Check out people in our community who have moved up in their fields.
General surgeon Vinod Gollapalli will join Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital’s medical team.
Gollapalli, who has been in practice for more than 18 years, will provide general surgical services, focusing on abdominal treatment, some including esophagus, stomach and colon.
He has been a general surgeon for Banner Health in Tucson and Bronx-Lebanon Hospital in New York. He has also recently been a fill-in general surgeon in Alaska, Arkansas and Globe, Ariz.
Gollapalli has completed fellowships in breast oncological surgery and in abdominal organ transplant surgery, including liver, pancreas, kidney and multivisceral; and a residency in general surgery.
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Brent White, an internationally known legal scholar and international education expert, was named vice provost of UA Global.
In this role, White will guide the University of Arizona’s comprehensive international vision. He will coordinate ongoing efforts to implement the UA’s strategic vision, including making the UA a Top 20 destination for international students, a Top 10 national university for students who study abroad, and a world leader in confronting global challenges.
White will also lead the creation of the UA Global Center, which will serve as one-stop shop for services for international students, faculty and scholars, and will be the hub for international activities on campus.
White has served as interim vice provost since July 2018, when UA Global was created by combining the offices of international education and global initiatives into one unit. White also led a team that developed the first UA micro-campus at Ocean University of China in Qingdao. He will continue to lead this initiative as dean of global campuses and international education.
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Foothills Bank, a division of Glacier Bank, has expanded into Tucson and named its local lending team.
Reid Clark, a 25-year Tucson commercial banking veteran, is the regional president. He was previously senior vice president and regional manager for Alliance Bank of Arizona and vice president, commercial loans with National Bank of Arizona.
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Foothills Bank, a division of Glacier Bank, has expanded into Tucson and named its local lending team.
Joe Snapp is a senior vice president. Snapp has over 22 years of commercial banking experience and has been in Tucson for 16 years. Formerly with National Bank of Arizona, Snapp was most recently senior vice president of commercial real estate for Alliance Bank of Arizona.
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Foothills Bank, a division of Glacier Bank, has expanded into Tucson and named its local lending team.
Senior Vice President Jason Grabosch has 24 years of local banking experience. Grabosch was formerly vice president of commercial loans for Alliance Bank of Arizona. Before that, he was with One AZ Credit Union and Bank of Tucson.
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Vantage West Credit Union has appointed Teresa Nowak business relationship manager III.
In her new role, she will help foster collaborative relationships with local businesses and communities on behalf of the credit union.
Nowak has 20 years of business banking experience in the local market. She specializes in complex commercial loan requests, as well as relationship management for business owners, C-Suite executives, medical practices, multi-family and not-for-profits.
Before joining Vantage West, Nowak held leadership and commercial banking positions in various financial institutions that include international banks and locally owned community banks.
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Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital has added its first on-site podiatrist, Dr. Steven M. Gillespie, to its medical team.
Gillespie will treat foot and ankle issues for patients of all ages. Gillespie received his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine from Des Moines University in 2013 and is a member of the Associate American College of Foot and Ankle Surgery.
He treated patients for three years as a podiatry resident at the Southern Arizona VA Hospital. Most recently he was a practicing podiatrist at Desert Podiatric Medical Specialists.
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The University of Arizona Department of Family and Community Medicine and Banner – University Medicine have appointed Dr. Ann Mathias as associate chair of clinical affairs.
In her new role, Mathias will oversee the clinical operations for all Banner – University Medicine family medicine clinics and family medicine clinical service lines. She will continue as the family medicine liaison to Banner – University Medicine Multispecialty Clinic at Pantano and Banner – University Medicine Multispecialty Clinic at North Hills and Banner – University Medicine North.
Mathis joined the UA and Banner – University Medicine in 2017 as the medical director of primary care for the Banner – University Medicine Whole Health Clinic. She completed her medical education at Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine and her residency in family medicine at Metropolitan Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich. She is board certified in family practice.
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Wendy Parent-Johnson has joined the University of Arizona Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities as its new director.
Parent-Johnson will lead the UA Sonoran Center, which focuses on the issues of health, wellness, employment and community inclusion for adults with developmental and other disabilities, across the life span.
She previously worked at the University of South Dakota, where Parent-Johnson was a professor in the Department of Pediatrics, served as the executive director for the Center for Disabilities and was director of the university’s Leadership Education in Neuromuscular Disabilities program.
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Jeff Zyla has been named Carondelet Health Network’s chief financial officer.
He will serve as a key member of the senior management team providing input for strategic planning, growth opportunities and helping meet the organization’s business objectives.
Zyla previously served as CFO for the Abrazo Central Campus and Abrazo Scottsdale Campus in Phoenix.
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Surgical Oncologist, Dr. Jennifer Erdrich, has joined the Division of General Surgery in the UA Department of Surgery as an assistant professor and surgical oncologist, practicing at Banner — UMC and the UA Cancer Center.
Erdrich specializes in melanoma, sarcoma and breast cancers.
She earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and a master’s degree in public health with a concentration in cancer prevention. She completed her residency and a fellowship in general surgery at Stanford. She also completed a National Cancer Institute-funded research fellowship at the Harvard School of Public Health and a fellowship in surgical oncology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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Dr. Holly Bullock, obstetrician and gynecologist has joined the University of Arizona Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UA College of Medicine-Tucson as an assistant professor, practicing at Banner — University Medical Center.
Bullock received a master’s degree in public health, focusing on international health and working with the U.S. Peace Corps in Swaziland before medical school. She received her medical degree from East Carolina University before completing a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Hawaii. She completed a fellowship in family planning at the University of Utah.
Her clinical and research interests include contraception in the medically complicated patient and early pregnancy failure.
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Dr. Mohammad El-Ghanem has joined the UA Departments of Neurology and Medical Imaging as an assistant professor. He will serve as Banner – UMC’s attending physician for neuroendovascular surgery and vascular neurology and also will see patients at Banner — University Medicine North.
He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of carotid disease, brain aneurysm, stroke, head and neck tumors and vascular malformations in the brain. He is experienced in minimally invasive, catheter-based procedures to treat these afflictions.
El-Ghanem came to the UA from the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School where he completed a residency in neurology and a fellowship in neuroendovascular surgery/interventional neuroradiology. He received his medical degree at the Jordan University of Sciences and Technology in Jordan.
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Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital has added its first on-site podiatrist, Dr. Steven M. Gillespie, to its medical team.
Gillespie will provide expert care in treating foot and ankle issues for patients of all ages.
Gillespie received his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine from Des Moines University in 2013 and is a member of the Associate American College of Foot and Ankle Surgery.
He treated patients for three years as a podiatry resident at the Southern Arizona VA Hospital. Most recently he was a practicing podiatrist at Desert Podiatric Medical Specialists.
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Cristina Baena has been promoted to president of the employee benefits division for Crest Insurance Group, LLC of Arizona.
Baena will oversee 32 employees from the Tucson, Scottsdale, Sierra Vista, Flagstaff, San Diego and Denver office locations.
Baena has previously held the title of vice president of business development and is also a partner in the company.
She joined Crest Insurance Group in May 2014. Prior to joining Crest, she was the marketing and funding coordinator for the Tucson Conquistadores.
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Steve Redmond is moving up to one of two sales manager slots at Long Realty’s Foothills office.
A 15-year sales pro, Redmond has been serving as an associate broker with the office. Licensed as a sales agent in 2003, Redmond joined the Foothills office 11 years ago, after four years with the company’s Tanque Verde office.
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Ronald A. Wilson is the University of Arizona’s new Title IX director following a nationwide search.
Wilson will have oversight of the Title IX program, assessing the policies and processes of the current program and the level of support dedicated to Title IX investigations at the university. He will be responsible for developing comprehensive Title IX programs and implementing training.
Wilson, a former UA faculty member, has served as a chief diversity officer, equal opportunity administrator and investigator, agency open record officer, Title IX coordinator for gender equity in sport and Title IX investigator at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania.
He has roots in Arizona, serving as a presiding judge for the city of South Tucson in 2002. At the same time, Wilson was an adjunct faculty member for the UA Department of Africana Studies. He later became a faculty member at the Judicial College of Arizona at the Arizona Supreme Court in Phoenix. In 2014, Wilson served as vice president of the Tucson-Southern Arizona Black Chamber of Commerce.
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Pima County has appointed Paula Perrera to serve as the new director for the behavioral health department.
Perrera has worked with the Pima County Attorney’s Office since 2000 and served as the supervising attorney for the health law unit since 2007. During her tenure with the County Attorney’s Office, Perrera served as the in-house counsel for Kino Community Hospital, Pima Health Systems (the County’s AHCCCS health plan), Posada del Sol (the County operated skilled nursing facility), and played a key role in transitioning those units to the private sector.
Most recently, she drafted and negotiated contracts, including the current correctional health services agreement with Centurion.
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Ramon Delgado has been appointed senior sous chef in banquets at JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa.
Delgado brings more than 25 years of experience to Starr Pass Resort & Spa, and was most recently the executive sous chef at the Omni Tucson National Golf Resort & Spa. Prior to that, Delgado was the executive chef of Desert Diamond Casinos in Tucson, for more than 10 years.
He has held similar positions at Marriott’s Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage, California, as well as Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, the Lodge at Ventana Canyon and Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch, all located in Tucson.
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Dr. Shana Semmens, assistant professor, has joined the University of Arizona Department of Family and Community Medicine and Banner – University Medicine.
Semmens will provide the full scope of family medicine practice, providing outpatient primary care at Banner — University Medicine Family Medicine Clinic at the Abrams Public Health Center and inpatient care at Banner – University Medical Center South. She also will deliver babies and care for newborns and children at Banner – UMC Tucson.
Semmens earned her medical degree from the UA College of Medicine – Tucson. She completed her family medicine residency training with the UA College of Medicine – Tucson South Graduate Medical Education program, and went on to complete a fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. Semmens has special interests in palliative medicine, women’s health, pediatrics and quality improvement.
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Dr. Jeffrey Maudlin, assistant professor, has joined the University of Arizona Department of Family and Community Medicine and Banner – University Medicine.
Maudlin will provide primary care to patients of all ages and serve as the medical director at Banner – University Medicine Multispecialty Services Clinic in Green Valley. In addition, he will train physician-residents at the Banner – University Medicine Family Medicine Clinic at the Abrams Public Health Center in Tucson.
Previously, Maudlin was in private practice for many years in Nogales, Ariz., where he also served as chief of staff at Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital. Fluent in Spanish, he worked in a district hospital in Ecuador, and later served as director of a large residency program in a tertiary care referral hospital in Ecuador’s capital city, Quito. Maudlin has special interests in preventive medicine.
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A new building manager has been selected for the 5151 E. Broadway commercial office building.
Mark Isenberger has been hired to manage the tower and is part of the Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR team who oversees leasing, management, and operations for 5151.
Recently, he oversaw a corporate campus for a Fortune 500 insurance company. He is a long-time Building Owners and Managers Association member, both chairing and vice-chairing the Westside and San Fernando Valley Regional Councils and is a past member of the BOMA Greater Los Angeles Political Affairs Committee.
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Fred Rodriquez is the new philanthropy manager at Habitat for Humanity Tucson.
Rodriquez has over 15 years of experience in the nonprofit sector and was events manager at the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation. He looks forward to setting and achieving goals to maximize resources.
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Vantage West Credit Union promoted Don C. Wren from business relationship manager II to business relationship manager III.
In his new role, Wren supports Vantage West’s existing business members, develops new relationships with local businesses and helps them achieve growth and success as their financial partner.
Wren started his banking career in 1998 as personal banker with a large national bank in Tucson. He joined Vantage West in 2012.
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Vantage West Credit Union promoted Mercedes Eppley to business banker.
In her new position, Eppley is responsible for providing expert knowledge and advice to help business members plan, start and expand their business with customized financing solutions. Her background in customer service spans over eight years, with more than five years at Vantage West.
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Jill German was named head of Roche Tissue Diagnostics.
German joins the Tucson team after serving as molecular systems vice president at Roche Diagnostics headquarters in Rotkreuz, Switzerland. She previously served as vice president of sales for Roche Diagnostics in Indianapolis, Indiana, along with other leadership positions within Roche.
Located in Tucson, Roche Tissue Diagnostics is a global supplier of cancer diagnostic systems to the pathology market, providing more than 250 cancer tests and associated instruments.
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Sandy Mellor joined RAR Hospitality directing marketing efforts in Southern Arizona.
RAR’s expertise crosses industry segments, including luxury, full-service, select-service and extended-stay under worldwide brands and independent/boutique hotels.
Mellor’s past hospitality experience includes John Q. Hammons hotels in Tucson and Denver.
She also worked at the historic Read House in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Brandon Hodgeson has passed his final test to become Cambridge Financial Group LLC’s newest certified financial planner.
Hodgeson has been employed at Cambridge Financial Group LLC since September 2017 as an investment adviser representative.
Before joining CFG, Hodgeson worked for Chase bank for seven years and as a bank manager for three of those years.
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Sierra Tucson behavioral and mental health care expanded its medical team.
Psychiactric nurse practitioner Janet Tinkey is coming on board at Sierra Tucson’s Desert Flower unit.
She will offer treatment for individuals struggling with addiction and certain mental health concerns.
