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Peter W. Arundel, CEO, Times Community Newspapers, Dulles. Arundel succeeds his father, Arthur W. Arundel, as head of the company that publishes 18 weekly community newspapers in Northern Virginia. He became company president in 1996 and publisher of the Fairfax division in 2001. (Press release)

John E. Bell, senior vice president of sales and marketing, Communication Technologies Inc., Chantilly. Bell held prior positions with IBM, AT&T and GTE. (PRNewswire)

Erika L. Byrd, partner, McGuireWoods LLP, McLean. Byrd practices in the real estate department where she focuses on land use matter and litigation. She received her law degree from George Mason University. (Press release)

John M. Chappelear, senior vice president for the residential condominium division, KSI Services Inc., Vienna. Chappelear joins the company from The Related Group of Florida where he supervised condominium projects and previously held senior management positions with developers in the Fort Lauderdale area. (Press release)

Geoffry A. Clark, president and CEO, Kitco Fiber Optics Inc., Virginia Beach. Clark joined the company in 2002 and was president and COO. He was previously chairman and CEO of Dillard Paper Co. of Greensboro, N.C. (Press release)

George D. Clark Jr., president of retail stores, Circuit City Stores Inc., Richmond. Clark joined the company in 1983 and served in various executive positions. He was named senior vice president in 2003 and general merchandise manager for technology in 2004. (PRNewswire)

Ronald G. Cuthbertson, senior vice president for supply chain and inventory management, Circuit City Stores Inc., Richmond. He was previously president and CEO of Southport Consulting Inc., and worked for Best Buy Inc. of Minneapolis. (PRNewswire)

Anne C.H. Conner, president, TowneBank, Williamsburg region. Conner was formerly senior vice president of commercial banking for Bank of America in the Hampton Roads region. (Press release)

Joe Dyer, director, Athena Technologies Inc., Warrenton. Dyer is executive vice president and general manager for iRobot Inc.’s government and industrial division. Before his 2003 retirement from the Navy as a vice admiral, he held various command posts, including commander of the Naval Air Systems Command and the Naval Air Warfare Center’s Aircraft Division. (PRNewswire)

Louis C. Fornetti, director, Saxon Capital Inc., Glen Allen. Fornetti has served as CFO of RBC Dain Rauscher and American Express Financial Advisors. (Business Wire)

John W. Froman, resigned as COO and executive vice president, Circuit City Stores Inc., Richmond. Froman, who joined the company in 1986 and became COO in 2001, cited a desire to pursue other challenges. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Ruthie L. Goodboe, partner, McGuireWoods LLP, Norfolk. Goodboe practices in the firm’s labor and employment department where she focuses on labor law and employment discrimination litigation. She received her law degree from The College of William & Mary. (Press release)

Paul J. Kern, director, Anteon International Corp. A former Army general, Kern recently was commander of the U.S. Army Material Command, and previously held various command posts, including the 4th Infantry Division, and was an adviser to the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Secretary of Defense. (Business Wire)

Mark R. Kilduff, retiring in June as executive director of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership. He has served in state government for 37 years and became VEDP’s executive director in 1999. (Press release)

G. Gilmer Minor III, retiring July 1 as CEO, Owens & Minor Inc., Richmond. He will remain chairman of the company. Minor joined the company in 1963, was named president in 1981, CEO in 1984 and chairman in 1994.

Douglas T. Moore, senior vice president and chief merchandising officer, Circuit City Stores Inc., Richmond. Moore joined the company in 1990, and was named senior vice president and Western Division president in 2003. (PRNewswire)

Gene R. Nichol, president, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg. Nichol was dean of the law school at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He taught law at William & Mary and was director of the school’s Institute of Bill of Rights Law from 1985 to 1988. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Lloyd Osgood, senior vice president for corporate communications, LandAmerica Financial Group Inc. Osgood joined the company in 2001 as vice president of marketing after previously serving as director of corporate communications at Ethyl Corp., Richmond. (Press release)

Joseph A. Rossi, senior vice president of securities and treasury operations, Freddie Mac, McLean. Rossi had been senior vice president, executive director and COO for Global Securities Services at Mellon Financial Corp. (PRNewswire)

Mark Rudolph, president and CEO, Yount, Hyde & Barbour Certified Public Accountants, P.C., Winchester. Rudolph is the firm’s first president. He joined the firm in 1984 and became a shareholder in 1994. (Press release)

Jeffrey Simpson, CFO, Telarix Inc., Vienna. Simpson was previously CFO at Gigamedia Access Corp. of Herndon and MarketSwitch Corp. of Sterling. (Business Wire)

Craig R. Smith, CEO, July 1, Owens & Minor Inc., Richmond. He joined the company in 1989 and became president and COO in 1999.

Michael T. Smith, director, Aneton International Corp., Fairfax. Smith is the former chairman and CEO of Hughes Electronics Corp. of El Segundo, Calif. (Business Wire)

Charlie Thomas, CEO, Nisco, Fairfax. Thomas was the founder of Claris Capital and former founder, chairman and CEO of Net2000 Communications. He has been a member of the Nisco board since May 2004. (Press release)

Moises Vela Jr., senior vice president for multicultural strategy, United Dominion Realty Trust Inc. Previously he was executive director of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals in San Diego, and a private consultant. (Business Wire)

John D. Wilburn, partner, McGuireWoods LLP, McLean. Wilburn practices in the commercial litigation department of the firm where he focuses on real property issues and commercial landlord tenant law. He received his law degree from Ohio Northern Law School in Ada, Ohio. (Press release)

Albert V. Will, executive vice president of lender services, LandAmerica Financial Group Inc., Richmond. Will was formerly COO and board member at Bank One Mortgage, and executive vice president of Amerin Guaranty. (Press release)

Harry L. You, CEO, BearingPoint Inc., McLean. You was previously CFO of Oracle Corp. in Redwood City, Calif. (The Washington Post)


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