FINANCE
Anaheim-based Premier Commercial Bank NA promoted Jenna Wagner to client services officer of its Irvine-Newport Beach branch. She will assist in business development and be responsible for client growth.
Dean McCormick was named managing partner of Insight Wealth Strategies LP in Irvine. Insight Wealth offers investment advice for entrepreneurs and wealthy families.
Ryan Cravitz was hired at Newport Beach-based BGA Insurance as brokerage director. He is a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and the Society of Financial Services Professionals.
HOTELS
The Balboa Bay Club & Resort in Newport Beach named Danielle Staffieri director of catering and conference services. Staffieri previously was senior catering manager at Dana Point’s St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort.
LAW
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP named Rick Friess partner in its Irvine office. Friess practices real estate litigation matters, representing both private landlords and public agencies. He previously was a partner with Nossaman LLP in Irvine and is a member of the Orange County and American Bar associations.
Rutan & Tucker LLP hired Megan Garibaldi, Hanni Pichel, Tim Spivey and Ajit Thind as first-year lawyers in its Costa Mesa office. Garibaldi joined the firm’s corporate/estate planning section and received her degree from the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law. Pichel joined the trial section and received her degree from University of California, Davis School of Law. Spivey also joined the trial section and received his degree from Georgetown University Law Center. Thind joined the firm’s public law section and received his degree from University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.
MANUFACTURING
Lightworks Optics Inc. in Tustin hired Ed Arriola as chief engineer. Arriola will be overseeing the company’s defense, aerospace, commercial and biomedical programs. Lightworks Op-tics designs and manufactures telescopes, lenses and other optical equipment.
NONPROFIT
The Leukemia & Lym-phoma Society elected Scott Adler to its board on the Orange County/
Inland Empire chapter, based in Santa Ana. Adler is a vice president wealth adviser for Wells Fargo & Co.
Casey Caston joined Santa Ana-based Olive Crest as director of annual giving and events. Olive Crest is dedicated to preventing child abuse.
REAL ESTATE
360 Commercial Partners in Irvine hired Zachary Niles as director of the company’s industrial advisory group. Niles previously served as first vice president of CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. in Anaheim, where he consistently ranked as a leading industrial sales and leasing broker to high-profile clients.
Lake Forest-based Professional Community Management Inc. promoted Marcel Bradley to maintenance director and Gene Hart to security director of Laguna Woods Village. Bradley previously served as project department manager and Hart previously served as security manager for the agency.
SERVICES
Oklahoma-based Pay-com, an online payroll company, named Col-leen Bailey to lead its new office in Irvine. Bailey previously was a sales manager and worked at opening Pay-com’s Atlanta office. She has been with the company for three years.
Irvine-based VeriComply Inc. hired Jeanne Mal-mo as director of business development. She previously worked at Resources Connection Inc. in Irvine. VeriComply helps companies en-sure they are in compliance with various laws.
