Executive Moves

The Senate voted 89-1 Thursday to confirm Gen. Mark Milley, chief of staff at the U.S. Army and a 2019 Wash100 winner, as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He will succeed U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, a previous Wash100 winner, on Oct. 1.

Robert Cardillo, founder and president of The Cardillo Group, has joined the board of directors at mission software developer Analytical Graphics Inc. The 35-year intelligence community veteran also serves as an advisory board member at Peraton, Beacon Global Strategies, Cesium and HawkEye 360, AGI said Wednesday.

Edouard Benjamin, former vice president of the Food and Drug Administration programs division at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been appointed VP of business development for the company's government health and safety solutions unit, FedHealthIT reported Wednesday.

Rich Wilson, a retired U.S. Army colonel and former chief of the Defense Health Agency's solution delivery division, has been named a director at management consulting services firm Guidehouse.

Thomas Casale, former president of L3 Technologies' radome manufacturing business, has joined Cobham as vice president and general manager of communications, navigation and identification and interconnect solutions unit. He will lead the business area that operates within Cobham's advanced electronic solutions sector and brings 30 years of radiofrequency and microwave industry experience to his new role, the company said Monday.

A new McAleese & Associates report says the full Senate is expected to decide Tuesday on the nomination of Army Secretary and 2019 Wash100 winner Mark Esper to be the next secretary of the Department of Defense.

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has promoted 33-year company veteran James Etheredge to the position of group chief executive for North America in a move slated to take effect Sept. 1. He will succeed Julie Sweet, who will take the helm at Accenture as CEO, the professional services firm said Thursday.

Shelby Pierson, a more than two-decade intelligence community veteran, has been appointed by Director of National Intelligence and a 2019 Wash100 winner Dan Coats to the newly created role of IC election threats executive.

Chad Thyes, a more than 10-year veteran of General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) information technology business, has been named general manager and senior vice president of Cognosante's civilian health and contact center monitoring businesses.

Lisa Gardner, a former vice president of Engility, has been appointed senior director and account lead for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services portfolio at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), FedHealthIT reported Thursday. She will oversee Leidos' capture and business development efforts within its CMS market area.