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*** Kyocera America has promoted John Schierer to v.p. of administration and support services. Schierer began his career with Kyocera America in 1998 as manager of human resources and most recently was g.m. of administration and support services. *** Iris Strauss was elected president of the San Diego Opera Association. Strauss has served as director since 1990. New additions to the board include Raffaella Belanich, Constance Carroll, Andrew Dumke, Jay Lynch, Mitch Mitchell, Hiep Pham, Dev Purkayastha, Colette Royston and Bobby Vassallo. *** The San Diego Opera has added Susan E. Farrell as director of public relations and Keith A. Fisher as director of administration. Farrell was previously an anchor/reporter for KUSI-TV. Fisher brings more than 15 years of senior management skills to his new position. *** Landmark National Bank has named F.J. “Rick” Mandelbaum, former senior v.p. and regional manager of commercial banking for US Bank, executive v.p./CCO. *** Dave Walters has joined 1st Pacific Bank of California as a senior commercial lender. Walters is a 27-year veteran of business banking. *** The Port of San Diego has appointed Karen Porteous as director of human resources and has promoted Daniel Strum to director of real estate. Porteous previously was the interim director of the department, and Strum was the assistant director of real estate management. *** Brenda L. Hummell is the new v.p. of commercial lending at the Bank of Coronado San Diego office. Hummell brings more than 25 years of banking experience and more than 20 years in commercial and personal lending. *** San Diego National Bank has added Reilly M. Shaughnessy as v.p. of commercial real estate. Shaughnessy was formerly at the San Diego branch of Tokai Bank of California. *** Ted Phoenix, a 31-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry and long-time president of BRE Commercial/NAI, has retired. Phoenix is succeeded by new president and CEO John D. Frager, a 16-year commercial real estate veteran formerly with CB Richard Ellis. The firm also hired Paul Brown, Matthew Campbell, Shawn Craig, Peter Curry, Duncan Dodd, Andrew Ewald, Andy Head, Scott Henderson, Karen Johnson, Jack Kruger, Phillip Linton and Ryan Shea. *** Schubach Aviation has appointed Jolane Albrecht charter sales coordinator and Stacey Doyle sales and marketing coordinator. *** Janice F. Mulligan has been re-appointed by the San Diego County Bar Association as the delegate to the American Bar Association conference. *** Steve Penhall is the new g.m. for Sycuan Casino and Resort. Penhall formerly served three years as g.m. for the Sandia Casino in New Mexico. *** Yvonne M. Dutton, a white-collar criminal defense attorney, joins Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory LLP. Prior to joining the firm, Dutton was a litigator with Munger, Tolles & Olson. *** Colliers International has hired office leasing and urban redevelopment specialists Tim Cowden and John Shelton to its Downtown office. ***
*** Lisa Maldonado, with 10 years of experience in real estate lending, has been named real estate supervisor at USA Federal Credit Union. Melinda Rosas has been promoted from collection manager to assistant v.p. of lending services. Rosas has worked for the company for more than 11 years. *** Daycom Systems has hired Jeff Davids as the company’s new CFO. *** Bill Butler has joined Epoch Construction as v.p. of marketing and business development. Most recently, Butler was director of business development for a community management firm. *** Wells Fargo & Co. has promoted senior v.p. Jim Cimino to one of four regional managing director positions for the state of California. Cimino has been with Wells Fargo since 1992. *** The law firm of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP has added real estate lawyer Michael S. Levinson to its business and technology team. Levinson was president and general counsel of The Weekend Exercise Company Inc. *** Maria Goodwyn is the new director of sales for the Southern California division of Verizon Wireless. Goodwyn has more than 17 years’ sales experience and nine years’ experience in the wireless industry. *** Dunhill Staffing Systems opened its new franchise in San Diego under President Donald R. Kerl. Kerl most recently was v.p. of franchising for HQ Business Centers. *** Lawrence F. McMahon, v.p. of surety and insurance for Driver Alliant Insurance Services, has been inducted into the Tiger Trust, an honorary society of surety industry professionals. ***
*** National City Councilman Ron Morrison is the new board chairman of the San Diego Association of Governments. Morrison has been a member of the city council for 10 years. *** Peter B. Stafford, principal of Stafford Consulting Group, was nominated chairman of the business development committee for Combined Health Agencies. Stafford joined the CHA board in 2001. *** Patty Carmichael, director of marketing and communications for San Elijo Hills, has been honored as Marketing Director of the Year by the National Association of Home Builders. The award recognizes the nation’s best new communities and marketing efforts. *** Bruce Kerstetter has been