PRACO PUBLIC RELATIONS ADVERTISING CO.: Announced that Lee Bowers has joined as a production/project manager working on the Xcel Energy account. Praco also announced the addition of Allena Nimetz as a media planning supervisor, Jill Grow as a broadcast traffic and media manager and Danielle Benge as a traffic coordinator.
THE WINNER’S CIRCLE: Honored Mark Smith, principal of M.J. Smith and Associates, as the top-ranked financial adviser in Colorado serving accounts less than $1 million.
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS: Elevated Cornelius DuBois, Claudia Patricia O’Leary and Herbert Roth to its College of Fellows. DuBois is a principal at Klipp; O’Leary is a professor at the University of Colorado at Denver; and Roth is a principal at Roth + Sheppard Architects.
THE STRAUS INSTITUTE FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION AT PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW: Appointed attorney Neil Peck, counsel in the Denver office of Snell & Wilmer LLP, to the Council of Distinguished Advisors.
THE DENVER AREA COUNCIL, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: Named Doak Jacoway council president and Earl Wright chairman of the board.
RE/MAX PROPERTIES: Dawn White joined as a broker associate in the Falcon office.
HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN COLORADO: Honored Janna Scharf, broker associate at Keller Wil liams in Fort Collins, as its Rookie New Home Salesperson of the Year for 2006.
SNELL & WILMER: Appointed Tom Dougherty to head the intellectual-property practice group.
SECURA INSURANCE: Named Glen Dye regional sales director-Colorado.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN DESK CORP.: Named Kevin Olson operations director.
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: Tobey Borus has joined the mountain-states regional office as its first volunteer coordinator, and Michele Ross was hired as a community-service assistant.
