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Government

Army Reserve Maj. Gen. Richard O. Wightman was appointed military executive of the Reserve Forces Policy Board. Wightman currently is serving as the commanding general, 143rd Transportation Command, in Orlando, Fla.

Navy Reserve Rear Adm. Martin Janczak also was

appointed to the Reserve Forces Policy Board as the Naval reserve member. Currently, Janczak serves as the vice chief of staff for the Joint Forces Command, in Norfolk, Va.

Navy Rear Adm. Timothy W. LaFleur has been nominated for promotion to vice admiral with assignment as commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, in San Diego. Presently, LaFleur is serving as deputy commander and chief of staff, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, in Norfolk, Va.

The president has nominated Navy Rear Adm. Albert H. Konetzni for promotion to vice admiral with assignment as deputy commander and chief of staff, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, in Norfolk, Va. Currently, Konetzni is serving as commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Navy Rear Adm. (Lower Half, Select) Michael A. Sharp was assigned as program executive officer, Mine Warfare, in Arlington, Va. Sharp previously served as project manager, Submarine Communications Program Office, Naval Space and Warfare Systems Command, in San Diego.

Navy Rear Adm. (Select) Gary Roughead has been assigned as chief of Legislative Affairs. Previously, Roughead served as commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group Two.

Industry

Eastman Kodak Co., of Rochester, N.Y., has appointed Thomas F. Cummings director of manufacturing and vice president of commercial and government systems (C&GS). In this position, Cummings is responsible for manufacturing and supply-chain operations and is the leader of the C&GS's center of excellence for manufacturing and supply chain.

Frank J. Koester joined Eastman Kodak Co. as director of technical operations and vice president of C&GS. Koester comes to Kodak from the Space Systems Group of Orbital Sciences Corp.

Lynn Meland has been appointed president of EMAssist, located in Sacramento, Calif. Prior to this position, Meland was director of product engineering at GenCorp Aerojet.

Robert B. Spiker as been elected as the corporate vice president and controller for Northrop Grumman, in Los Angeles. In this position, Spiker has responsibility for financial reporting and planning, benefit analysis and corporate accounting functions.

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