promoted to principal at Randall Lamb. Kerstetter has worked with Randall Lamb for 24 years. *** Burnham Retail Group has hired Corinna Gattasso as a retail leasing and tenant representative. Gattasso previously worked at Grubb & Ellis. *** Michael Riffel is the new project manager at Bilbro Construction Co., bringing with him more than 15 years’ commercial and public works construction experience. *** Greg Dawson has been promoted to v.p. of news at KNSD. Dawson, who has been with NBC 7/39 since 1989, replaced Jim Sanders who moved to San Francisco. *** Public Policy Strategies, the government and community relations division of Tom Shepard and Associates, has appointed Tracy Morgan Hollingworth as director of business development. *** James Leary Architecture and Planning has promoted I. Simon Warner to principal, Carrie L. Van Eyck to associate and Joseph Mascari and Mario Perez to senior associates. *** Jon Borgeson, 2002-2003 chairman of the San Diego Advertising Club board, has joined the board of American Advertising Federation’s District 15 as lieutenant governor. *** Convis has hired Davis DeBrady as national sales manager. Prior to joining the bureau, DeBrady spent seven years as a national sales manager at the Long Beach Convis. *** Brecht Mini automobile center has hired Don Heine as sales manager. Heine was a Brecht BMW sales executive for 10 years. *** The San Diego Defense and Space Technology Consortium board has nominated Greg Stein as the organization’s executive director. Stein, a 40 Under Forty winner in 2001, has served as interim director of federal research policy at UCSD and as district director and senior legislative assistant to former Rep. Brian Bilbray. *** The San Diego Advertising Fund for Emergencies has elected Sharon Massey, marketing director for the San Diego Radio Broadcasters Association, as its 2002-2003 chairman. Serving on SAFE’s executive board are Jim Price, Weldon Donaldson, Tammy Haughey, Chuck Castle and Sheila Fox. *** Rose Cady and Elliott Cushman are the 2002 recipients of SharpHealthCare’s James C. Haugh Distinguished Service Award. Cady has dedicated more than 11,000 hours to Grossmont Hospital’s Auxiliary and Foundation. Cushman has served Sharp HealthCare for more than 42 years. *** Ethertronics has added Dave S. King as v.p. of sales and has promoted Mark A. Penman to v.p. of marketing. King previously served as v.p. of Allgon Microwave. Penman formerly was director of product marketing for Ethertronics. *** Deborah Steffan has been named director of the county’s Office of Disaster Preparedness. Steffan previously was regional administrator for the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. *** Structural GenomiX has appointed Dr. Ian A. McDonald as v.p. of drug discovery. McDonald was most recently v.p. of drug discovery for Structural Bioinformatics. *** Timberline Partners has hired Rose Tomich-Litz as senior operations advisor, Tom Dannemiller as senior manufacturing advisor, Peter Zahn as senior legal advisor and Richard Hudzik as senior finance advisor. Tomich-Litz was previously with Prisa Networks, Dannemiller was at Cohu Inc., Zahn served as CEO and general counsel for Blue Moon Advisors and Hudzik was v.p. of finance for a division of Invensys. *** Dr. Lena Johnson has launched her e-commerce Web site, PacificDesignLine.com. For more than 20 years, Johnson has created interior spaces and designs for commercial and residential clients. *** Abby Margalith, owner of PeopleMovers, is a new member of the board of the San Diego Better Business Bureau. *** Dr. Gilad S. Gordon has joined FeRx Inc. as v.p. of medical affairs. Most recently, Gordon was at Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals. *** Diversa Corp. has hired Dr. Gary Woodnutt as senior v.p. of pharmaceutical R&D and Lee R. McCracken as senior v.p. of pharmaceutical business development. William H. Baum was promoted to executive v.p. *** Marc J. Biddle has joined Pacific Building Group as an estimator. Most recently, Biddle was with Taylor Frager Inc. *** Genetronics Biomedical Corp. has appointed Peter Kies as CFO. Kies most recently was at Newgen Results Corp. *** Ben Honeck has been promoted to the position of senior art director at Four Square. *** Wermers Multi Family Corp. has hired Wei Ding as corporate accountant. *** Beverly L. Hamilton, former president of ARCO Investment Management; Maria Tripp, board chair of the United Indian Health Services; and Dr. Winnie Willis, professor at SDSU’s School of Public Health; have been elected to the board of The California Endowment. *** For their contributions to the community, Chula Vista recognized Nancy and John Parks with the Historic Preservationists of the Year Award, Cindy Burrascano with the Environmentalist of the Year Award, and Roy and Aiko Muraoka with the Robert Botterman Humanitarian Award. *** Andy LeFebvre has been promoted from assistant manager to g.m. at Coles Carpets’ San Marcos store. LeFebvre joined the company in 1995. *** Anderson Travel & Cruises has added Sylvia Supancic as a leisure sales agent, Yolanda Castro as a leisure support agent, Judy Aunger as manager of corporate services, and Tony Sorenson, Marjorie Lee, April Cook and Richard