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Vantage West Credit Union’s Miguel (Mickey) Gomez was promoted from senior business banker to business relationship manager I.
In his new position, Gomez supports Vantage West’s existing business members, develops new relationships with local businesses, and helps them achieve growth and success as their financial partner. He has 20 years of sales experience, including 15 years in the banking industry.
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After 21 years in the University of Arizona’s Athletics Department, Tucsonan and UA alumna Phoebe Chalk Wadsworth accepted the position of senior director of development and alumni relations for the Eller College of Management.
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Kristen Wendler joined the firm of Farhang & Medcoff as senior counsel.
Wendler brings experience and skill in real estate and construction law to F&M’s team of attorneys. She has experience in commercial real estate transactions and represents developers, contractors and subcontractors in all areas of construction and corporate law.
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Stacey Wilkerson joined the Tucson Federal Credit Union as chief financial officer.
Wilkerson comes from Dallas and brings industry knowledge and experience with her, having worked in the credit-union industry for the past 13 years as a strategic partner to management teams.
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Matthew Gaspari was promoted to executive vice president/chief operating officer at Tucson Federal Credit Union.
Gaspari began his employment at TFCU in 1992 as a teller. After 26 years, he has held positions such as loan officer, branch manager, AVP, vice president of operations, and chief operating officer before being named executive vice president.
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Alliance Bank of Arizona announced the appointment of two new leadership roles within the Southern Arizona region, Sandra P. Barton and Karen Sivert.
Barton has been with the bank since 2009, and was promoted to senior vice president, regional manager of commercial real estate. With 25 years of commercial banking experience in Southern Arizona, Barton will lead the commercial real estate banking department for the Tucson region.
Sivert has been appointed to senior vice president, commercial banking department manager.
Sivert is a 30-year veteran of the banking industry, working primarily in commercial lending. She will be responsible for leading the commercial banking team for the Tucson region.
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Karen Sivert
Alliance Bank of Arizona announced the appointment of two new leadership roles within the Southern Arizona region, Sandra P. Barton and Karen Sivert.
Barton has been with the bank since 2009, and was promoted to senior vice president, regional manager of commercial real estate. With 25 years of commercial banking experience in Southern Arizona, Barton will lead the commercial real estate banking department for the Tucson region.
Sivert has been appointed to senior vice president, commercial banking department manager.
Sivert is a 30-year veteran of the banking industry, working primarily in commercial lending. She will be responsible for leading the commercial banking team for the Tucson region.
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Dr. Jasleen Chatwal
Sierra Tucson behavioral and mental health care has expanded its medical team.
During the last six months, Sierra Tucson recruited experts to join its team:
• Dr. James Seymour, director of the trauma recovery program
• Dr. Jerome Lerner, director of executive and licensed professional program
• Dr. Jasleen Chatwal, director of the mood program
They will offer treatment for individuals struggling with addiction and certain mental-health concerns.
They are nationally and internationally recognized specialists in their respective areas, Sierra Tucson said in a news release.
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Dr. Jerome Lerner
Sierra Tucson behavioral and mental health care has expanded its medical team.
During the last six months, Sierra Tucson recruited experts to join its team:
• Dr. James Seymour, director of the trauma recovery program
• Dr. Jerome Lerner, director of executive and licensed professional program
• Dr. Jasleen Chatwal, director of the mood program
They will offer treatment for individuals struggling with addiction and certain mental-health concerns.
They are nationally and internationally recognized specialists in their respective areas, Sierra Tucson said in a news release.
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Dr. James Seymour
Sierra Tucson behavioral and mental health care has expanded its medical team.
During the last six months, Sierra Tucson recruited experts to join its team:
• Dr. James Seymour, director of the trauma recovery program
• Dr. Jerome Lerner, director of executive and licensed professional program
• Dr. Jasleen Chatwal, director of the mood program
They will offer treatment for individuals struggling with addiction and certain mental-health concerns.
They are nationally and internationally recognized specialists in their respective areas, Sierra Tucson said in a news release.
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The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center has welcomed three cardiologists to its faculty.
Dr. Tushar Acharya, Dr. Olivia Hung and Dr. Nader Makki have joined the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, as assistant professors and are seeing patients at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson.
Acharya is board-certified in cardiovascular disease, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and internal medicine, and is board-eligible in nuclear cardiology.
Hung is board-certified in internal medicine, and board-eligible in cardiovascular disease.
Makki is board-certified in cardiovascular medicine, vascular imaging and nuclear cardiology, and board-eligible in interventional cardiology.
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The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center has welcomed three cardiologists to its faculty.
Dr. Tushar Acharya, Dr. Olivia Hung and Dr. Nader Makki have joined the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, as assistant professors and are seeing patients at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson.
Acharya is board-certified in cardiovascular disease, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and internal medicine, and is board-eligible in nuclear cardiology.
Hung is board-certified in internal medicine, and board-eligible in cardiovascular disease.
Makki is board-certified in cardiovascular medicine, vascular imaging and nuclear cardiology, and board-eligible in interventional cardiology.
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The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center has welcomed three cardiologists to its faculty.
Dr. Tushar Acharya, Dr. Olivia Hung and Dr. Nader Makki have joined the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, as assistant professors and are seeing patients at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson.
Acharya is board-certified in cardiovascular disease, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and internal medicine, and is board-eligible in nuclear cardiology.
Hung is board-certified in internal medicine, and board-eligible in cardiovascular disease.
Makki is board-certified in cardiovascular medicine, vascular imaging and nuclear cardiology, and board-eligible in interventional cardiology.
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Truly Nolen Pest Control has announced the promotion of Kyle Wheelin to manager of the company’s Green Valley service office.
Wheelin joined the company in February 2017 and was most recently a manager-in-training. Prior to joining Truly Nolen, he spent seven years within the industry in several different roles.
Wheelin’s new responsibilities include helping maintain visibility with Green Valley as well as instilling the company’s core values throughout his team.
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Sierra Tucson behavioral and mental health care has expanded its medical team.
During the last six months, Sierra Tucson recruited three experts to join its team: Dr. Brandon Yates, attending psychiatrist for the mood program; Dr. Janaka Sarathchandra, attending psychiatrist, Desert Flower, and Dr. Donnie Sansom, medical services, attending physician, addiction/co-occurring program.
They will offer treatment for individuals struggling with addiction and certain mental-health concerns.
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Sierra Tucson behavioral and mental health care has expanded its medical team.
During the last six months, Sierra Tucson recruited three experts to join its team: Dr. Brandon Yates, attending psychiatrist for the mood program; Dr. Janaka Sarathchandra, attending psychiatrist, Desert Flower, and Dr. Donnie Sansom, medical services, attending physician, addiction/co-occurring program.
They will offer treatment for individuals struggling with addiction and certain mental-health concerns.
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Sierra Tucson behavioral and mental health care has expanded its medical team.
During the last six months, Sierra Tucson recruited three experts to join its team: Dr. Brandon Yates, attending psychiatrist for the mood program; Dr. Janaka Sarathchandra, attending psychiatrist, Desert Flower, and Dr. Donnie Sansom, medical services, attending physician, addiction/co-occurring program.
They will offer treatment for individuals struggling with addiction and certain mental-health concerns.
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Several primary care providers and physician subspecialists are now available to see patients at the Banner-University Medicine physician offices at 1141 S. La Cañada Drive in Green Valley.
Dr. Jeffrey Maudlin, a primary care physician and University of Arizona clinical assistant professor of family medicine, joined the Green Valley office full time. He is a graduate of the UA College of Medicine in Tucson and completed his residency in family practice at Southern Illinois University. He is certified by the American Board of Family Practice and has served as the chief of staff at the El Rio Neighborhood Community Health Center and Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital in Nogales.
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Several primary care providers and physician subspecialists are now available to see patients at the Banner-University Medicine physician offices at 1141 S. La Cañada Drive in Green Valley.
Dr. Kapil Lotun, a cardiologist and UA professor of medicine, is director of the Structural Heart Disease Program and Vascular Medicine at Banner–UMC Tucson. He also is director of the hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab. Lotun specializes in all aspects of heart care, interventional cardiology, vascular medicine and valvular disease.
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Several primary care providers and physician subspecialists are now available to see patients at the Banner-University Medicine physician offices at 1141 S. La Cañada Drive in Green Valley.
Dr. Ranjith Shetty, a cardiologist and UA assistant professor of medicine, is associate director of the Structural Heart Disease Program and the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Program. He specializes in hypertension, preventive cardiology, valvular disease, women’s cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, peripheral vascular disease and vascular medicine.
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Several primary care providers and physician subspecialists are now available to see patients at the Banner-University Medicine physician offices at 1141 S. La Cañada Drive in Green Valley.
Dr. Craig Weinkauf, a vascular surgeon and UA assistant professor of surgery, treats patients with vascular disease, such as aortic aneurysms, carotid artery stenosis, peripheral arterial disease, and venous and lymphatic disease. His research interests include identifying markers for stroke-risk-associated carotid artery disease and the use of advanced imaging to diagnose and better understand vascular disease in the brain, abdomen and legs.
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Several primary care providers and physician subspecialists are now available to see patients at the Banner-University Medicine physician offices at 1141 S. La Cañada Drive in Green Valley.
Dr. David Tzou, a urologist and UA assistant professor of surgery, specializes in endourology and robot-assisted surgery, offering minimally invasive techniques to treat complex urinary disorders. He also provides the latest treatments for general urinary problems, kidney stones, and prostate and kidney cancer.
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Several primary care providers and physician subspecialists are now available to see patients at the Banner-University Medicine physician offices at 1141 S. La Cañada Drive in Green Valley.
Dr. Allison Rottman is a podiatrist and UA clinical assistant professor of surgery. Rottman specializes in limb salvage, wound care and foot and ankle surgery.
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Several primary care providers and physician subspecialists are now available to see patients at the Banner-University Medicine physician offices at 1141 S. La Cañada Drive in Green Valley.
Dr. Vlad Sauciuc is a podiatrist and UA clinical assistant professor of surgery. Sauciuc specializes in foot and ankle surgery and reconstructive surgery.
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KXCI has hired DJ Elva De La Torre as director of outreach.
De La Torre will work with community and civic organizations along with community leaders to discover, understand and address local needs and aspirations.
De La Torre brings with her more than 15 years of experience managing, administering and developing community-based education and training programs. She has more than five years on-air programming experience.
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Dr. Alicia Rodriguez-Pla joins the UA’s rheumatology faculty as a scleroderma and vasculitis specialist.
Also a University of Arizona Arthritis Center member, she trained at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Johns Hopkins University and Boston University and conducted research on lupus at the Baylor Institute for Immunology Research in Dallas.
After practicing as a clinical rheumatologist in Spain, she returned to the United States at the end of 2008 and worked in lupus research at the Baylor Institute for Immunology Research. She has devoted the last five years to complete a clinical fellowship in rheumatology at Boston University and residency in internal medicine at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Dr. Rodriguez-Pla sees patients at Banner – University Medical Center South at 2800 E. Ajo Way, Suite 103, and at Banner – University Medicine North at 3838 N. Campbell Ave.
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Kayla Abel has joined Hudbay as Rosemont Copper’s new accounts payable accountant.
Before joining Rosemont Copper, Abel worked for 12 years in accounting and accounts payable in multiple alternative fuel source industries such as uranium exploration, solar inverter production, and oil and gas.
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Rachel Weisner has joined Hudbay as a human resources generalist for Rosemont Copper. She brings more than 25 years working in human resources in the mining industry.
Before joining Rosemont Copper, Weisner spent 16 years with Aker Solutions/Jacobs supporting the payroll and HR departments, and three years with Freeport-McMoRan supporting the HR department for the technology center, discontinued operations, reclamation, and exploration/central mine planning.
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Irish Beef, the Tucson-area Arby’s franchisee, has named Jami Salyers a partner of the corporation.
In her role as director of operations, Salyers will continue to oversee daily operations of the restaurants and upcoming remodels and new builds, working closely with the other partners on site selection and construction as they open three new restaurants in the next three years.
Salyers began her career with Tucson Arby’s as a 16-year-old high school student working an after-school job. Through the years, she has been consistently promoted through the ranks.
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Lazydays the RV Authority named Tony Bruce Tucson general manager.
Bruce spent three years as a sales manager in Lazydays’ Tampa dealership. Before working at Lazydays, Bruce worked at Mike Thompson RV, a dealership chain in California.
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Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has a new affiliate agent, Brigette Quinn.
Before affiliating with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Quinn was a registered nurse, manager and educator in the health-care industry.
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Truly Nolen Pest Control promoted Valerie Ryan to the newly created position of west centralized administration center manager.
Her office will be based out of the company’s corporate headquarters in Tucson. Some of Ryan’s new responsibilities will include assisting the start-up of centralized administration services for the company’s western U.S. districts as well as managing the addition of data entry and collections functions to this center.
Ryan, who has been with Truly Nolen for over six years, was previously a branch administrator in Sun City and more recently in Phoenix, where she also served as the administrator district trainer.
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Sundt Construction Inc. promoted Richard Keil to president of the industrial group.
Keil has nearly 30 years of experience in industrial projects. He joined Sundt in 2014 as senior vice president for the industrial group after spending 24 years with several major national contractors.
