The Allen Group named Harve Filuk v.p. of development for California. Filuk, who has been with the company since 1999, was previously director of development for Southern California.

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Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear elected Steve Nataupsky managing partner. Nataupsky has been a partner at Knobbe Martens since 1996. He succeeds Jim Bear, who managed the firm from 1974 until his retirement last month. The firm also added a new partner, Jerry Hefner, and promoted 10 associates to partnership.

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Gary Croucher

Gary Croucher was elected president of the Otay Water District board. Jose Lopez was elected v.p. and former president. Jaime Bonilla transitioned to treasurer.

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The Urban Land Institute San Diego/Tijuana District Council hired Mary McLellan as its first executive director. McLellan is the immediate past chair of the District Council and brings 19 years of experience in marketing and leadership for real estate and land use projects. Also, the Institute named Tony Pauker council chair. He is regional president of The Olson Company.

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Robert Purdy has returned to the Manchester Grand Hyatt as resident manager. He was director of sales at the hotel in 1993 and went on to sales positions at several other Hyatt properties before most recently serving as sales director at the company’s Chicago corporate headquarters.

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Carl J. Skaja

Escondido attorneys Carl J. Skaja and Robert M. Daniels opened a new firm, Skaja & Daniels. Skaja has practiced law in Escondido since 1996. Daniels was an associate with the law firm in which Skaja was previously partner.

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Five Point Capital named Gary Holden v.p. of information technology and Traci Rice director of telemarketing and customer service. Holden has more than 20 years of experience in information technology. Most recently he was president of Poway-based Tenth Rock Consulting. Rice has more than 10 years of experience, most recently as director of sales and service for Smith + Noble in Corona.

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Jason Brady joined Polycomp as a pension consultant. He brings more than 10 years of experience in pensions and retirement services. He was previously v.p. at Accrued Benefit Administrators Inc. in Santa Barbara.

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Troy Kingshaven launched The Kingshaven Group Inc., a commercial and residential real estate brokerage firm, and added two new sales agents, Brenda Lee Beyer and Cinthia Gomez.

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Gayle M. Blatt, a partner with Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield, was named president of the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, an organization of trial lawyers. She is a long-time CASD board member.

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Bob Lee was named environmental/safety manager at Knight & Carver YachtCenter. Previously, Lee was safety director for Goodwill Industries.

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Eisai Inc. added 15 people to its staff: Steven Vickers, field sales director; Rita Myers director, sales systems and reporting; Anne Carlson director, professional services; Mark Acosta, director, medical affairs operations; Cynthia Devereux, director, market research, oncology; Diana Bodden, group product director, oncology; Michael Young, senior director, global oncology strategy; Dinah Jaunakais, associate director, medical affairs operations; Robert Bozick, director, supply operations; Kathleen Walker, director, technical support; Barry Gorewit, director, QA and compliance; Victor Hedgecock Jr., associate director, quality assurance; Darbi James, director, sales training; Susan DeAmicis, manager, materials; and Richard Laurie, senior product manager, oncology.

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Deborah McElravy, a pharmacy manager at Costco Wholesale in La Mesa, was appointed to the Grossmont Healthcare District’s board of directors. She will serve on the board until November 2008.

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ResortCom International named Steven Hicks v.p. of its resort division. He joins ResortCom from Shell Vacations, where he was president of the hospitality division.

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Betsy Brottlund

Betsy Brottlund was promoted to account manager at (W)right On Communications. She was formerly an account executive with the firm.

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Lewis F. Klein was appointed to the Commission for Arts & Culture by Mayor Sanders. An account v.p. at UBS, Klein has served on numerous San Diego arts boards and committees.

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NTDStichler Architecture added two senior project architects to its Tucson Education Studio: Alan V.C. Scott and Michael S. Harris. Scott and Harris have practiced architecture together for 19 years, including as co-principals of another design firm.

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RBF Consulting appointed Rick Rubin to senior v.p. and regional manager of the San Diego and Carlsbad offices. He has more than 30 years of experience.

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UnionBanc Insurance Services promoted Steve Marquez to president of the Armstrong/Robitaille division in Fullerton.

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Joe Tontodonato was named chapter programs coordinator at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Pacific South Coast Chapter. An attorney, Tontodonato previously worked at a private law firm.

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The San Diego Women’s Foundation hired Tracy Johnson as its first full-time director. Johnson had worked with the Center for Community Solutions as director of rape crisis services since 2000.

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The Parkinson’s Disease Association of San Diego welcomed Steve Lawrence and Flora Loreto Najera to the newly created positions of director of resource development and outreach coordinator, respectively, and Karen Jensen as education coordinator. Lawrence previously served as development director for San Diego’s Community Catalysts. Najera, who is bilingual, joins the association from Habitat for Humanity. Jensen brings 14 years’ experience in education and training from SeaWorld.

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BakBone Software named David Schneider v.p. of its strategic partner group. He joins the company from Coral Sea Holdings Inc., where he was managing director.

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Cox Communications welcomed Larry Hofer as v.p. of people services and promoted Larry Coval to v.p. of Cox Business Services. Hofer joins Cox from Comcast Cable Communications in Seattle, where he was regional v.p. of human resources. Coval joined Cox in 2004 as director of sales.

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Alex Salazar was named executive director of Madison Gallery in La Jolla. Salazar has been an art consultant for more than 10 years.

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On Call Employee Solutions Inc. promoted Erin Spray to division manager of the administrative division. She joined On Call in 2003 as senior account executive and has eight years of staffing experience.

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Carl Essert joined The Palm restaurant as g.m. He brings 30 years of hospitality experience, most recently as g.m. and sommelier of Donovan’s Steak & Chop House.

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The US Grant named Darin Grohs food and beverage director. He brings six years of experience from Starwood Hotels & Resorts.

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McCullough Landscape Architecture Inc. named Joniene Swick to the newly created position of marketing coordinator. Most recently Joniene attended Harvard University’s Career Discovery Program, where she received a certificate in landscape architecture from the Graduate School of Design.

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Kristen Lucci joined Van Vechten Creative as junior designer. She is a recent graphic design graduate of SDSU.