PEOPLE
Compiled by Kristyn Leachman
AEROSPACE
Parker Aerospace in Irvine, part of Cleve-land-based Parker Hannifin Corp., named Robert P. Barker president. Barker most recently served as group vice president of the flight control and hydraulic systems branch. Joel H. Benkie replaced Barker in the vice president position. Carl Moffitt was named general manager of the air and fuel division. Moffitt is responsible for all financial and operational aspects of the division for the company’s Irvine and Tolleson, Ariz., locations.
CONSTRUCTION
McCarthy Building Cos. hired Brad Kirstein, Scott Mulkay and Matthew May as project managers for its Southern California division. They will work out of the Newport Beach office. Kirstein currently is managing construction work at Laguna Beach High School.
Roel Construction Co. appointed Lorraine Herrin and Robb Perkins as project engineers and Allen Davis as project manager.
EDUCATION
Dr. James E. Abbott, a faculty member and former interim dean at Argosy University’s Orange County campus, was appointed dean of Argosy’s school of education.
Pamela M. Adams, a financial consultant and accredited asset management specialist with A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. in Irvine, was named board president of the University of California, Irvine’s Graduate School of Management Alumni Network. Adams is a 1998 graduate of the management school.
William J. Zeller was named assistant vice chancellor for student housing at the University of California, Irvine. Zeller previously was the director of housing at the University of Michigan.
FINANCE
Investment bank RSM EquiCo Inc. promoted Paul Weisbrich to senior managing director of its brokerage arm, RSM EquiCo Capital Markets LLC.
First American Corp. appointed Landon V. Taylor vice president, market development. Taylor has been with First American since 1997.
HEALTHCARE
San Clemente resident Norman Vinn, an osteopathic family physician, was elected to the American Osteopathic Association’s board.
MARKETING
Irvine-based Fishbone Marketing Inc. appointed Erin Nystrem as account executive.
NONPROFIT
The CHOC Foundation for Children, which provides resources for Children’s Hospital of Orange County and CHOC at Mission, promoted Kristen Murkey from annual giving manager to director of development. Murkey has been with the foundation for two years.
Art & Creativity for Healing Inc., a nonprofit organization that facilitates art classes and workshops for children, teens and adults suffering from illness, grief and stress, appointed Lorraine Schwartz program director. Schwartz previously served as a consultant since 2002.
Stephen W. Prough, chairman and chief executive of Long Beach Acceptance Corp., was named to the Alzheimer’s Ass-ociation of Orange County’s board. The Alzheimer’s Associa-tion provides free services to individuals diagnosed with the disease and those who are at risk of developing it in the future.
Jim Stoneman, founder of Irvine-based Mice DisplayWorks Inc., was elected to serve a three-year term on the board for Pretend City, a program of the Children’s Museum of Orange County.
REAL ESTATE
Charles Dunn Co., a commercial real estate company, appointed Daniel Montoya as a brokerage services associate. Montoya will be based in the Seal Beach office.
The Merit Cos. of Mission Viejo named Karen L. Inman vice president of information systems for Community Technologies Inc., a division of Merit that provides technology services and Web sites for homeowners associations within masterplanned communities. Inman has been with the company since 1999.
