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Check out the people in our community who have moved up the ladder in their fields.
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Lesley Rich
Girl Scouts promote Rich
Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona announced several promotions and hirings. Lesley Rich was promoted to director of social justice. She will oversee social-justice programming for troops at more than 30 schools in low-income and high-need communities, as well as specialized Girl Scout support for girls who have parents in prison, who are in foster care and who are in juvenile detention.
Rich was instrumental in developing the Girl Scouts Beyond Bars program, which brings girls and their incarcerated mothers together through formal visits and Girl Scout programming at Perryville Prison.
She joined the Girl Scouts in 2010 and has been its social-justice specialist and social-justice manager.
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Paloma Lopez-Santiago
Lopez-Santiago joins Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona announced several promotions and hirings. Paloma Lopez-Santiago joined the council as product program manager. She will assist the more than 14,000 Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona to learn the fundamentals of business in developing cookie sales.
She previously was Strongpoint Marketing’s marketing coordinator and held positions at Junior Achievement and Zanes Law.
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Karen Laass
Laass joins Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona announced several promotions and hirings. Karen Laass joined as product program coordinator. She will interact with Girl Scout volunteers and cookie sellers to coordinate the customer-service experience.
Laass worked at Youth On Their Own as operations and volunteer manager.
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Niki Hoffman
Girl Scouts promote Hoffman
Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona announced several promotions and hirings. Niki Hoffman was promoted to director of membership and volunteerism.
Hoffman will lead formation and support for volunteer-led troops in Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise, Graham, Greenlee and Pinal counties. She also will oversee the Scouts’ adult development and recruitment efforts.
She previously served as senior membership manager.
A Tucson native, Hoffman was a Girl Scout from Brownies through Juniors in the Southern Arizona Council.
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Megan Black
Girl Scouts promote Black
Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona announced several promotions and hirings. Megan Black was promoted to director of human resources. Black was in the Girl Scouts for 11 years before joining the council in 2010 as volunteer and product manager.
She will be responsible for workforce planning, support of the council’s strategic direction and annual strategic plan, and will manage HR and employee administration.
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Dr. Craig A. Hoover
Carondelet Health Network enlists Dr. Hoover
Dr. Craig A. Hoover joined Carondelet. Hoover, an interventional cardiologist, joined Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute Physicians. He will be based at CHVI-Cardiology West and will also see patients at Carondelet Medical Group’s RiverStone and Northwest offices.
He earned his bachelor of science degree in biological sciences from Stanford University and received his doctorate of medicine from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. After returning to San Francisco for his residency in internal medicine, he completed a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases at the University of Arizona. He joined the University of Arizona and Southern Arizona VA Medical Center as a faculty member before going into private practice in Tucson, where he has been working for the last 15 years.
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Dr. Ileana Ortiz
Carondelet Health Network enlists Dr. Ortiz
Dr. Ileana Ortiz, who has a particular interest in preventive care and chronic diseases, joins Carondelet Medical Group-West.
Born and raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, she completed medical school at the University Autonoma of Santo Domingo, followed by a three-year residency in internal medicine at Nassau University Medical Center in New York. She speaks English and Spanish.
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Alex V. Raptis
Chamberlain Group's Raptis is new transportation chief
The Chamberlain Group Inc. promoted Alex V. Raptis to director of transportation and customs.
“He will be responsible for developing and managing the processes that assure the timely and cost-effective transportation of CGI’s inbound and outbound shipments to worldwide destinations,” the company said in a news release.
The company says it is the world’s largest manufacturer of residential and commercial door operators, access control products and gate operators.
Raptis joined CGI in 2005 as manager of transportation operations and was promoted to manager of transportation and customs in 2011. He is a licensed U.S. customs broker and holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He is vice president of scholarships for SALEO, the Southern Arizona Logistics Education Organization.
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Catherine MacDonald
MacDonald will manage research at Sarver Heart Center
Catherine MacDonald joined the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center and the Division of Cardiology at the UA College of Medicine in Tucson as manager of cardiology research.
“MacDonald initially will focus on bringing all clinical research efforts under unified leadership with increased transparency and oversight, as well as launching a heart failure clinical research program,” UA said in a news release.
She also will negotiate clinical research contracts and work with the development team to obtain philanthropic support for clinical research.
MacDonald worked 13 years for C.R. Bard, Inc. leading international marketing and clinical strategy teams for medical devices. She has prior clinical research experience in cardiology drug trials and pediatric ophthalmology.
Her bachelor of science in nursing is from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Novia Scotia, and she holds a master’s degree in business administration from Athabasca University in Alberta.
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Reneé Gonzales
Manager Gonzales advances at Long Mortgage
Long Cos. announced two management changes with its affiliated lender, Long Mortgage Co.
Reneé Gonzales, currently executive vice president of core services for Long Cos. and president of Long Title Agency, will assume the additional role of managing director of Long Mortgage Co.
She will be responsible for strategic growth of the mortgage entity.
Gonzales joined Long Cos. in 2002 to manage mortgage operations. She initiated the start-up of Long Mortgage Co. in September 2004 and became its president. In 2009, Gonzales moved into her current role of executive vice president within Long Cos.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in business with an emphasis in finance and human resources from Nebraska Wesleyan University.
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Matt Rivera
Manager Rivera becomes branch sales manager
Matt Rivera was promoted to branch sales manager of Long Mortgage Co., overseeing the company’s mortgage consultants, processing relationships, sales efforts and daily operations.
Rivera, a graduate of the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Business, has worked for Long Cos. and affiliates for more than 12 years. Most recently he was operations manager for Long Title Agency.
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John Mijac
Mijac is new sales manager at Long's Foothills office
Associate broker John Mijac is the new sales manager for Long Realty’s Foothills office.
He has been the contract administrator at the company’s Tanque Verde office. He is an e-Pro Internet specialist and Graduate Realtor Institute member.
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Dick Wroldsen
Wroldsen retiring from Long to form new team
Also at the Foothills office, Dick Wroldsen, who has 38 years of real estate experience, is retiring after 16 years as the office’s associate manager. He is forming a new real estate sales team with his wife, Kay, Long announced.
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Donna Behler McArthur
UA's Behler McArthur gains Neurology Department post
Donna Behler McArthur, clinical professor with the University of Arizona College of Nursing, received a joint appointment as clinical professor in the Department of Neurology at the UA College of Medicine in Tucson.
She is one of 12 nursing faculty members with appointments in other disciplines.
McArthur has more than 45 years of experience as a nurse, including 35 years as a family nurse practitioner, nurse practitioner educator and administrator in ambulatory health-care settings in the United States and Saudi Arabia.
Her current research is focused on initiatives involving amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In 2006, she was awarded the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Foundation/Endo Pharmaceuticals Grant for her research study, “Pain Perception in Adults with ALS.”
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Dawne Bell
Women's Foundation of S. Ariz. hires Bell as CEO
Dawne Bell joins the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona as CEO starting Jan. 5.
“Under her leadership, WFSA will continue to help women and girls overcome economic, political, gender and social barriers, encourage reform in the social climate; furthermore promoting change in conventional attitudes and continuing to invest in organizations that strive for positive long-term changes,” the foundation said in a news release.
Bell was director of development for Care for the Homeless in New York City the past two years. She has an additional 11 years’ experience working as executive director of a statewide nonprofit hospital foundation in New Mexico and has led the fundraising departments at social-justice nonprofit organizations in New Mexico and Michigan.
Bell has a master’s of public administration from Grand Valley State University and a bachelor of arts from Kalamazoo College. In 2009, she earned her Certified Fund Raising Executive credentials.
She has served on boards and leadership committees for the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Young Non Profit Professionals, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Women’s Prison Association and Crossroads for Women.
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Daniel Stoltzfus
Interfaith Community Services named Daniel Stoltzfus as new CEO, effective Feb. 16.
Stoltzfus succeeds longtime CEO Bonnie Kampa, who is retiring at the end of December from the nonprofit organization, which assists Pima County seniors, disabled individuals and people in financial crisis.
Stoltzfus has held leadership positions with nonprofit organizations in Arizona, Colorado and the New York City area, and has worked in program development for a national behavioral-health-care company. Most recently, he was chief program officer of the Bowery Mission in New York City.
From 2009-2013, Stoltzfus served as executive director of Arizona Youth Partnership. Before that, he was executive director at New York City Relief.
Stoltzfus has a master’s of public administration in nonprofit management and public policy from New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
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Matt Bingham
Bingham named legal chief at Arizona unit of Hudbay
Matt Bingham was named legal director of HudBay Minerals Inc.’s Arizona Business Unit.
Bingham has an engineering background and comprehensive legal experience in the mining industry, including environmental and regulatory issues.
He will manage legal issues related to the Rosemont project, including drafting and negotiating corporate and commercial agreements; providing oversight on litigation and permitting matters; ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory and permitting obligations; and implementing corporate policies and procedures.
Bingham previously was an associate with Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP in Phoenix. He received his law degree from Columbia Law School in New York City and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Arizona State University. He also received an associate’s degree in physics from Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher. Bingham was named a Rising Star in environmental law in the 2012-2014 editions of Southwest Super Lawyers.
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Dedra Clark-McGee
PCC Foundation selects Clark-McGee to plan events
Pima Community College Foundation named a new development coordinator, Dedra Clark-McGee.
She will help to plan and carry out foundation special events, projects and other activities. The foundation secures and manages private philanthropic support for Pima Community College.
Clark-McGee has more than 10 years of experience planning and coordinating special events to help raise funds for charities. She holds a master’s degree in public administration from Walden University and a bachelor of arts in professional communications from Alverno College.
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Kristen Oaxaca
Bolchalk Frey bumps up Oaxaca to senior designer
Kristen Oaxaca was promoted to senior graphic designer at Bolchalk Frey Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations.
Oaxaca joined Bolchalk Frey Marketing in 2010 as a graphic designer.
Oaxaca is an honors graduate of The Art Center Design College (now known as Southwest University of Visual Arts). She won a gold student ADDY from the American Advertising Federation, Tucson Chapter, and is a member of Ad2.
In addition to a bachelor of arts in graphic design, she has an associate of business degree from Pima Community College.
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Pahl Newlon
Real estate vet Newlon to run Russ Lyon branch
Pahl Newlon joined Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty as branch manager of the Tucson office.
Newlon brings more than 37 years of real estate experience, including 20 years in management. She has a background in training and coaching other agents.
She began her real estate career in Hawaii and moved to Tucson in 1998.
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Dr. Michael Waldrum
CEO of UA Health Network joins health group's board
Dr. Michael Waldrum, president and CEO of the University of Arizona Health Network, was appointed to the national board of directors of the Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems, a division of the American Association of Medical Colleges.
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Attorney Curt D. Reimann has rejoined Snell & Wilmer’s Tucson office as partner.
Reimann’s practice remains concentrated in banking and commercial finance with an emphasis on loan originations. He has been ranked in The Best Lawyers in America for banking and finance law, commercial finance law and real estate law from 2003-2013, and he was selected as the 2013 Tucson Lawyer of the Year in banking and finance law by Best Lawyers.
Reimann is a board member for the Steven M. Gootter Foundation and on the Southern Arizona Leadership Council.
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Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort and Spa has named Julie Tainter director of sales and marketing.
Tainter has sales and marketing director positions in hotels and resorts throughout California, Texas and Arizona, and has been an independent hospitality consultant. Her most recent position was with Hyatt Hotels. Tainter attended the University of Nebraska – Lincoln.
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Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort and Spa named Morgan Puffenbarger as director of food and beverage, overseeing Gold, Lookout, Monsoon Café (Starbucks Café) and Oasis, as well as the resort’s room service, catering and banquets.
Puffenbarger has been in the food and beverage service since 1988 and once owned restaurants and a tavern in Chicago. He has worked at Ventana Canyon and SaddleBrooke Country Club and attended the University of Arizona.
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Attorney Will Pew has joined Hecker PLLC.
Pew graduated summa cum laude and Order of the Coif from the University of Arizona College of Law, where he was a member of the National Appellate Advocacy Team and the Transactional Law Meet Team. He was an editor for the Arizona Law Review.
While a law student, Pew volunteered with Southern Arizona Legal Aid and the Volunteer Lawyers Program. He previously worked for CB Richard Ellis in New York City, and he ran a custom furniture venture prior to law school.
Pew has served as the president of the Catalina Foothills Association and is on the board of the Gregory School.
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Sunstreet Mortgage has hired AJ Baray, who has more than 11 years of experience in the mortgage industry.
Baray specializes in all loan programs: Conventional, VA, FHA, USDA, first-time homebuyer and investor programs.
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Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort and Spa named Eduardo Fernandez director of human resources.
He brings experience at the Westin La Paloma Resort, La Paloma Country Club, Doubletree Hotel Tucson at Reid Park and, most recently, the University of Arizona Health Network.
Fernandez holds a bachelor of arts in architecture from the University of Puerto Rico-San Juan and Scuola di Arti di Napoli-Naples, Italy.
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Psychiatrist Moreno named VP of diversity
Dr. Francisco A. Moreno, professor of psychiatry at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson, was named assistant vice president for diversity and inclusion at the Arizona Health Sciences Center.
Moreno will work with other diversity leaders at the UA Colleges of Nursing, Public Health, Pharmacy and the College of Medicine in Phoenix “to create a comprehensive network of diversity-and-inclusion initiatives, meaningful diversity-and-inclusion programs and strategies to improve the diversity of the health-care workforce statewide,” UA officials said in a news release.
He will also continue to oversee the UA College of Medicine’s Tucson Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and the Arizona Hispanic Center of Excellence.
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Richardson is AZ head of Commercial Services
The U.S. Commercial Service announced that Kristian Richardson was appointed as director of operations in Arizona.
He succeeds Eric Nielsen, now responsible for the agency’s Southwest operations.
Richardson will manage a team of trade specialists in Phoenix and Tucson, coordinate partner and congressional relations, serve as executive secretary of the Arizona District Export Council and create programs designed to increase Arizona’s worldwide exports.
He joined the Commercial Service 10 years ago, and before that counseled veterans at the University of Arizona as part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
He also served six years in the Army and is a graduate of the UA and Arizona State University.
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Romero will direct sales at KLPX, KFMA
Scott A. Romero was named local sales manager for Arizona Lotus Corp. 96.1 KLPX and Rock 102 KFMA.
An Arizona native, Romero attended the University of Arizona.
He started his advertising career with Nordenson Lynn Strategic Marketing Communications as director of business development, then moved to Slone Broadcasting as an account executive.
Romero has been in the Tucson radio industry for 14 years and has been a senior account executive for Arizona Lotus Corp. for more than eight years.
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William Richardson
Solon Corp. promotes Richardson to CEO
Solon Corp. promoted William Richardson to chief executive officer, directing all company activities in the United States.
Richardson previously served as Solon’s general manager of all U.S. activities, long-range goals, and business and profitability growth objectives.
He joined Solon in 2008 as an electrical engineer, receiving promotions to manager of research and development and then, director of product development.
In 2009, Richardson implemented Solon’s North American Outdoor Testing Facility. In 2011, he launched the Energy Storage Management Research and Testing site.
He previously worked for Tucson Electric Power, and he holds bachelor’s of science degrees in renewable national resources and in electrical engineering.
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Dr. Eugene H. Chang
Dr. Chang earns UA appointment
The University of Arizona announced an appointment:
- Dr. Eugene H. Chang joined the faculty of the College of Medicine in Tucson as associate professor in the newly formed Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
He comes to the UA from the University of Iowa, where he served as assistant professor since 2010. Chang earned his medical degree at Brown University and completed his residency and fellowship training at the University of Iowa.
Chang combines an active clinical practice with extensive research expertise to help understand the basic processes of sinus disease and to develop future therapies and treatments.
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Dr. Nicole R. Sydow
Dr. Sydow earns UA appointment
The University of Arizona announced an appointment:
- Dr. Nicole R. Sydow joined the Department of Surgery as clinical instructor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Sydow has a special interest in the treatment of aortic valve disease.
