AZTEK NETWORKS: Named Robert Picker vice president of global sales. Most recently, Picker served as senior vice president of worldwide sales at World Wide Packets, a provider of ethernet solutions.
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO: Named April Obholz manager of lung- health programs.
TCF BANK: Appointed Dave Alleman as vice president and senior marketing manager and Traci Shofi as vice president, human-resources manager.
REPUBLIC FINANCIAL CORP.: Announced the addition of Keith McAslan as a senior director in the company’s special- assets group.
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: Selected Randy Jensen as the new regional transportation director for Region 6, which includes the Denver area.
McLEODUSA INC.: Named Vern Jaques and Derek Sandhoff sales-market directors for the Denver area.
ARCADIS: Richard Murphy has joined the Denver office as senior scientist.
KELLER WILLIAMS PREMIER REALTY: Tammy Jo Crisman has joined the Colorado Springs agency as a broker associate.
CACTUS MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS: Named Kristin Hoffman a production coordinator, and Sadat Abbas and Collin Varner event planners.
THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER: Appointed Donald Elliman as chairman of the board of directors, Steve McConahey as vice chairman and Maggie Morrissey as secretary.
FENNEMORE CRAIG: Bruce Dahl and Sue Chetlin, formerly of Dahl & Chetlin LLC, have joined as directors in the law firm’s new Denver office. Dahl and Chetlin are practitioners in the area of intellectual property.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES’ AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY: Awarded part of a $5 million grant to Dr. John Messenger, an associate professor of cardiology at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center’s School of Medicine. The money will be used by his team to improve emergency treatment of heart conditions in Colorado’s rural areas.
