Banking and Finance
Cairns, Eng & Applegate, LLP has hired Courtney E. Webber as staff accountant. Michael J. Kirkland has relocated to Randall & Richards’ Southern California location as vice president of sales.
Construction and Design
John N. Stinnett has joined Roel Construction as supervisor of its construction management division. Keeton Construction has hired Steve Lower as superintendent. Barry Weber has joined Wermers Corp. as project manager.
High Tech and Manufacturing
Qualcomm Inc. has promoted Ben Miller to senior vice president and chief patent strategist and appointed Luigi Gasparollo as vice president and managing director of European operations. Kevin Kalkhoven has been elected to Applied Micro Circuits Corp.’s (AMCC) board of directors. INCEP Technologies has named Darrel Therriault as vice president of operations. Wingcast LLC has appointed Coby Erez as vice president of consumer services and Mike Finley as vice president of enterprise business.
Government and Nonprofit
The University of San Diego has appointed Gwendolyn S. Lytle as associate vice president of human resources and Jack Kelly as director of alumni relations. Capt. Peter Laszcz will relieve retiring Capt. Emory Chenoweth as commanding officer at the Naval Air Depot. The Foundation for Educational Achievement has appointed Wendy A. McGuire as director of development. Community Options has appointed William R. Standing as director of development. Hank Cunningham has been elected to the board of directors of the International Economic Development Council.
Health care and Biotech
Emelya M. Ahadian has joined Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group as an internal medicine physician.
Law
Gordon & Rees, LLP has named Kevin W. Alexander, Keith C. Cramer and Kenneth S. Perri as partners. Marilyn L. Huff, Randy K. Jones, William S. Lerach, Mayor Dick Murphy, Carl R. Poirot and Michael Tod Thorsnes have been named among the top 100 lawyers by California Law Business.
Media and Marketing
Marston + Marston, Inc. has promoted Rob Schupp to executive vice president and added Aundene Hugg as vice president and Lauren Walsh as account coordinator. Jon Myers has been named assistant vice president of The Flannery Group. Drasnin Communications has added Liza Perez as an intern. Tom Toperczer has joined WiredRed Software as vice president of sales and marketing.
Miscellaneous
SourcingLink.net has hired Simon W. Lu as vice president of services and operations. Patricia M. Boer has joined Spherion Human Capital Consulting Group as a senior consultant.
Real Estate
Ashbrook Communities has named Suzzette Magdziasz as community sales manager of its Pasadera community.
