SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS: Elected Bryan Willson, a professor of mechanical engineering at Colorado State University and founder and director of CSU’s Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory, an International Fellow. Willson also is founding director of the CSU Clean Energy Supercluster, a campuswide effort to foster and support clean-energy research in all eight CSU colleges.
MWH: Announced that Kimberly Strong has joined the company as vice president of ethics and compliance. Strong most recently served as chief ethics and compliance officer for AOL Inc.
URBAN LAND INSTITUTE: Named Kirk Monroe, Vectra Bank Colorado; Julie Spencer, Swinerton Builders; and Arleen Taniwaki, ArLand Land Use Economics, to its board of directors.
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC.: Named Allan Singer senior vice president, programming; and Don Poulter, senior vice president, commercial operations.
LIFE TRANSITION PLANNERS INC.: Announced that Robert L. Holland Jr. joined the firm to provide financial- planning and wealth-management services.
LINHART PUBLIC RELATIONS: Hired Emma Garten, Andrew Peters and Noelle Robillard as account associates.
KEY EQUIPMENT FINANCE: Promoted Linda G. Ross to manager of project management and support services.
YOUNG AMERICANS BANK: Hired Cory Peterson as vice president.
ANTHEM: Recently named John Martie as president and chief executive of its national accounts business.
CITY OF ENGLEWOOD: Recently appointed David M. Pittinos, a shareholder at the law firm Burns Figa & Will, to its board of adjustment and appeals.
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES FOUNDATION: Appointed Gerald W. Grandey of Cameco Corp.; Thomas Petrie, Merrill Lynch; Christopher M.T. Thompson, Teck Resources Canada; and J. Steven Whisler, Brunswick Corp., to the board of governors.
