Intracorp San Diego, a real estate development company, hired Donald Stanek as director of sales and marketing. Prior to joining Intracorp, Stanek was area sales manager for Centex Homes south coast division. His more than 12 years of experience include being sales and marketing director for Western Pacific Housing where he managed marketing and grand opening events, and as a new homes sales agent at Kaufman & Broad and Lennar Homes.

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Tom Cobb

Tom Cobb joined IronStone Bank as a business banker and v.p. He is based in the Genessee Avenue office. IronStone is a subsidiary of First Citizens BancShares Inc.

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Nancy L. Stagg joined the complex litigation group of the Fish & Richardson office. She was previously a partner at DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary. Her expertise includes public and private nationwide and California class action lawsuits.

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Heller Ehrman named Richard “Rick” L. Parker as managing shareholder in the firm’s San Diego office, replacing David B. Geerdes, managing shareholder since 2001. Parker has a business transactions taxation practice. Prior to joining Heller Ehrman, Parker was a partner with Brobeck Phleger & Harris.

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Sujan Shrest, a scientist specializing in dengue and West Nile viruses, joined the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology. Before joining the institute, she spent four years as a research scientist at UC Berkeley.

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Brookfield Homes appointed Downtown resident Deborah Childress to director of marketing for the company’s new home communities in San Diego and Riverside counties. She has been in the San Diego building industry for seven years and serves on the 2005 board of the Sales and Marketing Council of the Building Industry Association of San Diego.

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Real estate transactional attorney Kenneth Stipanov joined Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps as a partner in the firm’s San Diego office.

His practice has focused on grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping centers, and other shopping center properties since 1983. Experienced Mexican attorney Bernardo Coindreau also joined the firm’s San Diego office. He has been practicing in the United States and Mexico since 1995, specializing in real estate, debt financing and mergers and acquisitions.

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Martin Flores joined Rick Engineering Co. as corporate director of urban design/planning. He was with the Redevelopment Agency in the City of San Jose, serving since 1990 as architecture and urban design program manager.

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Hugh O’Donnell joined San Marcos-based Discovery Bank as senior v.p./SBA loan manager. O’Donnell’s 14 years in financial services include most recently a position as first v.p./SBA department manager with Washington Mutual Bank.

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Tom Esten is newly hired by On Call Employee Solutions as corporate controller, and Vincy Dunmire was promoted to director of mortgage staffing. Esten’s 20 years of experience include serving with H.M. Electronics Inc. Dunmire has been with the company for nine years.

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Security Business Bank hired Mikalyn “Micki” Mellby as v.p. of commercial lending. She has more than 21 years of banking experience, the last four years as a senior v.p. for Cuyamaca Bank in Santee. Also hired was Dan Cabuco Jr. as v.p. and commercial loan officer. He has 15 years of experience with several San Diego banks and will work mostly in North County.

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Foley & Lardner added Doug Carsten as senior counsel in its intellectual property practice group and life sciences industry team. He focuses his practice on complex patent litigation in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields. Prior to joining Foley, Carsten was an attorney in the San Diego office of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary.

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Alicia Lynch joined Graham Downes Architecture as director of interior design. She has 10 years of design experience. Prior to joining Graham Downes, Lynch worked for two years as the design director for Solomon Interior Design in Solana Beach. Jerry L. Pugh also was hired as manager of finance Pugh’s 15 years of financial experience include eight years as controller for Smith Consulting Architects.

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USE Credit Union promoted Nancy Russian to v.p., community involvement and public relations for both the corporate and branch levels. Russian was formerly assistant v.p. and branch manager of USE’s Mission Valley retail location. Before joining USE in 2003, Russian owned a business consulting and property management firm in La Jolla.

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The W San Diego promoted Marisa DeAugustine and hired Amanda Craig. DeAugustine is g.m. of RICE at W San Diego, while Craig is g.m. of the W San Diego bars, overseeing Magnet, Beach and Living Room. DeAugustine previously was food and beverage coordinator at W Seattle’s Earth & Ocean Restaurant. Craig has more than five years of experience.

