Integral Systems, an international provider of satellite ground systems, has announced its plans to move to Columbia in February 2009. With it, the company will bring 250 aerospace technology jobs to the business community. Founded in 1982, Integral was the first company to offer commercial software products for satellite command and control.

Gregory Horne, of Grasonville, a sales and leasing associate with Manekin, in Columbia, has been selected by Corporate Facility Advisors-CORFAC International as one of 12 young professionals to join the CORFAC Next Generation Advisory Council. Horne is responsible for leasing and business development, emphasizing the Annapolis and Anne Arundel single-story office, mid-rise office and flex-office market.

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc., in Owings Mills, has awarded FIRN Inc., a private, nonprofit organization in Columbia, a $40,000 grant to assist FIRN in accomplishing its mission to ensure equal access to community resources and opportunities for all foreign-born individuals in Howard County and Central Maryland.

The Association for International Practical Training, in Columbia, has appointed three new board members: Robert Gordon, president of R. Gordon Associates; Aslam Masood, retired chief financial officer of Crescent Healthcare Inc.; and Jim Pilarski, senior vice president for human resources of Marriott International, International Lodging.

Paul G. Skalny, of Howard County and a principal of the Howard County law firm, Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Skalny, has joined the Howard Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees.

Tecore Networks, a provider of multi-protocol mobile networks in Columbia, and EGC International, a global systems integrator specializing in telecommunications and information technology in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., have announced an agreement that enables EGC to distribute Tecore's wireless infrastructure products throughout Latin America.

Joyce Snow, of Columbia, was chosen as one of three international finalists for the $10,000 Soroptimist Women's Opportunity Award by the Soroptimist Federation of the Americas. She earned the Soroptimist International of Howard County Award of $1,250, and the South Atlantic Region Award of $5,000, prior to being forwarded to the Federation of the Americas level.

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