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Long Realty’s Laura Kelly Mance was promoted.
Mance, formerly manager of the company’s Foothills branch, assumed the title of company president.
As president, Mance’s focus will be to develop strategic initiatives to continue the company’s history of growth. Mance managed the office for eight years after a year managing the company’s Casas Adobes office and a lengthy career in leadership roles with other companies.
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Long Realty’s Baron Gauna was promoted.
Gauna, the company’s director of education and associate sales manager, moved up to Foothills branch manager.
Gauna was director of education at the Foothills office while simultaneously serving as associate sales manager for the Foothills branch. He was named to the dual positions in November 2016 after a decade as manager of the company’s central office. Gauna joined Long Realty in 2002 after a career in public education. During his tenure with the company he has served as a sales agent, trainer and sales manager, as well as branch manager and director of education.
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The Golder Ranch Fire District has promoted three captains to the rank of battalion chief.
Frederick Pearce and Steve Lunde were promoted to battalion chiefs of shift operations, and Jeremy Hilderbrand was named battalion chief of logistics.
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The Golder Ranch Fire District has promoted three captains to the rank of battalion chief.
Frederick Pearce and Steve Lunde were promoted to battalion chiefs of shift operations, and Jeremy Hilderbrand was named battalion chief of logistics.
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The Golder Ranch Fire District has promoted three captains to the rank of battalion chief.
Frederick Pearce and Steve Lunde were promoted to battalion chiefs of shift operations, and Jeremy Hilderbrand was named battalion chief of logistics.
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Matthew A. Goldstein has joined Farhang & Medcoff as senior counsel.
Goldstein brings experience and skill in international trade law to F&M’s team of attorneys. He has extensive experience in internal investigations, voluntary disclosures to government agencies and managing consent agreements.
Goldstein is the chairman of F&M’s International Trade Group, which focuses on export controls compliance, regulatory matters, internal investigations and litigation.
He previously advised several federal agencies and served as an industry representative before the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Commerce pursuant to executive branch appointments under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
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Dr. Sanjay Dronavalli, assistant professor, has joined the University of Arizona Department of Family and Community Medicine and Banner – University Medicine.
Dronavalli will provide family medicine care in Tucson at Banner – University Medicine North. Dronavalli previously served at the University of Kansas Medical Center and served as a preceptor for medical students. Dronavalli received his MBBS degree (equivalent to a medical degree) from the Sri Ramachandra Medical College in Chennai, India, and completed his family medicine residency training at the University of Kansas.
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Dr. Nicole Person-Rennell, assistant professor, has joined the University of Arizona Department of Family and Community Medicine and Banner – University Medicine.
Person-Rennell will provide family medicine care in Tucson at the Banner – University Medicine Family Medicine Clinic; inpatient/hospitalist care at Banner – University Medical Center South; and maternity care, delivery and newborn care at Banner – UMC Tucson. Person-Rennell received her medical degree from Mayo Medical School and her master’s degree in public health from Cambridge University in England. She completed her family medicine residency training at the University of California, San Francisco. Previously, Person-Rennell served in a primary care setting at UCSF and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.
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W.E. O’Neil has added Alex Lindsey as an assistant project manager in the Tucson office.
Lindsey brings more than five years of experience in the construction industry, where he has served in similar roles for other construction companies in Arizona and New York. His experience has been primarily focused on large-scale retail construction and renovation projects.
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Melissa Goodrich was named Habitat for Humanity Tucson’s communications specialist.
Goodrich’s background is in creative writing, editing, publishing and education.
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Carlos Lizarraga has associated with the Williams Centre office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as an affiliate agent.
Prior to affiliating with Coldwell, he was a business development specialist with the Better Business Bureau.
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Crest Insurance Group, LLC, has named J.B. Shockey president.
Shockey’s more than 35 years of experience includes 27 at the Cincinnati Insurance Company as vice president of sales and marketing. Shockey has been with Crest for four years.
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Crest Insurance Group, LLC, has named Heather Perrin COO.
Perrin previously served as Crest’s vice president of service operations and manager of commercial lines.
Noted as the first hire by Crest Insurance Group in 2010, Perrin’s insurance career began in 1999.Her 19 years of industry experience includes 15 years of selling and servicing personal insurance policies before moving into systems administration, training and operations in 2014.
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Washington Federal’s Grant and Craycroft branch has hired Theresa Mudd to serve as branch manager.
Mudd will be responsible for mortgage lending, business development and team leadership.
She brings more than 13 years of experience, including several years as the vice president and treasury management sales officer for Centier Bank as well as the vice president and community market director for First Merchants Bank.
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The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy has appointed Wei Wang as director of its drug discovery program and professor in the department of pharmacology and toxicology.
In his new role, Wang is responsible for advancing the mission of drug discovery at the UA Health Sciences main campus and the Phoenix Biomedical Campus. He will help facilitate drug discovery and development while enhancing translational research collaboration.
Wang received his doctorate in organic chemistry from North Carolina State University in Raleigh and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in chemistry at the UA. Before joining the UA, he was a professor in the department of chemistry and chemical biology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
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Todd Sicolo is the new executive chef at Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort & Spa.
With nearly 20 years in the culinary world and hospitality industry, Sicolo will oversee the resort’s banquets, room service and outlets, including Lookout Bar & Grill and Gold restaurant.
Sicolo joins the Westward Look team after opening the Intercontinental Hotel Los Angeles.
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Diana Alarcon was selected to serve as the new director of the Tucson Department of Transportation.
Alarcon has more than 22 years of experience in transportation, in both the public and private sectors.
Most recently, Alarcon was the director of transportation and mobility for Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for the past seven years.
TDOT handles all aspects of streets and traffic maintenance, traffic engineering, transit, floodplain administration, and bicycle and pedestrian safety.
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The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona hired Geri-Lynn Bertagnolli as campaign administrative assistant.
Bertagnolli has 25 years of administrative experience with for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
Most recently, she was an executive administrative assistant at Casa de los Niños, Tucson.
Before that, she held a variety of positions with Brock Technologies Inc., Acker Solutions/Jacobs Engineering; Office Team; SOLOM Corp.; and PB Americas Inc., all in Tucson, as well as the Boy Scouts of America in Long Beach, California.
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Truly Nolen Pest Control’s Brandon Price was promoted to help desk supervisor in the company’s IT department.
Price joined the company in 2015 in an IT department support role.
Before joining Truly Nolen, he spent two years working for a family-owned company called SunTap Water Systems. where he helped test and install reverse-osmosis and water softening systems.
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Ryan Huffman joined the firm of Nesci & St. Louis PLLC as a trial lawyer.
Huffman has a background as a criminal defense attorney, including working at the Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office, as well as the Federal Public Defender’s Office in Tucson during law school, and in his work as an attorney in private practice since being licensed by the State Bar.
As a member of Nesci & St. Louis, he represents people accused of DUIs, misdemeanors and felony offenses at courts in Tucson, Pima County and throughout Arizona.
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Barbara “BK” Kittelson has joined the Oro Valley-Marana office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as an affiliate agent.
Most recently, Kittelson was an agent with Long Realty. Prior to that, she was a senior sales associate at an advertising specialty business.
Hale Barter was named president of Montgomery & Associates, a water resource consultant company headquartered in Tucson.
Barter served as M&A’s chief financial officer for the past decade. He joined the company in 1994. Barter’s technical expertise focuses on groundwater modeling for mine dewatering and water supply development, managed aquifer recharge, and groundwater remediation.
Tim Leo was named vice president of Montgomery & Associates, a water resource consultant company headquartered in Tucson.
Leo is based at the company’s corporate headquarters in Tucson. He has been with M&A since 2008.
Scott Stonum, chief of science and resources at Saguaro National Park, has been named superintendent of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
Stonum is a 27-year parks veteran with broad experience in planning and collaborative leadership.
Last year, Stonum served his third temporary detail as a park superintendent, overseeing management of Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve in Colorado for four months. He previously was acting superintendent at Saguaro in 2014 and at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park in Oregon.
He has been chief of science and resource management at Saguaro since 2011, and he previously was a resource specialist at Joshua Tree National Park in California’s Mojave Desert.
St. Michael’s Parish Day School has appointed Brendan Sullivan as head of school.
As founding principal and president of Nativity Prep Academy in San Diego, Sullivan helped establish and lead the only tuition-free independent school in Southern California.
Prior to his 16 years at Nativity, Sullivan served in various teaching and administrative roles at La Jolla Country Day School in La Jolla, Calif., Saint Ignatius Loyola Academy in Baltimore, and Sacred Heart Elementary School in Washington, D.C.
The Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona has appointed Graham N. Hoffman as president and CEO.
Hoffman will begin his tenure Sept. 17.
Hoffman comes from Washington, D.C., where he served for more than four years as deputy director of development at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Prior to joining AIPAC, he worked for 10 years at Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. His last position at Hillel was associate vice president for strategy.
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Jordan Underhill recently joined Underhill Financial Advisors, LLC as an investment advisor.
Before joining the firm, Underhill was the regional business sales manager for AT&T.
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The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona has named Susannah Castro director of women’s philanthropy.
Bringing more than 15 years of experience in non-profit administration, Castro most recently served as director of operations for Tucson’s Star Foundation. She is the founder and CEO of a nonprofit, The Cree Project, that addresses the nationwide opioid epidemic.
She has held management positions with Border Community Alliance, Santa Cruz Community Foundation, and Tubac Center for the Arts.
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The Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona has named Debe Campbell director of communication.
Campbell, who is also assistant editor at the Arizona Jewish Post, most recently served in the Tucson refugee resettlement program with Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest.
She was executive director of the nonprofit Nexus Coalition for Drug Prevention in Pinetop for 10 years before moving to Tucson.
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Russ Dennis has been hired to serve as branch manager of The Money Store’s Oracle Road location.
The Money Store is a direct mortgage lender located in Florham Park, New Jersey, and is licensed in 44 states across the country, including Arizona.
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Joanie Ladd has associated with the Oro Valley/Marana office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as an affiliate agent.
She comes to the office with five years of real estate experience.
Most recently, Ladd was an agent with Tierra Antigua, and with Long Realty before that. She obtained her associate broker’s license in 2016.
Courtesy Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
W.E. O’Neil Construction Co. of Arizona announced the promotion of Jason Jordan to general superintendent.
Jordan joined W.E. O’Neil earlier this year as a senior project superintendent. He has 19 years of construction industry experience in site management, operations and safety compliance.
Before joining W.E. O’Neil, Jordan served in the roles of senior project superintendent and project superintendent for other construction companies in California and Arizona.
Gustavo Corte joined the Schaefer Present & Stoffers Investment Group in Tucson.
Corte graduated from the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona and was previously at AXA Advisors LLC as a financial consultant.
David Signorelli has associated with the Oro Valley/Marana office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as an affiliate agent.
Before affiliating with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Signorelli was a crew member at Trader Joe’s for 13 years.
The Southern Arizona District Office of Farmers Insurance Group appointed Brad Anderson as adviser.
Anderson hold property/casualty and life/health insurance licenses.
He focuses on auto, home, life and business insurance.
The Southern Arizona District Office of Farmers Insurance Group appointed Allen Godard as adviser.
Godard holds property/casualty and life/health insurance licenses.
He focuses on auto, home, life and business insurance.
The Planning Center announced the promotion of Daniel Bradshaw.
Bradshaw was promoted to director of landscape architecture. He has been a member of the Planning Center’s design team since 2010. While at the Planning Center, Bradshaw has collaborated at all levels of the design process on a diverse range of planning, landscape architectural and urban design projects. Bradshaw also specializes in project visualization. He directs the production of 3D models, rendered site imagery and experiential graphic design.
The Planning Center announced the promotion of Brian Underwood.
Underwood joined the firm in 2012. He was promoted to director of planning. His areas of expertise are land use plan preparation and entitlement processing, including site analyses, specific plans, planned area developments (PADs), rezonings, variances, annexations and plan amendment applications. He also has experience in historic preservation planning; GIS database management and mapping and web-based mapping applications.
Kelly Reynolds, Ph.D., professor and environmental microbiologist, was appointed chair of the Department of Community, Environment and Policy at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.
Reynolds received her doctorate from the UA in agriculture and life sciences in the Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science and a master’s degree from the University of South Florida in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. She has worked at the UA since 1987 as a research technician, research fellow and an assistant research scientist.
Mick Cluck, a longtime broker with more than four decades of real estate experience, is returning to Long Realty. Cluck will serve as an associate broker with the River/Campbell office. He is a member of Long Realty’s Commercial Services division, a group of real estate pros focused on providing brokerage, consulting and financing services for commercial clients.
Cluck, a native of Nebraska, has been a Tucson resident since 1973, when he came to study at the UA. He earned two undergraduate degrees from the UA, in anthropology and racetrack management. He was licensed as a sales agent in 1975 and has been in real estate ever since.
Mike Sturgis joined Long Realty’s Foothills office. He joined the office as an associate broker.
Sturgis, a native of the Chicago area, arrived in Arizona is 1972 and made it to Tucson in 1976. He received his sales license in 1981, upgrading in 1989 to a broker’s license.
Michael Troughton joined Long Realty’s Foothills office. He joines as a sales agent.
