Shea Homes San Diego named Sonia Chin v.p. of finance for the San Diego division. She has more than 10 years of experience, most recently as director of forecasting and business planning for Walnut, Calif.-based J.F. Shea Co. Inc.

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Catherine Birch

Sudberry Properties promoted Catherine Birch to v.p. of administration and Hang Do to controller. Formerly Sudberry’s director of administration, Birch has 20 years of experience. Do has been with Sudberry since September 2004 and has 15 years of experience. Also, Estean Lenyoun III joined Sudberry as director of urban redevelopment. He formerly was general managing partner and operations officer for Rosey Grier’s American Neighborhood Enterprises.

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Lynn Ortega

Brookfield Homes promoted Lynn Ortega to sales v.p. for the San Diego/Riverside division. She formerly was Brookfield’s director of sales and has 25 years of experience.

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Bret Bartolotta and Ben West joined Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps in the Downtown office. Previously, Bartolotta was general counsel and v.p. of program development for Card Holder Rewards & Benefits, while West was an attorney with a Las Vegas, Nev., firm.

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Tisha McMurry

Tisha McMurry has returned to Prudential California Realty, where she began her real estate career in 1999. She most recently was a broker/manager for another real estate firm.

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Bruce Stone was named senior v.p. at TSA Contracting Inc. He recently returned to San Diego from Montana, where he was a real estate broker.

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David P. Burke became a shareholder at Neil Dymott. He has been with the firm since 1999.

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Jon Starr

Jon Starr joined Graham Downes Architecture as a senior project manager. He brings more than 24 years of experience.

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Jet Source added David Lohmeyer as director of aircraft services. He brings more than 15 years of experience. Prior to joining Jet Source, he was general manager of a maintenance facility for Flight Options.

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Johnson & Jennings General Contracting hired Greg Dziewit as project manager and Mike Francis as project superintendent. Dziewit has more than 22 years of experience, while Francis has more than 30.

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McCarthy Building Companies Inc. named Ben Meyers project director for its San Diego operations. He brings more than 28 years of experience, most recently as construction operations manager at DPR Construction.

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Douglas E. Barnhart Inc. promoted Katie Wade to director of human resources. She has been with the company for three years.

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PostalAnnex+ promoted Steve Goble from director to v.p. of marketing communications. He was a PostalAnnex+ franchisee for seven years before joining the company in May of 2006.

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The Grand Del Mar, a North County resort slated to open this fall, named Reena Gurtner director of human resources. She has 15 years of experience, most recently at the Four Seasons in Whistler, British Columbia.

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Invitrogen Corp. named Farnaz Khadem director of corporate communications. Khadem brings more than 15 years of experience, most recently as assistant director of media relations at UC Irvine.

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Brian Jinings joined Grubb & Ellis|BRE Commercial as a member of its retail division for East County properties. He previously was a v.p./senior broker at ECP Commercial in La Mesa.

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The McRae Agency promoted Bridget Palitz to v.p. She joined the agency in 1994.

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Chris Fitzsimmons joined AppTek Industries as v.p. of its new steel framing and drywall division. He most recently worked for a commercial contractor in New Orleans doing post-Katrina reconstruction.

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Scott Cook, v.p. for operations of Promus Management, was named a certified community manager by the California Association of Community Managers Inc. He has been a licensed real estate professional since 1994.

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Mitchell International promoted Erez Nir to senior v.p. of technology. He joined Mitchell two years ago as v.p. of software development.

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Hospitality Inc. promoted Joyce Almond to director of sales production and Scott P.L. Gardner to director of human resources. Almond joined the company in 2001 as an account manager, while Gardner was hired in 2005 as director of recruiting and training.

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RedHill Realty Investors hired Paul Priebe as senior v.p. of asset management. Previously, he was asset manager with Consolidated Investment Group in Denver.

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Lee & Associates added Derek Hulse and Joel Meacham as associates in the UTC office.

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Sally Ann Zoll was named CEO of United Through Reading. She formerly was president and CEO of LearnStar Inc. in Dallas.

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Steve Bond joined Next Stage Software Solutions as director. Previously, Bond was a consultant with Administaff.

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Bailey Gardiner added Brian Marabello as its first full-time, in-house copywriter. Previously, he was with Foote, Cone and Belding.

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ROEL Construction promoted Brandon Armitstead from help desk technician to I.S. systems administrator. He joined ROEL in 2005.

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Modern Postcard hired John Mei as CFO. Mei brings more than 15 years of experience, most recently as v.p. of finance and CFO at Elgar Electronics Corp.

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Dominy + Associates Architects added Alejandro Zimin, Jr., Daniel Yarbrough and Chris Nuttle.

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SkillStorm Commercial Services hired Courtney Hutchinson as senior account manager. She has 10 years of experience.

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Dolores “Dee” Hoffmann, with more than 15 years of experience, joined Packard Management Group.

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Karina Juarez joined Brown Law Group. Previously, she was an associate with Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith.

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Mayor Sanders named Edward Wong and Moti Vyas to the San Diego Data Processing Corporation board. Wong is executive v.p. and chief supply chain officer for Charlotte Russe Holdings Incorporated, while Vyas is chief information officer for Viejas Enterprises.