New positionsAdvance Business Systems & Supply announced...

New positions

Advance Business Systems & Supply announced the appointment of Brian E. Landgren as chief financial officer.

* Columbus Center Development Inc. has named Dr. Carol J. Bossert as director of exhibitions.

* Valuation Research Corp. appointed Charles E. Phipps regional manager of business development for its Baltimore-based mid-Atlantic region.

Legal and Professional

* Venable, Baetjer and Howard announced that John G. Milliken, a former secretary of transportation for Virginia, has joined the firm as a partner in its government services division.

* Lord & Whip has elected Robert C. Erlandson as president and managing partner of the firm.

Health care

* Bon Secours Hospital selected Marion Williams as director of perioperative services.

Financial services

* First National Bank of Maryland appointed R. Lanse Offen III as senior vice president for its private banking division in Washington.