Daniel L. Guevara, partner in the law firm of Castillo and Guevara Professional Corp., is the newest Centre City Development Corp. board member. A native of Mexico City, Guevara began his legal career in 1976 in the office of San Diego’s city attorney. Before forming his present partnership, the SDSU grad held positions in other law firms and practiced solo. In addition, he has served as a city planning commissioner.

    California Western School of Law has a new dean and president: Steven R. Smith, previously dean of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University in Ohio, is inaugurated May 2 at the Hyatt Regency San Diego.

    CB Commercial first v.p. M. David Rothschild has transferred from Phoenix to the company’s Downtown San Diego office. Also at CB, John Shafer is the new information technology manager. He previously was a computer services manager with New Horizons Computer Learning Center.

    Former Golden Door Health Spa Director of Fitness Marcia Kitson has launched a new business, Working Wellness. Programs offered run the gamut from personal training and martial arts to health fairs and sports tourneys.

    Douglas E. Barnhart (Douglas E. Barnhart Inc.) is new chairman of the Associated General Contractors Naval Facilities Engineering Command Committee. AGC is a nationwide trade association of more than 32,500 firms.

    Trizec-Hahn Centers, Trizec-Hahn Corp.'s retail subsidiary, welcomes Richard P. Welcome as senior v.p., development. He previously was executive v.p. of Homart.

    Scott A. Bedingfield and James P. Scharbarum II are new v.p.s at Cavignac & Associates Insurance Brokers.

    Maxwell Technologies Federal Division names Michael Kropf to the newly created position of business development director. He previously was product line director for TV/COM.

    Grubb & Ellis 1996 National Rookie of the Year is local broker Christine Anderson, who specializes in the Hospitality Properties Division. It is the first time a San Diego County broker has been so honored.

    Longtime San Diego sporting goods executive Norm Peck, former CEO and president of Ektelon Corp., joins the American Council on Exercise as assistant executive director. And Jean Walcher is ACE's new director of public relations. She hails from Capener, Matthews & Walcher, the firm her mom, Laura Walcher, founded.

    Specialty menswear retailing veteran Peter Valletti takes the title of executive v.p., general merchandise manager, for San Diego-based Pacific Eyes & T's. He comes from County Seat Stores in Dallas, where he held a similar position.

    Imperial Bank senior v.p. Kathleen Berry moves up to manager of the bank's Real Estate Division. She is based Downtown.

    Karen Gilbert joins Grossmont Bank as human resources officer. Previously h.r. and benefits manager for First National Bank, she is stationed at GB's administrative offices in the Golden Triangle. New at Grossmont Bank's El Cajon office are Charlotte Buse and Ray Jones, both v.p./commercial loan officers; and Marilyn Krutz and Stanna Pich, financial service reps. And joining Grossmont as assistant v.p./manager of the new Wall Street branch in downtown La Jolla, scheduled to open in June, is Joan St. Clair. She previously was with Southern California Bank.

    New at Roni Hicks & Associates are Jennifer Lentin, senior account executive; and Adina Sullivan, account executive. Both previously were with the IOF Foresters, Lentin as p.r. team leader and Sullivan as a p.r. representative. The two follow the legendary Henry DeVries who also left IOF to rejoin Roni Hicks.

    The Robert Driver Co. hires Paul LaBounty as employee benefits division v.p. He previously was a group manager of San Diego’s Blue Cross Large Group Sales office.

    Reid Marquand fills the new account executive slot in Barney & Barney's Personal and Corporate Benefits Dept. He previously worked as a consultant with The Ram Training Alliance.

    Joining Environmental Risk & Management Inc. as senior advisor for strategic environmental management programs is Dave Meyer. He previously worked at Ogden Environmental & Energy Services Inc.

    HotelDOCS signs Kevin Brenden as v.p. of operations. He formerly was national accounts manager for Policy Management Systems in Minneapolis.

    New v.p of outsourcing for DAOU Systems Inc. is Dan Stewart, who previously was director of outsourcing for Alltel Healthcare.

    Marco F. Garavaglia has been named a shareholder, and Frank L. Tobin hired as an associate, at the Downtown law firm of Harrigan, Ruff, Sbardellati and Moore.

