Atlantic Realty Companies Names Chief Financial Officer.Business Editors VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 2003 Atlantic Realty Companies, one of the ten largest real estate developers in the Washington, D.C. area, has named Joan T. Williams the company's new Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Williams will oversee the company's finance, accounting, banking, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , and information technology activities. In addition, she will have responsibility for financial analysis, preparation of financial statements, reports to investors, as well as accounting procedures and controls. Atlantic Realty Companies is a full-service commercial real estate company based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that owns, manages or has under development over six million square feet of office and retail properties valued at over $750,000,000. Since its founding in 1992, the company has earned numerous business and civic awards, and was named to the Inc. 500 list of America's fastest-growing companies. In 2002, the company received the Ernst & Young Greater Washington Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Real Estate/Construction. With over 20 years of experience in financial management, Ms. Williams has worked in a wide variety of industries including financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , Internet technology, software development, and publishing. A graduate of Georgetown University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies in Business Administration, she also received an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission . Following a successful career in the financial services industry, where she achieved positions of increasing responsibility, she served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. , Washington, D.C. During the technology boom of the 90's, Ms. Williams worked with several IT firms, providing financial management expertise that included strategic planning, venture capital funding and strategic partnership negotiations. Ms. Williams has been active in the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC NVTC Northern Virginia Technology Council NVTC National Virtual Translation Center NVTC Nissan Valve Timing Control NVTC Narva Vocational Training Centre (Narva, Estonia) ), and Women in Technology (WIT). |
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