Cheryl Mason, who studied San Diego’s labor market for the last 13 years of her 21-year state career, has left the California Employment Development Department for a position with Sandag. Mason’s new title is senior research analyst and her responsibilities include administering the marketing and providing of economic data to Sandag’s non-government clients. That job was formerly the responsibility of Marney Cox, who remains Sandag’s chief economist but is spending a great amount of his time studying creative ways to finance the region’s transportation infrastructure needs.

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Bryan Trevino

Bryan Trevino was promoted to manager of San Diego National Bank’s Mission Valley branch. He joined the bank in 1999 as a client service representative at the Golden Triangle office. He has been interim branch manager since May.

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Mark Williams

Mark Williams was named senior project manager at TSA Contracting, a UTC-based construction company. He will be responsible for overseeing the construction of Spectrum Terrace.

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Brett Calvin was promoted to g.m. of JELD-WEN IWP, Custom Wood Door Division, in San Diego and Tijuana. He joined the company in 1997 as a manager trainee.

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Dustin Purdy

ROEL Construction hired Dustin Purdy as project engineer for the San Diego team. He has a year of experience working for Sundt Construction Co. Brandon Brooke was hired by ROEL as a superintendent. He worked as a laborer for ROEL before becoming a superintendent. ROEL Construction promoted Fred Perez, Harold Kenega, and Paul Bitzer to superintendents. Perez joined ROEL in 2006 as a carpenter foreman. He has 11 years of experience. Kenaga joined ROEL in 2001 as a carpenter foreman. He has more than eight years of experience; Bitzer has more than 10 years.

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Raytheon Co. named Greg Black as executive director and g.m. of its Expeditionary Warfare Center in San Diego, where he will oversee more than 650 employees. He has been with Raytheon for 20 years.

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Karen Tom joined Tucker Sadler Architects as director of interior design. She has more than 18 years of experience in commercial interior design.

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Brehm Communities appointed Donald Reynolds as director of offsite purchasing. Reynolds has more than 30 years of experience in the construction industry. Brehm also hired Carol Magee and Chris Biebrich as customer care representatives. Both were previously with Fieldstone.

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Ben Davidson of La Mesa was re-elected a v.p. of the national Muscular Dystrophy Association. A retired Oakland Raider, Davidson is in the residential rental property business and is a public speaker who has been involved with MDA for more than 30 years.

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Amy Butterfield

The Grand Del Mar, a 261-room resort and spa now being developed by Manchester Grand Resorts in North San Diego County, named Amy Butterfield national sales manager. With nearly 20 years of catering and sales experience, she was most recently the director of catering and convention services for the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine, where she worked for 15 years.

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Pacific Building Group promoted Jeff Bingham to project director. Before joining Pacific Building Group in 2004, he was a senior project manager for Arnett Construction.

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Ernst & Young announced partner promotions for professionals based in the San Diego office: John Clift and Michael Verbeck. Clift has served large health sciences companies over the past 13 years. Verbeck has more than 13 years of combined client service and industry experience.

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Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch added attorneys Alan Gordon and Zane Tominna to the firm. Gordon was with Heller Ehrman. He has nearly 20 years of experience. Tominna is a member of the tax team, and formerly was with Higgs Fletcher & Mack.

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Solatube International Inc., a tubular skylight manufacturer, promoted Neall Digert to v.p. of commercial market development. Digert first joined Solatube in 2000. He has more than 23 years of consulting and education experience.

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La Jolla resident Dale Barnes was elected president of the La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary Club. As president, Barnes, a five-year Rotary member, plans to continue the club’s strategic planning.

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SeQual Technologies Inc. named Robert Cram as v.p. of engineering. He is experienced in managing product development in mechanical, electronic and optical systems. Prior to joining SeQual, he was v.p. of engineering for Veeco Instruments and a senior staff engineer at Western Research/ ThermoTrex Corp.

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PostalAnnex+ promoted Sean Hilly to senior v.p.. Hilly, formerly the v.p. of franchise services, has been with the company more than 14 years. He began his career as a manager of a mailbox store, and after two years joined PostalAnnex+.

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McKusick & Associates hired Chip McAllister, formerly of Paragon Realty of San Francisco, and Kent Garner of San Diego, as a new San Diego sales team. McAllister has been a Realtor since 1989. Garner began his real estate career in 1980. McKusick & Associates is now in its 30th year.

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Louis A. Mezzullo joined Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps as a partner in the firm’s family wealth & exempt organization practice group.

