Ginny Heine and Maria Josephs have been added to the Fulton Bank team to run its emergent government contract lending division.

The two executives each bring over 25 years of history developing and organizing government services banking programs and will apply this experience in helping to establish Fulton Bank’s new venture, the Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based company said Monday.

“We are confident that this dynamic duo will lift our government services business to new heights and provide our customers with the first-rate service they deserve,” said Sue Lonergan, director of middle market and specialized commercial lending at Fulton.

Heine created the specialty government contracting lending group at Citizens Bank (formerly Mellon Bank) in 1993 and has since worked at various Washington, D.C. area financial institutions. Her most recent role prior to coming to Fulton was at City National Bank, where she was senior vice president and commercial banking manager, east coast group head, aerospace, defense and government services.

Heine’s specialties include commercial real estate, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and strategic planning. The executive’s title at Fulton is senior vice president and director of government services banking.

Josephs was a relationship manager of the government contracting group at Bank of America (formerly NationsBank and American Security Bank) from 1989 to 1995 and subsequently occupied a number of government contracting division positions at banks, including at Citizens Bank during the same period Heine was present. The last 10 years of her career have been located in the DMV.

The latter executive also comes to Fulton from City National Bank, where she was senior vice president and relationship manager of the aerospace, defense and government services segment.

Josephs excels in treasury management, credit risk management and mortgage lending, among others. Her title at Fulton is senior vice president and senior relationship manager of government services banking.

“Maria and I have worked together for most of our careers. It’s great to be able to build this business line for Fulton Bank together,” Heine shared, adding that Fulton was a draw due to its “great culture and purpose of changing lives for the better.”

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Michael Cederholm has received a nomination from President Biden to serve as the service branch’s deputy commandant for aviation.

Cederholm, who serves as commanding general of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina, is also nominated for the grade of lieutenant general, the Department of Defense said Monday.

If confirmed by Senate, Cederholm would succeed Lt. Gen. Mark Wise, who assumed the position in July 2020. He would advise the commandant on all aviation matters and oversee the development and coordination of plans and policies for managing the Marine Corps’ aviation programs.

Cederholm is a Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, native, who was commissioned in 1989 after graduating from Wesleyan University. His military career includes positions such as deputy commander of Marine Corps Forces Command and deputy commanding general of Fleet Marine Force Atlantic.

He has experience flying every operational type-model aircraft in the Marine Corps fleet, including the F-35B fighter jet and CH-53K helicopter.

Michael Monteleone, former director of the Engineering and Systems Integration Directorate under the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command, was named director for the Assured Position, Navigation and Timing/Space Cross-Functional Team.

The Army said Monday Monteleone’s appointment will take effect May 22 and will make him one of eight CFT directors tasked to support the Army Futures Command.

In his new role, Monteleone will help ensure that the Army is capable of operating in PNT-contested environments by coordinating PNT and tactical space and navigation warfare initiatives across the service branch.

The team is responsible for providing warfighters with up-to-date technologies and capabilities needed for their respective missions.

The APNT/Space CFT director has experience in working at the Senior Executive Service and at the Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate under Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center.

Lt. Gen. John Shaw and Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting have emerged as potential candidates for the role of Space Force chief, Breaking Defense reported Monday.

Sources said the White House is now considering the two names for potential nomination as it looks for a replacement to Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond, who plans to retire in the fall. 

Raymond, a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, previously served as commander of U.S. Space Command. 

Shaw currently serves as deputy commander of Space Command. Prior to this role, he was commander of Combined Force Space Component Command and deputy chief of Space Operations Command.

He joined the Air Force in 1990 after graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy with a bachelor’s degree in astronautical engineering and a minor in Russian language.

Whiting is commander of Space Operations Command and oversees the preparation and sustainment of combat support forces, space, cyber and combat-ready intelligence.

He previously served as deputy commander of the Headquarters U.S. Space Force and commanded the 13th Space Warning Squadron. He entered the Air Force in 1989 following his graduation from the academy.