PEOPLE IN BUSINESS : BOONSHAFT PROMOTED TO SENIOR VP.Sony Pictures Entertainment recently promoted Hope Boonshaft to the position of senior vice president of external affairs. Boonshaft will continue her responsibilities for SPE's government relations activities and will assume broader international government relations responsibilities. Her accomplishments include helping to secure the accepted government standards for high-definition television high-definition television (HDTV) Any system producing significantly greater picture resolution than that of the ordinary 525-line (625-line in Europe) television screen. Conventional television transmits signals in analog form. , as well as securing $1.25 million from Gov. Pete Wilson's 1997-1998 state budget for the new Academy of Entertainment and Technology at Santa Monica College Santa Monica College was first opened in 1929 as Santa Monica Junior College. Current enrollment is 32,000 students in more than 90 fields of study. The college also has one of the largest international student populations of any community college in the US, with approximately . Boonshaft joined Culver City-based Sony in 1995 after serving as senior vice president and acting general manager of Edelman Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most . She served as White House director of community relations 1. The relationship between military and civilian communities. 2. Those public affairs programs that address issues of interest to the general public, business, academia, veterans, Service organizations, military-related associations, and other non-news media entities. during former President Jimmy Carter's administration. Pisano elected to MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. board Robert Pisano, vice chairman of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., has been elected to MGM's board of directors. Named vice president of Santa Monica-based MGM in 1997, Pisano served as partner for O'Melveny & Meyers for 17 years, where he specialized in entertainment and 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. matters. Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer produces and distributes motion pictures, television programming, home video and interactive media. Courtney, Minyard tabbed at Data Exchange Data Exchange, a leader in depot repair, logistics support, contract manufacturing and part sales distribution, recently appointed Jon Courtney to the position of senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing and Jim Minyard to vice president of distribution sales. Courtney has been a member of the Camarillo-based company's senior management team for more than six years, most recently as senior vice president of marketing. Minyard has more than 30 years of experience in the distribution sales business, and was most recently president of a $16 million component sales company. Tucker promoted at Attorney Services Former director of public relations Elva Tucker, was recently promoted to executive vice president of Chatsworth-based Attorney Services of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . Attorney Services provides support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for the legal industry and assists companies with small-claims court small-claims court n. A special court established for simplified and efficient handling of small claims on debts. filings. Tucker joined the company in 1990. Foundation Imaging adds three to staff Foundation Imaging recently added three people to its staff and promoted two others. The new employees are: John Allardice, supervising visual effects animator; Jeffrey Luther, in-house art director; and Michele Sharp, finance. Also, Kevin Kipper and Jeffery Scheetz have been promoted to supervising visual effects animators. Foundation Imaging is a Hollywood-based digital visual effects house. Thinque Systems picks Chung North Hollywood-based Thinque Systems Corp. recently named Ann Chung the company's new marketing manager. Chung's 10-year marketing career covers a wide variety of industries including high-tech, telecommunications, heathcare, packaged goods, and travel and entertainment for notable companies such as Lucas Entertainment and Ogilvy & Mather. Prior to joining Thinque, Chung was the account supervisor leading the advertising programs for the Toshiba Computer Systems Division account at Bozell, Worldwide Inc. Yates named top lawyer in state Greg Yates of Encino was recently named one of 19 lawyers of the year by the California Lawyer Magazine. Yates is most known for winning a nationally acclaimed wrongful death The taking of the life of an individual resulting from the willful or negligent act of another person or persons. If a person is killed because of the wrongful conduct of a person or persons, the decedent's heirs and other beneficiaries may file a wrongful death action case in Orleatha Thomas vs. the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . in
which he argued that a police code of silence and insuffient LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel.2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. probe of police misconduct had directly led to the shooting death of a police officer's estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. wife, her lover and then the officer. Deegan to head West Coast venture Angela Deegan has been selected to head the West Coast operations of a joint venture between Asbury Communications Inc. and Edie Robb Talent Management Inc. Hollywood-based Asbury, a public relations firm specializing in entertainment and new media clients, and Edie Robb, a talent management firm, have entered into an agreement by which both companies will handle public relations for their combined roster of clients. Deegan was formerly an executive assistant to Edie Robb, the woman who founded the management company that bears her name. As associate manager, Deegan will lead the venture's Studio City office. The combined venture's East Coast operation will be led by Mitch Zamarin, who is being promoted to senior vice president of public relations while continuing his role as director of marketing and public relations for Edie Robb. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) BOONSHAFT (2) LUTHER (3) ALLARDICE |
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