Accounting
Timothy J. Good has been elected president of the Los Angeles chapter of The California Society of Certified Public Accountants. Good was previously first vice president of the chapter.
Banking & Finance
AFA Financial Group LLC, a financial services broker and dealer in Calabasas, has hired Kelly Colvin as vice president of real estate brokerage services. Colvin was formerly director of tenant-in-common closings with Core Realty Holding LLC.
Wells Fargo Private Client Services has named Robert Meeks and Paul Nevans as senior vice president and private client advisor, respectively. Previously, Meeks was senior vice president and manager at U.S. Trust and Nevans was senior vice president and senior relationship manager at U.S. Trust.
B. Riley & Co., a Los Angeles-based research, trading, and investment banking firm, has promoted Wes Cummins to director of capital markets, Justin Cable to director of research and Kenneth Tang to director of institutional sales. Cummins was director of research, Cable served as analyst and Tang was a member of the institutional sales team.
Construction
SGI, a project and construction management firm with headquarters in Pasadena, has appointed Jim McConnell as president. McConnell had previously served as chief facilities executive for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Webcor Builders has named Michael F. Bernica vice president of Los Angeles operations and Joseph Wathen vice president of estimating and preconstruction. Bernica was formerly vice president of operations at Swinerton Builders and Wathen was vice president of operations at Webcor.
SCS, an engineering and construction firm specializing in waste management and environmental services, has hired Robert D. Johnson as senior technical manager in its Long Beach office. Johnson was previously vice president of Brown Vence & Associates Inc. in Ontario.
Consulting
Axel Buendia has joined Westlake Village-based MBSG, a business and technology consulting firm, as non-profit solutions consultant and certified trainer. Buendia was previously systems consultant for Deltak Systems Inc.
OTX, a consumer research and consulting firm, has named David Shanker chief operating officer and promoted Bruce Friend to president of media and entertainment insights. Shanker was president of client solutions at Information Resources Inc. Friend was managing director and executive vice president of media and entertainment insights.
Government
The Regional Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has appointed Bill Grisolia as vice president of communications. Grisolia is senior real estate paralegal at Buchalter Nemer’s downtown Los Angeles office.
Eileen P. Fogarty has been named director of planning and community development of Santa Monica. Fogarty was previously director of planning and zoning in Alexandria, Va.
Health Care
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of greater Los Angeles has named Michael Rudman as president and Tim Connor president-elect of its board. Rudman is principal at Accountancy Corp. and Connor is president of Nestle Foodservices North America.
Law
Brown Winfield & Canzoneri Inc. has hired Arnold Barba as associate in the firm’s litigation department in downtown Los Angeles. Barba recently served as associate at Morrison & Foerster.
Cynthia Kaiser has joined Kaye Scholer as business development manager. Kaiser was previously marketing director at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP in Beverly Hills.
Marketing
Thunder Factory has promoted Eric Granof to president of its Los Angeles office. Granof was previously executive vice president and managing director.
Public Relations
Fifteen Minutes, a media and public relations agency, has named Zachary Rosenfield as head of its entertainment division and Ryan Croy to head of the company’s corporate division. Rosenfield was principal at Insignia PR; and Croy was associate at Fifteen Minutes.
Retail
David Berkus has joined MyShape, an online store selling professional women’s clothing, as a member of its board. Berkus is chairman emeritus of the Tech Coast Angels.
Technology
Zag, a Santa Monica-based online automotive retailer, has appointed Mark Miller as executive vice president of dealer and industry relations. Miller was recently senior vice president of dealer and industry relations at CarsDirect.com.
Devastudios, a Venice-based film graphic design firm, has named Matt Hartle 3D motion graphics director. Previously, Hartle was 3D department head of the audiovisual division of BLT in Hollywood.
Audio Visual Innovations has named Dave Bernal sales manager for the company’s hotel division in Santa Monica. Bernal was previously senior account executive for Alliant Event Services.
Trade
Marine Terminals Corp., a national stevedore and terminal operator, has promoted John C. Hering to general manager of the auto division in the company’s San Pedro office. Hering was vice president of sales.
Utilities
The Valley County Water District Board has appointed Guy H. Mato as interim general manager. Mato is currently broker and owner of Venture Matrix.
KUDOS
Chambers & Partners has ranked Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP as the number one real estate law firm in California.
The American Society of Landscape Architecture has announced its 2006 Professional Awards: Rios Clementi Hale Studios received a general design award of honor for Chess Park in Glendale, and Marmol Radziner and Associates received two residential design awards of honor.