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Life-Safer Inc., a Point Loma company that manufactures a life-saving device, appointed David P. Moore president of a new division of the firm, LSI Marketing. He was principal and co-founder of AscentiGroup and has more than 23 years of experience in the field.

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Kenny Johnson was promoted to recreation director for Campland on the Bay. He has been recreation supervisor for two years since he began his job there. Previously, he was marketing and promotions manager for Summitt Marketing Agency.

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Lilia Delgado was promoted to unit organizer for Princess House. Formerly she was a lifestyle consultant for a cooking, entertaining and dining housewares sales firm.

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Callaway Golf Co. appointed two new senior v.ps., David Laverty and Thomas Yang. Yang will work with international business, while Laverty will be in operaions.for both Callaway Golf and Top-Flite. Laverty previously spent 25 years at Revlon in numerous operations management posts. Yang was with Starbucks where he was senior v.p. of Global Consumer Products, International.

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Derek D. Turbide, former executive director of local nonprofit environmental education organization, I Love A Clean San Diego, was hired as the San Diego account manager for Clean Energy, a provider of natural gas for transportation in North America. I Love A Clean San Diego Program Manager Pauline Martinson was appointed interim executive.

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Van Vechten Creative graphic design and strategic marketing firm hired senior designer Kathy McGraw and junior designer Christine Nguyen. McGraw has more than six years in graphic design. She was previously at The McCulley Group and also started her own freelance company, Bioviz. Nguyen’s experience includes working for design firms such as Blik and Maximo Inc.

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Testing Engineers San Diego Inc. hired Greg Copley for its project management team. Copley has 26 years of experience in the construction materials. Copley joined the Northern California firm Consolidated Engineering Labs in 1990 and became a partner before his relocation to San Diego in 2005.

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San Diego-based Epiphany Marketing hired Dave Woods as art director. Woods has received multiple creative awards and has a degree in graphic communication from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

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Allison Beall has been named director of business development for the Pacific Building Group. Beall will oversee all aspects of the builder’s marketing efforts. Prior to joining the company, Beall was director of client relations for Perkins & Miltner. Additionally, Beall works as a consultant for Off Tackle Sports Management, where she assists in the recruiting of draft-eligible athletes.

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Nuffer, Smith, Tucker public relations added Diana and Bryan Spevak to its account team. Kot’ s experience is in financial services, education and publishing, most recently, as v.p. of marketing for a San Diego credit union. She has more than 15 years of experience. Spevak worked for three years as the public relations and marketing manager for the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego.

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Professor Mary Jo Wig-gins, of counsel to Pro-copio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, was appointed associate dean of the USD School of Law for the 2006-2007 academic year. She and Professor Virginia Shue now serve as the law school’s two associate deans, second only to the dean in the school’s administration. Wiggins, who teaches and writes in the areas of bankruptcy, property, race and legal theory, has been a member of the USD law faculty since 1990.

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Cheryl Mason, who studied San Diego’s labor market for the last 13 years or her 21-year state career, has left the California Employment Development Department for a position with Sandag. Mason’s new title is senior research analyst and her responsibilities include administering the marketing and providing of economic data to Sandag’s non-government clients. That job was formerly the responsibility of Marney Cox, who remains Sandag’s chief economist but is spending a great amount of his time studying creative ways to finance the region’s transportation infrastructure needs.

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Brenda J. Smith was named v.p. and branch manager of the Encinitas office of San Diego National Bank. A 40-year San Diego resident, she has 25 years of work experience, including jobs with Bank of America, Union Bank of California and Mission Federal Credit Union.

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Nereus Pharmaceuticals appointed Charles White as chief business officer. He has more than 25 years of business development and marketing experience in the industry, most recently with Organon as v.p. of biotechnology business development.

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Tracey Beal joined GVA IPC as a commercial real estate leasing and sales associate. Prior to joining GVA IPC, she worked for a year as an account manager at The Ryness Co. in San Diego, and two years as a marketing associate as part of Burnham Real Estate’s urban retail group in San Diego. A native San Diegan, Beal lives in North Park.

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Laurie Doyle was named president of the board of Words Alive, a San Diego reading advocacy organization. The 17-member board seeks ways to help at-risk children and teens discover how books can add meaning to their lives. Doyle joined Words Alive as a volunteer in 2000. The organization was founded in 1998.

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San Diego-based Jackson Pendo Development Co., a real estate developer, named Mike Bryan senior v.p. of project management. Bryan joins the Jackson Pendo team from Standard Pacific Homes where he was senior project manager.

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Financial 21 Community Credit Union named Reydeen Brooks as director of membership development. She will be responsible for community and corporate relations for five branches of the Credit Union.