Movers & Shakers

• Petra Horna joined Philadelphia architectural firm EwingCole Inc. as director of business development at its Washington office. Ms. Horna previously worked with real estate development, brokerage and construction firms while at the Orchid Group and with Global Development Partners in the District.

• RTKL Associates Inc. said John Hart rejoined the global architecture firm as a principal. Before joining RTKL, Mr. Hart managed the National World War II Memorial design team and served as project urban designer for the Capitol Gateway Waterfront Redevelopment Plan in the District.

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. promoted four employees to principals of the Chantilly civil engineering firm.

• Mark Baker serves as director of planning and landscape architecture of Bowman’s Leesburg office.

• Scott Delgado serves as director of engineering of Bowman’s Alexandria office.

• Charles Powell oversees Bowman’s regional land surveying operations in the firm’s Prince William and Fredericksburg offices.

• Matt Tauscher is director of planning and landscape architecture of the firm’s Alexandria and Fairfax offices.

ACCOUNTING & FINANCE

• KPMG LLP, an international audit, tax and advisory firm, hired Miles R. McNamee as a principal in its federal advisory practice. He will be responsible for advising Department of Defense and intelligence-community clients. Mr. McNamee previously served as a vice president at BearingPoint Inc., in charge of one of the McLean firm’s Defense Department accounts.

• Michael P. Nester joined Access National Bank of Reston as a private banking specialist.

ASSOCIATIONS, GOVERNMENT & NONPROFITS

• Erik D. Olson joined the Pew Charitable Trusts as director of chemical and food safety programs in the D.C. nonprofit’s Health & Human Services Policy program. Mr. Olson was deputy staff director and general counsel of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Before that, he spent 15 years at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

• The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association appointed Alissa Fox senior vice president of the Office of Policy and Representation, where she will lead the association’s political, legislative, regulatory and policy activities.

LEGAL

Arnold & Porter LLP elected four new partners to its Washington law office.

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