Newsmakers. (People).Advertising & P.R. Manuel C. Camargo Jr. and Shelly F. Holmes have been named partners and executive vice presidents at Rogers & Associates, a public relations firm in Los Angeles. The two previously served as senior vice presidents, overseeing corporate and consumer accounts for the agency. Architecture NBBJ NBBJ Naramore, Bain, Brady & Johanson (Seattle, Washington Architectural & Planning Firm) Architects in Los Angeles has added J. Lee Glenn and Roxanne L. Williams as design principals. Glenn joins NBBJ from Washington D.C., where he was formerly a design principal and vice president with HNTB HNTB Howard Needles Tammen and Bergendoff (Architecture) HNTB Holland Nordic Basketball Tournament (Groningen, the Netherlands) HNTB How Not to Babble (Toastmasters Club) Corp. Williams also worked at HNTB Corp. where she was director of design for the Washington area offices. Banking & Finance John S. Carlson has joined Mellon 1st Business Bank in Los Angeles as vice president. For the past two years he has been a vice president at City National Bank's downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or middle market group. Education The Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. has selected Thomas C. Boysen as its chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . He will oversee human resources, business and finance, facilities, information technology and research and assessment. Boysen, who was most recently responsible for the Milken Family Foundation's education grants and programs, will assume his post in mid-February. The Art Center College of Design Art Center built its reputation as a vocational school, essentially, preparing returning GIs for work in the commercial arts fields. It has traditionally maintained a strong "real-world" focus, emphasizing craftsmanship, technique, and professionalism while somewhat de-emphasizing theory. in Pasadena announced that George Falardeau has been promoted to senior vice president of real estate and operations. His responsibilities include real estate and property management, working with City of Pasadena government officials and community relations, building construction of campus expansion, facilities, environmental health, safety and security, media and food services. Falardeau has worked for the Art Center since 1994. Engineering Juan M. Diaz has joined Korve Engineering in Los Angeles as director of infrastructure. He will be responsible for developing rail, public works and highway business segments in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange and San Diego counties. Diaz most recently served as manager of transportation services at the firm's Pasadena office. Irwin Industries, a Long Beach-based provider of engineering and construction services, has named John P. Strawn as manager of engineering. He is responsible for operations and management of the company's subsidiary, Hobbs-Bannernman Engineering. Strawn previously served as manager of engineering, petroleum group for Tait and Associates. Entertainment Artists Production Group has named Mark Canton partner, chairman and chief executive. He will oversee the 50 APG APG Assists Per Game (basketball) APG Assists Per Game (hockey statistic) APG Aberdeen Proving Ground APG Automated Password Generator APG Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering projects in various stages of development and will manage APG's film production joint venture with Vivendi-Universal subsidiary Studio Canal. Canton was previously the head of his own production company, Canton Co. Jennifer Gilbert has been promoted to senior vice president of strategic marketing at Dick Clark Communications Inc. in Burbank. She joined the company in 1996 and was most recently vice president of strategic marketing. Health Care Eric S. Daar has been named chief of the division of HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located within the city of Torrance, California, USA. The hospital was founded in 1946, and is funded by Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA serves as the Level I Trauma Center for the South Bay area. in Torrance. He will serve as principal investigator at Harbor-UCLA Research & Education Institute, with a clinical research emphasis on HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome . Daar was formerly medical director AIDS and Immune Disorder Center and director of the division of infectious diseases at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as . Al Greene has been appointed chief executive of Queen of Angels - Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, formerly known as Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, is a hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA. The hospital has 434 beds. History Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center was founded in 1924. in Los Angeles. He will be responsible for all strategic, operational and clinical activities at the hospital. Greene previously served as president and chief executive of HealthCentral.com. Gerald Pohost has assumed leadership of the division of cardiovascular medicine at USC's Keck School of Medicine. He previously served as a professor of medicine and radiology at the University of Alabama The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA or colloquially as 'Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1831, UA is the flagship campus of the University of Alabama System. . Pohost also served as the institution's director of the division of cardiovascular disease. Hospitality Panda Restaurant Group has promoted Sharif W. Wiguna to vice president, purchasing and distribution. He manages the purchasing operations for food, beverage and paper products for the company's 450 restaurant locations in 35 states. Wiguna joined the restaurant chain in 1995 as executive director of purchasing. Law Robert Baker has rejoined Jeffer, Mangels mangels Beta vulgaris; called also mangel-wurzel. , Butler and Marmaro as a partner in the litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. department. He joined the firm in 1982 as an associate and was elected partner in 1983, where he remained for five years until founding his own firm. Most recently, he was a managing partner at Baker & Jacobson. Morrison & Foerster LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol has added Hector G. Gallegos and Raj Tanden to its partnership. Gallegos is an intellectual property lawyer whose practice focuses on patent law. Tanden represents and advises clients on domestic and international transactional tax matters. Thomas E. Patterson has joined Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP as a partner. His practice areas include corporate reorganizations and bankruptcy. Patterson was previously a partner at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP. Gaines & Stacey LLP, a Woodland Hills-based law firm, has named Rebecca Thompson as a partner. She specializes in real property, land use, environmental matters and related litigation. Manufacturing Easton Sports, a developer of baseball and softball equipment in Van Nuys, has hired Marcie Rohach as director of apparel. Most recently, she spent five years with Rawlings as director of apparel marketing. Media Raymond McCutcheon has been promoted to senior vice president of advertising at the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). . He is responsible for all retail, national and classified advertising. McCutcheon has been vice president of advertising for the Times since 1999. Merchandise Paul C. Watson has returned to L.A. Mart as vice president and assistant general manager. He previously served as executive vice president of leasing for the L.A. Mart, leaving in August 2001 to develop a new design center with Miromar Development in Naples, Fla. Real Estate Marty Barkan, an office properties specialist in the West Los Angeles
Ratkovich Co. has appointed Victoria Deise senior development manager of The Alhambra, a 45-acre, 1 million square-foot-office campus located in the city of Alhambra. Prior to joining the firm, Deise was a project manager at Marketplace Development, where she developed retail programs for the international airports in both Philadelphia and San Francisco. Software Metapa, a developer of enterprise infrastructure software in Santa Monica, has named David Powell chief executive. Powell previously served as vice president and general manger of applications for FileNet. Darryl Praill has joined Adexa Inc., a developer of inventory management software in Los Angeles, as senior vice president of marketing. He will oversee corporate marketing and strategic business development. Most recently, Praill served as vice president of marketing and strategy for Webplan, where be held similar responsibilities. Technology Scott Thompson has been appointed general counsel of Real Energy LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a Woodland Hills-based owner and operator of permanent on-site power generation systems. Thompson was previously general counsel and chief leasing officer for National Go Properties Inc. RELATED ARTICLE Inside Operator for Anschutz's Holdings. ANSCHUTZ Entertainment Group The Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) is a sporting and music entertainment presenter and a subsidiary of The Anschutz Corporation. The company owns or operates several major entertainment/sporting venues, including Staples Center and The Home Depot Center and beginning in , owner and operator of the Staples Center, has hired Scott Blackmun to oversee the company's day-to-day activities as the new chief operating officer. Blackmun will oversee the company's more than 40 divisions and about $2 billion in assets. "AEG AEG Aeger (Latin: Sick) AEG Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (Common Electricity Company) AEG Aircraft Evaluation Group AEG Association of Engineering Geologists AEG Air Expeditionary Group has gotten to be a very big company," said Blackmun. "With size, sometimes communications and coordination can get lost. They're looking to me to cement the inside while (President Timothy J. Lieweke) tries to grow the company and represents AEG to the outside world." AEG runs Staples Center and is overseeing the development of Staples II, (referred to by company officials as L.A. Live) a proposed 4 million square foot development with a 7,000-seat live theatre, a 1,200-room hotel as well as retail, residential and office space adjacent to the Staples Center. The company also operates the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland development. Blackmun most recently served as acting chief executive of the United States Olympic Committee “USOC” redirects here. For USOC in telephony, see registered jack. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is a non-profit organization that serves as the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for the United States and coordinates the relationship between the . When the committee found a permanent chief in October 2001, Blackmun said he began looking for options in the Denver area. After coming to Los Angeles and meeting with Lieweke over several weeks, Blackmun said he made the decision to take the position and move west. Blackmun started his new position last week and was reluctant to talk about any early moves regarding local properties. "In the opening weeks my principal goal is to listen," Blackmun said. A 1982 graduate of Stanford Law School  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , Blackmun started his career as a transactional lawyer at Holme Roberts & Owen in Denver. He left the firm in 1999 to be the committee's general counsel. While at the committee he served as general counsel, deputy executive director then acting chief executive. For now, Blackmun will commute to Los Angeles from Colorado, where his wife and three children live. He and his wife plan to start house hunting in L.A. in the next few weeks. Conor Dougherty |
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