ROTHGERBER JOHNSON & LYONS LLP: Announced that partner Michael D. Plachy has been appointed by Gov. Bill Ritter as a commissioner on the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. Plachy will serve as a representative of the 6th Congressional District.
ARNOLD & PORTER LLP: Announced that Daphne O’Connor, a partner specializing in product liability and mass tort litigation, has been named head of the firm’s Denver office. O’Connor joined the firm in 1994.
EBAY: Honored Elizabeth Bennett of Africa Direct Inc. with the Community Hall of Fame Award. Africa Direct is Colorado’s largest eBay seller, as well as eBay’s largest seller of African art and trade beads.
MARTIN/MARTIN INC. CONSULTING ENGINEERS: Hired 15 new professionals in the structural and civil engineering departments. New personnel in the civil engineering department are Shane Gwin, CAD operator I; Sheena Abeyta, Elizabeth Bekhit, Ryan Byrne, Patrick Roberts, Jessica Sayers, Jacquelyn Schmalzer and Melyssa Whaley, engineer I; and William Raatz, senior project engineer. Structural engineering department hires include Danielle Tanner, administrative assistant; Heath MacLeod, CAD operator I; Geoffrey Burrell, Chia-An (Abraham) Chen and Kevin Owens, engineer I; and David Mitchell, engineer II.
FOREST CITY STAPLETON INC.: Appointed David E. Ditchman to director of leasing and business development.
DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Joyce Schlose, vice president of workforce development at Goodwill Industries of Denver, has been named to a 30-member Alternative Education Task Force.
IPC – THE HOSPITALIST COMPANY: Appointed Dr. Zachary Anderson, Dr. Sandyha Rai- Sherpa and nurse practitioner Piper Rudel to its Denver inpatient practice. Dr. Suneel Boyared dygari has joined the newly acquired Pueblo practice, and Christine “Tina” Gage has been hired as director of business development for the Pueblo market.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY: Named Chad Edinger as manager of the child-support enforcement program.