Troughton, a native of Sacramento, California, is a 16-year Tucson resident. He received his real estate sales license in 2010 after a career as a bank accounting analyst. He also worked in marketing for a major local beverage distributor and holds a bachelor’s degree in public administration and policy from the UA.
Lisa Thurman accepted the position of assistant financial planner with Laurence Lof Financial Advisors LLC.
Thurman, a UA graduate, will be working directly with the firm’s planners to ensure timely and accurate client service.
Terry Nilson has associated with the Foothills office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as an affiliate agent.
Before affiliating with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Nilson and another new agent worked for Fort Worth Carriers as a team driving double trailers to Dillard’s department stores.
Sonia Felix has associated with the Foothills office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as an affiliate agent.
Before affiliating with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Felix and another new agent worked for Fort Worth Carriers as a team driving double trailers to Dillard’s department stores.
Julie Evans, M.S.W. is the new executive director of the Casa de la Luz Foundation. Evans holds the strategic and operational responsibility for fundraising, grant-making, and the execution of the organization’s mission to transform the end-of-life experience into the final act of living well.
She brings extensive social service and nonprofit experience to her role, working previously as a medical social worker and nonprofit manager.
Geico’s board of directors has appointed Michelle Trindade vice president for its regional location in Tucson.
Trindade will manage insurance operations for the same seven states. She joined Geico in 1997 as a sales counselor at the company’s regional center in Lakeland, Fla., and advanced through several management roles.
Geico’s board of directors has elected John Alutto assistant vice president.
Alutto will oversee Geico’s underwriting activities at its regional office in Tucson, with responsibility for seven western states: Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Oregon and Washington.
Arizona Land and Water Trust has hired Mark Fischer as administrative coordinator.
Fischer will provide administrative support to the Trust’s executive staff, Land & Water Program and Development team, while also maintaining the record systems and managing all areas of the office facilities, including IT and supplies.
Arizona Land and Water Trust has hired Scott McDonald as deputy director.
McDonald will manage all day-to-day aspects of the Trust including staff management, financial accounting procedures and project tracking.
His career includes senior management positions at General Motors, Rain Bird and Fluidmaster.
Steve Moore, a strategic brand builder with international corporate, higher education and sports marketing experience, has been appointed senior vice president and chief marketing and communications officer for the University of Arizona. He joined the senior executive team at the UA last month.
Moore will be responsible for the strategic communication of university accomplishments to a group of stakeholders and for building a brand that motivates students, faculty, staff and supporters to become part of the effort to advance the Arizona enterprise.
Kari Gallardo joins JanCo Janitorial as business associate and director of operations. JanCo Janitorial is a company founded by Kari’s mother, Elizabeth Gonzalez-Gann, almost 30 years ago.
As a teenager, Gallardo worked many hours alongside her mother cleaning offices, doing payroll and any jobs that needed to be done.
Gallardo now joins Fernando Gonzales, her uncle as a business associate.
Hotrods Old Vail has hired Jeff Kunz as general manager. Kunz was previously employed at Buffalo Wild Wings where he worked as operations general manager for 10 years.
He has more than 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry.
HotRods Old Vail is at 10500 E. Old Vail Road and is a racing-themed bar and restaurant.
Dr. Rupa Bala joined the cardiovascular medicine team at the UA Sarver Heart Center and Banner-University Medical Center Tucson.
Bala, board certified in clinical cardiac electrophysiology and cardiovascular disease, joined the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Tucson division of cardiology as an associate professor and cardiac electrophysiology specialist. She specializes in the management of complex heart arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia and premature ventricular contractions. Bala will serve as director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory at Banner-University Medical Center.
Dre Voelkel was hired as Startup Tucson’s programs and events director.
Voelkel brings to her position a diverse background in both public and private sectors, focusing on community building through innovative and research-based initiatives.
Courtney Pulitzer joined Startup Tucson as development and admin director.
Pulitzer came from Sun Corridor Inc. and has spent many years working nationally and abroad in the tech and dot-com industry.
In her new role, Courtney will lead development and fundraising.
MEB Management Services, a provider of comprehensive multifamily management services throughout the Southwest, promoted Luz Bruscini to senior vice president of operations in Tucson.
Bruscini, CPM, ARM, has been with MEB since 2006. She was named senior VP of operations in the Tucson office and will be responsible for managing all asset classes including student housing and value-add properties.
She was overseeing MEB operations in New Mexico and assisting with Tucson operations.
Jared Schultz, Ph.D., a noted leader in disabilities education and research, joined the University of Arizona’s College of Education as a professor in the Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies and the UA Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities as the director of research.
The Sonoran Center is housed within the UA Department of Family and Community Medicine, where Schultz also will have a joint appointment.
At the UA College of Education, Dr. Schultz will teach graduate counseling courses in the Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling Program and conduct research related to disability issues and counseling.
The Arizona Builders Alliance hired Tim Bee as director for Southern Arizona, succeeding Tom Dunn, who accepted the position as ABA’s president in June.
Bee will be responsible for membership services, government advocacy, community/media relations, workforce outreach, and education and workforce development.
El Conquistador Tucson has named Michael K. Platt the new general manager of its 428-room Hilton resort.
Bringing more than 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry, Platt most recently was the general manager of the Royal Park Hotel in Rochester, Michigan.
He has also served as general manager at Arista Hotel in Chicago, Viceroy Hotel Santa Monica and Hilton Long Beach in California, and El San Juan Hotel & Casino in Puerto Rico.
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Truly Nolen Pest Control’s Nate Wilson has been promoted to front-end website developer in the company’s IT department.
Wilson will remain based at Truly Nolen’s corporate headquarters in Tucson.
He joined the company in March 2012 as a service coordinator at the north Tucson service office before joining the IT Department one year later, where he eventually became help desk supervisor.
Wilson will be responsible for developing and integrating web design and functionality into new and existing web sites and applications as well as mentoring other employees in the department.
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Rosa Celina Varela has joined the Williams Centre office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as an affiliate agent.
She comes to the office with 15 years of real estate experience.
Prior to affiliating with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, she was an agent with Homesmart Advantage Group.
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Ashley Byma has been promoted to tax manager at BeachFleischman, a certified public accountant firm in Tucson.
Byma is a licensed CPA in Arizona with five years of public accounting experience.
She has provided accounting and tax services for a variety of privately held companies, and she is a member of the firm’s science and manufacturing and large taxpayer segment teams.
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The University of Arizona Department of Surgery has promoted Professor Bellal A. Joseph to serve as chief of its Division of Trauma, Critical Care, Burn and Emergency Surgery.
Joseph joined the faculty of the UA Department of Surgery within the UA College of Medicine – Tucson in 2009. He assumed his new post as division chief on July 1.
Over the past nine years, Joseph has held a series of leadership positions within the UA Department of Surgery while working as a trauma surgeon, educator and active researcher.
He has served as the department’s vice chair of knowledge expansion, associate director of the Surgery Critical Care/Acute Care Fellowship Programs, director of the Southern Arizona Tele-Trauma Program, associate director of Tele-surgery in the Arizona Telemedicine Program and director of the International Research Fellowship.
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Tracy A. Bogardus has come on board at the Civil Land Development firm of Presidio Engineering, Inc. as a senior civil engineer.
Bogardus is responsible for managing the drainage engineering and water resources department.
He has 24 years of experience working on mixed use masterplans to custom residential projects, including running his own firm for 16 years.
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Andy Seleznov of Larsen Baker LLC has been named executive vice president and partner and co-owner of the company.
He brings 16 years of real estate and development experience to the position, most recently as Larsen Baker’s director of leasing and operations.
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Jennifer Raimondi of Larsen Baker LLC has been named vice president/treasurer and partner and co-owner of the company.
As a 15-year employee, she most recently served as office manager and director of administration.
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Melissa Lal of Larsen Baker LLC has been named president of Larsen Baker and co-managing partner and co-owner of the company.
She brings 12 years of real estate and development experience to the position, most recently as Larsen Baker’s director of real estate.
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Michael S. Guymon joined the staff of the Tucson Metro Chamber as vice president.
Guymon’s duties at the Tucson Metro Chamber will include managing local public policy and workforce development/attraction programs and initiatives.
Most recently, Guymon was vice president of regional partnerships for Sun Corridor Inc., where he has been since November 2010. His experiences prior to Sun Corridor Inc. include: executive director of the Metropolitan Pima Alliance; political consultant to Retail West/Eastbourne Investments and Garfield Traub; chief-of-staff for Tucson City Council Member Fred Ronstadt; and assistant vice president of the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.
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Andrew Schulz was named dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Arizona.
Schulz will join the UA on Aug. 1.
For five years, Schulz served as associate dean for research in the College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State University. He also led strategic planning and faculty development efforts for the college, and he served this past year as interim head of the Department of Art History.
Before joining Penn State in 2013, Schulz was on the faculty at Seattle University from 1994 to 2005 and the University of Oregon from 2005 to 2012, where he served as department head of the history of art and architecture from 2009 to 2012.
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Claudia Baker has associated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s Williams Center office as an affiliate agent.
Previously, Baker was a dietitian for the Pima County WIC program.
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Darling Geomatics has hired Steve Bacon as business development manager.
Bacon has over 38 years experience working within the commercial and residential real estate industry in various senior finance, commercial and business-development roles.
Based in Tucson, Bacon is responsible for global business-development activities, which include delivery of Darling Geomatics sales, commercial and customer strategy. His responsibilities will be focused on commercial matters, including customer relations, customer-needs analysis, sales reporting, benchmarking and business-process improvements.
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The City Center for Collaborative Learning has appointed Tim Grivois-Shah as the director of professional learning and community engagement.
Grivois-Shah previously served as the principal of Grijalva Elementary School in the Tucson Unified School District.
Before his tenure at TUSD, his education career was in the Chicago area, working as a classroom teacher, gifted-education coordinator and assistant principal.
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BeachFleischman PC has promoted Evan Feldhausen to shareholder for the certified public accounting firm.
Feldhausen is a tax shareholder and a member of the firm’s construction and estates and trusts segment teams. He has 10 years of public-accounting experience managing many of the firm’s tax engagements, including partnership and limited-liability companies, multi-state, and tax-exempt organizations.
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BeachFleischman PC has promoted Fernando Barraza to shareholder for the certified public accounting firm.
Barraza is a tax shareholder and a member of the firm’s international and estates and trusts segment teams. With over 10 years of experience, Barraza leads projects involving domestic and international business-structure setup, cross-border structuring, foreign-expansion planning, tax-treaty analysis, foreign tax-credit planning, as well as IC-DISC entity structuring, compliance and planning.
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BeachFleischman PC has promoted Christine Ulibarri to shareholder for the certified public accounting firm.
Ulibarri is a tax shareholder and a member of the firm’s construction segment team. She advises owners of private and closely-held businesses on tax planning and compliance, business and tax strategies, and individual tax services.
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Paula Jackson has associated with the Oro Valley-Marana office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as an affiliate agent.
She comes to the office with eight years of real estate experience.
Prior to affiliating with Coldwell, Jackson was a sales agent with J Williams Staffing and holds a military relocation designation.
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Truly Nolen Pest Control promoted Shon Hodges to manager of the company’s Sierra Vista service office.
Hodges joined the company in July 2017 and was most recently a manager in training.
Before joining Truly Nolen, Hodges was in the consumer electronics industry for almost 20 years with 17 of those years as a store manager and district manager for Radio Shack.
Courtesy Truly Nolen Pest Control
Brenda Vasquez is a new real estate agent at Copper View Realty in Green Valley.
New to real estate, Vasquez has lived in Sahuarita since 2012.
She worked with the Transportation Security Administration for five years and most recently worked with preschool children with special needs.
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Financial adviser Jennifer Mills came on board at the Tucson office of Baird, a wealth management firm.
Mills brings nearly 25 years of industry experience to Baird.
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Financial adviser Carl Sandberg came on board at the Tucson office of Baird, a wealth management firm.
Sandberg has nearly 40 years of industry experience.
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Leighten Hendrickson, who works in both the Tucson and Phoenix offices, became a shareholder of the firm, formerly Loose, Brown & Hobkirk PC.
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Lindsay Mellen joined Loose Law Group PC as an associate in its estate planning group.
Mellen, a 15-year attorney, is based in the firm’s Tucson office.
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Mark Ragel was named chief operating officer for Pools by Design Inc.
Ragel brings over 40 years of industry expertise to the company.
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Diana Rocha associated with the Foothills office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as an affiliate agent.
Rocha previously worked in patient care for Tucson Medical Center in the intensive care unit and geriatric psychiatric unit.
Courtesy Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
Dora Ayala associated with the Foothills office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as an affiliate agent.
Ayala previously was a high school teacher.
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City Wide of Southern Arizona, a building maintenance management company, has new ownership with Trina and David Petrash and Antonio Rivera.
Trina Petrash is a 20-year Army veteran who served as a chemical officer in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Her military career included aspects in logistics, human resources, education and training.
David Petrash was a nuclear engineer in the Navy and also has more than 25 years of sales and sales management experience.
Rivera served three tours in Iraq in the Army and is a Purple Heart recipient. Since his return from Iraq, Rivera has spent the last 10 years in the banking and mortgage industry.
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City Wide of Southern Arizona, a building maintenance management company, has new ownership with Trina and David Petrash and Antonio Rivera.
