The Kempe Foundation promoted Steve Harrell to vice president – strategy & corporate advancement.
UMB Financial Corp. announced that Heather Harte joined as vice president of healthcare services for Colorado, Utah and Arizona.
Jay Rickstrew, president of Alpine Bank Rifle will serve as the board president of the Independent Bankers of Colorado.
Anti-Defamation League has named Stephen J. Burg to the mountain states region board of directors.
Nancy Falk was selected as the director of volunteers for Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital.
Porter Adventist Hospital and the Denver Neurological Clinic have added Dr. Richard Clemmons as a specialist in neurology and epilepsy.
Michael Unger was promoted to western regional manager for Stanley Consultants’ infrastructure business.
Regis University appointed Soon Beng Yeap to the newly created role of chief marketing officer and associate vice president.
Phyllis Thomas has been appointed to the Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority.
The American Solar Energy Society named Susan Greene as president.
Kellie Fischer became vice president of planned & principle giving at the Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation.
Kutak Rock LLP added four attorneys in the litigation and corporate groups — Tiffanie D. Stasiak, Matthew S. McElhiney, Brett M. Wendt and Michael E. Bonifazi.
Starlight Children’s Foundation named Tammy Rudden Krause as the new executive director of its Colorado chapter.
Big Buzz Brands recently hired Erin Aggeler as the agency’s graphic designer.
Denver Public Library Friends Foundation elected Elizabeth Anderman as the new board president.
Key Equipment Finance named Joseph A. DiLallo as vice president, corporate aviation finance.
The Boulder Chamber announced that University of Colorado Law School Clinical Professor Brad Bernthal will receive the 2011 Robert Plancher Award at the 27th Annual Esprit Entrepreneur Awards on Nov. 3.
Edward F. Williams joined Novinda Corp. as the new chief executive officer.
The Colorado Republican Party named Melissa L. Kuipers chair of the Colorado Convention Committee for the 2012 Republican National Convention. Kuipers is an associate at the law firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck.
Robert Mathisen has been appointed senior vice president/general manager for Murphy Co.
AARP Colorado State Director Morie Smile was named to the Volunteers of America board as well as Serve Colorado – Governor’s Commission on Community Service.
Susan G. Koontz has joined the Colorado Medical Society as general counsel and senior director of government relations.
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