She joined the department after completing an advanced cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at the UA. She completed general surgery residency training at the Cleveland Clinic and earned her medical degree from the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
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Evan S.K. Sullivan
Strongpoint's Sullivan a senior account manager
Strongpoint Marketing promoted Evan S.K. Sullivan to senior account manager.
Sullivan, who joined Strongpoint as an account manager in 2012, specializes in integrating traditional mediums, technology and social media to reach internal and external audiences.
She previously worked as the marketing communications specialist at Solon Corp.; and before that, managed internal and external communications efforts Teradyne in Massachusetts.
She is a board member of the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona and the Tucson Chapter of Public Relations Society of America, for which she is the chapter’s liaison to higher education.
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Michele D. Hopson
Hopson to help with PR, Strongpoint marketing
Michele D. Hopson joined Strongpoint Marketing as a marketing and office assistant to support public relations, marketing, social media and event projects.
She previously interned with Strongpoint and with Injected Media in Tucson.
Hopson graduated in October with honors from the Art Institute of Tucson with a bachelor’s of arts degree in advertising.
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Lisa L. Douglas
Douglas to do inspections for Mountain Vista Fire
The Mountain Vista Fire District welcomed Lisa L. Douglas as district fire inspector.
She will work in the district’s fire prevention division conducting fire safety inspections, plan reviews, code enforcement and fire investigation.
Originally from Maple Grove, Minnesota, she spent 14 years as a firefighter/EMT, fire inspector, assistant fire marshal, fire investigator and hazmat team member. For eight years, she provided radiological emergency response for two nuclear power plants.
Douglas holds an A.A.S. degree in fire science.
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Nasrin Ghalyaie
Surgical oncology division at UA appoints Ghalyaie
Dr. Nasrin Ghalyaie joined the University of Arizona Department of Surgery Division of Surgical Oncology as assistant professor.
Ghalyaie specializes in the treatment of diseases of the colon and rectum.
She joins the UA from Henry Ford Hospital at Detroit’s Wayne State University, where she completed a colorectal surgery fellowship. She finished residency training in general surgery at Baylor College of Medicine (internship) in Houston and Saint Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey, and training at the Cleveland Clinic.
She previously was an emergency physician in Iran and a medical intern at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, where she received her medical degree.
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Florencio G. Zaragoza
Zaragoza hired to manage 2 Commerce Bank offices
Commerce Bank of Arizona Inc. named Florencio G. Zaragoza as branch manager for its Green Valley and Tubac offices.
Zaragoza was previously a personal banker at Chase Bank. He attended the University of Arizona, where he studied political science and international relations. He is a member of Fundacion Mexico.
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Rick Burrows
Burrows elected to board of engineering foundation
The board of directors of the Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Foundation elected Rick Burrows as chairman of its board of directors.
He holds a UA degree in mechanical engineering and has more than 30 years of engineering experience in the electric, water and wastewater utility industry.
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Richard Polheber
Polheber of Benson joining hospital association board
Richard Polheber, CEO of Benson Hospital since January 2013, was elected to a three-year term of the board of directors for the Arizona Hospital and Health Association, and will serve as chairman of its policy board committee.
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Jacob Friedman
Friedman is sales manager at Long Realty's OV branch
Jacob Friedman is the new sales manager for Long Realty’s Oro Valley office. He will coach agents in the creation of business and marketing plans integrating technology solutions, and he will teach business development and sales proficiencies.
Friedman joined Long Realty as a Realtor in 2005 and soon moved to its home office as an IT support specialist.
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Joseph Ng
Ng is new chief executive at Ascent Aviation Services
Ascent Aviation Services Corp. named Joseph Ng as CEO.
Ng joins Ascent with more than 30 years of executive experience in the management of aircraft maintenance and quality systems.
He began his career with ST Aerospace in 1990 and moved up to become president of ST Aerospace’s Mobile Division (VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering, previously known as ST Aerospace Mobile) in 2005.
During his nine years at VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering, the company’s sales grew by 120 percent, Ascent said in a news release.
Ng served six years in the Republic of Singapore Air Force and received his degree in mechanical engineering at the National University of Singapore.
He will succeed Michael Melvin, who joined Ascent as president and chief financial officer in 2010 and will now dedicate full attention to the CFO function.
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Jared A. Forte
Forte, formerly of Lextran in Kentucky, joins Sun Tran
Sun Tran named Jared A. Forte as assistant general manager.
He brings 16 years of experience in the transit industry, most recently as assistant general manager for the Transit Authority of Lexington, Kentucky (Lextran), where he implemented the system’s presence on Google Transit.
Forte is an employee of Transdev, the Illinois-based company contracted by Tucson to manage the daily operations of Sun Tran. His responsibilities include oversight of scheduling and services development, procurement and operations.
He previously was director of planning and marketing at Gary Public Transportation Corp.
He received his master’s in business administration from the Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University and his bachelor’s in environmental design, urban planning and development from Ball State University.
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Dr. Christine Donnelly
Carondelet picks Donnelly as chief medical officer
Carondelet Medical Group named an interim chief medical officer, Dr. Christine Donnelly.
Donnelly has worked in family medicine at Carondelet Medical Group for the 11 years. She is the group’s board chair and her practice’s lead physician.
While serving as interim CMO, Donnelly will take on additional administrative duties and continue to see patients at Carondelet Medical Group’s central office at 630 N. Alvernon Way.
After receiving her bachelor’s degree in microbiology from the University of Arizona, Donnelly obtained her doctor of medicine from Pennsylvania State University. She returned to Tucson to complete her residency in family and community medicine at the UA and is board certified in family practice.
Donnelly also has served as associate clinical faculty for the UA’s College of Medicine and College of Nursing, and as a medical relief volunteer in developing countries.
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Tom Meade
Meade to manage food side of the city's 5 golf courses
OB Sports Golf Management appointed Tom Meade as the food and beverage manager for the five city of Tucson golf courses under its management: Randolph, Dell Urich, El Rio, Fred Enke and Silverbell. He is responsible for on-course service, bar and grill outlets and special-event services.
Meade worked at Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort and helped open what were then called The Raven Golf Club at Sabino Springs and Heritage Highlands at Dove Mountain. For the last 15 years, he was food and beverage director for the Gallery Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana.
He holds a bachelor of science in business from the University of Phoenix.
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Linda Morales
Morales named CEO at The Planning Center
Linda Morales was named chief executive officer at The Planning Center.
Morales has been with the center since 1995, and previously served as chief operating officer.
In addition to working directly on public and private sector planning projects, she is also responsible for workload management, daily operations and quality control throughout the company. She has a wide range of consultant experience with local, state and federal governments, non-profits, developers, builders and property owners on a variety of planning projects.
Morales holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in planning from the University of Arizona and is a Certified Planner with the American Institute of Certified Planners. She is active in the Arizona Chapter of the American Planning Association, Metropolitan Pima Alliance, and DM50.
Michael Grassinger, who formerly served as CEO, will maintain his role as a principal with the company and will continue to manage select projects and market the firm’s services.
Jack Neubeck has retired from the firm in order to pursue other interests, including his real estate company, Neubeck Diversified.
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Dr. Sean Elliott
UA physician Elliott to join infectious diseases council
Dr. Sean Elliott, a pediatric infectious diseases physician, was appointed by Gov. Jan Brewer to the newly established Council on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response.
According to the Governor’s Office, the “council has been charged with developing a coordinated and comprehensive plan to ensure the state is prepared to manage and respond to potential outbreaks of infectious diseases, including the Ebola virus and enterovirus, in Arizona.”
Elliott is a professor of pediatrics and medical director of infection prevention for the University of Arizona Health Network.
The state council is made up of experts from the fields of health, human services, public safety, emergency and military affairs, education and more.
Elliott, with a multidisciplinary team at UA Health Network, has created an “infection-prevention SWAT team” that develops protocols and training for infection control to safely care for patients and to protect the well-being of staff and clinicians throughout the network, the UA said in a news release.
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Chris Pinkerton
Pinkerton hired by BWS, is working on McKale redo
Chris Pinkerton joined BWS Architects as project architect.
Pinkerton, formerly with Breckenridge Group Architects, brings nearly 16 years of experience. He has worked on projects from small renovation/tenant fitups to complex ones like the new Aquatic Center at Northern Arizona University.
“Currently serving as project architect on the McKale basketball stadium renovations, he is busy full time meeting the demanding schedule for this $30,000,000 complicated renovation and new construction project, due to be complete in December of this year,” the firm said in a news release.
Pinkerton also has expertise with Building Information Modeling systems.
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Edward J. Laber
Laber joins DeConcini McDonald Yetwin & Lacy
Edward J. Laber, CPA, has joined the Tucson office of the law firm of DeConcini McDonald Yetwin & Lacy P.C. as associate attorney.
While attending law school, Laber pursued interests including clerking for the California Franchise Tax Board, assisting vulnerable adults with the Pima County Public Fiduciary, advising entrepreneurs on business formation issues and prosecuting misdemeanor cases as a Rule 38(d) limited practice prosecutor for the Tucson city attorney.
He began his career at the San Diego office of Deloitte Tax LLP, where he consulted families, businesses and fiduciaries.
Laber previously served on the editorial board of the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law. He is also past treasurer of the Latino Law Student Association and the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund.
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Carlos A. Hernández
Hernández picked to head JFCS of Southern Arizona
Carlos A. Hernández was named president and CEO of Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Southern Arizona after a national search.
Hernández, most recently the director of family and community partnerships at Child-Parent Centers, succeeds Shira Ledman in a position she held for five years and Jeanne Anderson, who served as interim president and CEO since November 2013.
Hernández has served as director of quality management with Pantano Behavioral Health Services in Tucson, research project coordinator with Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, a part-time social work consultant, a program supervisor with the Association House of Chicago’s Independent Living Program, and a case manager for that organization’s foster-care program.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology and social work from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s degree from the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. Hernández is a former member of the Pima Council on Aging board of directors and serves as adjunct faculty at Arizona State University’s School of Social Work in Tucson and with the Pima Community College Social Services Department.
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Maria Parmigiani
Parmigiani co-hosts 'Morning Blend'
Maria Parmigiani is one of two new hosts for KGUN-TV Channel 9’s Tucson-oriented lifestyle show, “The Morning Blend.”
Parmigiani previously worked for the CW station in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where she also did feature reporting on the Fox station and was a fill-in morning host on a local radio station.
“The Morning Blend” airs weekdays at 11 a.m. on KGUN 9 and again at 1 p.m. on the CW. The stations are owned by Journal Broadcast Group.
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Tina Jennings
Jennings co-hosts 'Morning Blend'
Tina Jennings is one of two new hosts for KGUN-TV Channel 9’s Tucson-oriented lifestyle show, “The Morning Blend.”
Jennings is an award-winning television anchor and host from WBKO-TV in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She is a native of Arizona and grew up in the Phoenix area.
“The Morning Blend” airs weekdays at 11 a.m. on KGUN 9 and again at 1 p.m. on the CW. The stations are owned by Journal Broadcast Group.
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Melissa Reynolds Bradley
Osteopath Bradley hired by Harmony OB/GYN
Dr. Melissa Reynolds Bradley, an osteopath physician, joined Harmony OB/GYN, 6565 E. Carondelet Drive, Suite 300. The group is a member of the Genesis OB/GYN family of practices.
She previously worked for three years as an obstetrician and gynecologist in Virginia. Bradley is board certified by the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, providing care for normal and high risk pregnancy as well as gynecologic and women’s health screening services. Special areas of interest include the evaluation and treatment of women with irregular menstrual cycles and abnormal Pap smears.
Bradley completed her undergraduate degree in zoology at Brigham Young University and medical school at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, obtaining her doctor of osteopathic medicine degree. She served her internship and residency in OB/GYN at the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine in Greenville, N.C.
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Larry Aldrich
Aldrich named Ariz. head of Newport Board Group
Larry Aldrich was named Arizona managing director for the Newport Board Group, a national professional services firm made up of experienced CEOs who advise middle-market companies and their private-equity investors on growth, complex transitions and business performance.
Aldrich has had a 30-year career as a leader of for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Most recently he was the founder, chairman and executive director of the Arizona Business Coalition on Health, a nonprofit membership coalition that addresses health and health-care-system issues.
He previously was president and CEO of University Physicians Healthcare, parent company for a physician group that is now part of the University of Arizona Health Network. Before that, Aldrich was chief operating officer of the Critical Path Institute, a nonprofit drug research partnership of the University of Arizona and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Earlier he founded his own venture-capital firm, Tucson Ventures, which he later merged into Valley Ventures in Phoenix. He also was president and CEO of Tucson Newspapers Inc. and a former corporate attorney and federal prosecutor.
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Jim Bowman
Bowman is new regional VP for Coldwell Banker
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Southern Arizona has promoted Jim Bowman to regional vice president.
Bowman has more than 30 years of experience in residential real estate.
A Tucson resident since 1970, he joined Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage more than 17 years ago. Before his promotion, Bowman was the company’s Southern Arizona district manager as well as the manager of its Foothills and Northwest offices.
As a licensed broker in Arizona, Bowman is designated as a certified residential brokerage manager and holds the Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource certification. He is a 2014 Tucson Multiple Listing director and the recipient of industry awards including the Robert K. McCord Memorial Award in 2013 and a Manager of the Year award in 2009.
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Mary Wallace
Wallace is new at SAHBA, is membership coordinator
Mary Wallace has joined the Southern Arizona Home Builders Association (SAHBA) as membership coordinator.
She will coordinate programs, services and support for SAHBA’s members and will recruit membership.
Wallace previously was marketing coordinator for Foothills Mall in Tucson.
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Toshinobu Kazui
Dr. Kazui new instructor in cardiothoracic surgery
Dr. Toshinobu Kazui has joined the University of Arizona department of surgery as clinical instructor in the division of cardiothoracic surgery.
Kazui comes to the UA after completing an advanced fellowship with a focus on heart failure, heart transplant, ventricular assist devices and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation procedure at Washington University at St. Louis/ Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
He received his medical degree from Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine and his Ph.D. from Iwate Medical University in Japan. He completed his residency training at Memorial Heart Center, Iwate Medical University, where he also served as assistant professor of cardiovascular surgery. He earned multiple national and regional grants and awards in his research activities.
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Brian Miles
Dr. Miles, family physician, is now at Palominas clinic
Copper Queen Medical Associates has welcomed board-certified family physician Dr. Brian Miles to its Palominas clinic.
Miles is certified in age-management medicine and has an interest in the role of nutrition in the overall health of his patients.
Miles relocated from Bloomington, Indiana, where he was an urgent-care physician and medical director at Premier Healthcare Walk-In Clinic. He received his medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine.
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Tom Euler
Euler has environmental, cultural post at Tierra
Tierra Right of Way Services, Ltd. has hired Tom Euler as director of its Environmental Planning and Cultural Resources Division.
Euler will oversee the division’s operations throughout the western United States.
He brings more than 30 years of experience in the environmental consulting and cultural resource management fields, and has held numerous high-level project management and business development positions.
Euler is well versed in National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act compliance and has extensive experience managing Clean Water Act/Section 404 permitting, archaeological surveys and environmental assessments, the company said in a news release.
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Jason Reimueller
Reimueller is new VP of advertising sales at Star
Jason Reimueller joined the Arizona Daily Star as vice president of advertising sales and marketing.
Reimueller comes to Tucson from the Plain Dealer Publishing Co./Northeast Media Group in Cleveland. He was the Plain Dealer’s director of major, key, automotive and national accounts for seven years and is the recipient of two Advertising Distinction Awards, for leadership, innovation and teamwork.
He holds a business administration degree in marketing from Cleveland State University.
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HR executive Just brings 15 years' experience to paper
Cindy Just joined the Arizona Daily Star as senior human resources business partner.
Just has a bachelor of science in mass communications from Minnesota State University and brings more than 15 years’ experience, most recently as human resource manager for UTC Aerospace Systems in Phoenix and at Brandt Holding Co.
