AURORA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: Named Bryan Blakely vice president, overseeing public policy and advocacy efforts. Blakely also heads up the council’s A-List event and the Washington, D.C., Business Mission.
FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK: Announced that Jack Kerr has joined as market president for the Colorado Springs region.
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER: Announced that Pieter Johnson, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, has won a David and Lucille Packard Fellowship. Johnson will use the five-year, $875,000 award to continue his research on emerging diseases.
U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE: Announced that Assistant Attorney Patricia Davies will head up the office’s Special Prosecutions Section, which was vacated last week by Philip Brimmer, who became a District Court judge.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES: Appointed Brian McKernan a broker.
VAIL CAPITAL PARTNERS INC.: Named Justin Miller a senior project director.
TERRACON: Announced that Sean D. Brown has been named regional manager for the Denver and Western Slope region and that Erik Gessert has become a LEED accredited professional.
DTJ DESIGN INC.: Named senior planner/landscape architect Bill Campie an associate.
NORRIS DESIGN: Promoted Elena Vossman to senior associate; Ellen Pickels, associate; and Chris Bates, Josh Cochran, Chris DeKnikker and Todd Wainwright project managers.
BASIC EARTH SCIENCE SYSTEMS INC.: Announced that David J. Flake resigned from the board of directors.
POTOMAC MEDICAL GROUP: Promoted Sherry Salazar to clinical administrator.
LINHART PUBLIC RELATIONS: Promoted Tim Streeb to account supervisor; Jennifer Tilliss, senior account executive; and Ashley Campbell, account executive.
JACKSON LEWIS LLP: Named Mickey Silberman, managing partner of the Denver office, as the national chair of the firm’s affirmative action/diversity practice.
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