Trina Petrash is a 20-year Army veteran who served as a chemical officer in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Her military career included aspects in logistics, human resources, education and training.
David Petrash was a nuclear engineer in the Navy and also has more than 25 years of sales and sales management experience.
Rivera served three tours in Iraq in the Army and is a Purple Heart recipient. Since his return from Iraq, Rivera has spent the last 10 years in the banking and mortgage industry.
Courtesy City Wide of Southern Arizona
Tucson Federal Credit Union has added to its executive team.
Trish Kordas, chief culture officer, leads the enterprise human resources and development function for TFCU. Kordas joined the company nearly 10 years ago. She has more than 20 years of human resource and development experience.
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Tucson Federal Credit Union has added to its executive team.
Jason Zeider is the chief digital officer. He came to TFCU nearly 22 years ago, helping to convert it into a community-chartered credit union and starting the financial education program there.
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Tucson Federal Credit Union has added to its executive team.
Ellen Yacovone is the new chief lending officer. She has been with TFCU for eight years, starting as the lending and collections manager. Yacovone has been in the financial industry since the age of 16, working her way up from a teller in savings and loans.
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Priscilla Casper has taken over the anchor chair on KVOA-TV/News 4 Tucson’s one-hour weekday broadcasts at noon and 4 p.m.
Casper joins KVOA from KGUN 9, where she was a breaking news reporter.
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Pima Federal Credit Union has appointed Adam Coggshall to the post of vice president of commercial lending.
Coggshall joins Pima Federal with more than 13 years of experience in the financial services industry.
He previously served as assistant vice president, commercial credit manager at Mission Federal Credit Union in San Diego.
Courtesy Pima Federal Credit Union
The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry has named Laura Ciscomani as its new director of development. Ciscomani will also serve the Arizona Chamber Foundation in the same role.
Working directly with Chamber members, Ciscomani will maximize the ability of members to amplify their work and engage them on leadership projects within the Chamber family.
Ciscomani played a role in building the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s corporate membership program to diversify, stabilize and grow revenue sources.
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Tom Dunn, the Southern Arizona vice president of the Arizona Builders Alliance, is stepping into the role of president.
Dunn will represent ABA members from more than 300 companies of contractors and construction professionals from across Arizona.
He will be responsible for leading the overall operations of the organization including lobbying, government relations, craft training, workforce development, management education programs and membership recruitment.
As the previous director of ABA’s Southern Arizona office for the last seven years, Dunn worked with outgoing President Mark Minter on federal and state legislative advocacy efforts.
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David F. Palmer II is joining C3 CustomerContactChannels as chief operating officer for C3 U.S. and Guatemala.
Palmer, who will be based in Tucson, will lead the US and Guatemala core business operations which includes oversight of human resources, finance, IT and facilities.
Palmer brings more than 24 years of experience in the business processing outsourcing industry. He joins C3 from VXI Global Solutions, a global BPO firm. He also previously served as COO in several public and private BPO firms such as Connextions and eTelecare Global Solutions.
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Amy Reichgott has been named the director of philanthropy at Habitat for Humanity Tucson.
Previously, Reichgott served as the development manager for Western National Parks Association. She has also served as director of development for the YMCA of Southern Arizona and worked for Ballet Arizona and the March of Dimes.
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Carol Taylor has been promoted to V.I.P Mortgage’s director of marketing.
Taylor, who will be based in Tucson, will lead all facets of marketing communications for the company which has 22 brick and mortar locations, spread across six states, and is licensed in a total of 21 states.
She has been with V.I.P. Mortgage for nearly two years and involved with the mortgage industry since 2013. She has nearly 20 years of marketing experience.
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The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law is welcoming new faculty members.
Albertina Antognini joins as an associate professor of law. Her research focuses on the regulation of nonmarital relationships. Prior to joining University of Arizona Law, Antognini was an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law.
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The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law is welcoming new faculty members.
Stacy Butler has been hired as director of innovation for justice, a new position focusing on improving access to justice with the use of design theory, technology, and interdisciplinary collaboration. In 2017, Butler launched Step Up to Justice, a pro bono civil legal center serving low-income families in Pima County.
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The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law is welcoming new faculty members.
Akilah Kinnison is coming on board as an assistant professor and Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy program graduate advisor. Kinnison joins the college from Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP, a national law firm based in Washington D.C. Her practice areas include cultural and natural resource protection, health care and education, international repatriation, tribal gaming and government relations.
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The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law is welcoming new faculty members.
Tara Sklar joins as a director of graduate health sciences programs. Based in the DC area, she will teach online courses and oversee development and administration of regulatory science and health law programs. Sklar comes from the University of Melbourne’s School of Population and Global Health, where she served as a fellow in the law and public health group and previously as director of aging programs.
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The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law is welcoming new faculty members.
Bethany Sullivan will serve as the Lohse clinical director for the new Natural Resource Use and Management Clinic. Sullivan formerly served as an attorney-advisor at the Department of Interior. She has worked on issues pertaining to tribal trust lands, reservation boundaries, leasing and rights-of-way, taxation and tribal jurisdiction, and environmental compliance in both the regulatory and federal civil litigation settings.
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The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law is welcoming new faculty members.
Tammi Walker is a new associate professor of law with a joint appointment as an associate professor in the Department of Psychology in the College of Science. Walker was previously a visiting assistant professor at the University of Illinois College of Law. She is an experienced litigator and a trained research psychologist with an interest in procedural fairness and the administration of justice.
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The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law is welcoming new faculty members.
Andrew Woods joins as associate professor of law. Woods’ research interests include cybersecurity and the regulation of technology. He comes to University of Arizona Law after serving as an assistant professor of law at the University of Kentucky College of Law.
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Christy Wyman has associated with the Tucson-Williams Centre office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as an affiliate agent.
Wyman has 16 years of real estate experience.
She previously was an agent with HomeSmart Advantage Group. Before that, she was the co-owner of an independent Allstate agency in marketing and sales.
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Korey Schultz has associated with the Tucson-Williams Centre office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as an affiliate agent.
Schultz previously worked in nonprofit operations management.
He has served as an operations manager, sales manager and business strategy consultant for for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
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Amy Dattilo-Cavallaro has joined CBRE’s Tucson office as a senior associate of advisory and transaction services, industrial and logistics.
Dattilo-Cavallaro’s focus on the industrial team is the sale and leasing of industrial properties, including manufacturing, warehouse/distribution, back office and research and development.
Prior to joining CBRE, Dattilo-Cavallaro’s concentration was in leasing of medical offices at GPE Commercial Advisors.
Her real estate career began at Grubb & Ellis/BRE, Retail Division, both in Phoenix. She also served the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce as Chair of the Business Retention & Expansion Program.
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Suzette Rodriguez will shift to the midday slot from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on KOHT.
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KRQQ/KOHT Program Director D-Wayne Chavez will move to afternoon drive on KOHT.
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Sundt Construction, Inc. has selected Kimberley Hoidal to serve as public relations and communications specialist for its Tucson office.
Hoidal has more than 14 years of experience in public relations, communications and marketing in higher education, nonprofit and sports industries.
She is responsible for developing public relations plans and media outreach in Sundt’s key markets and producing content for internal and external audiences.
Hoidal will provide support in crisis communications planning, preparation and response activities and work with the marketing team to support projects and campaigns.
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Nick Wize is the new assistant program director for iHeartMedia’s KRQQ, KOHT and KMIY.
Wize is also taking over afternoon drive on KRQQ from 3 to 7 p.m.
He was mostly recently with iHeartMedia Detroit, where his roles included assistant program director and on-air talent for WKQI.
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The Southern Arizona District Office of Farmers Insurance Group has appointed Brandon Hoffman as the newest adviser to Tucson.
Hoffman holds his property/casualty and life/health insurance licenses.
He focuses on auto, home, life, and business insurance products.
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Broderick Krager has accepted a full-time applications engineer position with Apex.
Krager started at Apex in June 2015 as an applications intern. A year later, he was promoted to associate applications engineer.
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Staff Matters has hired Justin Haag as its newest team member.
Haag is joining the recruiting, staffing and employment firm as an accounting and finance specialist.
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Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona has added new staffers and announced leadership team promotions.
Kaylie Leslie-Larson has moved from the social impact team to a new role as product program coordinator, supporting the cookie program.
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Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona has added new staffers and announced leadership team promotions.
Chinna Garza was promoted to STEM specialist.
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Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona has added new staffers and announced leadership team promotions.
Within the membership team, Alyssa Keil has come on board as a membership specialist in troop support.
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Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona has added new staffers and announced leadership team promotions.
Within the membership team, Isata Williams has come on board as a membership specialist in troop placement.
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Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona has added new staffers and announced leadership team promotions.
Within the membership team, Rebecca Davoudikia has come on board as membership specialist in customer care.
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Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona has added new staffers and announced leadership team promotions.
Danielle Flink has been promoted to vice president of systems and evaluation.
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Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona has added new staffers and announced leadership team promotions.
Niki Hoffman has been promoted to vice president of mission delivery.
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Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona has added new staffers and announced leadership team promotions.
Within the leadership team, former Chief Operating Officer Kristen Garcia-Hernandez now serves as deputy CEO.
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Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona has added new staffers and announced leadership team promotions.
Casey Caylor has joined the organization as vice president of philanthropy. She is responsible for the strategic direction of the council’s fundraising efforts. Caylor previously worked at Girl Scouts as a social impact coordinator. She also guided development initiatives at the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula and Girls Inc. of Alameda County.
Before relocating to Tucson, Caylor served as the senior consultant, manager of grants programs for the Ostara Group.
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Tim Garigan and Kim Gray have joined the RBC Wealth Management Tucson office.
Garigan, managing director – financial advisor, comes to RBC Wealth Management with 41 years of industry experience.
He manages approximately $250 million in client assets and previously worked for Wells Fargo Advisors.
Gray is coming on board as a senior registered client associate.
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Rod Cook has taken on the role of chief executive officer at Cope Community Services, Inc.
Cook has worked at Cope for more than 23 years in various capacities, most recently serving as chief financial and operations officer.
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John Kaiser is coming on board at Fidelity National Title as a sales executive serving Southern Arizona.
Kaiser has worked in the title industry for nearly 20 years, focusing on marketing and sales.
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Arizona Land and Water Trust has hired Bailey Kennett to head its Desert Rivers Program.
Kennett most recently worked at the Babbitt Center for Land and Water Policy, a program within the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, in Phoenix.
She was previously an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Fellow at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where she developed training events, support materials and outreach products to promote disaster preparedness and response for water utilities. Also while in Washington, Kennett served as the western water intern with American Rivers, where she examined the connection between groundwater overdraft and river conservation.
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Crest Insurance Group has selected Tammi Francis to serve as the company’s new senior business development account executive/producer.
Francis has previously worked for Bank of America, Compass Bank, and Nova Home Loans.
Most recently, Francis worked for Sunstreet Mortgage originating loans in Arizona and California.
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Dr. Rachna Shroff has joined the University of Arizona Cancer Center where she serves as the new section chief of gastrointestinal medical oncology and associate professor at the UA College of Medicine — Tucson.
Dr. Shroff specializes in cancers of the pancreas and biliary tract. She comes to Arizona from Texas, where she was an associate professor at MD Anderson Cancer Center. She received her medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University, and did her clinical residency in internal medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
One of Dr. Shroff’s goals is to expand clinical trials. She also hopes to enlist scientists in the clinical trial process to strengthen understanding of a drug’s effectiveness.
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W.E. O’Neil has named Jed Heuberger the senior project manager in the Tucson office.
Heuberger brings 15 years of experience in the local hospitality, health-care and education construction markets, having served as a project manager, preconstruction director and senior project manager.
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Jan Holder is joining the World Care team as executive director.
She brings experience in management, grant writing, administering grants and putting together partnering groups and agencies.
Holder has more than 16 years of nonprofit leadership in Southern Arizona, working with the Gila Watershed Partnership, Sky Island Alliance and Tucson Audubon Society, as well as 10-plus years in advertising and marketing.
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Baird has added veteran financial advisors Irv Mindes and Bill Fedor, along with two other new team members to the Tucson office.
Mindes is serving as managing director. He joins Baird with more than 35 years of industry experience.
Fedor is serving as senior vice president. He brings nearly 25 years of industry experience to Baird.
They are joined by Marcie Shatz, branch administrative supervisor, and Christy Yetka, senior client specialist.
Baird is a wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm.
Truly Nolen Pest Control’s Thomas Gee has been promoted to manager of the company’s SaddleBrooke service office.
Gee joined Truly Nolen in June 2017 and was most recently in the company’s Manager-In-Training program. Prior to joining the company, he spent over 18 years in the retail consumer electronics industry as a manager for a Verizon Wireless retailer.
Baird has added veteran financial advisors Irv Mindes and Bill Fedor, along with two other new team members to the Tucson office.
Mindes is serving as managing director. He joins Baird with more than 35 years of industry experience.
Fedor is serving as senior vice president. He brings nearly 25 years of industry experience to Baird.
They are joined by Marcie Shatz, branch administrative supervisor, and Christy Yetka, senior client specialist.
Baird is a wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm.
Tucson Hebrew Academy has a new director of admissions, Gabrielle Erbst.