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Elizabeth Fella
Quarles & Brady's Fella, Sidorin are now partners
The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that two of its associate attorneys in Tucson were admitted as partners.
They are: Elizabeth Fella, who practices in the firm’s bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practice group. She specializes in representing local and national companies in complex contract disputes, complex financial restructuring negotiations, and related litigation.
- Yakov Sidorin, who practices in the firm’s intellectual property practice group, handling all areas of IP counseling for a variety of clients.
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Quarles & Brady's Fella, Sidorin are now partners
The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that two of its associate attorneys in Tucson were admitted as partners.
They are: Elizabeth Fella, who practices in the firm’s bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practice group. She specializes in representing local and national companies in complex contract disputes, complex financial restructuring negotiations, and related litigation.
- Yakov Sidorin, who practices in the firm’s intellectual property practice group, handling all areas of IP counseling for a variety of clients.
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UA Health Network hires Watkins
The University of Arizona Health Network welcomed a new executive: Paula Watkins is director of medical staff services, which oversees credentialing of the 1,500-plus physicians on the hospital medical staffs of University of Arizona Medical Center’s University Campus and South Campus.
She was previously director of provider credentialing at the Group Health Cooperative in Seattle and has held medical staff services positions at MultiCare Health System in Washington and Kaiser Permanente in Southern California.
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UA Health Network hires Langkiet
The University of Arizona Health Network welcomed a new executive: Kevin Langkiet, RN, is emergency services director at UAMC-University Campus and UAMC-South Campus. He previously held similar positions at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, and with the Kaiser Permanente system for Northern California.
He holds a master’s of nursing degree from the University of Phoenix, several advanced nursing certifications, and is working toward a doctorate in nursing.
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UA Health Network hires Brazie
The University of Arizona Health Network welcomed a new executive: Don Brazie is corporate emergency preparedness Officer for the UA Health Network, tasked with ensuring that the network is trained and ready to handle any disaster situation.
Brazie comes to Tucson from Scottsdale Healthcare, where he was manager of emergency management and disaster preparedness for 15 years. He holds a master’s degree in leadership with an emphasis in disaster preparedness from Grand Canyon University.
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Cesar Morales
Cox's Morales promoted to S. Ariz. field supervisor
Cox Communications promoted longtime Tucson field technician Cesar Morales to field supervisor for Southern Arizona.
Morales joined Cox in 2005 as a field technician in Mesa. After transferring to Tucson eight years ago, he has grown into the role of a mentor and interim supervisor, Cox said in a news release.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of Phoenix.
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Scott Marchand
Marchand heads air and missile museums
The Arizona Aerospace Foundation, which operates both the Pima Air & Space and Titan Missile museums, announced the promotion of Scott Marchand to executive director.
Marchand has been with the foundation since 2002, most recently as director of collections and restoration.
He oversaw the modernization of the Pima Air & Space Museum’s restoration program and hangar. Also, the foundation says its aircraft collection “has grown exponentially.”
Marchand has a graduate degree in art history/museum and gallery studies and undergraduate degrees in military history and political science. He began his career at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary.
The foundation’s previous executive director Yvonne C. Morris will remain at the helm of the Titan Missile Museum, where she has been director since 2004.
“As an officer in the U.S. Air Force, she was one of the missile combat crew commanders responsible for missile site 571-7, which is now the Titan Missile Museum.”
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Jeffrey Schott
New spa position for Schott
Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort & Spa has hired Jeffrey Schott as spa director at the Sonoran Spa.
Schott comes to Westward Look from the rePose Salon, where he was spa director, and Spa Cityscape in Phoenix. Before that, he was spa director at Jurlique Spa at FireSky Resort & Spa in Scottsdale and held spa and fitness positions at Revive Spa at JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix and Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale. He graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree in exercise and wellness.
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Christopher McLaren
New spa position for McLaren
Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort & Spa has promoted Christopher McLaren to catering sales manager.
McLaren began working at Westward Look in July 2011 as a front desk agent, and has cross-trained in many departments, including food and beverage, concierge services, accounting and sales. He was nominated by his colleagues for the 2014 Stars of the Industry Award hosted by the American Hotel and Lodging Association.
McLaren’s bachelor’s degree in hospitality management is from Northern Arizona University.
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King elevated to COO at Mrs. Green's Radio
Mrs. Green’s World Radio Network has promoted executive producer Kelly King to chief operating officer.
King will continue her duties as the executive producer of the weekly Mrs. Green’s World podcast in conjunction with her added responsibilities as COO for the Tucson-based multi-media company, where she was worked for seven years.
King previously worked at Canyon Ranch. She holds a master’s degree in higher education from Indiana University, and worked at the University of Arizona as a student affairs professional in residential education.
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Toni Coleman Miller
Miller joins leadership at Homewatch in GV
Homewatch CareGivers of Green Valley, which has clients in southern Pima County and in Santa Cruz County, has named community liaison Toni Coleman Miller to its management team.
Miller, who has worked in the care of the elderly and disabled for years, will concentrate on marketing strategies, brand management, media relations, community relations and marketing partnerships.
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Amie Bergensen
Bergensen joins Gregory School
Five teachers and a counselor have joined the faculty at The Gregory School, which recently changed its name from St. Gregory College Preparatory School.
Amie Bergensen, fifth grade teacher. Bergensen is experienced in elementary education and holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of Arizona.
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Ashley David
David joins Gregory School
Five teachers and a counselor have joined the faculty at The Gregory School, which recently changed its name from St. Gregory College Preparatory School.
Ashley David, school counselor. She has clinical and school-based counseling experience. She has a bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Iowa and a master’s degree in mental health counseling from Capella University.
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Steve Kraus
Kraus joins Gregory School
Five teachers and a counselor have joined the faculty at The Gregory School, which recently changed its name from St. Gregory College Preparatory School.
Steve Kraus, middle school mathematics teacher. Kraus has taught math at the middle school level for more than 25 years. He has a bachelor’s degree in secondary education and master’s degree in teacher education with a mathematics emphasis, both from the UA.
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Stephen Krohn
Krohn joins Gregory School
Five teachers and a counselor have joined the faculty at The Gregory School, which recently changed its name from St. Gregory College Preparatory School.
Stephen Krohn, middle school art and yearbook teacher. Krohn has taught art throughout the world and holds a bachelor’s degree in drawing and painting from the UA.
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Katie Patt
Patt joins Gregory School
Five teachers and a counselor have joined the faculty at The Gregory School, which recently changed its name from St. Gregory College Preparatory School.
Katie Patt, middle school history teacher. Patt has taught middle school history and humanities in independent schools throughout the country. She has a bachelor’s degree in history from Kenyon College and a master’s degree in environmental history from the University of Massachusetts.
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Margaret Scofield
Scofield joins Gregory School
Five teachers and a counselor have joined the faculty at The Gregory School, which recently changed its name from St. Gregory College Preparatory School.
Margaret Scofield, fifth grade teacher. She has an extensive background in intermediate education. She graduated from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor’s in elementary education.
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Matilda Campbell
Alumnus Campbell takes post at YOTO
Matilda Campbell has joined Youth On Their Own as an executive assistant.
Campbell is a YOTO alumnus.
She retired this year from the U.S. Air Force, where she was the noncommissioned officer in charge for medical logistics, executive assistant to the command chief master sergeant for the 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, and noncommissioned officer in charge for the First Term Airmen Center at Offutt.
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Dr. Charles B. Cairns
Emergency physician Cairns coming to UA
Dr. Charles B. Cairns was appointed assistant vice president for clinical research and clinical trials at the Arizona Health Sciences Center and vice dean and a professor of the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Tucson.
Cairns will join the UA in November after serving as professor and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He has been principal investigator of the National Collaborative for Bio-preparedness and as the associate director of the U.S. Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group. He also recently served as principal investigator of the National Regionalization of Emergency Medical Care Services Framework Project.
He previously was associate chief of emergency medicine at Duke University Medical Center and director of emergency medicine research at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, among other positions.
His awards include the American College of Emergency Physicians Outstanding Contribution in Research Award and the highest award of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
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Oncologist Bhasin part of UA Health Network
Dr. Neha Bhasin joins the University of Arizona Department of Pediatrics and the University of Arizona Health Network as an assistant professor in the Division of Hematology/ Oncology.
As a pediatric oncologist, Bhasin will provide care for children with cancer, bleeding and clotting disorders, sickle cell anemia and thalassemia at the University of Arizona Medical Center’s Diamond Children’s hospital, the pediatric hematology/oncology outpatient clinic at the UA Medical Center’s University Campus, and Children’s Rehabilitative Services.
She will also serve as director of the Pediatric Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center at UAMC.
Bhasin earned her medical degree from Ross University in the West Indies and completed her pediatrics residency at Stony Brook University Medical Center in New York.
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Jaime W. Vinck
Sierra Tucson gets clinical help
Sierra Tucson named Jaime W. Vinck as chief clinical officer.
Practicing psychotherapy in Arizona for more than 10 years, Vinck is a cicensed professional counselor and a nationally certified counselor. In addition to having a private practice in Scottsdale, Vinck is the founder of Hoofprints to Healing, an equine psychotherapy program targeted at addressing the emotions underlying addiction. She teaches in the Master of Counseling Program at Grand Canyon University as an adjunct faculty member.
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Rich Appert
Sierra Tucson gets intake help
Sierra Tucson named Rich Appert as director of intake.
Appert’s experience has included management positions at Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches and Seaside Palm Beach in Southern Florida. He has developed systems in admissions, alumni teams and insurance departments.
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Sandipan Bhattacharjee
Geriatrics researcher Bhattacharjee at UA
Sandipan Bhattacharjee joined the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy as an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science.
He completed his Ph.D. in health outcomes research from West Virginia University, received a master’s degree in pharmacy administration from the University of Houston and a bachelor’s of pharmacy from Jadavpur University in India.
Bhattacharjee will focus his research in the geriatric population and intends to continue to study neurodegenerative diseases, oncology and diabetes.
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Melissa Acuña
Cox's Acuña to coordinate firm's community relations
Cox in Tucson named Melissa Acuña as community relations coordinator for Southern Arizona.
Acuña will lead the Cox Volunteers and Cox Charities programs for Southern Arizona and will manage community partnerships.
Since joining Cox in 2004, Acuña has held a number of roles. Most recently she was an account service supervisor.
As a volunteer, she contributes to three main causes aligned with Cox Charities: youth, education and technology. She lends a helping hand to Casa de los Niños, the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Junior Achievement of Southern Arizona and the Children’s Museum Tucson.
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Peter Rottier
Rottier to work on tech at College of Pharmacy
Peter Rottier joined the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy as coordinator of instructional learning and technology.
Rottier will implement technological tools for faculty and students to help improve student learning outcomes. He will also establish the distance learning initiatives between the Tucson and Phoenix pharmacy cohorts.
Previously, Rottier worked as director for eLearning, was senior instructional designer at Cleveland State University and instructional technology specialist at the University of Wisconsin.
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Lisa Gaare
Gaare is Long manager at Golder Ranch office
Lisa Gaare is the new branch manager for Long Realty’s Golder Ranch office.
Gaare has more than 30 years of management experience in technical fields and eight years of real estate experience in Tucson. She was most recently a sales manager at Long’s Foothills office.
She will continue her online leadership of an internet response group of Long Realty agents called the iTEAM.
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Matt Meister
Meister joins Sunstreet as senior loan officer
Tucson-based Sunstreet Mortgage hired Matt Meister as vice president and senior loan officer.
With more than 17 years of experience, Meister has been named one of the top 1 percent of loan originators in the United States more than once.
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Jerry Lyon
Lyon to herd projects for Tierra Right of Way
Tierra Right of Way Services hired Jerry Lyon as a principal investigator for its Environmental Planning and Cultural Resources Division.
Lyon brings more than 20 years of archaeological experience in the Southwest and will lead and oversee projects for Tierra throughout the region.
He has led archaeological and cultural resource landscape survey, testing, and data recovery projects for federal, state and private clients in Arizona, Utah, Nevada and New Mexico. He is a specialist in GIS technology and develops databases for spatial analysis and quality control.
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Kenda vonHamm
Blue Cross' VonHamm jumping to Humana
Humana Inc. named Kenda vonHamm market director for senior product operations for Arizona and Nevada.
She will be based in Humana’s Phoenix market office.
VonHamm has more than 25 years of health-care experience in the commercial and Medicare markets. Before joining Humana, she was senior compliance consultant for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. She has a bachelor’s degree in business and public administration from the University of Arizona.
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Michael Fisher
Salpointe hires Fisher as director of admissions
Michael Fisher is Salpointe Catholic High School’s new director of admissions.
He worked previously at Justin-Siena High School in Napa, California.
Fisher’s primary responsibilities are the recruitment, admission and retention of students. He will represent Salpointe at public events, work with prospective families and middle school administrators, and manage all aspects of student enrollment.
He received a bachelor’s degree from Cal Poly State, San Luis Obispo and a master’s from San Diego State University.
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Tony Ceresoli
Northwest YMCA gets Ceresoli as exec director
Tony Ceresoli joined the YMCA of Southern Arizona as executive director of the Northwest YMCA Pima County Community Center.
Ceresoli brings 26 years of YMCA experience, in many positions, beginning in upstate New York and most recently at the New Jersey Y.
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Adriane Hofmeyr (Parsons)
Recognition flows to Hofmeyr from Munger Chadwick
Munger Chadwick PLC announced that one of its partners has been recognized: Adriane Hofmeyr (Parsons) was appointed to the position of commissioner with the Pima County/Tucson Women’s Commission.
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Andrew Barbour
Recognition flows to Barbour from Munger Chadwick
Munger Chadwick PLC announced that one of its partners has been recognized: Andrew Barbour earned his license as a customs broker from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Wendy Smith
Youth on Their Own bumps Smith up to operations chief
Youth on Their Own promoted Wendy Smith to volunteer and operations manager, from development associate and executive assistant.
Smith has an extensive retail management background, as well as 10 years’ experience as an educator in Tucson. Her education includes a bachelor’s degree in business marketing and a master’s degree in elementary education.
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Jayne D. Hack
Nonprofit taps Hack as CEO
Jayne D. Hack has been named CEO of CareGiver Training Institute (CGTI).
The non-profit, at 710 S. Kolb Road, offers Certified Nursing Assistant and care giver training and certification.
Hack has been affiliated with CGTI’s educational program for the past year. She is also a clinical instructor at the University of Arizona College of Nursing and will continue in that role.
She previously was supervisor of disaster health services for the American Red Cross of Southern California.
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Arthur C. “Chris” Nelson
UA college names Nelson associate dean
Arthur C. (“Chris”) Nelson has been named to a new position of associate dean for research by the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA).
The college conducts research in areas including water management, heritage conservation, building and site energy performance and solutions, affordable housing, and the role of the built and green environment on health and wellbeing.
Nelson has also been named professor of planning and real eEstate development in the School of Planning and Landscape Architecture.
He brings 30 years of academic work, and has generated more than $10 million in grants and contracts from federal agencies, state and local government, foundations, think-tanks, nonprofit organizations and private firms.
He created and managed Georgia Tech’s land development certificate program, founded Virginia Tech’s program in Urban Affairs and Planning, as well as co-directed the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech, and founded the Metropolitan Research Center at the University of Utah.
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Stephanie Sklar
Sonoran Institute names CEO
The Sonoran Institute Board of Directors has appointed Stephanie Sklar of Tucson as its new chief executive officer, effective Oct. 13.
Sklar is currently director of development for the Institute of the Environment at the University of Arizona, since 2010. Before working for the UA, she was executive director of Social Venture Partners of Greater Tucson from 2007-2010.
Sklar was formerly executive director of the Arizona League of Conservation Voters; and before that, vice president for public affairs for the National Wildlife Federation in Washington, D.C.; vice president for communications at The Nature Conservancy in Arlington, Virginia; and an appointee of President Ronald Reagan as communications director for the President’s Commission on Americans Outdoors. She also was an associate director of the Small Business Center for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
A graduate of Vassar College, Sklar earned a degree in English from Brown University and studied postgraduate business at George Washington University.
