QWEST: Promoted Nicholas Sweers to vice president, corporate communications. Sweers joined Qwest’s corporate-communications team last June as director of corporate communications.
DENVER URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY: Elected James Basey chairman of the board of commissioners. Basey replaces Don Elliman, who has resigned to head the state of Colorado’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade.
COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO: Michelle Fulcher recently joined KCFR’s news program “Colorado Matters” as a producer. Fulcher formerly held several editor positions at The Denver Post.
DENVER HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Honored Ivette Dominguez of Alpine Buick Pontiac GMC as Business Woman of the Year and Jerry Natividad of American Facility Services Group as Business Man of the Year during its recent annual meeting and awards luncheon. The chamber also named Perla Gheiler of American Family Insurance corporate advocate of the year; Detective Virginia Quiñones, Denver Police Department, government advocate of the year; and Gracie Casias, Title Guaranty Agency of Colorado, chamber advocate of the year.
BUYS & ASSOCIATES INC: Announced that Carlos Jallo has joined the company as National Environmental Policy Act project manager.
WOW! CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: Dan Wittenberg, a partner of Snell & Wilmer LLP, has been named to the board of directors of the Boulder museum.
GWATHMEY PRATT SCHULTZ ARCHITECTS PC: Named Scott Lindall a principal, resulting in the firm changing its name to Gwathmey Pratt Schultz Lindall Architects PC.
KBDI – CHANNEL 12: Elected Robert S. “Sam” Arthur Jr. chairman. Arthur is a lawyer with Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP.
UMBRIA INC.: Named Christer Samuelsson to further the company’s research into understanding the profiles and motivations of online social-media participants.
GHP HORWATH PC: Hired Christine Pollitt as a tax senior; Genevieve Graham as human-resources director; and Roger Rankin as a tax senior.
HOPE COMMUNITIES INC.: Appointed Peg Ingram and Charlene Meeker to its board of directors. Meeker is an account manager for MGA Communications, and Ingram is a team leader with Keller Williams Realty Downtown.
