• BKD LLP promoted Tammy Rivera to senior manager and Rand Gambrell to senior managing consultant.
• OtterBox announced that founder Curt Richardson will transition to chairman and Brian Thomas will become chief executive.
• Development Counsellors International promoted Erin Bodine to account director in the economic development division in the Denver office.
• The Integer Group announced the promotion of Kevin Rysz to director of client services. Integer also named Mila Gates, community manager; Matt Haight, regional account supervisor; Christine Coe and Lori Mayfield, senior copywriters; Landie Viljoen, assistant media planner/buyer; Sze Lin Lie, art director; Liz Tjaden, Sara Frazier and Erin Baker, account executives; Kathy Pennington, account supervisor; and Lindsey Gall, social media specialist.
• Adams County Human Services Department promoted PhillippNoble to administrator of the Adams County Workforce & Business Center.
• Weld County appointed David Bauer, director of public works and Toby Taylor will serve as the director of buildings and grounds, veterans services and special projects.
• Brinkman Partners named Ben Bradley, Brandon Dooley, Jim Mattern, Doug Maybon and Joe Bradley, superintendents; Eric Boehner and Rahn Richards, project engineers; Zach Chambers, assistant superintendent; Derek Cohen, project manager; Jacob Guthrie, property manager; Tina Hippeli, development services project coordinator; and Gail Wilcox, accounting.
• Mark Wdowik has joined Colorado State University as an assistant vice president for research and industry partnerships.
• Nina Ward has joined the finance & acquisitions department of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP as an associate.
• JVA Inc. announced that Eric Schultz has joined the firm as a project manager in the Boulder office.
• Weston Schroeder was named executive chef of Rocks Modern Grill at Beaver Creek Lodge.
• YMCA of Metropolitan Denver appointed Leonard P. Rice, Colorado State Bank and Trust, as board chair; Thomas Currigan Jr., Kaiser Permanente, board vice chair; Alison Dunnebecke, Hein Associates LLP, board treasurer. New board members are: Judy Booth; Brandee Caswell, Faegre & Benson; Dave Ferrill, Colorado office of Economic Development & International Trade; Dick Gillet, Jacobs Engineering; Larry Harte, Greater Glendale Chamber of Commerce; Julie Hill; Jarrod Lassen, FirstBank; Anthony Scalese, Zynex Medical; and Kirk Scheitler, Xcel Energy.
• John Maher of Longmont has been selected by AARP to receive Colorado’s 2012 AARP Andrus Award for Community Service.
• Rocky Mountain Vein Institute announced that Dr. Kristina Sanchez has earned board certification from the American Board of Phlebology.
• Deborah Celaya has been named director of marketing and business development at Colorado Mills.
• Russell Luna has been certified as an accredited estate planner by the National Association of Estate Planners and the Estate Planning Council of Southeast Denver.
• Halftime, a faith-based organization, announced that Don Johnson has been named director of strategic planning.
