THE GATES FAMILY FOUNDATION: Appointed Lisa Flores as its new senior program officer. Flores returns to the nonprofit community after three years serving as special assistant to Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper.
THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER: Announced that the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research and its founding director, Roger A. Pielke Jr., will be awarded the Eduard Brückner Prize next month at the German Climate Conference in Munich. Pielke and his colleagues have spent the last five years examining how to move beyond political gridlock in the global-warming debate.
SPARKMAN SHAFFER PERLICK LLP: The Boulder law firm announced that Allen Sparkman has been listed in “The Best Lawyers in America” for 2007.
HOLLAND & HART LLP: Frank Sledge has joined the litigation department as a partner in the Denver office. The law firm also elected Philip Dabney and Gregory Gilbert as resident partners of its new Las Vegas office.
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS INSTITUTE: Kyle O’Brian of Bornengineering recently received the institute’s Reserve Specialist designation, the only national credential for community association reserve study providers.
SYNTES LANGUAGE GROUP INC.: Named Matt Harding language-services manager.
GUTTERMAN GRIFFITHS PC: Appointed Karinn Harring ton, formerly senior deputy district attorney for the city of Denver, as an associate.
PINNACLE REAL ESTATE ADVISORS: Has been established by principals Jeff Johnson and Matt Ritter. The firm will specialize in private capital-investment sales.
MERCY HOUSING: Larry Dale, recently retired executive vice president of GMAC Commercial Holding Capital Corp., and Mark Korell, chairman of Stonecreek Funding Corp., will join Mercy’s national board of trustees this fall.
DEVEREUX CLEO WALLACE: Named Jackie Pacheco of Coldwell Banker; Andrew Ringel, Hall & Evans LLC; Lee Birk, deputy chief of police in Westminster; and Gary Browning of Re/Max Alliance to its advisory board.
PROTIVITI INC.: Shawn Tebben has joined the Denver office as a managing director in the company’s business risk practice.
JE DUNN CONSTRUCTION: Recently added Erica Hammond as assistant project manager and Jason Cook and Matthew Carey as project- manager trainees.
BURG SIMPSON ELDREDGE HERSH & JARDINE PC: Announced that Michael Burg has been selected for inclusion in the 2007 edition of “The Best Lawyers in America.”