She brings experience from The Stephen Gaynor School, a school for children with language-based learning disabilities, and four years of experience as Tucson Hebrew Academy’s director of student support services.
Erbst will take over the director of admissions position on July 1.
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Long Realty’s Foothills office has added an associate broker as Barbara Wilson rejoins the company.
Wilson first received her real estate license in 2003, and in 2016 earned her broker’s license.
Wilson specializes in working with second-home buyers, retirees and clients who are relocating from out of state.
Nicholas Kaldawi has joined the law office of Zack & Schmitz, PLC as associate attorney.
Kaldawi’s legal focus is probate and trust litigation, guardianships, conservatorships, and estate planning.
Before joining Zack & Schmitz, PLC, Kaldawi worked as the judicial law clerk for the presiding probate judge of the Pima County Superior Court.
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Sundt Construction, Inc. has promoted Carrie Gurenlian to marketing communications manager.
Gurenlian joined Sundt in 2016 as its public relations specialist. In her new role, she is responsible for planning and implementing marketing communications projects for internal and external audiences.
Gurenlian has more than 10 years of communications experience.
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Vantage West Credit Union has named Michael Trueba as its new vice president and manager of business banking.
Trueba identifies and develops long-term strategies to grow Vantage West’s business banking relationships. He also manages the financial needs of local small business owners.
Prior to joining Vantage West, Trueba held executive positions in various commercial departments of local financial institutions. He was executive vice president and assistant chief credit officer at Bank of Tucson, vice president of credit manager at Bank One Arizona, and vice president of various departments at First Interstate Bank of Arizona, among others.
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Drs. Matthew W. Beal and Sarah E. Schram (pictured) are the new owners of Pima Dermatology.
The founder, Dr. Gerald N. Goldberg, transferred ownership of the practice to existing partner Beal and new partner Schram, both of whom are board certified by the American Board of Dermatology.
Beal joined Pima Dermatology in 2013, and became its first partner in 2016. He specializes in general dermatology, with special interest in cutaneous oncology and psoriasis. He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and completed his dermatology residency at the University of Minnesota, where he served as chief resident.
Schram came on as the practice’s full-time Mohs Surgeon in 2015. She specializes in Mohs skin cancer surgery, with a special interest in cutaneous oncology and cosmetic dermatology. She earned her Doctor of Medicine Degree and completed her dermatology residency at the University of Minnesota Medical School. She received extensive training in Mohs and laser surgery during a Procedural Dermatology Fellowship at the University of Minnesota.
Goldberg has assumed a new role as cosmetic and laser surgical center director. The Laser Center is slated to open by early 2019.
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Jonathan Saffer has been named a partner at Rusing Lopez & Lizardi.
Saffer’s practice for the last 16 years has concentrated in all aspects of commercial litigation, finance and business law. He has trial experience in state, federal and bankruptcy courts and in arbitration proceedings; advises banks and other lending institutions in all phases of commercial finance matters; and represents several businesses in matters ranging from intellectual property to franchise.
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Sivan Korn has been named a partner at Rusing Lopez & Lizardi.
Korn has worked in an Of Counsel role at RL&L for the past two years. She previously practiced as a commercial litigator in Israel, New York and Tucson providing representation on governance issues, trade secret protection, unfair competition, contract disputes, employment and discipline, and real property litigation.
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Stephanie Mayoral, a 10-year professional with experience in banking and financial planning, has been named lead financial planner at Laurence Lof Financial Advisors.
Mayoral is a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor and is enrolled in the College for Financial Planning studying for her Certified Financial Planner designation.
Mayoral is responsible for assisting clients with their financial planning and creating investment models to help clients achieve their financial goals.
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Jonathan Lutz has been named executive director of Tucson Audubon Society.
He has worked with Tucson Audubon since 2016 and has been key in ensuring the successful development and operations of the Paton Center for the Hummingbirds in Patagonia.
Lutz previously served as executive director for Michigan Audubon Society and the Montana Audubon Center.
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Dave Rafus has associated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as affiliate agent.
Rafus associated with the Oro Valley office. He previously worked for Arizona’s Department of Economic Security with the Disabled Veteran Outreach Program. He served in the Marines from 1986 to 1993.
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Hughes Federal Credit Union has promoted Dani Durnal Gomez to marketing manager, business development and community relations.
Durnal Gomez first joined Hughes in 2015 as a business development representative.
Durnal Gomez obtained her CUNA Credit Union Business Development Professional Designation in 2017 and is enrolled in a three-year CUNA Credit Union Certified Marketing Executive Designation program.
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Monica Fields has associated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as affiliate agent.
Fields associated with Coldwell’s Foothills office. She previously served as a manager for MAC Cosmetics.
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Terri King has associated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as affiliate agent.
King comes to the Green Valley office after co-owning PC Solutions for 13 years and working in accounting and IT.
Before that, King was an agent with GMAC Better Homes & Garden in San Diego, Calif. and previously worked as an agent for Century 21 Paradigm.
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Megha Padi has been appointed director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center’s Bioinformatics Shared Resource and is an assistant professor in the UA Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology.
In her new roles, Padi provides research support to UA Cancer Center investigators, connecting them with faculty members in other departments, such as mathematics and computer science. She is bilingual in the lexicons of both math and biology, and hopes to use her “interpreter skills” to facilitate conversations and expand collaboration.
Padi joins the UA from Boston, where she taught at Harvard Medical School and served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Jessica De La Ossa has joined Gordley Group as a public involvement specialist.
De La Ossa’s responsibilities at the communications and marketing firm include managing major public involvement efforts throughout Southern Arizona for transportation and utility planning, design and construction projects.
De La Ossa also provides Spanish language services for the firm, including translating written materials and providing interpretation at public meetings and events.
She joins Gordley Group after 16 years with the Arizona Department of Transportation.
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Universal Avionics’ Curtis Thelen has been promoted to the position of chief financial officer.
Thelen joined Universal Avionics in 2007 as a controller.
Universal Avionics, an Elbit Systems Company, is a manufacturer of commercial avionics systems.
Cindy Stewart and Patricia Kaye Brown have joined the Foothills office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as affiliate agents.
Prior to affiliating with Coldwell, Stewart worked in customer service and team support with Cyanotech and Nutrex in Kona, Hawaii.
Stewart previously worked as a secretary, paralegal and office manager for a legal office and ran a vacation rental home in Kona. In addition, she planted and managed a Kona 2.5-acre Coffee Farm along with her bed and breakfast vacation rental property.
Brown comes to the office with more than 16 years of real estate experience.
Brown previously was an agent with Keller Williams Southern Arizona. She is a certified luxury home marketing specialist.
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Cary Lackey has joined Farhang & Medcoff and will be tasked with heading the firm’s criminal defense unit.
Lackey has served as an attorney for more than two decades, focusing on criminal defense in public and private practice. He began his legal career as a Maricopa County public defender and later was an associate attorney in the white-collar crime unit of the Phoenix branch office of Quarles & Brady.
He was deputy county attorney in Maricopa County’s civil division and he worked as a staff attorney with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco.
Della Hodson has come on board at the United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona.
Hodson takes on the responsibilities of senior director for workplace campaigns in the resource development team.
She comes to Tucson from United Way of Kern County in Bakersfield, California, having served as its CEO for the past 10 years.
The University of Arizona Alumni Association has a new chief operating officer.
Ricky Hernandez joins the UA Alumni Association after working for nearly 10 years in the Pima County School Superintendent’s Office.
In his previous role, Hernandez oversaw the financial, legal and operational aspects of the office and provided financial management to 17 school districts in Pima County.
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B.J. Cordova has been named executive director of Tucson-based Arizona Transportation Builders Association.
In addition to administering the organization’s operations and policies, Cordova will focus on member education and outreach as well as collaboration with other organizations.
Cordova recently departed Tucson Clean & Beautiful after nearly 16 years, where he most recently served as membership and communications director.
Dr. Michael D. Dake has been appointed senior vice president for health sciences at the University of Arizona.
Dake, who also will hold an appointment as a professor of radiology, will assume his new duties on June 4.
He currently serves as Stanford University’s Thelma and Henry Doelger Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He also directs the Catheterization and Angiography Laboratories at Stanford Medical Center.
As the UA senior vice president for health sciences, Dake will lead the integration of undergraduate and graduate education, research and clinical activities among the UA health colleges and their clinical partners.
Dake is a graduate of Harvard College where he completed an internship, residency and chief residency in internal medicine. He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, diagnostic radiology, and vascular and interventional radiology.
The Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl has selected Del Arvayo to serve as chief operations officer.
Arvayo will be responsible for the day to day operations, which includes financial, volunteers and infrastructure.
Most recently, Arvayo served as director of operations for Salpointe Catholic High School football. He has also volunteered or worked for several high-profile sports entities, including the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Phoenix Suns, the 2008 Super Bowl and the 2017 NCAA Final Four.
In addition to his sports experience, Arvayo worked for Aetna as a consultant carrying out training, operations, leadership development and project management. At Citibank he was assistant vice president and performance manager, and at American Express he was an operations manager.
Meghan Kish, a 12-year veteran of the National Park Service, has been named superintendent of the Southern Arizona office.
Kish oversees regional support for Southern Arizona parks, with direct responsibility over Tonto, Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments. The Southern Arizona office also provides administrative support for the Western Archeological & Conservation Center in Tucson and facility management support for parks with deferred maintenance projects.
She will also be the region’s state coordinator for Arizona’s 22 NPS units.
Most recently, Kish served as superintendent of New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, Roger Williams National Memorial and Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Courtney Slanaker has been named the executive director of the Southern Arizona chapter of the American Red Cross.
The Tucson native has worked with the local Southern Arizona Red Cross chapter on numerous disaster responses through the Community Organizations Active in Disasters from 2015 to 2017.
Prior to her current role, Slanaker served as the executive director of local non-profit, World Care.
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Bryan Dunn has been named president of W.E. O’Neil Construction Co.’s Arizona office.
He is responsible for managing both the Tucson and Phoenix offices.
Dunn brings experience in the construction industry. He also serves as a teacher and mentor in the Arizona Builder’s Alliance Leadership Development Forum.
Susan Grogan has rejoined Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty after six years at another brokerage.
With over 14 years of experience, Grogan specializes in the Foothills, Oro Valley, Marana and the northeast sections of Tucson with an emphasis on custom, luxury, golf and new homes.
Associate Attorney Jennifer Maldonado is joining the law office of Burris & MacOmber, PLLC.
Maldonado has served as a deputy Pima County Attorney, and also as an Assistant United States Attorney.
As an associate attorney, Maldonado will focus on litigation, and employment legal matters.
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Rick Syres has associated with the Foothills office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage as an affiliate agent.
Syres comes to the office with more than 12 years of real estate experience.
Prior to affiliating with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Syres was an agent with Keller Williams.
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Four new providers have joined Northwest Allied Physicians.
Dr. Mohammad Khaled Dardari specializes in internal medicine and geriatrics. He practices at 63701 E. SaddleBrooke Blvd.
Dr. Aynur Okcay specializes in sleep medicine for patients of all ages. She practices at 6130 N. La Cholla Blvd.
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner Erica Hede serves patients at 3630 W. Tangerine Road.
Luke Huffaker specializes in family medicine and holds a doctor in nursing practice. He practices at 10120 E. Old Vail Road.
Cardiologist Dr. Joel B. Holland has joined the faculty of the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center.
Dr. Holland, an associate professor in the UA College of Medicine — Tucson sees patients at Banner — University Medical Center Tucson and at Banner — University Medicine North outpatient complex.
Board certified in cardiovascular disease and internal medicine, Dr. Holland practiced cardiovascular medicine for 18 years with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
His clinical interests include echocardiography, valvular heart disease and adult congenital heart disease.
Dr. Holland completed his medical residency and cardiology fellowship at University of Chicago Hospitals. He obtained his bachelor’s and medical degrees from the University of Rochester.
Miramonte Homes has promoted Stephanie Quesada to vice president of sales and marketing for the Tucson division.
Quesada has been with Miramonte Homes since 2012 and was promoted last year to director of sales and marketing.
In her new role Quesada will support Miramonte’s growth. She also will continue to lead the Tucson sales team and direct corporate marketing efforts.
Chris Culhane: The Southern Arizona District Office of Farmers Insurance Group has four new insurance advisors.
Josh Plowman, Frank Salcido and Tucker Wood hold their property/casualty and life/health insurance licenses. They focus on auto, home, life, and business insurance products. Salcido is bilingual.
Chris Culhane holds his property/casualty and life/health licenses. In addition to focusing on auto, home, life and business products, Culhane focuses on investment insurance products.
Tucker Wood: The Southern Arizona District Office of Farmers Insurance Group has four new insurance advisors.
Josh Plowman, Frank Salcido and Tucker Wood hold their property/casualty and life/health insurance licenses. They focus on auto, home, life, and business insurance products. Salcido is bilingual.
Chris Culhane holds his property/casualty and life/health licenses. In addition to focusing on auto, home, life and business products, Culhane focuses on investment insurance products.
Frank Salcido: The Southern Arizona District Office of Farmers Insurance Group has four new insurance advisors.
Josh Plowman, Frank Salcido and Tucker Wood hold their property/casualty and life/health insurance licenses. They focus on auto, home, life, and business insurance products. Salcido is bilingual.
