THE RITZ-CARLTON DENVER: Appointed Andres Jimenez as executive chef. Jimenez comes to Denver from The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas, where he served as executive sous chef.
FIRST WESTERN TRUST BANK: Named Lou Clinton as president.
CH2M HILL: Appointed Mark Spears president of the nuclear services business group.
COLORADO WOMEN’S BAR ASSOCIATION: Elected Nancy Cornish of Denver-based Kissinger & Fellman P.C. to the board of directors. She will serve as co-chair of the professional advancement committee.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS: Announced that Cathy Vance has earned the Sensible Housing Opportunity Professional certification. Vance is a broker associate/partner with The Group Inc. Real Estate in Loveland.
CAPITOL HILL UNITED NEIGHBORHOODS INC.: Honored Paul Kobey, a custom-home builder and developer, with the 2006 Outstanding Capitol Hill Developer Good Neighbor Award.
HUMANE SOCIETY OF BOULDER VALLEY: Promoted Lisa Pedersen to chief executive. Pedersen has been the director of development for the organization since 1998.
1111 TOWER LLC: Hired John Patterson, Ilse Peters, Linda Erickson, Barbara Huff and Stan Kniss to the sales team of Four Seasons Private Residences.
DENVERWORKS: Announced the appointment of Cynthia Honssinger Coffman, chief deputy attorney general for Colorado, and Chet Marino, president of Verus Partners, to its board of directors.
90OCTANE LLC: Recently hired Lauren Klostermann as a marketing coordinator.
NORTHSTAR INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC: Announced that Charles Farrell has joined the firm as a senior portfolio manager.
MODERN HEALTHCARE: The magazine listed Dr. Patricia A. Gabow, chief executive and medical director of Denver Health, as one of 50 most powerful physician executives in health care.
GIS CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE: Certified Ken Spitze, president and founder of Destiny Resources Inc., with the Geographic Information Systems Professional designation.
ARROW PARTNERSHIP: Scott Selin has been made a partner in the business and information technology consulting firm.
SHINE: Denver’s luxury lifestyle magazine, hired Dahlia Jean Weinstein as editor-in-chief. Weinstein has served as the society columnist for the Rocky Mountain News for the past seven years.