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Leon Clark
Journal Broadcast names VP, GM
Leon Clark has been named vice president and general manager of Journal Broadcast Group’s Tucson radio operations, which include KMXZ-FM, KQTH-FM, KTGV-FM and KFFN-AM.
Most recently, Clark was sales manager for Tunein, an online radio streaming company. He has also served as sales manager for CBS Radio, Atlanta; Emmis Communications, New York; and CBS Radio, San Diego. He was station manager for Radio One in Boston in 2000.
Clark is a graduate of San Jose State University with a degree in public relations and marketing. He has served on the board of directors of the March of Dimes and Theatre of Los Angeles.
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Iman Ghaderi
UA hires surgery specialist
Dr. Iman Ghaderi has joined the University of Arizona department of surgery as assistant professor of surgery.
He specializes in minimally invasive and advanced laparoscopic procedures for the treatment of upper gastrointestinal conditions, including reflux disease and esophageal motility disorders, abdominal wall hernias, weight-loss surgery and advanced endoscopy.
Ghaderi obtained his medical degree in Tehran, Iran; a master of science degree at McGill University in Montreal; his general surgery residency training at Western University in London, Canada; and a research and clinical fellowship in advanced laparoscopic and bariatric surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is now pursuing a master’s degree in health professions education from the University of Illinois.
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Joyce Rodgers
Youth on Their Own promotion
Youth on Their Own has promoted Joyce Rodgers to director of operations and finance. She will oversee financial management of the organization as well as human resources, information technology and general business operations.
Rodgers was hired as Youth on Their Own’s finance manager in September 2013. She has more than 30 years of accounting and human-resources experience.
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Jim Susa
Susa joins law firm
Attorney Jim Susa has joined the Tucson office of the law firm of DeConcini McDonald Yetwin & Lacy P.C. as a shareholder in the tax-practice group.
Susa is recognized by the State Bar of Arizona as a certified tax specialist and is a member of the State Bar of Arizona Legal Specialization Board Tax Law Advisory Commission.
He previously worked at Snell & Wilmer Law Offices in Tucson; as an assistant attorney general representing the Arizona Department of Revenue; and as an administrator at the department.
Susa is a past chairman of the Arizona State Board of Accountancy Law Review Committee, State Bar of Arizona Tax Section and the Arizona State Board of Tax Appeals. He graduated cum laude from both the University of Arizona Colleges of Business and Law and holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Florida.
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Katie James
UA's Steele Center hires James
Katie James has joined the University of Arizona Steele Children’s Research Center as a coordinator of special events and development.
She will coordinate special events benefiting the UA Steele Center and the University of Arizona Medical Center — Diamond Children’s.
James will also serve as a liaison and representative to volunteer groups and donors who support the UA Steele Center, such as Kids of Steele and UA-affiliated groups.
James graduated from Colorado State University with a bachelor’s degree in history and from the UA with a master of public administration degree. Her background is in nonprofit operations, special events, grant writing and volunteer coordination.
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Michelle MacDonald
UA's Steele Center hires MacDonald
Michelle MacDonald has joined the University of Arizona Steele Children’s Research Center as a coordinator of special events and development.
She will coordinate special events benefiting the UA Steele Center and the University of Arizona Medical Center — Diamond Children’s.
MacDonald will also serve as a liaison and representative to Father’s Day Council Tucson and other community-based organizations and donors who support the UA Steele Center.
MacDonald completed a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Arizona. Before joining the UA, she worked as a regional director for First Things First.
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Daniel Bradshaw
Landscape architect credit earned
Daniel Bradshaw recently earned his Arizona license as a registered landscape architect while at The Planning Center.
Bradshaw, who specializes in project visualization, directs the production of 3-D models, rendered site imagery and experiential graphic design.
He graduated from the University of Arizona in 2010 as an American Society of Landscape Architects and Sigma Lambda honor student.
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Steve Earnhart
New exec at Clear Channel
Steve Earnhart has been named director of sales for Clear Channel Media and Entertainment Tucson’s seven-station cluster.
Earnhart joins Clear Channel Tucson from Radio Disney in Phoenix, where he was the general manager and sales director.
His radio experience includes roles as a senior account executive and account executive at CBS radio in Phoenix and Los Angeles. Earnhart also previously served as vice president of sales and marketing for Statesman Corporation.
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Veterinarian Huang in GV
Jean Huang has joined Animal Care Center of Green Valley as one of four veterinarians providing advanced diagnostics and medical care to cats and dogs.
Huang has a special interest in internal medicine; pets with difficult-to-diagnose illnesses; and managing and preventing pain, especially in pets with chronic illnesses.
Before joining Animal Care Center of Green Valley, Huang was with veterinary hospitals in northern California. She holds a doctor of veterinary medicine from University of California/Davis and a bachelor of science, with honors, in animal science from Cornell University.
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J.B. Shockey
New COO at Crest Insurance
Crest Insurance Group, LLC named J.B. Shockey as chief operations officer.
Shockey brings more than 35 years of property/casualty insurance experience in national sales, marketing and management.
Prior to joining Crest, he worked for Cincinnati Insurance Co. for 27 years, most recently as vice president of sales and marketing.
A graduate of the University of Arizona with a bachelor of science in business administration, Shockey also attended graduate school at Illinois State University. He achieved Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter and Certified Insurance Counselor designations.
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Rebecca Borgesen
Long Realty hires Borgesen
Long Realty Company has named Rebecca Borgesen as marketing manager.
She will be responsible for the company’s marketing strategies, communications, brand management, media relations and marketing partnerships.
Prior to joining Long Realty, Borgesen was marketing manager for the Phoenix office of Grant Thornton as well as the marketing manager for the Phoenix office of CliftonLarsonAllen. She also worked at Jennings, Strouss & Salmon and Cushman & Wakefield of Arizona.
She received her bachelor of arts degree in communications from Arizona State University.
Long Realty is a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate and wholly owned subsidiary of HomeServices of America, Inc.
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EcoPlan Associates, Inc. has promoted Ron van Ommeren to senior vice president.
The Arizona environmental consulting firm has offices in Mesa, Tucson and Prescott. Van Ommeren will work out of its downtown Tucson office.
Van Ommeren started with EcoPlan in Tucson in 2007 and then opened an office for the firm in Denver, Colorado. Previously, he had his own consulting firm, Senna Environmental Services, from 1999 to 2007.
With a master’s degree in biology from Northern Arizona University, van Ommeren has more than 20 years of experience as a project manager, environmental regulatory specialist, and field/research biologist.
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Carrington College names Diggs to lead campus here
Carrington College, part of DeVry Education Group, appointed Tina Diggs as executive director of its Tucson campus.
Diggs will be responsible for the business operation of the campus, and for implementing initiatives to increase student and staff retention and satisfaction.
She joined Carrington College’s home office in Phoenix in 2008 as associate director of academic affairs. Most recently, she served three years as director of student services for Carrington’s 17 campuses.
Diggs holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Ohio State University, a master’s degree in education from the University of Dayton, and a doctorate of education in leadership and management from Capella University. She serves on the board of Jobs for Arizona’s Graduates.
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Danner to run business unit of Washington Federal in AZ
Washington Federal named Ben Danner as vice president and Arizona business division manager.
Danner has managed lending teams in the Phoenix marketplace for the past 20 years.
He previously was in commercial and industrial lending at the Commerce Bank of Arizona, was an executive vice president and a founding member of First Scottsdale Bank, was manager of Alliance Bank’s Phoenix Business Banking Group, and was Compass Bank’s manager of business banking.
He earned his degree in finance from Northern Illinois University.
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Neuropsychologist Killgore joins UA College of Medicine
Clinical neuropsychologist William “Scott” Killgore was appointed professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson.
Killgore’s work includes neuroimaging methods to study the role of emotion in complex cognitive processes such as moral judgment, decision-making and risk-taking. He also is interested in how brain-behavior systems may be affected by environmental and lifestyle factors, such as insufficient sleep, nutrition, light exposure, physical activity, and stimulants such as caffeine.
At the UA, he will study methods for accelerating recovery from mild traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. He is a member of the UA transdisciplinary research group MESH (Mechanisms of Emotion, Social Relationships and Health).
His research is funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Defense and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to address critical performance and mental-health needs of active military personnel and returning combat veterans. Killgore served in Iraq.
He previously was at Harvard Medical School as an associate professor of psychology. He also was director of the Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass. He received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Texas Tech University and completed a fellowship at the Yale School of Medicine.
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Carondelet Medical Group hires Sandhaus
Carondelet announced that physician assistant Jerry Sandhaus has joined Carondelet Medical Group.
Sandhaus, who joins Carondelet-Northwest, has been a physician assistant for 21 years, with extensive experience in primary and urgent care. He completed his clinical training at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.
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Carondelet Medical Group hires Whitelaw
Carondelet announced that Dr. Narissa Whitelaw has joined Carondelet Medical Group.
Whitelaw, at Carondelet-Southeast, obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona. She earned her doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed a residency in family medicine at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. She is board-certified in family medicine from both the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians and the American Board of Family Medicine.
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Clyde W. Kunz
Community Foundation welcomes Kunz as VP
Clyde W. Kunz has joined the The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona (CFSA) as vice president of development and donor services.
He will manage the acceleration of the Community Foundation’s Civic Leadership Campaign, and enable CFSA to lead more community initiatives, the organization said in a news release.
Kunz has served in nonprofit leadership roles for more than two decades, following his education at both Utah State University and the University of Utah.
He is a former executive director of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and as a nonprofit consultant for the past 14 years has managed development campaigns for local, regional and national organizations.
Kunz is a member of the Planned Giving Roundtable of Southern Arizona; an instructor at a nonprofit management institute at Arizona State University; and a cofounder of Non-profit Executives Together. He serves on boards including Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona and Tucson Chamber Artists.
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Mo Mortazavi
Dr. Mortazavi joins staff of UA Pediatrics Department
Dr. Mo Mortazavi has joined the University of Arizona Department of Pediatrics and the UA Health Network as an assistant professor in general pediatrics.
A board-certified pediatric sports medicine physician, Mortazavi is developing the first dedicated pediatric sports medicine program in Tucson, scheduled to launch Tuesday at the UAHN Children’s Multi-Specialty Clinic at Wilmot.
He received his medical degree and completed his pediatrics residency at the University of California, Davis, and a fellowship at Children’s Colorado in Denver.
His practice includes musculoskeletal injuries; concussion care; pediatric fractures; exercise prescriptions for athletes with chronic illness; sports nutrition and injury-prevention programs.
As an undergraduate at UC Davis, Mortazavi played Division IAA football for four years. He spent two years in the European Football League as a player-coach, and later worked in Italy as an assistant sports physician.
His current research interests include concussion prevention and prevention of sudden cardiac death in athletes.
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Sarah M. Becker
UA Pediatrics Department adds Dr. Becker to staff
Sarah M. Becker, DO, has joined the University of Arizona Department of Pediatrics and the UA Health Network as an assistant professor in the Division of Critical Care.
Becker completed medical school at Midwestern University and her residency in pediatrics at the UA College of Medicine — Tucson.
As a pediatric critical-care hospitalist, she will care for hospitalized children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the University of Arizona Medical Center – Diamond Children’s and Tucson Medical Center.
Her clinical and research interests are in diagnostic imaging in pediatric emergency care and the use of simulation medicine in residency training programs.
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Udall Law Firm adds Letzkus as associate
Sarah S. Letzkus has joined The Udall Law Firm, LLP as an associate with the firm.
She focuses her practice in complex commercial and business litigation and labor and employment law.
Letzkus, after receiving her bachelor’s in political science from the University of Arizona, received her juris doctorate, magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.
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Civil engineer Corey R. Thompson joined the WLB Group, a Tucson based engineering, planning, landscape architecture, survey and construction services firm, as senior project manager.
Thompson has 31 years of experience in management, client relations, project coordination and agency approvals. He previously was managing principal of Stantec in Tucson. In his new role at WLB, Thompson will be responsible for organizing and directing surveys, master planning, drainage design, engineering, landscape architecture and construction services.
His prior project work includes include the 3,000-acre Rancho Sahuarita development, the 540-acre Red Rock development and two large projects in the Eloy area.
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Local master planned community developer Rancho Sahuarita hired real estate industry veteran Mike Brilz as the company’s senior vice president.
Brilz will be responsible for the Rancho Sahuarita Community Facilities District and for strategic planning for the Rancho Sahuarita Management Co., the Sahuarita Water Co. and the Rancho Sahuarita Home Owners Association, as well as builder and commercial sales, entitlements and new business development.
Brilz has more than 25 years of experience in land development in Arizona, including numerous projects in the Tucson area. Most recently, he was the Arizona division vice president of land for national homebuilder Pulte-Del Webb for 13 years.
Brilz was a member of the startup and operation teams for the Phoenix master planned communities Vistancia by Sunbelt Holdings, Anthem by Del Webb and Sun City Festival Ranch.
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Attorney Meredith K. Marder joined the Tucson office of Farhang & Medcoff in the firm’s corporate, real estate and litigation groups.
Marder graduated cum laude from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2009. She served as law clerk to Vice Chief Justice A. John Pelander on the Arizona Supreme Court during the court’s 2009-2010 term.
She serves as vice chair of development on the board of trustees of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and has represented musicians and bands on licensing and copyright issues, as well as other business matters.
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Radio station operator Arizona Lotus Corp. promoted Ken Kwilosz to general manager, replacing Steve Groesbeck.
Kwilosz has been with Lotus for 10 years and with Arizona Lotus for the last 3ƒ years as director of sales.
Arizona Lotus operates radio stations KFMA, KLPX, KCMT and KTKT in the Tucson market.
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Hadden is development chief at College of Medicine - Tucson
Marianne Capp Hadden has been named director of development for the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. She will oversee the college’s development, alumni relations and special events offices.
Hadden joins the college after serving as director of development for the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health since 2011. Before joining the UA, Hadden had a career with Roche Pharmaceuticals in sales and marketing.
Hadden has three degrees from the UA: a bachelor of science in food science and animal science, a master’s in animal science and a master of business administration concentrating in marketing. She is active in the community as a volunteer on numerous boards and committees.
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Maryam Fazel
College of Pharmacy names Fazel as assistant professor
Maryam Fazel has joined the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy faculty as an assistant professor in the department of pharmacy practice and science.
Fazel has served as a specialist in poison information at the college’s Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center for the past year.
In her faculty position, Fazel will teach PharmD students and have clinical responsibilities at the University of Arizona Medical Center — South Campus, where her practice focus will be in ambulatory care.
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Stacia Decker
Alvernon Optical promotes Decker to president
Alvernon Optical has promoted Stacia Decker to the position of president.
Decker has been with Alvernon Optical for 33 years and most recently served as senior vice president of retail. She will oversee all operations for the 53-year-old, family-owned company with six locations in Tucson and Green Valley and a full-service optical laboratory.
Decker is a licensed optician and holds a bachelor’s in business management from the University of Phoenix.
She is a board member of the Rotary Club of Tucson.
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Dennis Landeros
Landeros is fitness director for The Fountains at La Cholla
Dennis Landeros has been named fitness director for The Fountains at La Cholla.
He replaces Susan Vanatta, who retired from teaching fitness classes and ballroom dancing at The Fountains after more than two decades.
Landeros, a Tucson native, has been a personal fitness trainer for more than 25 years. He was director of cardiac rehab for Pima Heart before coming to The Fountains at La Cholla.
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Daniel Schmidt
Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain appoints Schmidt exec. chef
The Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain has named Daniel Schmidt as executive chef.
Schmidt will oversee the property’s CORE Kitchen & Wine Bar as well as its in-room dining and banquet divisions.
The German-born chef comes to Arizona from China’s Ritz-Carlton Guangzhou, where he served as executive chef. Prior to that, he was at The Ritz-Carlton in Wolfsburg, Germany.
