PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP named James Kolar as office managing partner in Irvine, starting in July.
Kolar previously headed Price-waterhouseCoopers’ Los Angeles office. He replaces Dean Yoost, managing partner of the Irvine office for the past three
years.
Yoost plans to retire in July, including from the accounting firm’s 19-member Global Oversight Board.
Kolar, 43, began his career in the firm’s Baltimore office 20 years ago. He moved to Minneapolis and later Los Angeles, where he made partner in 1998.
He will continue as the financial services tax partner focusing on investment management clients. He plans to strengthen the firm’s alternative investment practice, Kolar said.
Pricewaterhouse-Coopers has about 275 Orange County employees.
Kolar sits on the boards of Home and School Association for St. Jeanne de Lestonnac School, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Court Appointed Special Advocates for Orange County and the California Society of CPAs.
A native of St. Paul, Minn., Kolar is married with three children. He lives in Tustin Ranch with wife Michele and family.
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APPAREL
Jessica Rush was added as international sales director and junior marketing manager at Ezekiel Clothing in Irvine.
BANKING
Dan Hohneker was named chairman at Orange County Teachers Federal Credit Union, which also re-elected four board members: Kary Bemoll, Marcy Gowdy, Carl Manemann and Kristine Wetzel.
Wells Fargo promoted Yanus Nelson from manager at Dana Point branch to district manager for the Saddleback Valley district. The bank also promoted Walter Callagy from manager at the Tustin Collins branch in Orange to district manager for the North Foothill District.
D. Joe Savage was added as executive vice president and chief financial officer at MetroPacific Bank in Irvine.
ENGINEERING
Fuscoe Engineering Inc. named Trevor Dodson senior project manager at its Irvine headquarters. Dodson has more than 20 years of experience.
HEALTHCARE
Dawn Usher became vice president and chief people officer for Silverado Senior Living Inc. in San Juan Capistrano. Usher also has been appointed as president at the Orange County affiliate of the National Human Resources Association, effective July.
NONPROFIT
The Affordable Housing Advisory Council of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco appointed Trinh LeCong as a member. Trinh is executive director of the Affordable Housing Clearinghouse, based in Lake Forest.
REAL ESTATE
Kathy Bennett was promoted to assistant vice president at the Aliso Viejo regional office of the Merit Cos., a provider of community association support services.
Aliso Viejo’s Lennar Western Region, part of Miami-based Lennar Corp., appointed Matthew C. Coleman to the new position of director at Lennar Charitable Housing.
Alexander P. Gill was named vice president of land acquisition at Atlanta-based Trammell Crow Residential. Gill will be working out of the Costa Mesa office, where he will be responsible for Southern California.
J.L. Hare Associates in Santa Ana hired Brian Saltikov as project coordinator. Saltikov was a professor of writing and also has experience in the drywall industry.
SERVICES
Davies Beller, a Newport Beach resident, became executive vice president and chief financial
officer at San Francisco-based Pay By Touch, which provides consumer payment devices. He will work part time from his home.
TECHNOLOGY
Portellus Inc. hired Joe Bowerbank as marketing director and David Vaughn as business development manager at its Irvine headquarters.
Erik Jones joined US Modular LLC, a memory and storage company, as vice president of sales, original equipment manufacturing sales, and operations at its Irvine headquarters.
