Washington-area appointments and promotions for Dec. 1, 2014 By Aaron Gregg November 30 at 12:26 PM Altegrity of Falls Church appointed Alfred Mockett board member. Burson-Marsteller/Direct Impact of the District appointed Nicole Cornish chief operating officer for its U.S. region and Connie Partoyan president of Direct Impact. Covata of Reston appointed Phillip Dunkelberger board member. Ernst & Young of the District appointed Ray Beeman principal. Haystax Technology of McLean appointed Peter Pace chairman of the board of directors. Information Inc. of Bethesda appointed James McNeil president and publisher. Lockheed Martin of Bethesda appointed Patricia Lewis senior vice president of human resources and Jennifer Whitlow senior vice president of communications. Meridian Knowledge Solutions of Herndon appointed Stacy Sakellariou vice president of marketing. NavigationArts of McLean appointed Negar Moshiri partner. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids of the District appointed John Schachter director of state communications. The Foundation for Earth Science of the District appointed Erin Robinson executive director. SCORE of the District appointed David Bobbitt vice president of development of the association and president of the SCORE Foundation. Steptoe & Johnson of the District appointed Roy Goldberg partner.