MINORITY ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT: Recognized Helga Grunerud, executive director of the Hispanic Contractors of Colorado, as the Minority Advocate of the Year at MED’s annual luncheon Wednesday.
GRANDERSON WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUP: Appointed Sharlene Spencer as vice president of the Denver-based financial-management firm. Spencer previously served clients at Edward Jones Investments.
THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS: Named Rep. Marilyn Musgrave a Guardian of Small Business for her outstanding voting record on behalf of America’s small-business owners in the 109th Congress.
BOULDER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Honored Technology and Management Solutions president and chief executive Theresa Szczurek, with the “Women Who Light Up the Community” award. The award honors community leaders who share their talents, making Boulder County a better place to live, work and play.
RGL FORENSIC ACCOUNTANTS & CONSULTANTS: Appointed Paul Brunner as CEO.
VTBS ARCHITECTS: Announced that Gary Prager, managing partner of the Denver office, has been named LEED Accredited Professional with the USGreen Building Council.
STERLING-RICE GROUP: Promoted Jennifer Bollman to associate media director, Jeff Curry to creative director and Jeff Russell to senior production artist.
PREEMPTIVE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS: Announced that CEO Carl Bosland has been appointed to the National Mediation Board roster of labor arbitrators.
COLORADO SPRINGS SCORE CHAPTER: Named Ric Denton chairman for fiscal year 2007. Other new officers include: Mary Stern and Mark Sievers, vice chairs; Louise Walsh, secretary; and Mark Dittrich, treasurer.
FRONTIER GMAC REAL ESTATE: Sarah Snead joined the agency as a broker associate in the Denver Tech Center office.
WHITE CONSTRUCTION GROUP: Announced that Doug las Decker, vice president, has earned the Design-Build Professional designation by the Design-Build Institute of America.
JE DUNN CONSTRUCTION: Chris Long has joined the company as a project manager.
CACTUS MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS: Appointed Ainslie Fortune as an account director and Adam Dyer an assistant account executive.