Chris Culhane holds his property/casualty and life/health licenses. In addition to focusing on auto, home, life and business products, Culhane focuses on investment insurance products.
Josh Plowman: The Southern Arizona District Office of Farmers Insurance Group has four new insurance advisors.
Josh Plowman, Frank Salcido and Tucker Wood hold their property/casualty and life/health insurance licenses. They focus on auto, home, life, and business insurance products. Salcido is bilingual.
Chris Culhane holds his property/casualty and life/health licenses. In addition to focusing on auto, home, life and business products, Culhane focuses on investment insurance products.
Jeff Brewer has joined W.E. O’Neil as project superintendent.
Brewer has 37 years of experience in the construction industry, starting as a carpenter, and advancing to carpentry foreman and then project superintendent, a position he has held for 24 years.
He has experience in historic renovation, education, manufacturing, public safety, retail, aerospace, and office.
Pima County Development Services has named Chris Poirier deputy director/planning official. The appointment was made last year.
Poirier has been with Pima County for 19 years, working primarily as a zoning inspector.
In addition to his regular duties as deputy director, Poirier will continue as planning official.
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Pima County Development Services has appointed Lauren Ortega as the deputy director overseeing building and site development.
Ortega will oversee the building and site development process including building permits, subdivision plats, grading and construction plans including delegated functions from Pima County Department of Environmental Quality, Pima County Department of Transportation and Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department.
Ortega has been with Pima County since 2015, leading the site division for three years. She previously was public works director/city engineer for the City of Douglas.
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The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum has selected Dave Eshbaugh to serve as its director of philanthropy.
His experience spans more than 20 years working and raising funds for nonprofit organizations, including Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation, Oregon State Parks Trust, National Audubon Society, and Audubon Society of Portland.
Eshbaugh most recently served as chief development officer with the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine.
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Truly Nolen Pest Control has promoted Mark Ringlstetter to vice president of training/technical services and customer care.
Ringlstetter oversees all technical aspects for Truly Nolen, as well as ensures training programs are developed and maintained. He also oversees the quality of the company’s services, technical procedures, and call center procedures with a focus on safety.
Ringlstetter has been a member of the Truly Nolen family since 2001, beginning as a commercial sales inspector at the Palm Desert, Calif. service office, but also serving as a service office manager in Palm Springs, Anaheim, and San Diego as well as district manager for California.
In 2014, he was promoted to director of training and technical services. Most recently, Ringlstetter added the responsibility of overseeing the company’s customer care center.
He is based out of the company’s corporate headquarters in Tucson.
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Alyx Dote, formerly co-anchor of News 4 Tucson’s weekend newscasts, has made the move to weekday morning news anchor.
Dote joined KVOA-TV/News 4 Tucson in June 2016 as a reporter/multimedia journalist, and was promoted to weekend news anchor in August 2017.
Prior to coming to Tucson, Dote reported news for KRCR-TV (ABC) in Chico, Calif.
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Sierra Tucson appointed Dr. Aaron Wilson as its chief medical officer.
Dr. Wilson will be responsible for working to advance clinical and medical programing, and to improve the outcomes of the treatment center’s residents. He also will assist in the development of Sierra Tucson’s medical team; working to provide enhanced safety for residents and staff; and greater ease of access for clients.
Prior to joining Sierra Tucson, Dr. Wilson served as medical director of Valley Hospital, a private psychiatric hospital in Phoenix. He also served as medical director of the Freedom Care Unit, which focuses on the mental health needs of military service members and first responders.
Dr. Wilson received his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine and completed his residency in psychiatry.
Additionally, Sierra Tucson promoted two members of its medical staff.
Dr. Dianne Keller was appointed to the position of associate medical director, and Shannon Padilla, DNP, was named the co-director of Desert Flower Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit.
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The University of Arizona chose Douglas Hockstad to fill the position of vice president of Tech Launch Arizona.
Hockstad, currently the assistant vice president of TLA, will take on his new role effective April 28.
Hockstad joined the UA with more than 25 years of experience in high-tech markets, primarily in the software market, including both established company and startup experience. Prior to the UA, he worked for 10 years at the University of Michigan as an assistant director of technology transfer.
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Willene Brondum was named the associate vice president of regulatory affairs and quality assurance for Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Brondum was most recently director of regulatory affairs at NEOS Therapeutics. She has also managed regulatory affairs at Insys Therapeutics, Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. and DSM Pharmaceuticals, as well as Geneva Pharmaceuticals — now Sandoz.
Brondum will lead all of CPP’s regulatory and quality assurance operations for its advancing pipeline including preparations for submission to the Food and Drug Administration of a new drug application for the company’s lead drug.
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Liz Pocock, Startup Tucson’s chief operating officer, transitioned into the role of interim chief executive officer.
Pocock has spent over a year as the COO of Startup Tucson. She also served as the TENWEST Festival director in 2017 and has helped to cultivate partnerships and collaborations for Startup Tucson.
Startup Tucson will continue its work connecting, educating and promoting entrepreneurs and their businesses within the region.
Courtesy Startup Tucson
Dr. Nancy Chen has joined the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Arizona College of Medicine — Tucson and Banner Children’s — Diamond Children’s Medical Center.
Dr. Chen joined the Division of Hospital Medicine as a clinical assistant professor.
As a pediatric hospitalist, Dr. Chen will provide care for hospitalized children at Banner Children’s — Diamond Children’s Medical Center.
Dr. Chen earned her medical degree from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, and went on to complete a fellowship in pediatric hospital medicine from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
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Litigation attorney Maxwell T. Riddiough has joined the Tucson-Phoenix law firm of Thompson Krone, PLC.
Riddiough is a former prosecutor with the Pima County Attorney’s Office. He earned his law degree at the University of Wisconsin Law School after receiving his bachelor’s degree from the UA.
He will be based in Tucson.
Thompson Krone is a business law boutique providing litigation, transaction, construction law, real estate law and corporate law services.
Courtesy Thompson Krone, PLC
Physical therapist Sharon Farrell has come on board at Borden Physical Therapy.
Farrell has been in practice in Tucson since 1987.
She specializes in manual therapy orthopedics.
Courtesy Borden Physical Therapy
Quail Park of Oro Valley has hired Lori Banzhaf as the community relations director.
Most recently, Banzhaf was the executive vice president of the Tucson Metro Chamber. Before that, she worked at the Tucson Medical Center Foundation for four years. From 2002 to 2008, she was the owner of Monsoon Marketing, a Tucson-based event marketing firm.
The Quail Park of Oro Valley community is scheduled to open this summer at 9005 N. Oracle Road with 101 studio, one- and two-bedroom units.
Courtesy Quail Park of Oro Valley
Simon Marxer was named director of spas for Miraval Group.
He is charged with overseeing all spas and creating new and innovative treatments and services. Most recently, Marxer was vice president of business development for Red Flower, a luxury beauty brand. Before that, he served as the spa director at Miraval Arizona.
Marxer has also served as the spa director of The Boulders Waldorf Astoria Collection, managing director of Cornelia Day Resort and the spa director of Canyon Ranch.
Courtesy Miraval Group
Jill Harlow, director of brand and marketing, joins Miraval Group with more than 25 years of marketing, public relations and communications experience.
She is responsible for developing the brand identity and spearheading the marketing and communications efforts for all Miraval resorts and spas. Harlow previously served as the director of marketing for Miraval Arizona. She has also served as director of marketing for RED Development LLC and worked with General Growth Properties for 13 years in corporate and regional roles including group vice president of marketing, marketing director and group marketing manager.
Courtesy Miraval Group
Cecil Hopper is the new director of revenue optimization for Miraval Group, overseeing leisure sales and revenue optimization of all Miraval resorts and spas.
He brings over 18 years of experience in the hospitality industry. For the past three years, Hopper has served as the director of revenue management at Miraval Arizona Resort & Spa. Throughout his career, Hopper has worked as the senior revenue manager on the West Coast for Wyndham Vacation Ownership, and as director of distribution and revenue optimization at Shell Vacations Hospitality.
Courtesy Miraval Group
Carl Pratt was named vice president of programming for Miraval Group. Formerly the vice president and general manager of Miraval Arizona, Pratt oversees the development of signature Miraval experiences, classes, workshops and lectures.
He joined Miraval Arizona with over 20 years of experience in the hospitality and wellness industries. Before coming to Miraval Arizona, Pratt served as an executive consultant for premium hotel, destination resort and health and wellness brands. He has also served as the president and general manager of Cranwell Resort, Spa and Golf Club, general manager at The Hanover Inn and managing director of Canyon Ranch Lenox.
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David M. Jones Jr. will assume the role of operating principal for Keller Williams Southern Arizona.
Jones, a partner in the Jones Real Estate Team in Oro Valley and San Antonio, is a Keller Williams University-National approved trainer and former member of the KWSA senior leadership team that helped launch the Keller Williams franchise in the greater Tucson area in 2010.
Since that time, he has served as a Keller Williams BOLD Coach focused on agents whose gross commission income exceeds $1 million.
Courtesy Keller Williams Southern Arizona
Regier Carr & Monroe LLP, CPA’s has added a tax manager in the company’s Tucson office.
Kristine P. Hoey joined RCM Tucson in November as tax manager, specializing in small business accounting, taxes and tax planning.
Hoey has expertise in the set-up and maintenance of accounting systems for small business. She has over 18 years of accounting experience.
Courtesy RCM Tucson
Clay Bacon has been named vice president of finance and chief financial officer for United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona.
With a background in the for-profit and nonprofit business sectors, Bacon also brings experience as a certified public accountant.
Most recently Bacon was the chief financial officer of the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. His financial management work experience includes companies in recreational travel, wholesale food distribution, and healthcare industries.
Courtesy United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona
Radio personality and community connector Jennie Grabel has been hired as KXCI’s program director and membership coordinator.
Grabel is joining the local, non-comm station after a three-year tenure as director of community impact at Social Venture Partners Tucson.
Grabel is not new to KXCI, having hosted the afternoon music mix on the station from 2000-2004. She has also served as executive director of the Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding, an organization started following the Jan. 8, 2011, shooting in Tucson.
Prior to her time in the nonprofit sector, Grabel spent eight years in commercial radio as a local morning show host and assistant program director of former radio station 92.9 The Mountain.
Courtesy KXCI
Christy Miceli has joined Hudbay as Rosemont Copper’s human resources superintendent.
Before joining Rosemont, Miceli worked at Freeport Minerals Corp. for 10 years, with the past seven as the company’s senior human resources generalist.
Courtesy Hudbay
Regier Carr & Monroe LLP, CPA’s has promoted a tax manager in the company’s Tucson office.
Jamie A. Villaseñor has been promoted to tax manager. She is responsible for reviewing and preparing federal and state tax returns, tax planning and financial consulting. Her focus is in business taxation and real estate taxation, and the capitalization and depreciation of business assets.
Villaseñor has been with RCM Tucson since 2016. She had more than six years of public accounting experience prior to that.
Courtesy RCM Tucson
The Town of Marana has named Jason Angell director of development services.
Angell previously served in the same capacity in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Before that he worked in Minneapolis-St. Paul area as city planner for Minnetrista, Minnesota.
He will guide the newly formed development services department as they combine the Town’s planning department and building inspections department under one umbrella. Angell will also be involved in updating the Town’s land development code, amending the general plan and enhancing the development review process.
Courtesy Town of Marana
Marana’s new town manager is Jamsheed Mehta.
The Town Council voted unanimously to hire Mehta, who has been serving as interim town manager since November.
Mehta became deputy town manager in March 2014 where he oversaw development services, airport, engineering, utilities, and public works departments.
He had previously served as interim assistant city manager for the city of Glendale.
Fennemore Craig announced the promotion of Daniel Arana to director.
Arana, who joined the business law firm in 2010, is based in Nogales.
He practices in the areas of international corporate and tax law, agribusiness, and mergers and acquisitions. He represents entities and individuals with business dealings in both the United States and Mexico.
Courtesy Fennemore Craig
Vantage West named Andrew Downin as its new vice president of marketing and communications.
Downin provides strategic direction as well as managing marketing campaigns, public relations activities, community initiatives, and other business development ventures.
He has more than 20 years of credit union experience, most recently serving as managing director of research at Filene Research Institute, the U.S. credit union industry’s think tank.
Courtesy Vantage West
Banner-University Medical Center and the University of Arizona Department of Surgery added three new surgeons.
Dr. Craig Weinkauf joined the faculty as an assistant professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery at the UA Department of Surgery.
He earned his combined medical degree and doctorate in immunology from Tufts University. Weinkauf completed his residency in vascular surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson.
He treats patients with vascular disease.
Courtesy University of Arizona
Banner-University Medical Center and the University of Arizona Department of Surgery added three new surgeons.
Dr. David Stewart is an associate professor and the new section chief of colon and rectal surgery in the UA Department of Surgery.
He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine, completed his surgery residency at the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, and then underwent fellowship training in colon and rectal surgery at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Stewart specializes in the surgical treatment of colorectal disease.
Courtesy University of Arizona
Banner-University Medical Center and the University of Arizona Department of Surgery added three new surgeons.
Dr. Marion Henry joined the faculty as an associate professor in the UA Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics. She came to Tucson from Naval Medical Center San Diego, where she was a commander in the Medical Corps.
