Elizabeth Drachman is the new managing editor at Washington Business Journal, according to this memo.
Drachman just moved back to the states from stints as business editor of Arabies Trends in Dubai and, before that, as editor of Business Today Egypt in Cairo. She previously worked for San Francisco Business Times and the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Drachman is a graduate of Queens University in Charlotte.
Meanwhile, Sean Madigan, a senior staff reporter who covers D.C. economic development for Washington Business Journal, has been named the first-ever communications director for the D.C. Office of Planning.