PEOPLE IN BUSINESS.KERLOW PROMOTED AT DISNEY: Isaac Kerlow recently was promoted to director of digital talent for the Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Co. In his new role, Kerlow will work with all units on talent development and training, recruitment activities, internship programs and other interdivisional efforts to expand and improve the base of digital talent at the Burbank-based entertainment giant. BUCHALTER, TABIT HEAD NEW PRUDENTIAL OFFICE: William Buchalter was recently named regional director and senior vice president of Prudential Securities' new regional office in 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. . First vice president Mark Tabit will head the new facility in the 700 block of South Figueroa Street Figueroa Street is a street in Los Angeles County, California. It runs in a north/south direction for a length of more than 30 miles (48 km) between the Los Angeles communities of Eagle Rock and Wilmington. as regional development manager. Buchalter was most recently branch manager and first vice president of the firm's Houston office. Tabit, who has been in the investment brokerage business for more than 13 years, joined Prudential Securities in 1986. COHN Cohn , Ferdinand Julius 1828-1898. German botanist considered the founder of bacteriology. The first to recognize bacteria as plants, he proposed a classification system for bacteria based on genus and species. APPOINTED TO IMPERIAL BANK OFFICE: Barry S. Cohn was recently appointed as regional vice president of Imperial Bank's 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. regional office. Prior to joining Imperial Bank, Cohn served as senior vice president at First Business Bank, where he managed a corporate lending group aggregating $110 million in deposits and $70 million in loan commitments. KLEEMEN PROMOTED TO EXECUTIVE V.P.: Jeff Kleemen, United Artists Pictures' production executive overseeing the James Bond series, has been promoted to executive vice president of production. Kleemen continues to be responsible for developing and packaging films and oversees all facets of production, from acquisition through principal photography. Kleemen joined Santa Monica-based United Artists Pictures in 1993 as vice president of production, and was promoted to senior vice president two years later. GAYMON PICKED FOR V.P. POST: Donald L. Gaymon, a veteran business executive and former educator, was recently selected by the Healthy America campaign to serve as vice president of the Woodland Hills-based corporation that works with individuals to improve their health and fitness. Gaymon will be responsible for expanding Healthy America's health and fitness program. SELLERS NAMED WELLPOINT V.P.: Richard Sellers recently joined Wellpoint Health Networks as senior vice president of corporate branding Corporate branding is the practice of using a company's name as a product brand name. It is an attempt to leverage corporate brand equity to create product brand recognition. It is a type of family branding or umbrella brand. . A former senior vice presidentof Service Merchandise Service Merchandise was a chain of large stores carrying fine jewelry, toys, sporting goods, and electronics that existed from 1934 to 2002. The company's former chairman, Raymond Zimmerman, resurrected Service Merchandise as an Internet-only retailer in 2004 after buying the name Co., Sellers will be responsible for establishing WellPoint's branding strategy and building an effective brand identity, working with virtually all functions of the Woodland Hills-based corporation. BOCK Noun 1. bock - a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring bock beer lager beer, lager - a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally NAMED PRESIDENT: Dr. Richard Bock Richard W. Bock (1865-1949) was an American sculptor and associate of Frank Lloyd Wright. He was particularly known for his sculptural decorations for architecture and military memorials,[1] along with the work he conducted alongside Wright. was recently named president of Adventist Health/Southern California Medical Foundation, which represents more than 400 primary care and specialty physicians in the Los Angeles area. Bock has more than 10 years' experience in executive roles within physician organizations and at hospitals. Glendale-based Adventist Health operates four area hospitals, managed care groups, home care services and the medical foundation, among other operations. AVAILABLE LIGHT ADDS STAFF: Available Light Ltd., a Burbank-based visual effects boutique, recently named three new members to its team: Gretchen Wieland, post production supervisor; Scott Coulter, senior 3-D animator; and Charles Lamb, systems supervisor. Available Light provides animation and special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. for feature films, television programs and theme parks. The company has contributed to such films as ``Ghost,'' ``Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' and ``Mortal Kombat.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) GAYMON (2) TABIT |
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