Companies

Abt Associates of Bethesda appointed Scott Hefter chief marketing and business development officer.

Ames & Gough of the District appointed Brian Lynch senior broker.

BroadSoft of Gaithersburg appointed Dino Di Palma chief revenue officer.

Discovery Communications of Silver Spring appointed Gabriel Sauerhoff senior vice president for digital distribution.

Graham Holdings of Arlington appointed Wallace Cooney chief financial officer.

SAIC of McLean appointed Karen Wheeler chief human resources officer.

Sonatype of Fulton, Md., appointed Bill Smith senior vice president of worldwide sales.

Thompson Greenspon of Fairfax appointed Carolyn Quill principal.

Verity Commercial of Reston appointed Bill Reilly leasing and sales associate.

Associations and nonprofits

Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness of the District appointed Tiffany Huth director of communications and public affairs.

Community Foundation of Howard County appointed Allyson Lestner vice president and director of development.

Fight for Children of the District appointed Keith Gordon president and chief executive.

George Washington’s Mount Vernon appointed Joe Bondi senior vice president for business development.

Law and lobbying

Alston & Bird of the District appointed R. Colgate Selden partner, Raad Missmar, Julie Mediamolle and Emily Seymour Costin partners.

Balch & Bingham of the District appointed David Mitchell partner.

Berliner Corcoran & Rowe of the District appointed Perry Bechky partner.

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney of the District appointed Jessica Fegan counsel.

Cozen O’Connor of the District appointed Karen Williams counsel in the firm’s commercial litigation department and it’s international investigation and criminal defense group.

Crowell & Moring of the District appointed Laura Foggan insurance partner.

Debevoise & Plimpton of the District appointed Gregory Larkin and Katarina Molnarova counsels.

Dechert of the District appointed Bernardo Piereck and Adam Teufel partners.

Dickinson Wright of the District appointed Vishnu Ramaswamy member of the firm.

Duane Morris of the District appointed Patrick McPherson chair of the firm’s new inter partes review division of its intellectual property group.

Holland and Knight of the District appointed Leon Fresco partner.

K&L Gates of the District appointed Michael Dyson partner.

Latham & Watkins of the District appointed Roman Martinez partner.

Richards Kibbe & Orbe of the District appointed Audrey Laning Ingram partner and Richard Lee counsel.

Steptoe & Johnson of the District appointed Ruth Madrigal partner in the firm’s tax group.

Venable of Tysons Corner appointed G. Evan Pritchard counsel.

Vinson & Elkins of the District appointed Michael Dry partner.

Williams & Connolly of the District appointed Amy Mason Saharia, Jessica Bodger Rydstrom, Thomas Fletcher and Allison Jones Rushing partners.

An earlier version incorrectly identified G. Evan Pritchard at Venable. The list has been updated.

— Compiled by Aaron Gregg

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