He has also been a culinary trainer and consulting chef for hotels and restaurants throughout China, Europe, India, the Middle East and South Africa, The Ritz-Carlton said in a news release.
He has achieved first-place finishes in numerous international/world cooking championships since 1998.
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Rosemary Leon
Lifelong Tucson resident Leon to run Reachout center
Rosemary Leon has joined Reachout Women’s Center as executive director.
She will be responsible for all operations, including fundraising, public relations and marketing.
Leon comes most recently from the Pima County Health Department where she was outreach coordinator for a maternal, infant and early childhood program. She previously worked at St. Elizabeth’s Health Center as dental program director, and as faculty at Pima Community College.
Leon, a lifelong Tucson resident, has a bachelor’s degree in public management and a master’s degree in educational leadership, both acquired through Northern Arizona University.
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Aaron Reid
TAR promotes Reid
The Tucson Association of Realtors (TAR) has promoted Aaron Reid from education coordinator to account executive, where he now manages administrative service contracts for various outside organizations.
As a member of the finance staff, he also provides administrative support for the vice president of finance and administration. Reid has been with TAR since 2009.
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Amy Hamrick
TAR promotes Hamrick
The Tucson Association of Realtors (TAR) has promoted Amy Hamrick promoted to education coordinator.
She assists the education and housing opportunities director with Realtor professional development. She also manages TAR’s meeting room rentals to members, community groups and the general public.
Hamrick had been a customer service specialist since 2011.
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Amy Moloney
Moloney joins TAR
The Tucson Association of Realtors (TAR) has hired Amy Moloney as a customer service specialist.
She comes to TAR from a local marketing/public relations firm.
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Liza Lopez-Corral
Lopez-Corral is events coordinator for TAR
The Tucson Association of Realtors (TAR) has hired Liza Lopez-Corral as events coordinator.
She joins TAR from the local hotel industry.
Lopez-Corral now handles TAR events such as the Expo trade show, the annual installation banquet, and member mixers.
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Raj Patel
Cardiologist Patel completes fellowships, joins Carondelet
Dr. Raj Patel, an interventional cardiologist, has joined Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute Physicians.
He sees patients at Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute at Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital.
Patel recently completed fellowships in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology at the University Of Arizona College of Medicine, where he served as a chief cardiology fellow.
He completed his residency in internal medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Georgia, where he was associate program director of the internal medicine residency program, associate program director for the Clinical Skill Department, lead researcher in clinical research, and an assistant professor.
Patel earned his medical degree from the BJ Medical College in Gujarat, India. He is board certified in echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, cardiovascular disease and internal medicine.
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Julie Klewer
Local CPA Klewer appointed to 5-year term on AZ board
CPA Julie Klewer, partner in charge of the audit and assurance practice of Ludwig Klewer & Co. in Tucson, has been appointed by Gov. Jan Brewer to the Arizona State Board of Accountancy for a five-year term.
Klewer fills the vacancy left by Karen McCloskey, a Tucson CPA who completed her term in July.
Klewer has 20 years of experience in the public accounting arena, and has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Arizona. She is a recent past chair of the board of directors of the Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants.
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Jane Prescott-Smith
Prescott-Smith takes job with UA Libraries
Jane Prescott-Smith, managing director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse at the University of Arizona, is leaving to become special assistant with the University of Arizona Libraries.
Prescott-Smith has served as managing director of the institute since it was established in May of 2011 after the mass Tucson-area shooting that killed six and wounded 13, including then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, on Jan. 8, 2011.
Prescott-Smith was the institute’s only employee during its first year. She was instrumental in establishing many of the institute’s programs to promote civil discourse including: Your Words Count, The Next Generation Project and much of the institute’s research work.
Before that, Prescott-Smith served in director positions at the Steele Children’s Research Center and at the Eller College of Management. She had been a marketing manager at Kraft Foods and a buyer for Macy’s and Federated Department Stores.
She holds an MBA from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s in economics from Stanford University.
In her new role, Prescott-Smith will conduct research, write, coordinate events and assist with development efforts for the UA Libraries.
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Rick Zich
Mr. Beer's Zich brews a promotion
Rick Zich has been promoted to president of Mr. Beer, a Tucson-based provider of home brewing kits.
He has been with Mr. Beer since January 2012, where he started as the vice president of operations.
Zich previously was chief financial officer at Catalina Products LLC. He and his wife, Joanne Zich, own Trinity Diamonds, founded in Tucson in 2003.
Rick Zich received his undergraduate degree from Purdue University and his MBA from University of Phoenix.
Mr. Beer has also appointed several new staff members. Since March, the company has added Matthew McCollom as graphic designer, Tammie Cornitius as controller and Sarah Scott as marketing assistant.
Mr. Beer, in Tucson for 14 years, joined forces with an Australian Brewery, Coopers, in 2012.
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Fitzgerald joins Airport Authority
The Tucson Airport Authority has named Betsy Belden Fitzgerald director of marketing, public information and community relations.
She joins the business development and marketing department of the TAA, which operates Tucson International Airport and Ryan Airfield.
Fitzgerald comes to TAA with extensive experience in brand communication, marketing and advertising, most recently as the senior marketing manager of Long Realty Co. since 2004.
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Jill Jewett
Jewett promoted at Lof Lopez
The firm of Lof Lopez and Associates announces that Jill Jewett has been promoted to associate financial planner.
Her promotion comes after she completed the chartered retirement planning counselors or CPRC professional designation program.
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Stephanie Mayoral
Mayoral promoted at Lof Lopez
The firm of Lof Lopez and Associates announces that Stephanie Mayoral has been promoted to associate financial planner.
Her promotion comes after she completed the chartered retirement planning counselors or CPRC professional designation program.
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Andrew Sterling
Sterling joins Tucson law firm
Attorney Andrew Sterling has joined the Tucson law firm of Rusing Lopez & Lizardi PLLC.
Sterling’s areas of expertise include commercial, tort liability, class action, employment and product liability litigation. He previously was an attorney in Washington, D.C.
He attended Amherst College and graduated cum laude from the University of Texas School of Law in 2002.
Sterling serves as secretary of the Tucson Defense Bar and is a member of the board of directors at Arizona College Prep Academy.
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Jill A'Hearn
Tucson Metro Chamber hires business development exec
Jill A’Hearn has joined the Tucson Metro Chamber as business development and advertising director.
A’Hearn will be responsible for cultivating relationships with Southern Arizona business leaders, securing new chamber investors, advertising and sponsorship sales, and overseeing investor advertising in the chamber’s print and online advertising mediums.
A’Hearn was advertising director at Territorial Newspapers for 12 years. She has 30 years of experience in sales, advertising, strategic planning and business management and holds a B.A. in merchandising from the University of Arizona.
She has served on boards and committees including the American Heart Association Circle of Red, the American Advertising Federation of Tucson and the TMC Hospice Rock-N-Rodeo committee.
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Dr. Jeff Burgess
New assoc. dean of research for UA College of Public Health
Dr. Jeff Burgess, professor of environmental and occupational health at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, has been appointed associate dean for research.
Burgess is the former director of the community, environment and policy division.
His research focuses on improving the health of miners, firefighters and other first responders through reduction of injuries and hazardous exposures, and on improved treatment and evaluation of population-level exposures to arsenic in drinking water and diet.
After receiving his medical degree from the University of Washington in 1988, Burgess first came to the University of Arizona for residency training in emergency medicine, followed by a fellowship in medical toxicology.
After completing a fellowship in occupational and environmental medicine in Seattle, he returned to the UA in 1997 as a faculty member in the Arizona Prevention Center, which later became the Zuckerman College.
He also earned a master’s degree in toxicology and industrial hygiene from the UA in 1993 and a master of public health degree from the University of Washington in 1996.
Burgess is the principal investigator for the Centers for Disease Control-funded Mountain West Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center.
He is also a member of the Population Health and Health Outcomes Research Advisory Council for the Office of the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences.
He participates in multiple university-wide health collaborations.
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Pat Leahy
RE/MAX Excalibur names branch manager for Tucson
Pat Leahy has been named branch manager of RE/MAX Excalibur’s Tucson location.
Leahy, a Realtor, will also continue serving homebuyers and sellers.
Leahy joined the real estate industry in 1999 after a career in lending, title and escrow.
She has earned the Accredited Buyer’s Representative, Certified Residential Specialist and Graduate, Realtor Institute designations.
In 2003 she became a Certified Ethics Instructor for the Arizona Association of Realtors and started teaching GRI and new member orientation courses for the Tucson Association of Realtors.
She holds a seat on TAR’s Education Committee and will be on the Board of Directors in 2015. She operates Pat Leahy Seminars.
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Sierra Tucson names interim exec director
Sierra Tucson has appointed Phil Herschman as interim executive director. Herschman is currently the chief clinical officer at CRC Health Group, parent company of Sierra Tucson.
The founder of CRC’s Clinical Advisory Board, he has 40 years of experience in the healthcare industry.
Stephen Fahey, Sierra Tucson’s executive director, is stepping down to pursue professional opportunities elsewhere.
Before joining CRC in 2002, Herschman served as chief executive officer of Behavioral Health Concepts, a national mental health management company that he founded in 1993. He spent eight years with Republic/OrNda Health Corporation, and he was previously regional vice president of operations for Horizon Health. He began his career as a clinical psychologist.
Herschman holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of California, Irvine, and a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego.
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Kim Lax
Lax to be Cadden COO
Cadden Community Management announced that Kim Lax will be promoted to chief operating officer.
Cadden is a locally owned homeowner association management company.
Lax started with Cadden more than 11 years ago and was most recently director of association operations.
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Susan Rodriguez
Rodriguez to be Cadden CFO
Susan Rodriguez has been named chief financial officer for Cadden Community Management, a locally owned homeowner association management company.
Rodriguez was previously the HOA finance director and has been with the company for four years.
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Cree Zischke
Freedman Desert Museum hires Zischke as director of philanthropy
Cree Zischke joined the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum as director of philanthropy.
Zischke will oversee annual giving, major gifts, planned giving and membership at the museum. She will work with Robert Edison, director emeritus, who is conducting the museum’s capital campaign, “Treasure the Desert Museum.”
For the past five years, Zischke led global philanthropy and community relations for the Northwest and Intermountain Region at JP Morgan Chase. She was responsible for the investment of more than $8.1 million annually in nonprofit organizations.
Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase, Zischke held senior leadership positions with U.S. Bancorp, Patterson Cos., UnitedHealth Group and the Arizona Department of Corrections. She has given workshops and spoken internationally on numerous philanthropy topics, and she is a graduate of the University of Arizona.
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Udall Foundation finds chief of finance, operations
Scott Swarens is joining the Udall Foundation as director of finance and operations after 27 years in financial management and accounting with the Federal Highway Administration and the U.S. Forest Service.
Swarens has years of experience with federal budgeting, internal controls, audits, contracting, accounting, payroll procedures, travel policies and procedures, and procurement rules and regulations. He has also overseen human resources and information technology.
Swarens is pursuing an MBA from Marylhurst University in Oregon. He received his bachelor’s degree in accounting with a minor in management from the University of Oregon. He is a member of the Association of Government Accountants and has achieved the Certified Government Financial Manager Designation.
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Yana Krone
Bolchalk Frey adds Krone as accounting manager
Yana Krone joined Bolchalk Frey Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations as accounting manager.
Krone previously held positions at US Expo Service, Tucson Lifestyle Magazine and the Southern Arizona Home Builders Association Home Show.
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The Pima County Workforce Investment Board elected new officers this month.
Paul Roughton, owner of New Horizons Computer Learning Center of Arizona, will be chair of the board.
Other board officers will be Beverly Price of HealthTrio LLC; Rose Capono of Southwest Gas Corp.; and Gregg Johnson of the University of Phoenix.
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Liby Lentz
Freedman is president, Almeroth is CFO at Pima Medical Institute
Pima Medical Institute (PMI), a private postsecondary education and training school, promoted Fred Freedman to president and appointed him to the company’s board of directors. In addition, Richard Almeroth was promoted to chief financial officer and appointed to the board.
Liby Lentz, corporate director of human resources, and Michael Niggl, corporate director of financial aid, have each been appointed as a director to the PMI board and promoted to vice president.
Lentz has more than 20 years at PMI; Niggl is a 23-year employee there.
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Freedman is president, Almeroth is CFO at Pima Medical Institute
Pima Medical Institute (PMI), a private postsecondary education and training school, promoted Fred Freedman to president and appointed him to the company’s board of directors. In addition, Richard Almeroth was promoted to chief financial officer and appointed to the board.
Almeroth joined PMI in 2010 and was named controller in 2011. He will manage, direct and administer all aspects of the company’s more than $125 million annual revenue budget.
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Lori Banzhaf
Tucson chamber promotes Banzhaf
The Tucson Metro Chamber promoted Lori Banzhaf to executive vice president.
She will oversee membership sales, advertising and sponsorships and events.
Banzhaf joined the chamber in June 2011 as vice president of business development after a career as director of major gifts and planned giving for the Tucson Medical Center Foundation. She was also president and founder of Monsoon Marketing.
Banzhaf is a member of the Western Association of Chamber Executives and is co-chair, with her husband, Steve, of the 2015 Heart & Stroke Ball.
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Fred Freedman
Freedman is president, Almeroth is CFO at Pima Medical Institute
Pima Medical Institute (PMI), a private postsecondary education and training school, promoted Fred Freedman to president and appointed him to the company’s board of directors. In addition, Richard Almeroth was promoted to chief financial officer and appointed to the board.
Freedman has worked at PMI for 14 years, serving as a campus director and director of operations. He was named chief operating officer in 2008, a post he will retain as president. He will be responsible for the fiscal and operational management of 13 ground campuses and an online campus. He has more than 30 years of experience in the private vocational school industry.
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Freedman is president, Almeroth is CFO at Pima Medical Institute
Pima Medical Institute (PMI), a private postsecondary education and training school, promoted Fred Freedman to president and appointed him to the company’s board of directors. In addition, Richard Almeroth was promoted to chief financial officer and appointed to the board.
Liby Lentz, corporate director of human resources, and Michael Niggl, corporate director of financial aid, have each been appointed as a director to the PMI board and promoted to vice president.
Lentz has more than 20 years at PMI; Niggl is a 23-year employee there.
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David Winter
Sales veteran Winter to lead Dove Mt. office of Long Realty
Long Realty, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, has promoted associate broker David Winter to full-time branch manager of its Dove Mountain office.
Winter brings more than 30 years of experience in retail and real estate management. Most recently he was the sales manager for the company’s River Campbell office.
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Laura Brauneis
Brauneis to run gallery at Madaras on Skyline
Laura Brauneis is the new gallery director at Madaras Gallery/Skyline, 3001 E. Skyline Drive.
Brauneis has worked at Madaras Gallery for several years, starting at the Broadway Gallery location, then moving in to sales and events at the Skyline location. She is a top salesperson with knowledge of art, color, and interior design, gallery owner Diana Madaras said in a news release.
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Charlene Roll
Peter & Paul alumna returns as principal
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School was named Charlene Roll as principal.
She is replacing Jean McKenzie, who is departing to serve as principal of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School in Casa Grande.
Roll is an alumna of Saints Peter and Paul and of Salpointe Catholic High School. She previously served as assistant principal for student services at Salpointe.
She has a master’s degree in K-12 administration and supervision, a master’s in secondary education curriculum and instruction, and a bachelor’s degree in secondary education, all from Arizona State University.
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Sarah Artzi
Artzi to oversee school at Congregation Anshei
Sarah Artzi was named interim religious school administrator at Congregation Anshei Israel, where she will oversee day-to-day operations of the school and its teachers.
Artzi is a lifelong member of the congregation, having attended its then-nursery/kindergarten and its religious school, and attending and working at Camp Rama.
She is a graduate of Brandeis University with a bachelor’s in Judaic studies, and she worked at several Jewish agencies in New York and San Diego following college before returning to Tucson.
She and her husband, Jeff, have three children who all attended Congregation Anshei Israel’s preschool/kindergarten, where she was active in its Parent Action Committee. She and her children all became B’nai Mitzvot at the congregation as well.
