Compiled by Roberta Boginis
ARCHITECTURE
Irvine-based Ware Malcomb added three people for its Irvine technology group: Arya Jahani as project manager, Rafael Garay as job captain and Chris Riggins as job captain.
Kevin L. Crook Architect Inc. in Newport Beach hired Karen Mittel as senior designer. Mittel brings more than two decades of experience in residential architecture.
EMPLOYMENT
Eve Nam joined the Irvine office of Los Angels-based Korn/Ferry International as senior associate on the Southern California consulting team. Prior to joining the firm, Nam was strategy consultant with Edgar, Dunn & Co.
FINANCE
Brea-based Fremont Investment & Loan promoted Steve Stinson to vice president and manager of the construction management department.
GOVERNMENT
Roger Faubel, president and cofounder of Waters & Faubel, a public relations and governmental affairs firm, was appointed to the Santa Margarita Water District board, replacing Jim Mizell.
HEALTHCARE
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center named Diana Hendel administrator at its San Clemente campus. Hendel has been with Saddleback’s parent, Memorial Care Medical Centers, for more than 16 years.
Tony Marsico was appointed to lead client support solutions department at Patient Care Technology Systems, a medical software services company that provides advanced information systems for hospital emergency departments and operating rooms. The Aliso Viejo-based company is a unit of Consulier Engineering Inc.
LAW
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP named business trial practice group leader Robert Beall administrative partner of the firm at its Costa Mesa office.
J. Bonkowski was named associate at Stutz, Artiano, Shinoff & Holtz, a public entity and education law firm, where he will work primarily in its Santa Ana office.
MARKETING
Lapin Consulting Group in Costa Mesa hired Jennifer Schmidt as project manager. Prior to joining the company, Schmidt served as public relations manager for Donahue Schriber.
NONPROFIT
The following people were named members of the Orange Senior Center board of directors: Steve Ambriz, councilman, city of Orange; Randy Bryan, co-owner of Shannon-Bryan Mortuary; Corinne Callahan, retired registered nurse; Craig Fleming, vice president of sales and marketing at Western Homes Corp.; Ginny Erwin, rector at Trinity Episcopal Church; Linda M. Johnson, retired, Time Warner Communications; Matt Richards, investment representative at Edward Jones Investments; Teresa “Tita” Smith, councilwoman, city of Orange; and Mark J. Zacovic, vice chancellor at Rancho Santiago College District.
The Orange County Child Abuse Prevention Center appointed Jeff Shepard, a partner with Cresa Partners LLC in Newport Beach, and Keith Banning, senior vice president of investments at Smith Barney, to its board for two-year terms.
Ardelle St. George, managing partner of the intellectual property law firm St. George & Carnegie in Irvine, became president of the Orange County Venture Group.
REAL ESTATE
Los Angeles-based Colliers Seeley In-
ternational named John Beaney as senior vice president of retail leasing and sales at its Irvine office. Beaney previously was senior vice president of the Western region at Katz and Associates.
Marissa Courdy was hired as activities director of One Ford Road Homeowners Association at the Newport Beach office of Irvine-based Keystone Pacific Property Management Inc. Courdy formerly was events coordinator for Country Garden Caterers.
Tustin-based T & B; Planning Consultants promoted Geoff Scott to principal. Scott joined the firm in 1995 and also serves as director of information technology and personnel.
Larry Scott was promoted from regional vice president of development for Southern California to senior vice president of development for Southern California at the Newport Beach office of Alexandria, Va.-based AvalonBay Com-munities Inc.
The Irvine Company Retail Properties, part of the The Irvine Company, named Robert L. Sorensen vice president of Regional Centers and Timothy Kolvoord senior director of project management at its Irvine office.
TECHNOLOGY
Bill Gervasi, chairman of JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, was named to the newly created position of vice president of DRAM technology at Santa Ana-based SimpleTech Inc., a maker of computer memory products. The company also promoted three people: Eric Neseth to vice president of international sales, Luis Morales to vice president of corporate development and Patrick Wilkison to vice president of marketing and business development.
