COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY: Associate professor Bruce Draper will spend the next two years teaching computers to take pictures and describe the pictures in words, which could eventually help the U.S. military with remote surveillance. Draper and his team got a $625,000 grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for the project.
KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP: Named Ian Saffer managing partner in the firm’s Denver office. Saffer succeeds Darin Gibby. His practice focuses on trademark and copyright litigation and counseling, as well as patent litigation.
JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE: Melissa Hernandez joined as a media- relations specialist.
CHRISLAND COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES INC.: Appointed Ryan Schaefer as president.
TUCKER ELLIS & WEST LLP: Appointed Andrea Przybysz an associate in the Denver office.
GHP HORWATH P.C.:Nancy Flannery joined the tax department as a senior manager, and Laura Liu is now a senior associate in the audit department.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHAPTER of the COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS INSTITUTE: Announced new officers for 2011: Brian Terhark, president; Terry Jarrett, president-elect; Melanie Antonitis, vice president; Ginny Zinth, secretary; and Jim Flippen, treasurer.
DELTA CONSULTANTS: Announced the addition of Barry Andrews as a consultant.
MARCUS & MILLICHAP REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT SERVICES: Hired James Coleman and Brian Haggar as investment specialists in the Denver office.
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY COLORADO: Karen Kosten of Point B Inc. recently joined the board of directors.
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT COLORADO: Named Jim Cagney as its new northwest district manager.
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