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<lst>The Northern Virginia Business Referrals group meets every Tuesday at 7 a.m. for breakfast at the Metro 29 Diner, 4711 Lee Highway, Arlington. The group facilitates networking by limiting membership to one member per profession, and has been in existence since 1996. For more information on Northern Virginia Business Referrals, call 703-312-7117 or visit the NVBR Web site, www.nvbr.org
"Marketing is from Mars, Sales are from Venus: The Battle of Sales vs. Marketing." A discussion sponsored by Business-to-Business SIG, American Marketing Association, D.C. Chapter. 12-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9 at the Arlington Economic Development Center, 1100 N. Glebe Road, Suite 1500. Fee: $10 members, $25 nonmembers (lunch included). Call 703-683-4883 or email amadc-info@marketingpower.com.
ERG of Arlington, a consulting firm, recently received an award from the Chesapeake Bay Program's Businesses for the Bay. The award recognized ERG for, "Outstanding Achievement for Pollution Prevention, Small Facility." More than 590 companies and municipalities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed belong to Businesses for the Bay, and seven Virginia companies were honored in this year's awards.
For more information about Businesses for the Bay, visit www.b4bay.org. For more information about ERG, visit http://www.erg.com.
A new poster by artist Peter Max to benefit the Pentagon Memorial Fund will now be sold at the Fort America shop in the Pentagon. The poster, which depicts the Statue of Liberty with the Pentagon in the background, was previously only sold online. The Fort America store is located in the Pentagon's main concourse, with a kiosk store in the Pentagon Welcome Center. Autographed posters are $150, while poster overpaints are $8,000. The poster can also be ordered online at www.pentagonmemorial.net/attposter.
Virginia Commerce Bank, based in Arlington, has announced the following promotions among its retail management team: Kelly Bell has been promoted to vice president. She manages the Cameron Station office of the bank located in Alexandria. Nancy Hong has been promoted to vice president. She manages the Clarendon office of the bank located in Arlington. Linda Martin has been promoted to vice president. She manages the Mount Vernon office of the bank located in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County. Stacey Sim has been promoted to vice president. She manages the McLean office of the bank. Karen Daniels has been promoted to assistant vice president. She manages the Williamsburg Boulevard office of the bank located in Arlington. Barry Huitema has been promoted to assistant vice president. He manages the Chantilly office of the bank. Stephanie Lykins has been promoted to assistant vice president. She manages the Annandale office of the bank. Margie Reeder has been promoted to assistant vice president. She manages the Lee-Harrison office of the bank at its headquarters in Arlington.
Raymond F. Kogan recently formed Kogan & Company LLC. Kogan & Company will specialize in management consulting services for firms in the design and construction industry. It will provide strategic business planning, leadership advisory services, mergers and acquisition research, marketing consulting and client perception studies for firms nationally. Kogan is an Arlington resident. For more information, visit www.kogancompany.com.
Kearns Group Architects of Arlington has announced three promotions. Andrew Cheng and Sean Reilly have been made principals, while Jean O'Toole has become an associate.
Arlington's CLC & Associates Inc., a professional and administrative support services consulting firm, announced that it has been awarded a Multiple-Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) from the Office of Naval Research (ONR). With its award under the ONR MATOC support service program, CLC is part of a select group who shall compete for an opportunity to perform a wide range of support service tasks for the ONR and the Navy Research Lab (NRL). A small Latina-owned business, CLC was tapped as prime contractor on two support service areas of the contract and Booz Allen Hamilton chose the firm as subcontractor for a third support service category.