Banking and Finance
Community National Bank has hired Brian Kavanagh as senior mortgage banking officer. Robert Pedersen has joined Rancho Santa Fe National Bank as assistant vice president. Johnene Harden-Bell has joined Grice, Lund & Tarkington, LLP, CPAs as an auditor. Early Capital has added John Dickerson to its board of directors. Mission Oaks National Bank has appointed Robert L. Willyard as senior vice president, real estate lending. Miriam McKenna has been named project manager of Berryman & Henigar.
Construction and Design
The Brehm Cos. has named Jeffrey J. Hollenbeck as project manager and Matthew Norman as purchasing manager. Steven E. Kiss has been appointed project manager of KCM Group. Gary Baker has been promoted to vice president of design for Smith Consulting Architects. HDR has named Thomas B. Todd as vice president. Larry Moore has joined Biostruct Construction as vice president, construction. N.N. Jaeschke, Inc. has hired Jerry Peace as a landscape representative. June Irey, a management representative for N.N. Jaeschke, has been honored with a Certified Manager of Community Assoc. certification from the California Assoc. of Community Managers. Roel Construction has hired Jennifer Vidrio as an administrative assistant. Susan J. Klyce has been appointed as commercial/industrial escrow officer for Chicago Title.
Government and Nonprofit
The Port of San Diego has appointed Sonali Bose as deputy executive director, business and administration. Ernest Soczka, general manager of West Coast Power and Cabrillo Power, has been elected to the MiraCosta College Foundation board of directors.
High-Tech and Manufacturing
Dr. Francesco De Leo, CEO of Skygeo, and Thomas S. Middleton, managing director of Global Communications Group, have been elected to Merrill Lynch’s board of directors. InsureHiTech has appointed Barbara L. Gallagher as western regional manager. Eric Chriss, partner of Tatum CFO, has been elected secretary of San Diego Regional Technology Alliance. Broadband Innovations, Inc. has added Derek Morikawa as vice president, operations. Nutshell Digital has hired Raoul Ragglo as vice president, business development.
Miscellaneous
Viejas Casino has promoted Cyndy Fought to director of casino marketing. Christopher Pratt of Rancho Ford Lincoln Mercury has been appointed to Ford Motor Co.’s Business Preferred Network National Advisory Council. The San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board has named Tonia Botte Bates as director, planning and development. Navica Partners LLC has added Barbara B. Hogan and Mary M. Zoeller as senior associates. Cathy Rempel has been hired as senior vice president of sales of ZipDirect.
Real Estate
Chad Urie has been appointed associate vice president of Colliers International. The Willis Allen Co. has added Bertha Marie Brekka as sales associate. Jeffrey P. Sobczyk has joined Project Managers Advisors, Inc. as senior project manager.