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Leonid (Lonny) M. Zilberman joined the San Diego litigation firm of Wilson Petty Kosmo & Turner as of counsel. Zilberman joins the firm after five years at Paul Plevin Sullivan & Connaughton, where his practice focused exclusively on counseling, training and defending employers.

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The San Diego Community College District appointed Terry Davis as assistant chancellor for business services. Davis was director of administrative services at Mesa College, the largest in the district, for more than two decades.

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Michael Mazzotta joined GVA IPC, a commercial real estate brokerage firm. He has four years of experience and formerly worked for Wiese & Associates in East County.

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Anthony Dolim was named vice president of finance for Newland Communities. For the past nine years, Dolim worked for Fremont Investment and Loan, most recently as v.p., regional manager. Prior to that he worked for Duckett-Wilson Development in Los Angeles.

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Michiko Lindsey joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton’s Del Mar Heights office as a member of the corporate practice group. Lindsey was most recently general counsel with Genius Products Inc. in San Diego where she worked as in-house general counsel.

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KMA Architecture & Engineering added Monica B. Fejer as project architect. Her 18 years of experience includes working as a self-employed architect in San Diego, Argentina and Uruguay.

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Tom Anderson was appointed senior sales manager for Pala Mesa Resort in North County. Anderson formerly held senior management positions with Southern California’s Masterpiece Entertainment.

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International business law and cross-border litigation authority George R. Gonzalez joined San Diego-headquartered Solomon Ward Seidenwurm and Smith as a partner. His colleague, Maria E. Lopez-Gastelum will join as an associate. Both were formerly with Gordon & Rees.

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Harvey P. White, formerly president and COO of Qualcomm’s spinoff, Leap Wireless International Inc., was appointed to the ViaSat Inc. board. White is chairman of (SHW)2 Enterprises development and consulting firm.

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Artes Medical Inc., a pharmaceutical and medical device company, hired Adelbert L. Stagg as v.p. of regulatory affairs and quality assurance. He was formerly part of the regulatory leadership at Allergan responsible for managing Botox Cosmetic approvals.

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Colizer Inc. hired Keith McMann as executive v.p. and CFO, and Leslie B. Overman as general counsel and corporate secretary. McCann has worked with software and Internet companies for more than 10 years. Overman will handle legal matters and patent applications for the company.

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Robert T. Quarles joined Environmental Business Solutions as a project engineer. Most recently in his 10-year career, Quarles was an assistant project engineer for GeoSyntec Consultants.

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Anne-Marie Caporale joined the San Diego-based CPA firm, Lavine, Lofgren, Morris & Engelberg as a tax manager. She has experience with complex corporate and individual income tax issues and specializes in estate taxation and planning.

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Multi-family specialist Terry Broderick joined Grubb & Ellis/BRE Commercial. He was with ECP Commercial for the past three years. Broderick has experience in investment and financial planning and leads bi-monthly seminars on property management and investment strategies.

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Bailey Gardiner Inc. expanded its staff, hiring Jessica Gimber as an advertising account executive and Mario Cabading as production manager. Gimber has four years of experience. Cabading was owner of MC Design & Print.

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Catalina Restaurant Group, parent company of Coco’s Bakery Restaurant and Carrows Restaurant, promoted veteran finance executive Lynnette McCullough to CFO. A CPA with 15 years of financial and operations experience, in multi-state, multi-location retail, McCullough was v.p. of corporate finance for Wireless Knowledge Inc., a Qualcomm company.

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Carlsbad-based ipayOne promoted Marc Gold, one of its co-founders, to executive v.p. in charge of real estate and lending operations. Prior to starting ipayOne, Gold co-founded the national real estate company LoanIsland.

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Graphic designer Frank Mutascio joined Southwest Strategies. He will serve as creative director. Mutascio has owned Mutascio Graphics and its sister company, Websync.com, for more than 23 years.

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CSA Travel Protection(r) promoted David Craychee to director of sales and customer service and hired Scott Turner as sales division manager. Craychee was director of sales and direct marketing. Turner has seven years of experience in sales and customer support.

