Word: kilberg
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...perception of risk is greatest at technology companies. It was far easier to recruit outside directors before the tech-sector collapse, "when there was a huge upside in the stock," says Bobbie Kilberg, president of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, a regional trade group of 1,600 tech firms. These days, potential directors are less willing to sit on the board of any company whose product or service they don't understand. Kilberg says she recently agreed to join a local bank's board but turned down a small software firm. "It just wasn't worth it," she says. Robert...
...Washington is in culture shock. The new mecca is vastly different: the crowd is rich, young and isn't naturally inclined toward politics or government. Last summer Bobbie Kilberg, NVTC president, threw a fund raiser for George W. Bush's presidential campaign. She thought about having the event downtown but discovered that prospective donors in the high-tech suburbs weren't keen about that idea. Kilberg held the event near the Dulles Toll Road instead. It was the first real political event anyone could remember in northern Virginia, generating $600,000 for Bush...
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