pursue other interests. John Ruggirello
will serve as COO for AES’s Integrated Utilities until
the naming of a permanent replacement. (Business
Wire)
Thos. E. Capps, chairman and CEO
of Dominion, Richmond, announced plans to step down
as CEO but remain as a chairman. Capps joined Virginia
Power as executive vice president in 1984 and became
president of Dominion in 1986. He previously worked
for Carolina Power & Light and Boston Edison. (PRNewswire)
Charles Crew, executive vice president, CFO,
treasurer, IPIX Corp., Vienna. Crew previously was
an executive with Cigital Inc. and Group 1 Software. (Business
Wire)
Ronald L. Ewing, CEO, Dewberry Inc.,
Fairfax. Ewing joined the company in 2002, and has
worked in the planning and design of municipal and
private development projects in the U.S. and abroad. (Press
release)
William H. Fairl, COO,
CACI’s U.S. operations,
Arlington. Fairl joined CACi in 1998 when the company
acquired QuesTech Inc. where he was acting COO. (PRNewswire)
Henry C. Giffin, senior vice president, Strikeforce
Systems Integration, AMSEC LLC, Virginia Beach. Griffin
retied from the Navy after 33 years as a vice admiral.
He held several command positions, including commander,
Naval Surface Force Atlantic Fleet, deputy and chief
of staff, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and commander of the
George Washington Battle Group. (PRNewswire)
Carolyn Jones, senior
vice president, CFO, treasurer, Hilb Rogal & Hobbs
Co., Richmond, announced her retirement. Jones joined
the company in 1989 as
a controller and became CFO in 1997. (Press release)
Bimal Kalvani, president, Alcoa Flexible Packaging,
Richmond. Kalvani previously served as vice president
for mergers and acquisitions at Berry Plastics Inc.
of Alsip, Ill., and held executive positions at Landis
Plastics and Packaging Resources. (Business Wire)
R. Bowen Loftin, executive
director, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation
Center, Suffolk,
announced plans to become vice president and CEO of
Texas A&M’s Galveston campus. Loftin came to the
center in 1999 and helped to establish the facility
and integrate it into the academic structure of Old
Dominion University. (Daily Press)
Gloria R. Parker, senior vice president of
business development, Apptis Inc., Chantilly. Parker
was a senior adviser for technology and communications
at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
She also served as chief information officer and chief
technology at HUD. (Business Wire)
