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Bob R. Adkins has joined Neighborhood National Bank as CFO. Adkins has more than 24 years of experience in the banking industry and previously served for nearly eight years as senior v.p. and CFO for Broadway Federal Bank *** Marco Hernandez has been promoted to regional manager of First National Bank’s flagship branch Downtown. In banking for two decades, Hernandez joined First National in 1997. Before that he was with Bank of America and Security Pacific Bank. ***
*** Ryan Hawks has been hired as project engineer for ISEC Inc.’s San Diego regional office. Previously, Hawks was with Satori Builders. *** P. Lamont Ewell has been appointed assistant city manager for the city of San Diego. Ewell most recently was city manager for the city of Durham, N.C. ***
*** Pamela S. Boyd was appointed v.p. of financial planning and analysis by Jack in the Box Inc. Before joining the company, she was v.p. of finance for Security Pacific Automation Co. *** Joel Cloud of A.W. Arendsee Real Estate has received the Deal Maker of the Year award from the San Diego County Commercial Association of Realtors. *** U.S. Bank has named Robert Armstrong market chairman for the bank’s operations in San Diego. Armstrong brings 13 years of commercial banking and corporate financial experience with him. *** Michael J. Gilligan is the new CFO of the proposed Security Business Bank of San Diego. Security Business Bank expects to receive regulatory approval sometime this quarter. Gilligan most recently was executive v.p. and CFO of North County Bancorp and its subsidiary bank, North County Bank. *** Stewart Title of California Inc. has promoted Loretta Granger-Medrano to division president of San Diego County. Granger-Medrano has been with Stewart since 1989 and was previously operations manager and claims representative. *** Buck Martin left his job as g.m. of the Coors Amphitheatre in Chula Vista to become head of the Chula Vista Department of Recreation. He replaces Andrew Campbell, recreation director since 2000, who was named to a new position as director of building and park construction. *** CBL Data Recovery Technologies Inc. of Armonk, N.Y., a provider of computer data recovery services, has appointed Doug Owens to manage its recently opened full service West Coast lab in San Diego. Owens has more than 16 years’ experience in the data recovery business. *** Daniel Pascucci has joined Fish & Richardson as a principal. He previously was a partner at Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich. Pascucci made his mark by obtaining the first temporary restraining order in the United States enjoining stock manipulation over the Internet. *** Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP has admitted Michael A. Attanasio, John D. Vaughn and Julie Vogelzang to the firm’s partnership. E. Patrick Swan has been elected to the firm’s executive committee and Robert D. Buell has been re-elected managing partner. Dennis J. Doucette and William T. Early remain on the committee for one more year. *** Santarus Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on diseases related to gastroenterology, has promoted Gerald T. Proehl from president and COO to president and CEO. Previous CEO Kenneth Widder will continue to serve as chairman of the board. Proehl joined Santarus in April 1999 as v.p., marketing, sales and business development and in March 2000 became president and COO. *** Greg J. Ryan has formed a professional law corporation and opened offices in Downtown San Diego. Ryan will continue his 20-year law career by offering legal representation and advice to individuals, businesses and insurers. *** In his new role as director of facilities for National University, Mike Stephenson will oversee close to 750,000 square feet of classroom and administrative space in more than 26 California locations. He formerly was a senior project manager for Peterbuilt Construction Co. and has been in commercial construction for 23 years. *** Morrison & Foerster LLP has elevated litigator Eric M. Acker to partner in its San Diego office. *** The San Diego Sockers have named Richard Israel as the company’s executive v.p. and COO. In his new role, Israel will oversee all operations for the organization. Previously, Israel co-founded and served as v.p. of La Jolla-based Promark Sports, a national direct-marketing firm. *** The San Diego Building Owners and Managers Association has elected its new board. Cybele Thompson is returning as president, Joseph Murphy is v.p, David Sikute is secretary, Sonia Miro Perry is treasurer and Ted Kimball is general counsel. Members-at-large are Terry Cohn, Ed Muna, Randy Newhard and Glenn Fibiger. Tracie Hager resumes the role of past president. *** Ninyo & Moore has appointed Dick Roberts director of construction services for the San Diego region. Roberts has 20 years’ experience in the geotechnical industry. *** Isabell Hall, McMillin Realty v.p., was installed as president of the Pacific Southwest Association of Realtors. Hall has been in real estate for more than 25 years. *** Bacalski, Byrne & Koska has added four associate attorneys to the firm. Matthew English joins as an associate attorney from the district attorney’s office. Paul Johnson will lend his expertise and experience to cases involving environmental issues and governmental regulation. Jeff Santos joins after previously working as associate general counsel for a West Coast sub-prime mortgage lender. Ruben Tarango joins BBK from the litigation firm of