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Nathan A. Ellis
Genetics researcher Ellis joins UA Cancer Center
An internationally recognized genetics researcher has joined the University of Arizona Cancer Center as program leader of its cancer biology program.
Nathan A. Ellis most recently was an associate professor of pediatrics and member of the Institute of Human Genetics at the University of Illinois- Chicago. He was previously affiliated with the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Research Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the New York Blood Center.
Ellis’ primary research effort is to identify and characterize genetic risk factors in colorectal cancer. He currently has major research funding from the Center for Cancer Health Disparities in the National Cancer Institute where the work has expanded to construct a Cancer Genome Atlas for African American Colorectal Cancer.
Ellis holds a U.S. patent for methods of diagnosis and treatment of Bloom Syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by short stature and predisposition to the development of cancer.
He is a graduate of St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, and received a doctorate in genetics from the University of Washington. He completed postdoctoral training in human molecular genetics at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (now called Cancer Research UK) in London.
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Tom Kermabon
Kermabon is named GM at Omni Tucson resort
Omni Tucson National Resort has a new general manager, Tom Kermabon, who recently moved to Tucson from Washington, D.C., and the four-star Omni Shoreham Hotel.
Kermabon spent 16 years with Starwood Hotels in America, Japan and China, three years with Kimpton Hotels and has been with Omni Hotels & Resorts for four years.
Kermabon, a native of San Francisco, started his career at 17 as a dishwasher and worked his way up, Omni said in a news release.
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Willard S. Kasoff
Kasoff is ass’t professor of neurosurgery at UA
Willard S. Kasoff, M.D., has been named assistant professor in the Division of Neurosurgery at the University of Arizona Department of Surgery and director of the neuromodulation program at The UA Medical Center – University Campus.
Kasoff joins a multidisciplinary team of neurologists, neurosurgeons, pain specialists and psychiatrists at UAMC to provide coordinated care for patients with epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, dystonia, trigeminal neuralgia, chronic spinal and limb pain, spasticity, obsessive-compulsive disorder and severe depression.
Kasoff’s expertise includes adult and pediatric deep-brain stimulation, open and minimally invasive surgical treatments for epilepsy and craniofacial pain, spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation, placement of intraspinal medication systems and deep-brain or vagal nerve stimulation for severe psychiatric disease. His additional clinical interests include adult and pediatric hydrocephalus, including normal-pressure hydrocephalus.
Kasoff received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City.
He received his neurosurgical training at Yale University, where he also completed a fellowship in epilepsy surgery and a master’s degree in public health. He received additional fellowship training in functional and stereotactic neurosurgery at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
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Amy M. Wall and Chiara J. Altobelli
Altobelli and Wall join Roediger Hoff PLC
Local tax and accounting firm Roediger Hoff PLC has two new employees: Chiara J. Altobelli, staff accountant; and Amy M. Wall, income tax preparer.
Altobelli completed her undergraduate degree in accounting at the University of Arizona in 2010. She has worked in the public domain and the corporate sector, and is experienced in financial reporting, payroll, sales tax, and income tax return preparation.
Wall, a member of the National Association of Tax Professionals and the Southern Arizona Chapter of Enrolled Agents, is certified to represent taxpayers before the IRS.
Before obtaining her master’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix, she earned a bachelor of science degree in both chemistry and economics from Harvey Mudd College of Science and Engineering in Claremont, California. She prepares tax returns for individuals and small businesses and also has expertise in divorce taxation.
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Dr. Timothy Lew
Army dentist Lew brings maxillofacial expertise here
Timothy Lew, D.D.S., joined Associates in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and will see patients at its Tucson and Sierra Vista locations.
Lew, a cum laude graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas with a double major in biology and business administration, attended dental school at Columbia University in New York City, where he was awarded a United States Health Professional Scholarship and was elected to the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Dental Society.
He performed his residency at the San Antonio Military Medical Center, one of the U.S. Army’s Level I trauma facilities for treatment of burn and combat injuries. While there, Lew took part in projects at the Institute of Surgical Research and received the Maj. Gen. Joseph L. Bernier Research Award.
For the past four years, Lew was an active-duty oral surgeon in the United States Army stationed in Landstuhl, Germany, and the San Antonio Military Medical Center.
A board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Lew is experienced in specialties including wisdom teeth, dental implants, anesthesia, and dentoalveolar, orthognathic and reconstructive surgery.
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Ross Dickey
Universal Avionics gives Dickey sales manager post
Tucson-based Universal Avionics named Ross Dickey to the newly created position of airline and government sales manager for Europe, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
In joining the company, Dickey brings an extensive background in avionics sales and engineering which included sales and support of Universal Avionics’ products during his time at Northrop Grumman, and later at DAC International.
Dickey will be based out of Middlesex, England.
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Dr. Jason X.-J. Yuan
Yuan to conduct research at Health Sciences Center
Dr. Jason X.-J. Yuan, a leader in pulmonary vascular disease research, was appointed associate vice president for translational health sciences at the Arizona Health Sciences Center at the University of Arizona.
Yuan also joins the faculty of the UA College of Medicine as professor of medicine with a joint appointment as professor of physiology.
He will direct a research program in translational and clinical pulmonary hypertension and vascular medicine, working with research groups across the UA, university officials said in a news release. He will also establish a new Division of Translational and Regenerative Medicine.
Yuan previously was a professor and a director of research programs at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also has held faculty positions in the medical schools at University of California-San Diego and the University of Maryland-Baltimore.
He has served as adviser and reviewer with many national and international associations, including the National Institutes of Health, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and National Science Foundation, and has received numerous awards.
Yuan received his medical degree from Suzhou Medical College, Suzhou, China. He earned his doctorate in a joint training program with the University of Maryland and Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in Beijing.
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Matt Ashby
Ashby will manage projects for Psomas’ Tucson office
Matt Ashby joined Psomas’ Tucson office as an assistant project manager in the transportation and public works group.
Ashby has 12 years of experience in a variety of transportation and traffic engineering projects for public sector clients. He specializes in roadway design, traffic signal design, lighting design and analysis, intersection modifications, and hydraulic design and analysis of culverts and storm sewer systems.
Ashby has designed projects for Pima County, the city of Tucson, the Arizona Department of Transportation and the towns of Oro Valley and Marana.
He is a registered civil engineer in Arizona and holds a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the University of Arizona.
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Kevin Henry
Bank of Tucson hires Henry, Robles and Masterson
Bank of Tucson has three new employees:
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- is senior vice president and commercial loan officer. Henry has more than 20 years of banking experience and most recently served as vice president and senior relationship manager for Northern Trust Bank.
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Stephen M. Weiss
Weiss named to Pima panel on trial court appointments
Attorney Stephen M. Weiss was appointed by Gov. Jan Brewer to fill a vacancy on the Pima County Commission on Trial Court Appointments.
Weiss is a long-standing partner in Karp & Weiss P.C. and practices in the areas of criminal defense, personal injury, civil-rights litigation, and medical and other professional malpractice.
Weiss has also been recognized as a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated pre-eminent lawyer since 1986.
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Christine Szuter
Amerind Foundation names Szuter its executive director
Christine Szuter was named executive director of the Amerind Foundation. The foundation has a public museum and art gallery in Texas Canyon, 60 miles east of Tucson, designed “to promote knowledge and understanding of the Native Peoples of the Americas.”
She will succeed John Ware, who is retiring to Santa Fe, N.M., this summer after 13 years as executive director.
Szuter is professor of practice and director of the graduate Scholarly Publishing Certificate Program at Arizona State University in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies.
Szuter holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Arizona specializing in Southwest archaeology and zooarchaeology.
Her research interests include food systems, indigenous studies, digital humanities, gender studies, scholarly publishing, and public history.
She has served as the director of the University of Arizona Press, where she collaborated with three other university presses on the First Peoples Initiative funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. She has also served on many boards and committees.
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Rey Robles
Bank of Tucson hires Henry, Robles and Masterson
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Michael Brown
Brown named regional head of Washington Federal
Washington Federal named Michael Brown as Arizona regional president.
He has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry.
Washington Federal expanded banking operations by acquiring 13 new branches in Arizona in May. The company operates 36 locations throughout the state.
Before joining Washington Federal, Brown was president of Western Alliance Equipment Finance, a subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation in Phoenix. He was previously executive vice president and group head of the CIT Group, president of the Wells Fargo Leasing Corp., president of First Interstate Leasing and regional sales manager for General Electric Capital.
Brown holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Kansas State University.
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Commerce Bank of Arizona Inc. announced appointments in the Tucson area:
Jeff Walter is senior vice president/commercial lending. He was previously senior vice president/commercial lending at Bank of Tucson. He is also based at the Campbell branch office.
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Lori Crosswell has been hired as account executive in the Tucson office of CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services Inc.
Crosswell has more than 15 years’ experience in the insurance industry. She most recently served as a senior account manager for Crest Insurance Group. Prior to Crest, she was an account executive for United Healthcare.
In her new role, Crosswell provides consultative health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance account services for client groups ranging in size from 25 to 300 employees.
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Merge Left Marketing has promoted Shanna Gregor to chief operating officer.
She previously was creative and marketing manager for the company.
This marks the first time the company has had the COO position.
Gregor has more than 20 years’ experience in the book publishing industry, marketing and communications, and is an author with more than 60 published books.
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Pepper Viner Homes has named Joe Russell as general project manager, overseeing the construction at all its new home communities.
A Tucson native, Russell is following in his family’s footsteps. His family has been building homes in Tucson since 1948, and Russell worked in the company learning every aspect of homebuilding. He worked as a crew foreman in metal framing for six years before joining Pepper Viner. He started with Pepper Viner in 2004 as an assistant project manager and was promoted to project manager within his first three months with the company.
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Shelby R. Mowrey has joined Pepper Viner Homes as operations administrator.
She has been a homebuilder in Fairbanks, Alaska, and served as the chief financial officer for a multimillion-dollar Internet company, Pepper Viner said in a news release. Mowrey was also business manager for a large independent retailer in California, oversaw contract compliance for an electrical firm and served as controller for a Phoenix-area outdoor remodeler.
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Patrick Hayes
Salpointe Catholic High School announced the appointment of Patrick Hayes as assistant principal for student services, effective July 1.
He replaces Charlene Roll, who is departing Salpointe to serve as principal of Saints Peter and Paul Elementary School.
Hayes, a 1973 Salpointe graduate, has taught theology at Salpointe for the past two years. He recently returned to Tucson after working more than 20 years in administrative positions at primary and secondary schools in southern California.
Hayes’ new leadership role in student services includes oversight of career and college counseling, campus ministry, health services, admissions, and student discipline.
Hayes has an M.A. in educational administration from California State University, Northridge; and an M.A. in religious studies and B.A. in liberal arts from St. John’s Seminary.
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Nichole Chorny
After an extensive national search, Congregation Anshei Israel has named Nichole Chorny as cantorial soloist.
Chorny will be responsible for conducting congregational services,and will coordinate and/or conduct life-cycle events and the B’nai Mitzvah program in collaboration with Rabbi Robert Eisen. She also will develop and coordinate educational programs and worship services for the religious school, youth and young families.
A graduate of the University of Arizona with a B.M. in music education, Chorny has taught general music and choir to K-12 children in public schools, as well as performed as a cantorial soloist at other local synagogues and Jewish agencies.
She has worked at Anshei Israel since 2006 as a religious school teacher, B’nai Mitzvah program teacher and soloist at services. She will continue as the tefillah (prayer) and music teacher in the congregation’s religious school and as director of the synagogue’s adult and children’s choirs.
She is the 2012 recipient of the Grinspoon-Steinhardt national award for “Excellence in Jewish Education.”
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Stevie Bongen
Tucson-based Tierra Right of Way Services Ltd. has promoted Stevie Bongen to marketing manager.
Bongen joined Tierra in 2010 as marketing administrator.
In her new position, she will take on a larger role in corporate business development, direct marketing at conferences and trade shows, managing production and marketing staff, and overseeing Tierra’s online presence.
She started her career in the engineering, environmental and professional consulting industry in 2004.
Bongen is vice president of the Southern Arizona Architects and Engineers Marketing Association.
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Annie Davis
Metzger Family Restaurants announced that Josh Proctor and Annie Davis each have been promoted to the position of general manager.
Proctor is now GM at Gio Taco downtown. Davis is with Poppy Kitchen at the Westin La Paloma, 3770 E. Sunrise Drive.
Both have years of experience working in Tucson restaurants at different levels.
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Barbara Kalunian
Long Realty, a Berkshire Hathaway Affiliate, has hired Barbara Kalunian, who has 30 years of experience in marketing, branding and communications, as a real estate agent in its Oro Valley office.
Kalunian was previously senior vice president and national director of the communications and media strategy group at Ketchum, based in its Manhattan headquarters.
She also did stints at John Hancock’s corporate headquarters in Boston, Edelman’s Los Angeles and San Francisco offices, and founded Atlantic Communications Group, her own marketing agency in Boston.
Kalunian is a graduate of University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, and received an M.B.A. in marketing and finance from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
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Christine Sanchez
Christine Sanchez has been named executive administrator for the Tucson Association of Realtors, or TAR.
Sanchez, a TAR staff member since 2007, was promoted from her position of marketing and events coordinator.
She is primarily responsible for maintaining and monitoring the association’s corporate documents, such as the TAR/multiple listing service bylaws, policy statements and elections. She also is the staff liaison to several committees, including the affiliate forum, nominating committee, Realtor risk committee, property management, forms task force and the small broker forum.
She also assumes the role of lead administrative support for TAR Chief Executive Officer Philip Tedesco.
Sanchez began her TAR career as a part-time customer service representative, and then was promoted to housing opportunities coordinator and marketing and events coordinator.
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Josh Proctor
Metzger Family Restaurants announced that Josh Proctor and Annie Davis each have been promoted to the position of general manager.
Proctor is now GM at Gio Taco downtown. Davis is with Poppy Kitchen at the Westin La Paloma, 3770 E. Sunrise Drive.
Both have years of experience working in Tucson restaurants at different levels.
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Tamara Nicolosi
The Pima County Joint Technical Education District (JTED) Governing Board recently approved a promotion:
Tamara Nicolosi, the assistant director of central campuses/assistant principal since 2011, has been promoted to the director of central campuses/principal, effective July 1.
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N.J. Katusz-Utter
The Pima County Joint Technical Education District (JTED) Governing Board recently approved the hiring of a new staff member:
N.J. Katusz-Utter will also join the staff in July, as a central campus counselor. Her focus will be on recruiting and helping students enrolled in JTED at Santa Rita, Empire and Tanque Verde schools, and at Project SEARCH. Her career with Sunnyside Unified School District included being the director of college readiness, and serving as a counselor, curriculum and instruction specialist, peer evaluator and an English teacher.
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Kathleen Koppy
The Pima County Joint Technical Education District (JTED) Governing Board recently approved the hiring of a new staff member:
Kathleen Koppy will become the assistant director of central campuses/assistant principal starting July 1. She joins JTED from Tucson High Magnet School, where she is the career and technical education coordinator-department chairperson, and business/marketing teacher. Koppy previously completed assignments for JTED as a curriculum writing project lead writer and manager, and Employability Skills Committee member.
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Joseph P. St. Louis
Joseph P. St. Louis, a partner in the law firm Nesci & St. Louis PLLC, has been appointed to the Board of Regents of the National College for DUI Defense, Inc.
As one of the 14 regents, his duties include strategic planning, operations of the college, participating in large-scale challenges to DUI laws, and teaching DUI defense to other attorneys across the nation.
St. Louis is a 1987 graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law and a past president of the Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice.
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Teri Bankhead
Teri Bankhead has joined Sahuarita government as the assistant to the town manager.
She will provide executive support to the town manager in the areas of research, policy, program management and public presentation.
Most recently, Bankhead was the assistant to the city manager in Milwaukie, Oregon. Her previous experience includes community development, program coordination and research.
