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Sherwin to Lead Newport Beach Conference & Visitors Bureau
Visitor industry veteran Gary Sherwin was named executive director of the Newport Beach Conference & Visitors Bureau.
He replaces Marta Hayden, who resigned in the fall.
Sherwin took the reins on the eve of the Newport Beach Film Festival and just in time to craft a new budget and marketing program for the 2006-07 fiscal year.
He most recently was president and chief executive of Palm Springs-based Believable Brands LLC, a destination strategy and development consulting company.
Prior to starting Believable Brands, he was vice president of market development for the Palm Springs Desert Resorts Convention and Visitors Authority. He previously worked for Long Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau and LA Inc., The Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Sherwin knows Orange County. He has lived in Huntington Beach. He regularly vacationed in Newport Beach during the summer with his wife and two daughters.
“Newport has everything you need in a destination,” he said. “My aim is to develop enhanced marketing.”
Sherwin sits on the board of the California Travel Industry Association and is a lecturer for Destination Marketing Association International.
He and his family will move to Newport Beach.
,Sandi Cain
ACCOUNTING
Kari Williamson joined Singer, Lewak, Greenbaum & Goldstein LLP’s Santa Ana office as partner in its Securities and Exchange Commission services practice group.
ADVERTISING
Michelle Breese was hired as media director at Newport Beach-based Johnson Gray Advertising.
BANKING
Wells Fargo Bank named Bret Rathwick as area manager for the OC business group.
Rancho Cucamonga-based Vineyard Bank appointed Paul L. Sandoval as vice president/loan officer to Vineyard Realty Group based out of its Irvine branch.
COMMUNICATIONS
Time Warner Telecom Inc. named Mark Amico vice president and general manager of sales and operations and Ron Mills was named sales manager at its Irvine office.
EDUCATION
Claire C. Cavallaro was named dean of California State University, Fullerton’s College of Education. Cavallaro comes from Cal State Northridge, where she served as chief of staff to the university’s president since 2003.
FOOD
Irvine-based Classic Foods Inc., a maker of snack foods such as Kettle Classics Potato Chips, appointed Payal Kukreti as operations manager.
INSURANCE
Mark J. Breneman joined Aon Risk Services Inc. in Irvine as vice president of commercial accounts.
Newport Beach-based Pacific Life Insurance Co. promoted Edward R. Byrd to senior vice president, controller and chief accounting officer; Joseph Celentano to senior vice president, product management; Richard J. Schindler to senior vice president and chief marketing officer; John Torell to vice president, accounting and reporting; and John White to vice president, internal wholesaling.
LAW
Costa Mesa-based Rutan & Tucker added 10 attorneys: Zack Broslavsky, Carlos Dominguez, Natalie Gowin, Olivia Marr, Richard Marr, Vijay Pai, Mathew Richardson, Hani Sayed, Katherine Tong and Chris Heikaus Weaver.
Jonathan M. Lindsay and Glenn A. Rowley were promoted to counsel in the Irvine office of Washington, D.C.-based Crowell & Moring LLP.
Snell & Wilmer LLP added Mathieu Blackston, Ahmed Ibrahim and Blake W. Wettengel to its Costa Mesa office.
John Giovannone joined the Costa Mesa office of Greenberg Traurig LLP as a shareholder.
MANUFACTURING
Huntington Beach-based BSH Home Appliances Corp. promoted Marc-Oliver Schneider-Herzfeld to general manager of Gaggenau North America.
REAL ESTATE
The Irvine Company named Thomas Keeney to vice president of finance for its Resort Properties unit. Keeney is a veteran of hotel and resort finance.
Newport Beach-based WCB Properties named Christopher B. Mahon vice president, asset management.
Newport Beach-based Intracorp Southern California named Pat Patterson executive vice president of operations. Patterson will oversee the company’s construction, project management, customer service and sales and marketing programs.
Wasatch Advantage Group LLC, a developer of apartments and condos based in Mission Viejo, promoted Anthony Hladek to vice president of acquisitions and development project management.
SPORTS
Anaheim Arena Management LLC, the management company for the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, added six people: Jesse Chatfield, sponsorship services coordinator; Marissa Gellar, assistant event services manager; Geoff Matthews, premium sales account executive; Damon Roschke, telemarketing manager; Scott Tarlo, telemarketing representative; and Regina Terrana, payroll supervisor.
TECHNOLOGY
Cypress-based Christie Digital Systems Inc., a provider of film projectors and other display products, named Kevin Barlow senior director of sales for control rooms.
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