Wingert, Grebing, Brubaker & Ryan. ***
*** Lindsey Yip has joined Discovery Valley Bank in San Marcos as business banking manager. Yip previously was with Neighborhood National Bank. *** Richard W. Haskel has joined Shoreline Partners LLC as a principal. Before joining the firm Haskel ran the Delphos Group in La Jolla. *** Donald Agan has joined Voit Commercial Brokerage’s San Diego office as a v.p. of its office division. Michael Mossmer has joined Voit as v.p. of its industrial division. Rob Miller has joined the firm as a senior marketing associate in its investment division and Jim Casale as a senior marketing associate of its investment division. All four previously worked for Grubb & Ellis Co. *** Overland Data Inc. has hired Darin Richins as v.p. of worldwide marketing. Richins previously was with Novell Corp. *** Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP has added Alan J. Talbott to its tax team as of counsel in the trusts and estates group. Prior to joining the firm, Talbott was senior counsel at Gordon and Rees’ San Diego office. *** U.S. Bank Small Business Administration San Diego division has promoted Robert Toor, an assistant credit administrator handling real estate secured small business loans, from assistant v.p. to v.p. John Steiger, an assistant credit administrator for the non-real estate secured loan transactions, also has been promoted to v.p. *** Jay Jeffcoat, a partner at Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, has joined the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center as senior v.p. of community, government and public relations. *** SDSU President Stephen Weber has been named the 2002 chairman of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. *** Scripps has hired Cathy Spearnak as manager of public relations. Spearnak previously worked for the county of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency. *** Amy J. Ward has joined ECP Commercial as a senior property manager. She has more than 17 years of real estate industry experience in San Diego County. *** Canam Steel Corp. has appointed John Love as head of its new San Diego sales office. Love has more than 15 years of experience as an executive with the steel joist company’s sales team. *** Judge Raymond F. Zvetina has retired after 12 years on the Superior Court bench to work in private dispute resolution. He was appointed judge after a 28-year career as an attorney. *** Three San Diegans named to a 30-member state advisory panel on food biotechnology are Kerry Tucker, CEO of Nuffer, Smith, Tucker, a San Diego public relations firm; Joe Panetta, CEO of Biocom/San Diego; and Maarten Chrispeels from UCSD’s Center for Molecular Agriculture. The panel is charged with developing food biotechnology state policy recommendations to the governor and the Legislature by January 2003. *** Continuing Life Communities appointed Darolyn Jorgensen-Kares as executive director of La Costa Glen Carlsbad, a continuing care retirement community opening in the spring. Her 10 years of experience includes serving as administrator for Life Care Services, which manages Morningside of Fullerton. *** Toby Kamps has been appointed head of the curatorial department at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. Stephanie Hanor and Rachel Teagle have been hired as assistant curators. *** Cheryl Smith, president of Smith Consulting Architects, was named Architect of the Year, and her firm received three awards during The Finest Awards program hosted by the San Diego chapter of the national Association of Industrial and Office Properties. *** Michelle Fluty has joined the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, San Diego Area Chapter, as a programs coordinator. Previously, she worked as an activity director at a skilled nursing center in Vista, and as a counselor and teacher for various YMCA programs. *** Commissioner Alan B. Clements has received the 2001 Distinguished Jurist Award from the Southern California Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. *** Al Swingly has joined Keeton Construction as superintendent. Most recently, he was with ICE Builders in Anaheim. *** Alternative Strategies has hired Jocelyn Winshop as its creative director. *** R.G. Petty Construction has hired three new staffers and granted a promotion. Pat Lindahl is v.p. overseeing preconstruction services. Gill Marshall is director of retail operations and Robert Rowe is superintendent. Andy Feth has been promoted to v.p. of operations. Feth previously was senior project manager. *** Kevin Cahill has been elected to the board of the San Diego Telecom Council. Cahill is co-chair of the Information Technology/Intellectual Property Practice Group at Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP. *** Nancy Higgins has been appointed director of marketing at the Globe Theatres. Most recently, Higgins served as president of Chapman Warwick Inc. *** My Home Technology has appointed Robert Watson as v.p. of business development and Robin Keenholtz as sales associate. Watson previously worked for Newgen Results Corp. Most recently, Keenholtz was at Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp in La Jolla. *** The Otay Water District has hired Rod Posada as engineering manager and Edmund Hald as account manager. Posada previously worked for the city of Irwindale. Hald recently returned from Saudi Arabia, where he worked for an oil company. *** Southwest Strategies has added Lance Roberts as a senior account executive. Roberts has more than 12 years of marketing