Grell to its business travel and accounting departments. *** Priscilla Hall is the new development director of San Diego Comic Opera. *** Karen H. King was appointed interim executive director for North County Transit District. King has more than 25 years’ experience in the transit industry and serves as director of development and communication services with NCTD. *** Judge Victor E. Bianchini has retired from Superior Court after 20 years on the state trial bench. *** Hilton San Diego Resort on Mission Bay has hired Kim Silvaggio as sales manager for the Southern California region, and Alan McConnell and Donovan Henson as national sales managers. Silvaggio previously was with Wyndham Grand Bay Hotel. McConnell served the resort for two years and Donovan has been with the resort for five years as director of spa and recreation. *** HMC Architects has named Kenton Hems an associate of the firm. Hems has more than 14 years’ experience in the architecture profession. *** Mark Purdy joined Keeton Construction as estimator. Previously, Purdy was with Control Spray Services. *** San Diego Metropolitan Credit Union has hired Amy Shay as financial analyst. Shay hails from American Express Financial Advisors. *** John Littrell has been appointed a member of OSHPD’s Hospital Building Safety board. Littrell currently is president of LSW Engineers. *** Attorneys Mauricio Flores, Russ Rasmussen, Jan Stiglitz and Tom Warwick have been reappointed by the San Diego Bar Association to the board of the Legal Aid Society of San Diego. *** Casey Burke has joined the La Jolla office of Robert Half as a recruiting manager. Burke has eight years’ experience in the accounting field. *** Community National Bank has promoted Angelique Bausch to assistant v.p. Bausch, a 17-year banking veteran, joined CNB in 1998 as a community banking officer. *** ISEC has named Esteban Perez as project engineer. Perez is overseeing the expansion of the Trump Spotlight 29 Casino. Previously, Perez was project engineer at HMH/Swinerton. *** The San Diego Area chapter of the Arthritis Foundation has inducted Brian Ffrench, Dr. Arthur Kavanaugh and Wendee Theilemann to its board. Ffrench is senior director of Corporate Real Estate Advisors. Kavanaugh is the director of the Center for Innovative Therapy at UCSD. Theilemann is the regional manager of professional affairs at Pharmacia Corp. *** Palomar Pomerado Health has promoted Tamara Hemmerly to director of marketing and public relations. Hemmerly joined PPH four years ago as assistant to the director of communications. *** Daniel Sullivan was elected president of Speak With A Geek. Sullivan has served the company as v.p. of marketing and business development since November 2001. *** Mitchel J. Olson, a trial lawyer who specializes in medical malpractice and pharmaceutical litigation, has joined Casey, Gerry, Reed & Schenk. *** Joshua Martelli has joined the Mad Media team as director of multi-media. Martelli recently graduated magna cum laude from Chico State University and has worked part time for Mad Media for two years. *** The Advertising Ethics Council has elected Bo Donovan, president of Silvertree Inc., as its 2002-2003 chairman of the board. Also serving on the AEC board are Jeff Anderson, Gregg Cantor, Susan DeLazario, Rick Griffin, Margie Hopkins, Kathleen Juniper, Janene Liles, Jennifer Loretta, Parker Pike and Andres Verjan. *** Jim Hughes has been promoted to managing director of Insignia/ESG. Hughes, a 12-year industry veteran, joined the company in 2000 to launch the expansion of their brokerage operation. *** Langley C. Powell has been nominated to the board of The San Diego Transit Corp. as president and g.m. Powell has been serving as interim president and g.m. since December 2001. Frank Shipman has retired from SDTC. Shipman worked for the company for 29 years and was v.p. of labor and human resources for the last 22 years. *** The Arts Center Foundation has appointed Margaret Watkins as chair of the board of trustees for the 2002-2003 season. Watkins is the director of marketing for the national law firm Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps. *** Richard J. Schroeder has joined the Southern California division of Ryland Homes as v.p. of land acquisitions. Schroeder was a co-founder of TheJobsite.com and is earning his masters in business administration. *** Patty Donovan is the new director of leisure sales for La Costa Resort and Spa. Donovan, previously the director of leisure sales for Our Lucaya Beach & Golf Resort, brings more than 15 years’ experience to her new position. *** OfficeTeam has promoted Michelle Dumpit to division director. Dumpit joined the company in 1999. *** Craig Frederickson has been named principal of the MAAC Community Charter School. Frederickson recently served as director of MAAC’s YouthBuild Program and coordinated the development of the charter school for the past two years. |
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Roel Construction has hired Jason Albrecht as project manager and Jason Hunking as project engineer. Albrecht has two years’ experience and Hunking has three years’ experience in construction.Home | Info | Cover Story | About Us | Back Issues | Search
