• Michael Walchak has joined Bent Fork American Grill as the new executive chef.
• AT&T appointed Lonnie Emmons Jr. as director of sales for the company’s Colorado mobility operations.
• Jason Ahola, an associate professor of beef production systems at Colorado State University, was recognized as a 2011 Top 10 Industry Leader by The Cattle Business Weekly. The trade publication cited Ahola’s work as faculty adviser to the CSU Seedstock Merchandizing Team.
• The Space Foundation promoted Charles P. Zimkas Jr., from chief operating officer to president.
• Colorado Department of Human Services announced that Mary Anne Snyder has been appointed the director of the office of early childhood.
• Kyle Miller has been promoted to senior associate at GBSM.
• The Denver Architectural Foundation added Carrie A. Rodgers and Ed Naylor, of Moye White; Jim Bershof, Oz Architecture; and Trey Nobles, of PCL Construction Services, as board members.
• The Journal of Environmental Monitoring recently recognized Thomas Borch, an associate professor in chemistry and soil and crop sciences at Colorado State University, as an “Emerging Investigator.”
• Grant Thornton LLP recently added Kathy Puskar, an audit associate, and Alan Geoffrion, an information technology senior associate.
• 90Octane LLC hired Willow Smith as a media account manager, Lauren Morales as an account manager, and Dana Munson and Ariana Wolf as account coordinators.
• Westin Westminster hired Tina Bidwell to serve as a group sales manager.
• Fuller Sotheby’s International Realty announced that Nicole Wadsworth has joined the Denver Tech Center office in Greenwood Village as a broker.
• Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. named Jeff Pedersen, as a new company principal.
• MWH Global recently promoted Aaron Burns, vice president and engineer; Graham Campbell, vice president of finance; Marilynn Robinson, vice president and business unit leader; Philip Tunnah, vice president and program manager; and Andrew Wilson, vice president and director of finance.
• The Colorado Trial Lawyers Association announced the election of new board members including: J. Kyle Bachus, Bachus & Schanker LLC, Denver; Mari Bush, Kaye and Bush LLC, Denver; Michael Clawson, Clawson & Clawson LLP, Colorado Springs; Zachary Cordova, Cordova Law Firm LLP, Salida; Frank Cristiano, Cristiano Law LLC, Greenwood Village; Angela Ekker, Lathrop & Gage LLP, Denver; Marc Harden, Zaner Harden Law, Denver; Michael Keating, Keating Wagner Polidori Free PC, Denver; Anna Martinez, Mihm LLP, Denver; David McDivitt, McDivitt Law Firm PC, Colorado Springs; George McLaughlin, John Gehlhausen PC, Aurora; Patricia Meester, Franklin D. Azar & Associates PC, Pueblo; Tom Metier, Metier Law Firm LLC, Fort Collins; Mari Newman, Killmer, Lane & Newman LLP, Denver; James Puga, Leventhal Brown & Puga PC, Denver; Steve Ray, Steve Ray Law Office, Fort Collins; Deborah Taussig, Taussig, Scipione & Taussig PC, Boulder; Thomas Tomazin, Thomas J. Tomazin PC, Greenwood Village; Adrienne Tranel, Bachus & Schanker LLC, Denver; David Woodruff, Hillyard, Wahlberg, Kudla, Sloane & Woodruff LLP, Denver; and Howard Zucker, Zucker Law Firm PC, Denver.