experience. *** 760 Media Inc. has promoted Jennifer Mansfield to account executive and added her to the marketing and public relations team. Mansfield was promoted after a short time as an assistant account executive at the agency. *** The McRae Agency has promoted Malinda Marshall to account executive. Marshall began working at the agency in 2000. *** Bailey/Gardiner Inc. has promoted five members of its public relations and advertising staff. On the public relations team, Pete DeLauzon was promoted to v.p. of media relations strategy, Kimberly Julin was named senior account executive and Tim Graham was promoted to account executive. Jason Ashlock and Cara Sbardellati were named assistant account executives in BGI’s advertising department. *** Jeffrey Solsby has joined Drasnin Communications’ public affairs team. Prior to joining the firm, Solsby directed communications and media relations duties in Washington, D.C., for Congressman Mark Foley from Florida, and previously for Congressman James E. Rogan from Los Angeles. *** The Meris Co. has hired Kathy Sommer as horticulturist. Sommer has more than 15 years’ experience. *** Tom Blair has been hired as energy conservation and management administrator for the city of San Diego. Blair comes to the city from California State University, San Marcos, where he worked as campus energy manager. *** Jesse Karassik, Scott Danshaw and Marc Sexton have joined Coldwell Banker Commercial-Mid City Properties’ brokerage team as sales associates. *** Mayor Murphy has appointed Javier Saunders to the San Diego County Water Authority Board as a representative from the city. Saunders is the assistant director of engineering design at the San Diego Unified Port District. *** Southwestern College honored three professors during the annual Faculty Recognition Awards. Patricia Kelly was recognized for her teaching excellence, Sara Megling for her professional leadership and Jonathan Atwater for adjunct faculty. Linda Gilstrap has been named Southwestern College employee of the quarter. She has been with the college as director of grants and development since 1996, when she took the position temporarily. *** Southwestern College has hired Robert Gauvreau as v.p. for academic affairs. Gauvreau joins the team after 28 years as an administrator at Modesto Junior College. *** The Southwestern College board elected Terri Valladolid president and Maria Neves-Perman as v.p. College Superintendent/President Serafin A. Sasueta will be secretary. Also on the board are David J. Agosto, Nancy Mulcahy and Jean Roesch. *** Toby Fuller, a banker for 32 years, has retired from Bank of Coronado, which he joined in 1995 and served as regional v.p. and head of the bank’s Downtown office. A member of the San Diego Aerospace Museum board since 1975, Fuller will be the museum’s CEO and will be CEO for the Coronado Yacht Club where he has just become commodore. *** Danijela Trubint and Kimberly Bosworth have joined HMC Architects, San Diego office. Trubint, project coordinator, has six years of experience. Her degree is from University of Belgrade in Yugoslavia. Bosworth is an intern architect and will work on school district projects. *** A new account executive at the Flannery Group is Tyler Scherer. He is a former congressional aide in Washington, D.C., as well as an aide on local mayoral and city council campaigns. *** Angelia Ehlers was named director of sales and marketing for Senior Resources Group and its 13 senior-living communities. Her 10 years of experience includes most recently working as marketing director for the group’s residence near Portland, Ore. SRG’s corporate headquarters is in La Jolla. *** A new broker associate in the Willis Allen Co.’s Rancho Santa Fe office is Patricia White, who has 16 years of real estate experience. *** Reno Contracting Inc. has promoted Walter Fegley to president and David Armstrong to v.p. Founder and owner Matt Reno became CEO and CFO. Fegley previously served as v.p. of Reno for four years, and Armstrong was the preconstruction director for three years. *** Duckor Spradling & Metzger has hired six new attorneys. Senior associate Steve Tredgold brings 20 years’ experience in health care. Joining as associate attorneys are Jan Dowd, Geoffrey Chackel, John Blair, Kathleen Silhasek and Niki O’Neel. *** Heidi Schmid has been appointed sales manager for CityMark Development. Schmid previously was with Intracorp. *** Andrew Shogren has been hired by Congressman Bob Filner to serve as the district director of Filner’s community office. Erin Koch was hired as communications director. Shogren previously worked with then-Assemblywoman Susan Davis. Koch worked for elected officials in San Francisco. *** Jon Busse has joined Colliers International as v.p. Prior to joining the firm, Busse was at Grubb & Ellis. |
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La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co. has appointed Bruce Bennett to the position of v.p. of manufacturing. Paul Jenn, formerly v.p. of operations, will become v.p. of product development. Bennett was most recently v.p. of operations at Provasis Therapeutics Inc.
HDOS Enterprises, parent company of Hot Dog on a Stick, Muscle Beach Lemonade and Juicy Lucy’s, has appointed Fredrica Thode as its new president. Thode has been an employee at HDOS for 21 years and most recently was v.p.
Roel Construction has promoted Tony Sara from assistant project manager to project manager for its auto dealership group.Home | Info | Cover Story | About Us | Back Issues | Search