    Attorney Jonna M. Spilbor joins Nimmo & Steigerwalt. Spilbor hosts radio's "Saturday Morning Law," heard at 11 a.m. on KSDO 1160 AM.

    CliniComp. Int'l. founder and president Chris Haudenschild has been named 1996 "Headliner" in High Technology by the San Diego Press Club.

    Anne Christopher (Bravado Design) will chair the 23rd annual SAM Awards, presented by the Building Industry Assn. of San Diego County's Sales and Marketing Council. Co-chairs are Rosie Cadle (Courtney Marketing), Linda Corsetti, Carlene Meads-Wilkie (Brookfield Homes), Anna Marie Marchesi (Ryan Young Interiors) and Maggie Roland (Commonwealth Land Title).

    Certified Assn. Executive Mary McClellan will represent the San Diego Society of Assn. Executives at the 16th Annual Legislative Summit in Washington, D.C. She works for the Downtown San Diego Partnership.

    MTDB adds Samuel E. Johnson as information systems manager, a position he previously held with the County of San Diego Department of Human Resources; and Karen Konecky as customer relations administrator for the board's Metropolitan Transit System. She most recently was v.p./marketing for the Price Co.

    San Diego Digital Multimedia Assn. presents its 1997 board. Members are Samuel Kephart (Idyllwild Communications), president; Teresa Rodriguez (Studio IOF), executive director; Roslyn Manicinelli (Intuit Inc.) v.p., marketing; Mike Jennings (Booz-Allen), v.p., planning; Peter Hahn (Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps), v.p., legal; Steve Austin (McGladery & Pullen), treasurer; Ed Keyes (Digital Talk TV), communications; and Sharon Tammarine (Maxwell Technologies), secretary.

    Rick R. Prickett is ConVis's first cultural tourism manager following the successful inaugural year of a cultural tourism project with the city's Commission for Arts and Culture. He previously was with the San Diego Performing Arts League. In other ConVis news, David Nuffer (Nuffer, Smith, Tucker Inc.) steps up from first vice chairman to chairman, replacing H.L. Bert James who transferred from the Mission Bay Hilton to a Hilton management job in Boston.

    New executive director of the American Jewish Committee is Gary Rotto. He formerly was district communications director for Assembly member Denise Duoheny.

    Terry Mastin moves up to creative director at The McCulley Group. She joined the firm two years ago as a graphic designer.

    The Townsend Agency has promoted Creative Director Ken Jacobs to the newly established position of v.p./creative director.

    New account supervisor at Stoorza, Ziegaus & Metzger is Lisa Fisher, who previously was manager of p.r., market research and events at Stac Inc.

    National University President Jerry C. Lee has been appointed to the American Council on Education's Commission on Women in Higher Education.

    New advisory board members of the UCSD Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies are Stephen Baum (Enova Corp.), Paul Boeker (Institute of the Americas), Malin Burnham (John Burnham & Co.), Diana Lady Dougan (Center for Strategic International Studies), Paul Drake (UCSD Division of Social Sciences), Gail Stoorza-Gill (Stoorza, Ziegaus & Metzger), Susan Golding (mayor of San Diego), Shelia Davis Lawrence (Libellule Enterprises), Larry Lucchino (San Diego Padres), Andrea Migdal (Gray, Cary, Ware and Freidenrich), William Owens (SAIC) and Allen Salmasi (NextWave Telecom Inc.)

    Nicole Baker is 1997 president of the San Diego Society of Assn. Executives. She has served as chapter administrator of the San Diego Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management since 1990.

    Toby Erickson Rogers moves up from assistant designer to designer for Carrier Design Group Inc.

    Joe Davidson, Craig Swanson and George W. Kuney are new partners at Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory, effective July 1. Joining the firm as associates are Martin Togni, Allen Walburn and Kari Desgalier.

    Paul (P.C.) Cook is the new marketing and promotion manager at KXGL The Eagle 94.1-FM. New sales account managers are Kevin Blatt, Hilary Bausback, Kellie Maher and Maureen McCoy.