She holds a master of arts in applied sociology and a bachelor of science in sociology from Northern Arizona University.
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Brian A. Hunter, M.D.
Dr. Brian A. Hunter has joined Fishkind, Bakewell and Maltzman Eyecare and Surgery Center.
Hunter is a comprehensive ophthalmologist specializing in cataract and refractive surgery.
He received his doctor of medicine degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship in ocular pathology at the University of Utah, Moran Eye Center prior to completing residency in ophthalmology at the University of Arizona.
He is accepting new patients.
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John Omernik
John Omernik will be the principal of San Miguel High School starting July 1.
Currently, he is the English coordinator for the Escuela Fundación Mier y Pesado in Mexico City.
Before that he served as the principal of Ignatius School in the Bronx and De Marillac Academy in San Francisco, among other educational leadership roles, specifically in schools that work exclusively with underserved youths.
Current San Miguel Principal Richard Reyes will retire at the end of the 2013-2014 school year.
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Karen Hollish
Pima Animal Care Center has hired its first development director, Karen Hollish, to solicit more grants and private donations.
She came to the center from the Petfinder Foundation, a Tucson-based nonprofit that issues grants to pet adoption groups across North America. Prior to that she was with the fundraising department for the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. She is also a former newspaper reporter.
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Oscar Paredes
By Your Side Senior Care has promoted Oscar Paredes to vice president of operations.
Paredes joined By Your Side in November as the company’s office manager and was promoted to vice president of operations. Paredes was previously Journey Telecom’s customer service manager and quality assurance director.
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Ray Jennings
The 3000 Club, known in Tucson for its Market On the Move program, has named Ray Jennings director of facilities management and logistics.
Jennings has more than 25 years of experience in warehouse operations, production, purchasing and management.
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Robyn Oldaker-Hughes
By Your Side Senior Care has hired Robyn Oldaker-Hughes as client wellness director.
Robyn Oldaker-Hughes worked for 18 years with the Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System, most recently as a clinical nurse leader for a medical/surgery unit. She has a bachelor’s of nursing from the University of Phoenix and a master’s of science in nursing education from Grand Canyon University.
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Andrew Gregory
Andrew Gregory has been named new home sales associate at Los Saguaros by Meritage Homes, a gated community in Dove Mountain.
He has been a Realtor with the Tucson Association of Realtors since 1987, and is a past board member for the association.
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Pam Boyer
The 3000 Club, known in Tucson for its Market On the Move program, has named Pam Boyer as director of operations and supply management.
Boyer, educated through Pima Community College and the University of Arizona Respiratory Sciences Center, has a background with TV media in coordination and communications-based information.
She takes annual personal mission trips to Panama to further the educational and health needs of the indigenous population.
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Rita Ellsworth
Rita Ellsworth has been appointed director of the Division of BioCommunications at the Arizona Health Sciences Center.
Ellsworth recently retired after a 36-year career at AHSC BioCommunications, the last four years as director. She previously served as coordinator of web development and graphic services for AHSC BioCommunications. She was owner of Rita Ellsworth Design from 1988 to 1997.
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Eddie Arriola
Eddie Arriola has opened Eddie Arriola Insurance Agency in Tucson.
He has worked with large insurers in supplemental insurance and property and casualty, and previously was a massage therapist.
His agency represents seven companies for home and auto, and also offers business, worker’s compensation and life insurance.
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Sebastian Lauber
Cox Business has promoted Sebastian Lauber to senior account executive in Southern Arizona.
He has 12 years of experience in the telecommunications sales industry, and joined Cox in 2008 as an account executive.
He is a former small business owner.
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Chengcheng Hu
At the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health-Phoenix campus, Chengcheng Hu, Ph.D., has been named director of biostatistics.
Hu is also director of the biometry core on the chemoprevention of skin cancer project at the UACancer Center.
He was previously an assistant professor of biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Cecilia Rosales, M.D.
Faculty member Dr. Cecilia Rosales has been named assistant dean of the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health-Phoenix campus.
She is also an associate professor and director of Phoenix programs.
Before joining the college in 2005, Rosales served as director of the Office of Border Health for the Arizona Department of Health Services. She served on the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission and the Arizona-Mexico Commission.
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Patrick Roche
Patrick Roche, Ph.D., has joined HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. as senior vice president for IVD assay development.
Roche joins HTG from Ventana Medical Systems/Roche Tissue Diagnostics where he served as vice president of translational diagnostics. He also led reagent product development at Ventana, launching more than 30 in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products.
Before that, Roche was director of the Immunohistochemistry Clinical Laboratory and associate professor of pathology and biochemistry-molecular biology for the Mayo Clinic. He has co-authored more than 120 peer-reviewed publications.
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Vicki Knight, M.D.
Dr. Vicki Knight has rejoined the University of Arizona Health Network as inpatient medical director for psychiatric and behavioral health services at the University of Arizona Medical Center — South Campus.
She succeeds Dr. Richard Rhoads, who continues as medical director for the Crisis Response Center at South Campus.
Previously a UAMC inpatient psychiatrist and UA assistant professor of clinical psychiatry, Knight left last year to be medical director of behavioral health at Marana Health Center.
Before that, she worked in community psychiatry at Indian Health Services, Arizona Department of Corrections, and Magellan Health Services in Phoenix.
She has also been a medical ethicist at the American Medical Association.
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Ken Karaba - LMT associate, Ken Karaba, will be a geotechnical project manager for Speedie’s Tucson office.
Karaba joined LMT in 2008 as its principal geologist. Before that, he was Tucson branch manager for GRC Consultants. He has 35 years of experience in geotechnical engineering and environmental consulting in the western U.S.
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Ernie Gomez - Psomas announced the appointment of Ernie Gomez as associate. As Tucson survey team leader, Gomez has 35 years of survey experience in Arizona. He is responsible for overseeing and directing all aspects of surveying projects. His expertise includes R/W surveys, legal descriptions, utility surveys, subdivision plats, ALTA-boundary surveys, design and topographic surveys, and construction surveys.
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Jennifer Akins - Jennifer Akins, a certified financial planner, joined Tocco Financial Services.
She has been a registered securities professional since 2007.
Akins recently achieved designation as a chartered federal employee benefits consultant, giving her “a thorough understanding of a multitude of benefits available to federal government workers, including their Thrift Savings Plan, Voluntary Contribution Program, pension, life insurance and Social Security benefits,” Tocco said in a news release.
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Dr. Robert L. Beren - Assurance Hospice, a division of Sinfonia HealthCare Corp., named Dr. Robert L. Beren as associate medical director.
Beren went to the University of Arizona as an undergrad and the UA Medical School. He completed his family-practice residency in Denver and Fort Collins, Colo. He returned to the Tucson area in 1989.
His practice focus has been geriatrics for the last 15 years, including three years of hospice medical director experience.
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Matt Brody - The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa appointed Matt Brody as director of sales and marketing.
He has more than 17 years of experience in hospitality sales and marketing.
As a member of the resort’s executive committee, Brody will be responsible for the formulation of all sales, marketing and public-relations activities for the 487-room resort and country club.
Most recently, Brody was with Marriott International as the director of sales and marketing at the J.W. Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa; the 1,100-room Renaissance Grand; and he spent almost a decade with the Walt Disney Co. in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., among other positions.
Brody was on the Meeting Professionals International board of directors from 2010 to 2013 and has chaired several of its key committees. He is a member of Visit Tucson’s Marketing Co-Op board, as well as a member of the Tucson International Airport Authority lift task force.
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Al LaPeter and Sandy Kantor - Al LaPeter and Sandy Kantor joined Long Realty’s Oro Valley Office.
They moved to Tucson at the end of 2013 from Sun Valley, Idaho.
LaPeter has been selling homes since the late 1960s, owned his own brokerage, was involved in property development, has built many custom homes, and has managed and owned commercial real estate.
Kantor has been a licensed agent since 2000 and holds her law degree from the University of Texas. In addition to being a Realtor, she has been an investor in commercial real estate.
LaPeter holds CRS, CRB and GRI designations.
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Lyle Tweet - Speedie & Associates Inc. is joining forces in Tucson with LMT Engineering.
LMT specialized in geotechnical engineering, primarily in the Southern Arizona market. LMT was headed by Lyle Tweet, who now joins Speedie as regional geotechnical manager.
Tweet will focus on developing new client relationships, primarily in the Southern Arizona market.
Before forming LMT about 10 years ago, Tweet worked for geotechnical firms within the state, culminating with his position as the Tucson branch manager for Terracon.
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Darin Reid - Battalion Chief Darin Reid has been awarded the designation of Chief Fire Officer and Chief Medical Officer by the Commission on Professional Credentialing and is a graduate of the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer Program, receiving its Outstanding Research Award in 2011.
Reid will oversee fire prevention and public education, 911 communications, IT services and district procurement. He has also been designated as the accreditation manager for Mountain Vista Fire District.
Reid worked in Afghanistan for several years as a tactical paramedic.
He spent 27 years serving as a firefighter/EMT, paramedic, flight paramedic, fire captain, battalion chief, assistant fire chief and deputy fire chief/medical services administrator. He has also been extensively involved in incident management.
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Michael Price - Battalion Chief Michael Price will oversee the operations division of the fire district to include training as well as the fleet and facilities programs.
Price has nearly 25 years of experience, beginning his career with Rural/Metro Fire Department in 1989. He also worked as a firefighter/EMT with Northwest Fire District and Green Valley Fire District.
In 1995 he became a nationally certified paramedic after graduating from the Tucson Medical Center Paramedic program.
Price attended Pima Community College and holds an A.A.S. degree in fire science.
He will oversee the operations division of the fire district to include training as well as the fleet and facilities programs.
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Thomas C. Piccioli - Heurlin Sherlock added a new attorney to its Tucson office.
Thomas C. Piccioli focuses his practice on family law. He has an extensive background in complex business and financial transactions and handles high-asset divorce cases.
Piccioli is a 1988 graduate of the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona.
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Edward W. Booker - Edward W. Booker joined the law firm of Liberty & Bibbens PC and will be practicing in domestic relations.
Booker was admitted to practice law in Arizona in 2004. He is a 2003 graduate of Creighton University School of Law and spent one year at the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona as a visiting student.
Booker will handle a wide range of family-law matters including prenuptial agreements, paternity, asset division, parenting time, alimony and child-support matters.
He previously had his own law practice, focusing primarily on estate planning.
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James Kirk - The 100 Club of Arizona has added a Southern Arizona office that will be run by James Kirk, a retired Tucson police sergeant.
In the past 15 years, the 100 Club of Arizona’s assistance programs grew to include officers and firefighters from around the state.
During 25 years with the Tucson Police Department, Kirk’s assignments included detective sergeant, field sergeant, detective and covert and surveillance assignments, and the Behavioral Sciences Unit.
He has a bachelor of science from the University of Arizona, as well as post-graduate study in counseling-related and trauma services fields.
Kirk was won the Medal of Merit, the Medal of Distinguished Service, and The Chief’s Citation of Excellence. In both 2006 and 2009 he received the community’s Unsung Hero Award.
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Vince Beemiller - Fidelity National Title promoted Vince Beemiller to president/county manager for its Pima and Cochise county operations.
He brings more than 22 years of experience in the escrow and title insurance industry, and most recently was senior vice president/area manager for Lawyers Title in the Phoenix area.
Beemiller attended Northern Arizona University where he studied business administration and finance, and played football.
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Kenneth S. Ramos, M.D. - Kenneth S. Ramos, M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed associate vice president for precision health sciences at the Arizona Health Sciences Center at the University of Arizona. He joined the UA March 17.
Ramos will develop precision health strategies and approaches. He also will lead development of personal diagnostics and therapeutics for complex diseases including cancer, cardiopulmonary disorders and diabetes.
Ramos is internationally recognized in genomics and predictive biology, environmental and molecular medicine and toxicology, UA officials said in a news release.
He also joins the faculty of the UA College of Medicine — Tucson as professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine.
He was previously with the University of Louisville Health Sciences Center. He also was director of the Center for Genetics and Molecular Medicine and the Center for Environmental Genomics and Integrative Biology, and chief scientific adviser for the Clinical Trials Laboratory.
He has held faculty positions at Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Drexel University and the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.
During his career he has received more than $50 million in research funding. He has been lead author in more than 220 published scientific journal articles.
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Sally Reel - Sally Reel has been appointed associate vice president for health sciences inter-professional education, collaboration and community engagement for the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center.
She is also associate dean for academic practice, a university distinguished outreach professor and clinical professor at the UA College of Nursing.
Reel will lead development and implementation of inter-professional education and training programs for the UA’s health sciences colleges.
Since 2006, she has directed the Arizona Area Health Education Centers program. She will continue in that role.
As a clinical professor, Reel secured outside funding to establish programs for rural health professions, acute care nurse practitioner and nursing workforce diversity. She also generated federal funding for an inaugural primary care clinic led by UA nurse practitioner faculty.
She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. In 2012 she was named to the Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Chad Williams - Chad Williams has been named director of operations for Pepper Viner Homes.
Williams has worked for the company since 2004 and is experienced in purchasing, sales, accounting, customer service and building science. He previously served as a project manager and as general project manager and safety officer.
He holds a bachelor’s in business administration from Winthrop University in South Carolina.
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Mara Mitchell - Brian and Mara Mitchell have formed a real estate team at Russ Lyon Sotheby’s in Tucson.
Brian Mitchell is the former owner of I Know Wireless stores and Mara Mitchell owned and operated a beauty salon and spa business in Tucson.
The Mitchell Team will specialize in real estate services in Oro Valley, Dove Mountain and the northwest Tucson area.
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Walter E. Scales - Walter E. “Wally” Scales is the new executive director of the 390th Memorial Museum. He replaces Emile “Terry” Therrien, who recently retired.
Scales is a decorated retired colonel with the U.S. Air Force.
Among his accomplishments, Scales served as a consultant for defense and security programs; was Senior Defense Official/Defense and Air Attaché Czech Republic; and past Deputy Commander, 355 Operations Group at Davis Monthan AFB. He was a combat pilot in both F-16 and A-10 aircraft.
The 390th Memorial Museum is dedicated to the service and sacrifice of the 390th Bomb Group (Heavy) stationed in England in World War II.
Open to the public, the 390th Memorial Museum is located at 6000 E. Valencia, on the grounds of Pima Air and Space Museum.
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Treasa M. Jones - Treasa M. Jones has been promoted to the new position of controller for Pepper Viner Management.
Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in business management and human resources at the University of Phoenix. With Pepper Viner since 2001, she has worked in accounting, focusing on the commercial division, and human resources.
Jones is also a graduate of Arizona Western College in Yuma and Lamson College in Mesa, majoring in accounting.
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Brian Mitchell - Brian and Mara Mitchell have formed a real estate team at Russ Lyon Sotheby’s in Tucson.
Brian Mitchell is the former owner of I Know Wireless stores and Mara Mitchell owned and operated a beauty salon and spa business in Tucson.
The Mitchell Team will specialize in real estate services in Oro Valley, Dove Mountain and the northwest Tucson area.
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Gloria White: Gloria White has been named business development director for the United Way of Tucson & Southern Arizona.
White moved to Tucson from San Diego in 2001 to join the Omni Tucson National Resort sales team. While in San Diego, she was executive director of the Del Mar Chamber of Commerce and a national sales manager with the San Diego Convention & Visitors’ Bureau.
Most recently, she was business development director for the Northern Pima County Chamber of Commerce and president of the Oro Valley Business Club.
She is also on the Foundation Boards of the Humane Society of Southern Arizona, the Pima Council on Aging and the Oro Valley Optimist Club.
White attended Indiana University and has worked in the hospitality and public-relations industries with major corporate accounts, including Microsoft, Mitsubishi Motors and Nike, the United Way said in a news release.
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Laure Mendenhall: Laure Mendenhall is the new executive director of Hundred Palms Tucson, after managing retirement and assisted living communities for the past 20 years.