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Mike Romanowski was appointed senior structural engineer by SMR Structural Engineers Inc. He has more than 25 years of structural engineering experience and serves on the Code Streamlining Committee for the Structural Engineers Association of California.

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Roel Construction hired Sean Mitchell as project engineer. He has three years of construction experience and formerly worked for BRE Properties as a project manager. Roel’s Consulting Group hired Vince Crisci as consulting inspector. Crisci has more than 20 years of experience in the construction industry and most recently worked for Greer Construction.

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NTDstitchler Architecture, specializing in educational and health care facilities, promoted Jeffrey Olson Field and Bahram Mobasheri to design studio directors. Field has been with the firm since 2004 and has more than 20 years of experience in design and managements. Mobasheri, with more than 25 years of experience, has been with the company since 2003.

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Red Lizard Creative added new employees, Mollie Kellogg, art director; Megan Richards, public relations manger; and Kellie Christensen, production manager. Kellogg oversees advertising and marketing, and Christensen coordinates production services. materials.

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Ulises Gomez joined Sunrise Management as controller.With nearly a decade of accounting experience, Gomez has been involved in the property management industry since 2001. Prior to joining Sunrise Management, Gomez was controller with Income Growth Property Management.

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Judith A. Hissong, COO for the San Diego law firm of Solomon Grindle Silverman & Spinella, was named chair of the 2006 Association of Legal Administrators annual conference committee. She will oversee the 12-member planning team for the conference to be in Montreal in May next year.

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Barry’s Bakery named Josh Yellen as v.p. to oversee distribution for the more than 20,000 stores that carry the company’s products. He joins Barry Yellen, his father and founder of Barry’s Bakery, and his brother Gavin, president. Before joining the bakery, he attended law school.

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Tor Sirset, a marketing veteran, joined Disguise Inc., a costume and dress-up manufacturer, as vice president of marketing. He was v.p. of marketing for LeapFrog Inc., in Emeryville, Calif., and was director of marketing for the Kids Entertainment Division of Mattel Inc.

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Sandra Young joined The McRae Agency following completion of a public relations internship at the agency. She was hired as a public relations assistant.

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Allison & Partners hired Lisa Epstein as assistant account executive in its San Diego office. was a public relations specialist at Epiphany Marketing, and began her career as a public relations intern at the Hotel Del Coronado.

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Jamey Long was promoted to v.p. from associate v.p. of Berkman Communications. She joined the firm in January 2003.

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The SDSU Research Foundation’s Sarah Nordahl Larson of Cardiff, director of the California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, was awarded the state Helen Rodriguez-Trias award for excellence in community-based women’s health leadership. She has been in the position for 20 years.

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Joanne Z. Situ, a recent UCLA graduate, joined SCS Engineers as a staff professional as part of the solid waste planning group.

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Eliza Henry was promoted to v.p. of sales and marketing for NextLevel Internet. She formerly was an account executive with INET Inc.

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San Diego Metropolitan Credit Union hired John Stabler as a financial analyst. His 22-year financial career includes positions at University and State Employees Credit Union, California Coast Credit Union and California Federal Bank.

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Judy L. Tintsman was hired by TVA Fire & Life Safety Inc. as CFO. She formerly served as CFO, v.p. of finance and treasurer at Scottsdale Insurance Co., a subsidiary of National Insurance Co.

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Tom Held joined EDAW Inc. as a senior environmental project manager. Held has managed environmental projects throughout Southern California for 29 years.

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Clint Honeycutt was promoted by JELD-WEN Inc. to g.m. of the El Cajon-based window manufacturing plant, formerly known as Windowmaster. He has worked for the company since 1993.

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Tracy Lindquist was promoted to principal of Lyons Warren, an architectural and structural engineering firm. Lindquist has been with Warren since 1988 when he was hired as a draftsman.

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Junvi Ola joined the California Western School of Law as communications coordinator. She previously worked as an assistant producer for KPBS Television’s “Full Focus.”