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Compiled by Charla Batey


ARCHITECTURE

Jeff Causey was named managing director of Western operations for Cooper Carry. Causey will be based in Newport Beach.


AUTOMOTIVE

Orange-based Wilson Automotive Group promoted Bill Coyne to vice president and general manager at South Bay Toyota in Gardena. Coyne previously was general manager of Toyota of Riverside.


EDUCATION

Debra Moysychyn was promoted to executive director of the Executive MBA and Health Care Executive MBA programs at the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine. Moysychyn joined the school in 2005 as associate director for the healthcare program.

Tod Burnett was named president of Saddleback College by the South Orange County Com-munity College District board.


ENTERTAINMENT

Anaheim Arena Manag-ement LLC, which manages Honda Center in Anaheim, promoted Jo-Ann Armstrong to director of booking. Armstrong previously was booking manager.


FINANCE

Steve Williams was promoted to managing partner at HMWC CPAs and Business Advisors of Tustin. Williams previously was partner.


HEALTHCARE

Irvine-based Freedom Innovations Inc., a maker of prosthetics, named Lee Kim chief financial officer. Kim previously was chief financial officer of Netlist Inc., also based in Irvine.


INSURANCE

The Orange office of San Mateo-based Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Tim Rabbitt principal, Angela Rabbitt vice president, Cristin Nolette senior account manager and Susan Martinez account manager.


LAW

Mike Corfield joined the Costa Mesa office of Los Angeles-based Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro LLP as a partner. He previously was with Newmeyer & Dillion LLP in Newport Beach.

Jonathan Pink joined the Irvine office of St. Louis-based Bryan Cave LLP as counsel in the firm’s intellectual property and commercial litigation groups.


MEDIA & MARKETING

Newport Beach-based Integrated Mar-ketingWorks promoted Kevin Salas to account manager and Mairim Bryant to senior account executive. The agency also hired Julia Meza as assistant account executive. Salas previously was senior account executive and Bryant was an account executive.

Irvine-based Specific Media Inc. named Jon Schulz senior vice president of global category development. Schulz prior was head of digital and direct marketing at Ford Motor Co.

Noleen Lovell was promoted to managing director of Irvine’s ChopShop Entertainment Inc. Lovell previously was operations and scheduling manager.

Irvine-based Morgan Marketing & Public Relations LLC hired Ann Moreno as an account executive.


MUSIC

Buena Park-based Yamaha Corp. of America, part of Japan’s Yamaha Corp., promoted Rick Young and Tom Summer to senior vice presidents. Young and Summer previously were corporate vice presidents.


NONPROFIT

The board of the Fair Housing Council of OC named Denise Cato chief operating officer. Cato previously was the assistant to the executive vice president at the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles.

Kim Burdick joined the board at Santa Ana-based Mind Research Institute. Burdick is market president and premier banking and investments Southwest division executive at Bank of America Corp.


REAL ESTATE

The Irvine office of Minnetonka, Minn.-based Opus West Corp. promoted Matt Mont-gomery to senior director of real estate development, Ryan Dan to real estate manager and Andrew Ranallo to project manager. Montgomery previously was director of real estate development. Dan previously was a real estate representative and Ranallo was an associate project manager.

Claudia Faison joined Irvine-based Keystone Pacific Property Manage-ment Inc. as a community association manager. Faison currently is working toward a certified community association manager certification through the California Association of Community Managers.


RESTAURANT

Lake Forest-based Del Taco LLC promoted Steve Brake to vice president, treasurer and controller and Pete Honer to vice president of business insights and planning. Brake previously was controller and Honer previously was director of financial planning.


TECHNOLOGY

Toshiba Surveillance & IP Video Products, a unit of Japan’s Toshiba Corp., named Greg Hartzell IT channel sales manager. Hartzell previously was distribution sales manager for Austin, Texas-based SolarWinds Inc.

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