She started her senior housing career in Mesa as general manager of two retirement communities, Whispering Pines and Hohokam Village. She then worked as general manager for Leisure Care, and she spent 10 years as general manager for Broadway Proper Retirement Community in Tucson.
Mendenhall is active in charities, including the Pima County Council on Aging, Support the Troops, Toys for Tots and the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona.
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Mark Lammers: Mark D. Lammers has joined the Tucson law firm of Rusing Lopez & Lizardi PLLC as a partner.
Lammers, who has practiced law in Tucson since 1985, is experienced in civil litigation, including complex personal injury and commercial litigation.
Lammers has litigated in state and federal courts, including Arizona appellate courts and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. He has litigated cases before various state agencies and arbitration panels, including the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
His areas of expertise include stockbroker negligence/unsuitable investments, securities fraud, personal injury/wrongful death, medical and professional malpractice, dangerous products, breach of contract, insurance bad faith/wrongful denial of disability benefits and employment law.
Lammers is experienced in class-action litigation.
He previously served as a prosecutor for the Pima County Attorney’s Office, prosecuting white-collar crimes, violent crimes, sex crimes and child-abuse cases.
Since 1999, he has maintained an AV rating by the Martindale-Hubbell peer review system.
Lammers received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Adams State University in Alamosa, Colo. He was awarded a juris doctor with high distinction from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 1985.
He serves on the Federal Bar Rules Committee and is an adjunct assistant professor at the UA College of Law, where he teaches pretrial litigation.
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Bob Sanchez: Bob Sanchez has been named to the newly created position of program development manager, military and government, for Universal Avionics.
He will be responsible for maintaining Universal Avionics’ existing programs and relationships within those market segments, as well as seeking out and developing new programs both domestically and internationally.
Sanchez comes to Universal Avionics with more than eight years of experience at BAE Systems, where he was responsible for business development for a wide range of military programs. Before joining BAE, he served 15 years in the U.S. Air Force as an avionics flight test specialist, then worked as a consultant to the military and to NASA, Universal Avionics said in a news release.
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Nathan Scharr: Nathan Scharr has rejoined intelliTECH as a dedicated server administrator.
Scharr has worked at IT companies including Silverado Technologies. He holds various certifications from Microsoft, including Exchange 2010.
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Volk Co. has announced that Kevin Volk has joined the firm as a commercial real estate agent.
He is the third-generation Volk in commercial real estate. His grandfather, George Volk, started in commercial real estate in Tucson in the 1960s, and Volk Co. was founded in 1987 by Rick Volk, Kevin’s father.
Kevin Volk will assist clients in all phases and types of transactions, including site analysis, development, project and individual space leasing, investment sales, land acquisitions and strategic expansion.
From Salpointe Catholic High School, Kevin Volk went to Brown University, where he graduated magna cum laude in economics. His path back to Tucson included stops in California, where he taught elementary school as a Teach for America corps member; Mexico, as a Fulbright scholar; and Virginia, where he worked in politics, Volk Co. said in a news release.
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Joseph Herrick: Joseph Herrick has accepted the position of project estimator with Bates Paving & Sealing Inc. of Tucson.
He will be responsible for business development, sales of paving, reconstruction and maintenance of parking lots and roads, and asphalt maintenance serving commercial, residential and property managers in Arizona.
Most recently, Herrick was the business development manager for Barker Morrissey Contracting Inc., securing approximately $11 million in commercial solar, industrial, retail, health-care and historic preservation projects, Bates Paving said in a news release.
His awards include Tucson Utility Contractors Association Man of Year Award, ABA/Associated General Contractors’ Cornerstone Award and the Metropolitan Pima Alliance Common Ground Award.
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Tucson’s Keegan, Linscott & Kenon, PC announces 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.
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Arizona Public Media (AZPM) announces the appointment of Rob Lantz as morning news anchor for NPR 89.1 and Classical 90.5.
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.
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Adam Lohr
Tucson’s Keegan, Linscott & Kenon, PC announces promotions:
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.
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Conan Bardwell
Tucson’s Keegan, Linscott & Kenon, PC announces promotions:
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.
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Joe Renn
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.
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Tucson’s Keegan, Linscott & Kenon, PC announces promotions:
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.
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Vanessa Barchfield
Arizona Public Media (AZPM) announces the appointment of Vanessa Barchfield as news reporter 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.
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Arthur C. Nelson: Arthur C. Nelson is joining the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture at the University of Arizona. He is a a nationally renowned expert, the UA says, “on how demographic and economic forces along with shifts in housing preferences will reshape America’s metropolitan areas for the rest of this century.”
For 30 years, Nelson has conducted pioneering research in growth management, urban containment, public facility finance, economic development, and metropolitan development patterns, the UA said in a news release. “His books have shaped the fields of infrastructure finance, smart growth, and land-use planning,” the university adds. He has generated more than $10 million in grants and contracts from sponsors.
Nelson will serve as a professor of planning and real estate development, effective in August 2014.
Nelson is currently presidential professor of city and metropolitan planning in the College of Architecture + Planning at the University of Utah, where he is also director of the Metropolitan Research Center.
His research and practice has led to the publication of 25 books, and his work has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and many other publications. In 2010, Time magazine cited Nelson’s insights into the redevelopment of America’s suburbs as the second-most-important of 10 trends to follow in the future.
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Rebecca O’Brien: Rebecca K. O’Brien was named a partner in the Tucson law firm Rusing Lopez & Lizardi PLLC.
O’Brien, who has served as an attorney with the firm since 2003, specializes in commercial, real estate, employment, insurance, bankruptcy and appellate litigation. Among her most notable cases is a $10 million bad-faith judgment against an insurance company.
O’Brien graduated cum laude from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2002. She served as a judicial law clerk to Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles E. Jones.
O’Brien previously was a professional flutist, performing in the San Diego Chamber Orchestra and Tucson Chamber Orchestra.
She serves as president of the Tucson Federal Bar Association and pro bono counsel for the 9th Circuit Pro Bono Program, and is active in Legal Community Against Hunger and Amigos de las Americas, among other community work.
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Frank Lawrence Vault: Frank Lawrence Vault was named a partner and new adviser at Moore Financial Strategies.
Vault is a retired U.S. Navy officer and is also retired from Raytheon, where he worked for the past eight years.
Recently licensed by the state of Arizona, Frank joins Moore Financial Strategies to help with the demands of the growing practice, the company said in a news release. The company has plans to relocate to larger offices in the next few months.
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Jay Brosky: Jay Brosky joined the Long Realty Business Brokerage team as an associate broker, representing sellers and buyers of small and medium-size businesses in the greater Tucson and Southern Arizona markets. He also assists with exit planning for business sellers and light commercial brokerage services.
Brosky, who has more than 30 years of small-business experience, including consulting and coaching, has also owned and operated a variety of small businesses. He holds an MBA.
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Chris Cannady: Chris Cannady was named OEM (U.S. Original Equipment Manufacturers) sales manager for Universal Avionics.
Cannady brings more than 24 years of aerospace experience to his new position. Before joining Universal Avionics, he held management and technical sales in the OEM aviation market with companies such as Boeing Military Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft, Bombardier/Learjet and Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation.
Cannady earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering technology from Kansas State University.
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The Tucson Hispanic Chamber promoted Juan Ciscomani to vice president of outreach. He has served as director of membership for the chamber for two years, helping it to win the National Hispanic Chamber of the Year Award, the chamber said in a news release.
Ciscomani is a graduate of the University of Arizona and served as senior program development specialist for the Credit Wise Cats Program. He previously worked for U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez and interned for U.S. Rep. Ed Pastor.
He is a graduate of the Flinn Brown Leadership Program, the Greater Tucson Leadership Program and has been honored as a 40 under 40 Award winner.
In his new role, he will manage and oversee the chamber’s member relations, new member recruitment and corporate sponsorships.
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Emad Elquza, M.D. was named medical director at the University of Arizona Cancer Center — North Campus.
He became medical director of the UACC — Orange Grove Campus in July 2010, and will now oversee medical operations for the UA Cancer Center while also coordinating the UACC’s research and outreach efforts.
He will hold clinics at each campus and will continue to see gastrointestinal cancer patients.
Previously, Elquza most recently was chief fellow in the Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship Training Program at the UACC, where he served a three-year fellowship. He completed a residency and an internship in internal medicine at the UA.
He is actively involved in research and his interests include the development of novel treatment options for patients with pancreatic cancer. In addition, he is the Director of Clinical Research at the UACC-Orange Grove Campus.
Elquza is a graduate of the University of Southern California and received his medical degree from the Flinders University School of Medicine in Adelaide, Australia.
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The city of Tucson named a new energy manager.
Jason Laros replaces Doug Crockett, who is retiring after serving as energy manager since 2006.
Laros will monitor the city’s $30 million annual energy usage at city facilities and oversee the city’s solar production. He will be paid $66,740 a year.
Laros, a former tradesman and superintendent, has worked as a resource efficiency manager for the Air Force, Coast Guard and Air National Guard, including at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.
A University of Arizona graduate, Laros co-authored “Inside the Civano Project: A Case Study of Large-Scale, Sustainable Neighborhood Development.”
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Teresa Filipowicz
Teresa Filipowicz joined Tucson book publisher Great Potential Press Inc. as director of communications.
She will oversee and direct the company’s media and communications to develop and target new markets for its award-winning books and authors.
GPP is one of four companies in the U.S. specializing in publishing books and materials focusing on gifted and talented children and adults.
Filipowicz teaches journalism and speech classes at Pima Community College. She has been as a TV news producer and writer in Tucson and in Sacramento, Calif., and she has also performed public relations duties for California State University, Sacramento; the University of Arizona Museum of Art; and a Polish cultural non-profit.
She earned her master of arts (communication studies) and bachelor of arts (journalism) degrees from California State University, Sacramento.
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Vinny K. Ram, M.D., a structural and interventional cardiologist, joined the Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute.
Ram recently completed an advanced fellowship in interventional cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Ram completed a medical residency and cardiology fellowship at the University of Arizona. He received a medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center. He is board-certified in internal medicine, interventional cardiology and cardiovascular disease. He has published academic papers in peer-reviewed medical journals.
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Underhill Financial Advisors, LLC hired Elizabeth Woodward as administrative assistant.
She has an associate’s degree in business management and is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in finance at the University of Arizona.
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At Underhill Financial Advisors, LLC, Korene Jacobs was promoted to client relationship manager.
Jacobs is responsible for business development and client event coordination.
She has a bachelor’s degree in human services and has been with Underhill Financial since 2011.
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Tierra Right of Way Services Ltd. hired Robert Stokes, Ph.D., as a senior principal investigator for its Environmental Planning and Cultural Resources Division.
Stokes will oversee cultural resources projects throughout Arizona and New Mexico.
He has worked in archaeology for more than 25 years and has directed cultural resource management projects throughout the Southwest. He has managed projects for federal, state, county and municipal agencies, as well as for private-sector clients.
An expert on the Mogollon, Salado and Hohokam cultures of the Southwest, Stokes has taught classes on New and Old World archaeology at Mesa Community College since 2004.
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Laura Clymer is a new associate at Brian Clymer, Attorney at Law. The firm represents people in Arizona workers’ compensation and Social Security disability cases.
Laura Clymer graduated from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in 2013. She was one of 11 in her graduating class of 210 students to receive a Dean’s Award for outstanding contributions and performance at the law school. She passed the Arizona bar exam and was admitted to the practice of law in December.
While in law school, she was co-editor-in-chief of the Law Journal for Social Justice; served on the executive board of OUTLaw, the gay-straight student alliance; and worked as a research assistant in the ASU Work-Life Policy Unit of the Civil Justice Clinic. She also completed externships for U.S. Magistrate Judge David Duncan, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the civil division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
She was the 2012 recipient of the R. Kelly Hocker Employment and Labor Law scholarship and a co-recipient of the Jonathan Paul Schubert Memorial scholarship in 2013.
Prior to law school, Clymer was a journalist for 18 years. She was city editor and online content editor for the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff from 2001 to 2010.
She received her bachelor’s degree in history and communication, cum laude, from DePauw University.
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The Southern Arizona District Office of Farmers Insurance Group has appointed Geraldo Pinedo as its newest adviser in Tucson.
Geraldo holds property/casualty and life/health insurance licenses.
Pinedo has a background in the insurance industry and customer service, the company said in a news release.
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Attorney Ronald Zack has joined the Tucson office of the law firm of DeConcini McDonald Yetwin & Lacy, P.C.
He has admissions to the Arizona, California, Tohono O’Odham and Pascua Yaqui tribal courts, as well as the U.S. District Court.
Zack has been in private practice since 2008, focusing on estate planning, elder law and criminal defense, including DUI and juvenile law. He previously was an assistant attorney general, where he worked in the area of child welfare.
Along with his juris doctorate degree, Zack has earned a master of arts degree in linguistics and a master of science degree in nursing education.
He is a member of the National College for DUI Defense, WealthCounsel, ElderCounsel and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. He serves as vice president of the Arizona Gerontological Nurses Association and as secretary of the Pima County Bar Association.
Zack volunteers on several boards including Pima Council on Aging, Wingspan, Funeral Consumers Alliance and the Southern Arizona Twilight Foundation.
He is the host of “Law Review Radio,” a weekly local call-in show airing Sundays on KVOI-AM 1030.
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The board of directors of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona has named Michael McDonald president and CEO after a nationwide search.
McDonald had been executive director of Habitat for Humanity in Tucson since 2004. He has nearly three decades of experience in nonprofit, for profit and public sector organizations, including Burr-Brown Corp., The Nature Conservancy, Native Seed/SEARCH and the University of Arizona.
He earned a bachelor of arts in English education from the UA and a master’s in international business management from Thunderbird Graduate School of Global Management.
He serves on boards of numerous community nonprofit organizations.
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Tucson-based Providence Service Corp. announced the appointment of Michael-Bryant Hicks as senior vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary and chief compliance officer.
Hicks succeeds Fred D. Furman, who is retiring after 10 years as general counsel.
Hicks was most recently an assistant general counsel in the law department of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. in Denver, Colo. “After leading the $4.4 billion acquisition of HealthCare Partners to a successful close in November 2012, Hicks served as interim general counsel of the division,” Providence said in a news release.
Prior to his work at DaVita, Hicks was associate general counsel for Beckman Coulter. He began his career working as a corporate lawyer for Vinson and Elkins and Mayer Brown, Rowe & Maw.
Hicks received his law degree from Yale Law School and his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition, he worked on small business incubation projects as a Fulbright Scholar in Quito, Ecuador.
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Tucson’s Solon Corp. has promoted William Richardson to general manager.
Richardson will direct and lead all Solon activities in the United States.
He has been with Solon more than five years, most recently as senior director of technical services.
Before that, Richardson was responsible for the North American technical services and research and development departments for Solon.
In 2009, Richardson implemented Solon’s N.A. Outdoor Testing Facility, where next-generation module, tracking and systems integration testing is conducted.
He previously worked for Tucson Electric Power.
Richardson holds degrees in renewable natural resources and electrical engineering.
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Patricia Kucharski joined Mesch, Clark & Rothschild P.C. as director of administration.
Kucharski has more than 25 years of experience in the legal industry, including more than 15 in law-firm management.
She will manage all business functions and staff personnel, including financial management, information systems management, administrative policies and procedures, among other responsibilities.
Kucharski is a certified legal manager and received degrees in accounting and business administration.
She has served in leadership roles with the Collaboration of Legal Support Associations and the Pima County Bar Association. She is a past president of the Tucson-Old Pueblo Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators and is now vice president. She is also a reader for Make Way for Books.
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Cox Communications promoted Autumn Van Den Berg to community relations manager for Southern Arizona.
Van Den Berg joined Cox in 2011 as a senior community relations specialist.
She leads the implementation of the Cox Charities grant program in Southern Arizona. In 2013, Cox Charities made its largest Tucson donation to date, distributing $112,000 among 30 nonprofits.
In her personal time, Van Den Berg serves on the board for the Blake Foundation and the Tucson Symphony Orchestra.
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