MARKETING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: Honored Vishwanathan Iyer, professor of marketing at the University of Northern Colorado’s Monfort College of Business, with the the 2008 Hormel Meritorious Teaching Award for teaching excellence in marketing.
PROGRESSIVE HEALTH CENTER: Dr. Linda B. White, an assistant professor in the Integrative Therapeutic Practices Program at Metropolitan State College of Denver, has joined the board of directors.
COLOR MARKETING GROUP: James Martin, owner of Denver-based The Color People, was elected president.
BNSF RAILWAY CO.: Named James “Mike” Adamson, a carman from Denver, one of six safety employees of the year for 2007. Adamson has worked for BNSF since 1971 without any reportable injuries or operations-test failures.
SHAPINS BELT COLLINS: Recently hired Emily Patterson as a landscape architect in the Boulder office.
FAEGRE & BENSON LLP: Nathaniel Ford, a partner in the corporate practice of the Denver office, was recently appointed head of the firm’s mergers-and-acquisitions practice in Colorado.
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS: Recognized David Finkleman, senior scientist for the Center for Space Standards & Innovation in Colorado Springs, for 50 years of sustained contributions to the arts, sciences and technology of aeronautics and astronautics.
THE GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER OF COLORADO: Announced that Carlos Martinez is the new executive director of the 32-year-old center.
LIA SOPHIA: Promoted Bethany Utke from adviser to unit manager.
PAYTECH INC.: Promoted Kurt Backes to vice president of business development and Cassie Kelsay to director of business development, and added Derilene McCloud, Troy Eutermoser and Brandy Weiss as business-development managers.
RARE COIN CONSULTANTS OF AMERICA: Attorney Christopher Cipoletti of Colorado Springs has been named president.
PLUM CHANNEL 16 AND ASPEN .PLUMTV.COM Named Brett Tinch sales and marketing manager.
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