PEOPLE IN BUSINESS.

ROSENBERG EARNS DEGREE: Mitch Rosenberg recently earned a master's degree in financial services from the Graduate School of Financial Sciences of the American College, Bryn Mawr, Pa. Having graduated Phi Kappa from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, Rosenberg currently serves on the board of the Los Angeles chapter of Cal Business Alumni.

Rosenberg is co-founder of the XCEL Foundation, a nonprofit organization which works to enhance the lives of less fortunate children.

MEEKS NAMED REGIONAL VP: Jonathan Meeks has been named regional vice president for Charter Pacific Bank, an $80 million commercial bank. Meeks previously served as senior vice president for business development at California Federal Bank and brings more than 20 years of experience in business banking.

GOULD ELECTED PRESIDENT: Adrienne Gould, who has served as the Interior Design Society's representative to the California Council for Interior Design Certification for the past three years, has been elected president of the council for a one-year term. CCIDC is responsible for certifying interior designers in the state of California.

Gould has been working as chairwoman of the Interior Design Department at Learning Tree University.

EDITORS NAMED AT LAW SCHOOL: Bryan C. Crawley, a resident of Sherman Oaks, has been named a 1997-98 lead articles editor for Southwestern University School of Law's Southwestern University Law Review.

North Hills resident Daryn Pakcyk was named a 1997-98 lead articles editor for the school's Southwestern Journal of Law & Trade in the Americas.

HULTMAN EARNS CERTIFICATION: Alberta Hultman, assistant executive vice president of the California Restaurant Association, a trade group of the California food service industry representing 3,700 members, was one of 88 individuals who earned the title certified association executive from the American Society of Association Executives in June. Hultman, who resides in Granada Hills, has been with the California Restaurant Association since 1988.

LITTLE JOINS EGON ZEHNDER: Bradley J. Little recently joined the Los Angeles office ofEgon Zehnder International as a consultant.

Little left his post as president of the California-based Informer Data Security Inc., which manufactures high-end access security products used by banks and others to protect sensitive data assets.

Founded in 1964, Egon Zehnder International conducts executive searches, performs management appraisals and advises on board of directors appointments.

WEXLER APPOINTED TO BOARD: Ona Wexler was recently appointed president of the board of directors of the Optimist Youth Homes, the first woman in 90 years to hold this vital post.

Among other contributions, Wexler was instrumental in launching a scholarship fund to assist graduates of the Home, in addition to organizing a laser tattoo removal program for former gang members. She joined Optimist Youth Homes in 1986 and served as an elected vice president for five years.

MEDLIN JOINS MCC: Roy J. Medlin Jr. of Thousand Oaks recently joined Microwave Communication Corp. as vice president and chief operating officer, where he will concentrate his efforts in the new business development and product engineering areas.

Medlin previously held several posts including vice president of Radyne Corp. in Phoenix. MCC, whose main facility is in Valencia, designs and manufactures passive microwave components used in communications equipment for satellites, cellular radios, aerospace and defense applications.

VAN DYK NAMED VP AT LIVE: Nicolas A. van Dyk was recently named vice president of corporate development for Live Entertainment Inc. In this newly created position at Live, van Dyk will be responsible for business development, acquisitions and implementation of the business plan designed by Live's investors, board and management group. Before joining Live, van Dyk served as manager of strategic planning for Walt Disney Co.

BERNDT APPOINTED VP AT TOLD: Ronald G. Berndt was recently appointed senior vice president and partner of Told Partners. Partnership status is achieved through consistently high sales and leasing production.

Since joining Told Partners in 1993, Berndt leased or sold in excess of 3.5 million square feet of industrial property throughout the east San Fernando Valley.

CAVEZA JOINS COLLEGE STAFF: Award-winning toy design and Mattel senior product manager Martin J. Caveza recently signed on as department chairman of Otis College of Art & Design's Toy Design Department. Caveza is credited with designing See-N-Say Story Maker, Disney Dreamtime Carousel and Nickelodeon's ``Gak'' and other toy classics.

CHERNACK NAMED PRESIDENT AGAIN: The Themed Entertainment Association named Peter Chernack, CEO of Burbank-based Metavision Corp., as president of TEA for a second year.

Representing more than 420 member companies, the association is a professional trade organization that provides custom goods and services to the leisure and recreation industry. Chernack has a master's degree from the UCLA Graduate School of Management and is a founding principal of Metavision.

SCARLETT NAMED WELLPOINT VP: Robert Scarlett was recently named vice president, state government, for WellPoint Health Networks.

Woodland Hills-based Wellpoint Health Networks is one of the nation's largest publicly traded managed-care companies, through two principal operating subsidiaries: Blue Cross of California and Unicare nationwide.

Bringing nearly 20 years of legislative and legal expertise to this position, Scarlett served former Assembly Speaker Willie L. Brown Jr. as chief legal counsel before joining Blue Cross in 1993.

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