PEOPLE IN BUSINESS.BAKER DUCEY PROMOTED: Susan Baker Ducey has been promoted to a newly created position of business planning and community development at Daniel Freeman Hospitals in Inglewood. At her new position, the Studio City resident will oversee strategic business planning, marketing and corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. . Prior to her promotion, Baker Ducey worked as corporate director of marketing and 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 for the hospitals. She played an instrumental role in developing as well as implementing strategic marketing for programs such as the expansion of cardiovascular services and the launch of the complementary medicine services. KEITEL NAMED TREASURER: Cindy Keitel was recently appointed treasurer for the American Heart Association's Western Sates Affiliate, after her 8-1/2 years of service with the AHA. Keitel, a Camarillo resident, is director of wellness for Woodland Hills-based HealthNet. Previously, Keitel served as a member of the AHA's board of directors for the former Greater Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Affiliate in 1997-1998. She also previously served on the west San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. branch. McGUIRE JOINS COMPANY: Terry McGuire has joined Calabasas-based Environmental Golf as western region manager of golf course maintenance. McGuire will now be responsible for golf course maintenance operations of all Environmental Golf facilities in the Western Unites States. Prior to this, McGuire was involved in the $4 million capital improvement project at the Presidio Golf Course located in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . Environmental Golf has built and maintained golf courses for more than 40 years. Its projects include 18 in California. It is a subsidiary of Environmental Industries Inc. NEW CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. : Robert J. Stern was recently admitted as a certified public accountant Certified Public Accountant (CPA) An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. to the San Fernando-based firm Stern, Kory, Sreden and Morgan. Stern started his career as an accountant in 1989. He became licensed as a certified public accountant in 1995, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants With over 330,525 CPA members (in August 2006), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) is the largest professional organization of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) in the United States of America. , the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, and a registered representative with H.D. Vest. DARLING APPOINTMENT: Sandpiper sandpiper, common name for some members of the large family Scolopacidae, small shore birds, including the snipe and the curlew. Sandpipers are wading birds with relatively long legs and long, slender bills for probing in the sand or mud for their prey—all Networks, Inc., announced recently that it has appointed Scott Darling as vice president of business development and professional services. As vice president, Darling will manage the new professional services organization, as well as oversee alliance programs and business development activities. Darling came to Sandpiper from MCI/Systemhouse where he was a managing director. Sandpiper is a Thousand Oaks-based firm that helps to improve the Web site performance and content of its clients' sites. HAMILTON PROMOTED: The Voit Companies has promoted Cathy A. Hamilton to regional operations manager for the Sacramento region. In this position, Hamilton will be responsible for overseeing the management of Voit Management Co.'s 1.5-million-square-foot Sacramento area portfolio, including all new business development in the region. Prior to her promotion, Hamilton served Woodland Hills-based Voit as property manager and director of managing for the Metro Center. O'HARA NAMED: Pinkerton's Inc. has named Raymond T. O'Hara as its vice president of its Consulting and Investigations division for the Western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century . Stationed in the company's Brea office, O'Hara will oversee the division's operations throughout California, Arizona and Washington. For the previous 14 years, O'Hara has worked as corporate security manager for the Weyerhaeuser Company, with responsibility for asset protection and employee safety programs. During his early years, O'Hara worked for 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 . as a detective. Headquartered in Westlake Village, Pinkerton's is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Securitas AB, based in Stockholm, Sweden. CAPTION(S): 5 Photos PHOTO (1) Baker Ducey (2) Keitel (3) McGuire (4) Darling (5) Hamilton |
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