She earned her medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine and completed her general surgical residency at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and at Yale University, where she also earned a master’s degree in public health and a research fellowship in pediatric surgery. Henry completed further fellowship training in pediatric surgery at the Children’s National Medical Center, and is board certified in general and pediatric surgeries.
Henry specializes in neonatal, pediatric and thoracic surgery.
Courtesy University of Arizona
Dr. Victoria Murrain has been appointed interim deputy dean for diversity and inclusion at the University of Arizona College of Medicine — Tucson.
Dr. Murrain is also assistant dean and designated institutional officer for graduate medical education at the Tucson UA South Campus and associate professor in the UA Department of Family and Community Medicine.
As interim deputy dean, Dr. Murrain serves as chief diversity officer for the UA College of Medicine — Tucson, and, with key stakeholders, will develop a sustainable plan for implementation of clear college-wide policies and strategies pertaining to diversity and inclusion.
Dr. Murrain received her DO from the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (now Western University) in Pomona, Calif.
Courtesy University of Arizona
Hudbay has added to the ranks at Rosemont Copper Company.
Nancy Heiser is Rosemont Copper’s new community relations coordinator. Before joining Rosemont, Heiser served as U.S. Rep. Martha McSally’s community outreach coordinator.
Courtesy Hudbay
Hudbay has added to the ranks at Rosemont Copper Company.
Austin Carey is Rosemont Copper’s new water resources technician. Carey previously worked as the hydrologic technician for the U.S. Geological Survey — Arizona Water Science Center.
Courtesy Hudbay
FirstService Residential has selected Kim Rubly to serve as the senior regional director of the HOA management company’s Tucson and Southern Arizona operations.
In this role, Rubly is responsible for overseeing and mentoring a team of community managers and support staff, as well as fostering new business relationships throughout the region.
With more than 14 years of experience, Rubly has held various positions in the community management industry, including chief executive officer of her own management company, chief operating officer, and director of management services and marketing.
Courtesy FirstService Residential
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Mesch Clark Rothschild has added Alex Winkelman as an associate at the firm.
Alex Winkelman earned his Juris Doctor from the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona in 2014. Prior to joining Mesch Clark Rothschild, Winkelman was a law clerk for Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Joseph Howard. Winkelman joins the firm in MCR’s employment law, appellate and civil litigation sections.
Courtesy Mesch Clark Rothschild
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Mesch Clark Rothschild has added Nathan S. Rothschild as an associate at the firm.
Nathan S. Rothschild represents the third generation in his family to be part of the firm. He is the grandson of firm co-founder Lowell Rothschild. Rothschild earned his Juris Doctor from Gonzaga University School of Law in 2012. He was an attorney at the Law Offices of Robert G. Lewis for three years prior to joining MCR. He is a part of the personal injury and civil litigation sections at the firm.
Courtesy Mesch Clark Rothschild
Dr. Christine Legler
A physician has joined the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Arizona College of Medicine — Tucson and Banner Children’s — Diamond Children’s Medical Center.
Dr. Christine Legler joined the Division of General Pediatrics as a clinical assistant professor. She will provide general pediatric services for children at Banner — University Medicine Multispecialty Services — North Hills. Dr. Legler earned her medical degree from Brown University and completed her residency in pediatrics at National Capital Consortium, National Naval Medical Center, and Walter Reed Army Medical Center. She is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and also is certified in Pediatric Advanced Life Support by the American Heart Association.
Courtesy University of Arizona
Dr. M. Raphaelle Jean
A physician has joined the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Arizona College of Medicine — Tucson and Banner Children’s — Diamond Children’s Medical Center.
Dr. M. Raphaelle Jean joined the Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition as an assistant professor. As a pediatric gastroenterologist, Dr. Jean will care for children with nutritional and gastrointestinal disorders of the stomach, intestines, pancreas and liver at Banner — Diamond Children’s Medical Center and Banner — Diamond Children’s Multispecialty Services. She earned her medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine and completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, as well as a Master’s in Public Health degree from the School of Public Health at the State University of New York at Albany. Dr. Jean completed a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
Courtesy University of Arizona
Dr. Asmaa Abu-Maziad
A physician has joined the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Arizona College of Medicine — Tucson and Banner Children’s — Diamond Children’s Medical Center.
Dr. Asmaa Abu-Maziad joined the Division of Nephrology as a clinical assistant professor. As a pediatric nephrologist, she will provide care for children with kidney problems and disorders at Banner Children’s — Diamond Children’s Medical Center and Banner — Diamond Children’s Multispecialty Services. Dr. Abu-Maziad earned her medical degree from Suez Canal University School of Medicine and completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of Hawaii. She completed a fellowship in pediatric nephrology from the University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine and University of California Los Angles. She is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.
Courtesy University of Arizona
Larsen Baker LLC has hired Ted Herman as the commercial real estate firm’s new director of investments.
Herman will oversee all aspects of financing for Larsen Baker’s real estate portfolio and will manage ground up development and construction projects for the company.
He has a background in development and land entitlement, most recently as vice president of residential land and development with Rancho Sahuarita Companies, and prior to that, as a land broker with Land Advisors Corporation.
Courtesy Larsen Baker LLC
Valerie Sanchez is returning to Chicanos Por La Causa as the organization’s regional manager for southeast Arizona and as director of development.
Sanchez previously worked for CPLC from 1999 to 2002.
Sanchez most recently served as the industry relations specialist for the Arizona Indian Gaming Association. She has also held management positions at Casino Del Sol Resort & Conference Center.
Courtesy Chicanos Por La Causa
Radiology Ltd. has a new breast imaging radiologist, Dr. Danielle Carroll.
A graduate of the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Dr. Carroll completed both her residency in diagnostic radiology and fellowship in breast imaging at the University of Arizona. She has been board-certified since 2012.
Courtesy Radiology Ltd.
Tanque Verde Ranch has selected Terry Hanley to serve as its new general manager.
Hanley previously served as the ranch’s assistant general manager.
Hanley has experience in hospitality, having worked in the food and beverage industry, hotel operations and management.
Courtesy Tanque Verde Ranch
Tucson book publisher, Great Potential Press, Inc., has brought Molly A. Isaacs-McLeod onto its team as associate for outreach operations.
GPP specializes in the publication of books and materials for gifted and talented children and adults.
In addition to her work with GPP, Isaacs-McLeod teaches online classes for gifted children at Athena’s Advanced Academy. She’s an attorney and mediator and provides advocacy and educational planning services to families.
Isaacs-McLeod is also the co-founder and president of Parents of Gifted Students, Inc., a support and resource group for families of gifted children.
Courtesy Great Potential Press, Inc.
Evan Steinberg is Focus HR, Inc.’s newest business development manager.
Steinberg will help clients find solutions for operational challenges.
He spent more than five years driving growth at a Tucson medical human resources firm.
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Ben’s Bells Project has hired Charlie Horman to serve as director of development.
Horman has experience in nonprofit management, community engagement, grant development and fundraising.
She most recently served as the executive director for Communities In Schools of Cumberland County in North Carolina.
Courtesy Ben's Bells Project
Truly Nolen Pest Control has promoted Jerry Benitez to manager of the company’s Green Valley service office.
Benitez joined the company in October 2016 and was most recently a manager-in-training.
Prior to joining Truly Nolen, Benitez was a store manager for Safeway in Tucson and worked in the grocery industry for 18 years.
Courtesy Truly Nolen Pest Control
Tatiana Bustamante is joining Kaneen Communications as a marketing and public relations specialist.
Bustamante, a Tucson native, has more than 12 years of experience in bilingual marketing, communications and media, including nearly seven years at Univision Communications.
Established in 1980, Kaneen is a communications and public relations firm.
Courtesy Kaneen Communications
Rudy Prieto has been named chief executive officer of Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment.
Prieto comes to Desert Diamond Casinos with more than 30 years of experience in the gaming industry, most recently as general manager for Pechanga Resort & Casino in California.
His career has involved both domestic and international gaming and hotel enterprises, including operations with multiple facilities.
Courtesy Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment
SinfoníaRx has promoted Ian Hubbell to director of account management.
In his new role, Hubbell will manage client relationships and business development activities.
Hubbell previously served as an account manager.
Courtesy SinfoníaRx
Jeanne Johns of Commerce Bank of Arizona, Inc., has been promoted to relationship manager.
Johns has been employed with Commerce Bank of Arizona for five years and was previously the executive assistant to the president.
Courtesy Commerce Bank of Arizona, Inc.
Rusing Lopez & Lizardi has added Ricardo Robinson Bours as an associate to its firm, bringing expertise in civil and commercial litigation.
Bours worked as a law clerk for two years at Rusing Lopez & Lizardi before earning his Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona College of Law in 2017.
Bours mainly assists clients in general business litigation, appellate representation, negligence and tort actions, and patent law, trademark and copyright issues.
Courtesy Rusing Lopez & Lizardi
Rusing Lopez & Lizardi adds two attorneys
Rusing Lopez & Lizardi has added Robert S. Pearson to its firm, bringing expertise in civil and commercial litigation.
Pearson is a civil/commercial litigator. He’s a graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law.
Before law school, Pearson reviewed mergers and acquisitions as an honors paralegal with the DOJ Antitrust Division.
Courtesy Rusing Lopez & Lizardi
Roman Campuzano, former vice president of business development-member relations at the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, has taken a new position at Focus HR, Inc.
As business development manager, Campuzano is helping Focus HR clients find better business balance.
Campuzano spent nearly three years at the THCC.
Courtesy Focus HR, Inc.
Bryan Durkin and Anne Ferro have joined Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty’s Tucson office.
Durkin and Ferro will specialize in the Foothills, golf course communities and luxury properties.
Ferro has 30-plus years of experience and Durkin has 18 years.
Courtesy Russ Lyon Sotheby's International Realty's Tucson office
Robert Garcia has been named a partner at Farhang & Medcoff.
Garcia joined Farhang & Medcoff in February 2011. His practice focuses on employment and commercial litigation, although he advises clients in other areas, including business disputes, personal injury and appellate matters.
Garcia earned his law degree at Boston College.
Courtesy Farhang & Medcoff
Three attorneys from Smith & Smith have joined Farhang & Medcoff.
John Smith, who started Smith & Smith with his father Gerald K. Smith, came on board at F&M as a partner. Cody D. Vandewerker and Eli Enger are now F&M associates.
The Smith & Smith team will bring bankruptcy, workout and restructuring expertise to the firm.
Farhang & Medcoff also provides a range of business representation including commercial litigation, corporate and securities, finance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, banking, trusts and estates, insurance coverage and defense, intellectual property, labor and employment, products liability, and personal injury defense.
Courtesy Farhang & Medcoff
Three attorneys from Smith & Smith have joined Farhang & Medcoff.
John Smith, who started Smith & Smith with his father Gerald K. Smith, came on board at F&M as a partner. Cody D. Vandewerker and Eli Enger are now F&M associates.
The Smith & Smith team will bring bankruptcy, workout and restructuring expertise to the firm.
Farhang & Medcoff also provides a range of business representation including commercial litigation, corporate and securities, finance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, banking, trusts and estates, insurance coverage and defense, intellectual property, labor and employment, products liability, and personal injury defense.
Courtesy Farhang & Medcoff
Three attorneys from Smith & Smith have joined Farhang & Medcoff.
John Smith, who started Smith & Smith with his father Gerald K. Smith, came on board at F&M as a partner. Cody D. Vandewerker and Eli Enger are now F&M associates.
The Smith & Smith team will bring bankruptcy, workout and restructuring expertise to the firm.
Farhang & Medcoff also provides a range of business representation including commercial litigation, corporate and securities, finance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, banking, trusts and estates, insurance coverage and defense, intellectual property, labor and employment, products liability, and personal injury defense.
Courtesy Farhang & Medcoff
Akorbi, a provider of language and technology solutions, has named Kenneth Anders its new chief operating officer.
Anders will work remotely from Tucson for the Texas-based company.
In his new role, Anders will work to differentiate, implement and innovate the organization to further fast-track its growth through quality language communication services and a customer-centric delivery platform and applications.
With 35 years of leadership experience, Anders brings a portfolio of technology, operations and service delivery for Fortune 500 companies including the Walt Disney Company and Hughes Aircraft (Raytheon). He has a background in developing language start-up organizations, engineering world-wide interpreting, translation and localization companies. Anders has also held executive roles at both CyraCom and TransPerfect, and a previous role in the delivery of new technology for LanguageLine Solutions.
Courtesy Akorbi
Krista Millay has been named the new community impact director of the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona.
She brings over 15 years of experience as a researcher, teacher and program manager, most recently serving as the director of the Women’s Resource Center at the University of Arizona.
In her new role, Millay will be responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction for the Foundation’s grant-making program and research initiatives, for leading community outreach and engagement, including fostering collaboration among partners and facilitating the Unidas youth philanthropy program.
Courtesy Women's Foundation of Southern Arizona
Heather Perrin was awarded a partner positions with Crest Insurance Group, LLC.
She is vice president of service operations/commercial line manager.
Courtesy Crest Insurance Group
Cristina Baena was awarded a partner positions with Crest Insurance Group, LLC.
She is vice president of business development.
Courtesy Crest Insurance Group
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