    John L. Morrell won election as managing partner at Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, replacing Steven H. Kruis whose term had expired. Newly named partners are Martin A. Eliopulos, who joined the firm in 1990; Peter S. Doody, formerly a principal in Smithers & Doody; and Richard S. Whitney, former managing partner of the San Diego office of Gilbert, Kelly, Crowley & Jennett. In addition, Michael K. Sarris has joined the firm as an associate attorney. He previously was with Jones, Day, Beavis and Pogue.

    Alec C. Cory, founding partner of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, snags both the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program's 1997 Public Service Award and the San Diego Bar Assn.'s Legal Professional of the Year honor.

    Dirk Michaels moves up to associate attorney at Hillyer & Irwin, where he previously worked as a law clerk.

    Jane Mitchell, executive producer and reporter for Cox Communications' new Channel 4 San Diego, won an honorable mention in one of the industry's top national awards, the 1996 Gracie Allen Awards, presented by American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT).

    James J. Cassidy is new v.p. of product development for Kinetikos Medical Inc. He previously was director of orthopaedic product development for Collagen Corp.

    Joining Cubic Defense Systems Inc. as v.p., business development is Roger S. Busch, who most recently was director of marketing for ThermoTrex Corp.

    Linda Hall joins BlindGlo Products Inc. as director of marketing and communications. She formerly was an associate partner with Graphic Solutions.

    Joining Davis McDowell Hospitality Marketing as an account services supervisor and new business specialist is Patricia Doremus. She was a senior account executive at Weaver Pacific Publications. Also, Alice Pastor, previously with Ashworth Golf Co., joins Davis McDowell as a traffic and production coordinator.

    Home Savings of America has named J.D. Crow and Mark Barker to the "President's Club," which honors top-performing loan consultants nationwide. Both are loan consultants in the Pacific Beach mortgage lending office.

    H. Michael Collins, a former partner with Rice, Hall, James & Associates, is now an associate director for the San Diego office of San Francisco-based Van Kasper & Co.

    Pat Hoy (SGS-Thomson Microelectronics Inc.) is new president of the San Diego Industrial Environmental Assn. Serving with Hoy are Shaun Halvax (Southwest Marine), v.p.; Terese Ghio (Ligand Pharmaceuticals), secretary; and Mike Chee (National Steel & Shipbuilding), treasurer.

    Former Dark Horse Comic's senior editor/marketing director Bob Schreck has been hired by Comic-Con International as advertising promotion and marketing consultant for the Comic Book Expo, slated for July 15-16 at San Diego Convention Center.

    New hirees at San Diego Historical Society are Heather Haisten, development assistant, and Anne Sawin, executive assistant.

    Elizabeth Armstrong is new senior curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.

    Horizon Marketing Communications names Jeffrey S. Donnelley as v.p., and adds Georgette Starnes as art director and Regina Lombardozzi as assistant account executive and graphic artist.

    The Point Loma Federal Credit Union board adds Thomas A. Knight as chairman and David D. Washburn as secretary.

    Joining Inspired Arts are Kevin R. Hopkins, director of communications and content creation; Edward J. Keyes, director of multimedia and post-production; and Samuel R. Kephart, director of video production.

    Dr. Mirat D. Gurol joins the faculty of SDSU's Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering in August. She will occupy the newly endowed Blasker Chair in Environmental Science and Engineering, funded by a $500,000 grant from the Blasker-Rose-Miah Endowment Fund of the San Diego Community Foundation.

    New artist at Spear/Hall & Associates is Andre LaDuke, previously a communications specialist for the U.S. Marines.

    Don Cardenas joins CPS Printing as sales manager. He previously held the same position at Nelson Photo.

    Dianne Wilkman, president and CEO of Credit Counselors of California, has been named a "Woman of Distinction" by Soroptimist International.

    Carol Council is the San Diego Performing Arts League's new development director. She most recently worked in development at San Diego Hospice, San Diego Blood Bank and the Museum of Photographic Arts.

    Former San Diego Historical society Development Director Nichole Keith now fills a similar position with The Children's Museum of San Diego.

    Health care design consultant Jain Malkin (Jain Malkin Inc.) takes the Hyde Chair of Excellence at the University of Nebraska College of Architecture. She is the first interior designer named to the post, which most often is awarded to renowned architects.

    New on the California Bankruptcy Forum board is Peter L. Duncan (Pyle, Sims, Duncan & Stevenson).

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