John Elliott, ROEL’s executive v.p. of consulting, has retired. His replacement is Steve Grimes, who was promoted from director of peer review services. Grimes has been in the construction industry for 20 years.

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Scott Biel joined Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo’s San Diego office in the real estate practice. Previously, he practiced in the Del Mar Heights office of Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton.

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Sean Giffin joined Champion Development Group to oversee acquisitions and entitlements in the San Diego area. Giffin previously was with Grubb and Ellis/BRE Commercial.

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Joe Stern was named director of marketing at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. He has been with Hyatt for 20 years in a variety of executive sales and marketing positions, most recently at the Grand Hyatt Washington D.C.

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Sharp HealthCare named Todd Miller senior v.p. of marketing and communications. He joined Sharp as v.p. of marketing and advertising in 2003.

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CB Richard Ellis promoted Dave Hagglund to senior v.p. in the San Diego Central office. Hagglund has been with CBRE for 20 years and is a member of CBRE’s National Retail Advisory Board.

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Kelli Richard was named v.p. of finance and CAO at Invitrogen. She joined Invitrogen in August 2005 with more than 14 years of experience, previously serving as v.p. at Gateway. Also, Invitrogen appointed Per Peterson, M.D., Ph.D., to its board of directors. Peterson recently retired as chairman of research and development, at Johnson and Johnson.

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Stacy Taylor joined DLA Piper US’s intellectual property practice group as a partner in the firm’s San Diego office. She comes to DLA Piper from Foley and Lardner.

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Dr. Tom Splitgerber, veterans service officer for the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, was named president of the California Association of County Veterans Service Officers.

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Felicia Shaw was named director of the arts and culture program at The San Diego Foundation. She previously was program manager of the City of San Diego Arts and Culture Commission. She replaces Julie Fry, who was promoted to associate v.p., fund services.

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Tami Daiber joined C.W. Clark Inc. as director of asset management and primary manager of the Marketplace at Liberty Station. She has more than 20 years of experience in property management.

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One World Fine Foods named Bibiana Aguirre-Bulloch v.p. She is a co-founder of the company.

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Poorvesh Sheth was promoted from corporate controller to CFO at SkillStorm Inc. He has 17 years of experience.

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Christine E. Baur was named partner at Baker and McKenzie. She joined the firm in 2003.

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Cindy Camaho was named human resources manager and Paul W. Condie was named director of operations at KBM Building Services. Previously, Camaho was human resources manager for Artifacts International and Condie was v.p./CTO and part owner of GMI Building Service.

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Turner Construction Co. promoted David Cattle to purchasing manager for the San Diego Business Unit. He joined the Turner Irvine office in 1999 and transferred to the San Diego office in 2004 as a project executive.

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Alternative Strategies promoted Jana Ferron to v.p.

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Dudek added four staff: Mark Myers, hazardous waste practice manager; Stephanie Standerfer, senior project manager; Gary Rogers, senior engineer; and Stephen Moore, senior right-of-way agent. Myers has nearly 20 years of experience and previously served as an environmental services manager at a private practice firm. Standerfer brings nearly 10 years of experience, most recently as a planning and environmental director for a private consulting firm. Rogers, with more than 12 years of experience, is a registered civil engineer. Moore, a 25-year industry veteran, previously served as a right-of-way agent with the San Diego County Water Authority.

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Luce, Forward, Hamilton and Scripps partner Darryl Steinhause was elected to a one-year term on the Tenant-In-Common Association’s board.

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Stuart Mathis, president of Mail Boxes Etc Inc., was elected to the International Franchise Association’s board. He has more than 28 years of experience in franchising, operations and administration.

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Garrett Wilson and Ryan Meagher joined C.W. Driver as project managers in the San Diego office. Wilson previously worked for Lusardi Construction C0., while Meagher has more than nine years of experience in the construction industry.

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John Caspole of Carlsbad-based Assessment Specialists was named to the Chairman’s Inner Circle and Founders Club of Profiles International.

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Debbie Yaddow was named director of the nursing program at Grossmont College. She joined the nursing faculty in 1991.

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ParkerWhite hired Amanda Pearman to manage its non-traditional marketing division. Previously, Pearman was buzz director for the Brainstorm Group in Denver.

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James S. Langley joined Studley’s San Diego office as assistant director. He was previously with Grubb and Ellis/BRE Commercial.

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Motivational Systems Inc. promoted Anne Christopher to v.p. of sales and marketing and hired Kim Beales as marketing manager. Christopher joined MSI in 1997 and most recently served as v.p./division manager for San Diego. Beales, with 15 years of experience, was previously marketing manager at TransWestern Publishing.

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KMA Architecture and Engineering added Andrew Carlos as project manager and Rich Guerena as project architect. Carlos brings 16 years of experience, most recently as senior project manager with Architects Orange. Guerena previously worked with Martinez and Cutri Architects.

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Lisa Bittner joined C.W. Driver as the business development manager for the San Diego office. She has more than seven years of experience.