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BANKING AND FINANCE

California Mortgage Service, Santa Ana, appointed seven loan officers to its retail lending division: Rene Solorio; Angel Cruz; Arthur Villegas; Luis Oliver; Marco Vidal; Lynn Rentie; and Ruben Duran.

HOSPITALITY

Beverly Hills-based Hilton Hotels Corp. elected Peter V. Ueberroth, managing director of the Contrarian Group, Newport Beach, to its board of directors. Ueberroth was a director of the Promus Hotel Corp., which was acquired by Hilton last year.

Ann Baran was named general manager of Dolphin’s Cove Resort, Anaheim. She was formerly general manager of Gaslamp Plaza Suites in San Diego.

Amy Re joined the Doubletree Hotel, Costa Mesa, as sales manager. She was most recently task force sales manager for Sunstone Hotels, San Clemente.

The Hilton Anaheim and Towers named Shannon O’Connell senior sales manager. She was most recently sales manager for the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines, but had previously been convention service coordinator for the Hilton Anaheim.

HUMAN RESOURCES

Davidson Personnel Inc., Irvine, announced three promotions: Jennifer Evans, an 8-year company veteran, was named executive vice president; Arlene Pattugalan was promoted to manager for marketing communications and administrative services; and Shannon Adams was appointed manager of technical staffing. In addition, Julie Smithson was hired as business development manager.

INSURANCE

Earl Malit was promoted from senior vice president of product management to president of HNC Insurance Solutions, Irvine. He was formerly vice president of business planning at Sega of America.

Pacific Life Insurance Co., Newport Beach, appointed five assistant vice presidents: Karen M. Brown, model office and quality assurance; Heather A. Paige, securities operations; Sonja V. Scott, compensation in the human resources department; John G. Torell, securities portfolio operations; and John White, internal wholesaling in the annuities division.

MANUFACTURING

Dirk Manning was named vice president and general sales manager for the Western area of Kimball Office Furniture, Newport Beach. He joined the company in 1990 as a regional sales manager.

Parker Aerospace, Irvine, promoted George Nelson to director of commercial marketing. He was most recently director of marketing for Parker’s control systems division. In addition, Bill Stone BANKING AND FINANCE

Parker Aerospace, Irvine, promoted George Nelson to director of commercial marketing. He was most recently director of marketing for Parker’s control systems division. In addition, Bill Stone was named director of Embraer programs for Parker Aerospace. He was previously manager of new business development.

MARKETING

Laura Lamude joined GreenLight Communications, Newport Beach, as marketing account executive. She was formerly marketing development manager for Illinois-based DocuSystems Inc.

Jessica Rosenthal was named assistant account executive for The Gable Group’s public relations division. Rosenthal was formerly account coordinator for Beth Binger Communication, Del Mar.

Point B Inc., Newport Beach, appointed Barbara Dunne manager of medical education/account supervisor. She previously held positions with FCB Healthcare in San Francisco and GenQuest in San Diego.

Susan Vineyard joined the support staff for JRA Interactive Inc., Newport Beach. She will work in project management and content development and assist with account management.

Amy Oh, Linda Hsieh, Bruce Wexler, and Renae Maurer joined BDS Marketing, Irvine. Oh was appointed production and traffic manager; Hsieh was named data management supervisor; Wexler was appointed data management supervisor; and Maurer was hired as a recruiter.

PRINTING

Photomation Photo Lab, Anaheim, promoted Bob Waldren and Glenn Ritchie to account executives. Waldren is an 11-year veteran of Photomation. Ritchie was previously customer service supervisor for the company. A 10-year company veteran, Mary Holguin, was promoted to customer service supervisor.

REAL ESTATE

Lani R. Kaneshiro, Ilze Z. Lemus, and Susan I. Seifen joined Keystone Pacific Property Management Inc., Irvine, as community association managers. In addition, Sandra Leo joined the company’s sales and marketing team.

TECHNOLOGY

MTI Technology Corp., Anaheim, named Peggy Ouimet director of product marketing. Prior to joining MTI, Ouimet was director of marketing for Western Digital Corp.

Sonnet Technologies Inc., Irvine, appointed Joe Triglia CFO. He was previously CFO of Stadco Co., Los Angeles.

TRANSPORTATION

Aliso Viejo-based WhyRunOut.com elected Rob Ukropina, founder and CEO of Overnite Express, Irvine, to its board of directors. The company is a store-based provider of online ordering and same day delivery of groceries, dry cleaning and packages to residential customers.

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