Accounting
Kimberly Roush of the Costa Mesa KPMG office was elected to the firm’s national partnership.
Banking/Finance
Carl Merkle joined Paz & Associates, Irvine, as principal. Formerly Merkle was director of financial planning for Biomerica.
Northern Trust named Amanda Ferrari vice president of the firm’s private client services group. Ferrari was associate vice president of the Orange County Performing Arts Center’s estate and planning division before joining Northern Trust.
Stanley Kirst was appointed vice president of secondary marketing at Century National Mortgage in Irvine.
Entertainment
Paul Folino was elected president of the South Coast Repertory by the board of directors. Folino is president and chief executive officer of Emulex Corp. in Costa Mesa.
Environment
Brett Bowyer was named principal at Environmental Resources Management, Irvine. Bowyer is a professional geologist and has 14 years of experience in hydrogeological, remediation and program management. In addition, ERM hired J. Glen Smith as program director of the firm’s construction company, EnviroClean.
Healthcare
David Lagrew, a perinatologist at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills, was named to the board of directors of Memorial Health Services, a five-hospital system serving LA and Orange counties.
Human Resources
Arlene Key was appointed executive account manager for Commercial Programming Systems Inc.’s Huntington Beach office. Key will be responsible for the firm’s presence in Orange County and for developing new business contacts.
Manufacturing
Julian Rice joined Trinity Golf as vice president of shareholder relations. Rice has five years experience in the financial community and worked in investor relations for Commonwealth Energy, Tustin.
Marketing and Public Relations
Bob Rhein, Marv Siever, and Whitney Gilliam joined the Rankin Group as media specialists.
Nonprofits
Sheri Maxwell was named United Way North Regional Council Committee member. Maxwell is special events coordinator for Child Guidance Center Inc.
The Orange County Child Abuse Prevention Center named its officers for 2000-2001: president, Daniel Palmer; vice president, Gwyn Blanton; treasurer, Victoria Davis; and secretary, Paula Meyer.
Robert M. Bennett, Newport Beach, was elected to his sixth one-year term as president of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Real Estate
Equity Office, Irvine, promoted Mitchell Sigband to managing director of property management and operations. Sigband, who was previously general manager of office space, will be responsible for the firm’s Orange County portfolio.
Graham P. Espley-Jones was appointed chief financial officer and chief administrative officer at the Meyers Group in Irvine. Previously, Espley-Jones was with Kaufman & Broad’s Multi-Housing Group Inc. as chief financial officer.
Cheryl Gustin was appointed director of marketing for Charles Dunn Co. and will oversee the Orange County market as well as portions of LA. Gustin has 12 years of experience in commercial real estate.
Jamie Justus and Julie DeGrand have joined Keystone Pacific Property Management Inc., Irvine, as associate community association managers. They will be responsible for the management of five community associations as well as working directly with the district manager.
Michael Chew joined L’Abri Management Inc. as vice president in charge of business development for Orange and LA counties. Chew has over 12 years of previous experience with CB Richard Ellis Inc. and Insignia/ESG.
Retail
Andrew Lelchuk was named vice president of business development and e-commerce of Op. Op also named Lucille Pagano vice president of brand management.
Technology
David Palmore was named president and chief operating officer of Day Interactive Holding AG in the United States. Prior to joining Day, Palmore was vice president for business development and channel marketing at VerticalNet Inc.
Dave Hartman and Chuck Kunai were named division managers for Wyle Electronics, Irvine.
John Arnos was named senior vice president of sales, marketing and customer technical support for Canon Computer Systems Inc., Costa Mesa.
AudioRamp Inc., Irvine, an Internet-stereo products provider founded in 1999, appointed Robert Brown vice president of marketing and business development.
Carol Conway was appointed president of California Software Corp in Irvine. The company provides IBM midrange migration software solutions under the brand name BABY.
Greater Alarm Company, Irvine, hired Leo Mojica as controller. Previously, Leo was the controller for Town & Country Surf Shop Inc. in Costa Mesa.
Dane-Elec Corp., Irvine, hired Barrington Atkinson as a channel sales manager. Barrington comes to Dane-Elec from Southland Microsystems where he was the strategic account manager.
Transportation
Felipe Arjonilla was appointed vice president of sales and marketing for Aeronet Worldwide. Arjonilla will lead Aeronet’s international expansion and development.
