BELL POLICY CENTER: Named lawyer and former state Sen. Penfield Tate III its new chairman of the board. Tate replaces Linda Shoemaker of Boulder, who will serve as vice chairwoman.
AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK: Promoted Vance A. Wagner to regional president for northern Colorado. Wagner will be responsible for all facets of banking in the region, including the Denver metro area.
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCES: Named Merlyn Carlson, deputy undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources and Environment division, the Livestock Leader of the Year.
NEW WORLD RESTAURANT GROUP INC.: Appointed Daniel J. Dominguez chief operating officer. Dominguez previously served the company as senior vice president for Noah’s Bagels and as director of operations for Einstein Bros. Bagels.
SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES INC.: Announced that Jess R. Gonzales has been appointed regional sales director for carrier sales.
HOLLAND & HART LLP: Announced that Judith Biggs, John Husband and Jeffrey T. Johnson were named leading management labor and employment lawyers in Colorado by Who’s Who Legal USA for 2006.
CORCORAN CONSULTING & COACHING: Appointed Westminster resident Luis Irene a coaching consultant.
H+L ARCHITECTURE: Promoted Kent Freed, Ken Dabbs, Adam Braunstein, Curtis Hendershott and Gil Hack to associate.
KLA GROUP: Announced that Sharon Smith has joined the company as an account executive.
RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORP.: Announced in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that Greg B. Jones has resigned as president of the technology group.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LEGAL INVESTIGATORS: Elected H. Ellis Armistead national director.
