Barchfield, Lantz join Arizona Public Media
Arizona Public Media (AZPM) announces the appointments of Vanessa Barchfield as news reporter and Rob Lantz as morning news anchor for NPR 89.1 and Classical 90.5.
A Tucson native, Barchfield graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University in 2004. The next year she studied journalism at Sophia College in Mumbai, India.
She then moved to Sao Paulo to work as a reporter with Business News Americas, a Latin American newswire. Over the past six years, she lived in Vienna, where she worked as an editor with the Economist Group and the United Nations.
Before joining Arizona Public Media, Vanessa spent several months learning radio production at the Transom Story Workshop in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Lantz has been a Tucson resident since 1987. His radio career began in 2002 at 1290AM-KCUB in Tucson, where he eventually worked as program director.
While there, he hosted a local sports talk show along with pre- and post-game shows for the University of Arizona football and basketball teams.
KLK tax, accounting firm announces 4 promotions
Tucson’s Keegan, Linscott & Kenon, PC announced four promotions:
Sal Hernandez, CPA, to senior manager in the audit department. He has more than 15 years of professional experience and specializes in audit and consulting services in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.
Adam Lohr, CPA, CGMA, to manager in the audit Department. Lohr is a MAcc graduate of the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management and has been with KLK nearly five years.
Greg Cheshire to manager in the tax department. He has been with KLK for almost nine years and specializes in tax planning and compliance services.
Conan Bardwell, to supervisor in the consulting department. Bardwell has been with KLK for more than eight years and recently earned the CIRA certification, enabling him to provide financial advisory services in the business turnaround, restructuring and bankruptcy practice areas.
Executive director of Life Care Center named
Life Care Center of Sierra Vista, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, named Joe Renn as executive director.
Renn most recently was safety, security and Joint Commission compliance officer at Sierra Vista Regional Health Center, after retiring from the U.S. Army as a master sergeant. He served for 23 years in military hospitals and clinics around the world.
Renn received a bachelor’s degree in management from the University of Maryland and a master’s degree in health-care administration from the University of Phoenix.
Domestic-abuse center hires marketing coordinator
Aisha Malik-Seabold joined the Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse as marketing and events coordinator.
She completed her MBA last year at the University of Saint Francis in Indiana and has recently relocated to the Tucson area.
She brings “many years of collected knowledge and experience in marketing, advertising and event planning,” Emerge said in a news release.
Malik-Seabold will work with the development team to manage Emerge’s social media presence, coordinate fundraising events, marketing and branding initiatives.
