Advertising
Marc Rogers, formerly of Bozell Worldwide (Xygote Interactive) and Artisan Creative, joined Blue C Communications, Newport Beach, as account executive, new business development.
Szenderski/Rohani Worldwide, Irvine, added Jerry Walters as senior marketing strategist.
Architecture
Conceptual Design and Planning Co., Irvine, added Bonnie Markle as landscape architect. Markle’s experience includes large-scale commercial development and K-12 school design.
Banking and Finance
People’s Bank of California, a wholly owned subsidiary of PBOC Holdings Inc., Irvine, with six OC branches, appointed Louie M. “Bud” Brown Jr. of Irvine vice president, commercial lending.
LoanGenie.com, an online financial service broker Irvine, named David Kenneally vice president and chief financial officer, a newly created position.
Ken Barnett, president and co-founder of Orange County-based Synapse Capital LLC was elected to Competitive Knowledge Inc.’s board of directors.
Anthony Nowak-Przygodzki was appointed branch manager of Wescom Credit Union’s Orange branch.
Business Services
Lages & Associates, a public relations and marketing communications firm in Irvine, promoted Paula Brici to the newly created position of vice president of client services. The 15-year industry veteran previously was account director of the firm.
Paine & Associates, Costa Mesa, promoted both Ty van Hooydonk and Karin McPherson to directors. Hooydonk will oversee the Hyundai Motor America auto account and the American Suzuki Motor Corp. motorcycle account for the agency. McPherson will direct some of the agency’s consumer and technology clients, including Polaroid Corp. and Blockbuster Inc.
Phil Mettra joined ADVO Inc.’s Super Coups, a direct-mail coupon company, as vice president of marketing. Mettra will be based in a new Super Coups office in Irvine.
Julie Downes was promoted to branch manager and assistant vice president in the Laguna Hills office of Heritage General Agency, a wholesale insurance brokerage firm. Heritage also added Joyce Chambers as senior underwriter and Cheryl Zamarripa as an underwriter.
General Employment Enterprises Inc., a national staffing company specializing in IT, technical and engineering positions, named Don Bainum branch manager of its Irvine office.
Deloitte & Touche LLP, Costa Mesa, appointed Sheila U. Bisom senior in the Southern California-Nevada multistate tax services group and Ralf Eschenburg senior manager in the Southern California-Nevada international tax services group.
Red Sky Interactive, Irvine, an Internet professional services company, promoted Robert Murray to chief technology officer.
The Collaborative West, San Clemente, appointed Thomas J. Masline principal. The company provides professional services for landscape architecture, environmental design, planning and urban design.
Construction
Seventeen-year industry veteran Don Fitzpatrick joined Costa Mesa-based Andrew L. Youngquist Construction as project manager. Among other projects, Fitzpatrick will oversee the company’s Edwards Theatres Circuit’s Palace theater in Costa Mesa.
GKK Works, an Irvine-based construction and project management firm, added Roy Sandt as project manager.
Gensler appointed Darla Callahan vice president and Dennis J. Potts and Sandi Warneke senior associates at its Newport Beach office.
Munters Moisture Control Services named Jay Kranker an industrial customer account manager for Southern California, southern Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii. Kranker works out of Munters’ Irvine office.
Education
Allied Business Schools Inc., a Laguna Hills provider of career training through distance education, appointed Doug Morrical as its director of its new business-to-business division.
Engineering
John Cogger became president of Irvine-based Innova Engineering, an online resource for product design analysis and engineering development.
Victor E. Opincar recently began a one-year term as president of the Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California, a 45-year-old nonprofit professional society in Newport Beach.
Hospitality
Twenty-year industry veteran Jose Barragan was named food and beverage manager for the new Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel, Anaheim, and 20-year industry veteran Carlos Acosta was chosen to be the food and beverage manager for the Disneyland Hotel.
