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BRIAN BARNUM was appointed CFO of Rent.com, of Santa Monica, Calif., an Internet-listing site and producer of verifiable lease transactions in the U.S. apart ment industry in most cities.

* RICHARD J. GAYNOR (Boston Chapter), was named CFO of Sycamore Networks Inc., of Chelmsford, Mass., a maker of optical-networking gear.

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MARY T. MINCH was named CFO and Secretary of Renissance Learning Inc., Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., a provider of research-based learning information-system software.

* RODNEY PLESS CPA (Tulsa Chapter), was promoted to Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Tyson Foods Inc., in Springdale, Ark.

* DAVID N. PILOTTE, CPA (Dallas Chapter), has joined Digital Recorders Inc., Dallas, as Vice President and CFO. Digital Recorders is a producer of digital communications and audio enhancement systems.

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UZI SASSON has been appointed Vice President of Finance, CFO and Secretary of IXYS Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., a semi-conductor developer.

* BRIAN R. SCHAEFGEN (Orange County Chapter) has joined the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Families Forward Inc. of Irvine, Calif. Schaefgen is CFO, Treasurer and Secretary of Ambassadors International Inc. of Newport Beach, Calif.

* MICHAEL A. STEIN (Washington State Chapter), CFO of ICOS Corp., was elected to the Board of Directors of Apartment Investment and Management Co. (Aimco).

* LAURIE A. TUGMAN (Toronto Chapter) was promoted to President and CEO of Marsulex Inc., a Toronto, Ontario industrial-services company focusing on outsourced air-quality compliance services.

* CHRISTINE R. VLAHCEVIC, CPA (Virginia Chapter), was named Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller of LandAmerica Financial Group Inc., a Richmond, Va., provider of real-estate transaction services.

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* JAMES WALL (San Francisco Chapter) was appointed Senior Vice President and CFO of Core-Mark Holding Corp., a South San Francisco-based wholesaler to the retail convenience store industry. Wall serves as FEI Western Region Area Vice President.

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* DAVID L. WHITE (Silicon Valley Chapter) was hired as CFO of Sanmina-SCI Corp., an electronics contract manufacturer based in Fremont, Calif.

* JAMES K. WILSON (Toronto Chapter), Vice President, Finance and CFO for Grizzly Resources Ltd., was appointed to the Board of Directors of Rock Energy Inc.

* JONATHAN R. WOLTER, CPA (San Francisco Chapter), was appointed Vice President and CFO of Neurobiological Technologies Inc., Richmond, Calif., a biotechnology company engaged in acquiring and developing central nervous system-related drug candidates.

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