• Lathrop & Gage LLP recently announced that Ashley Oliver has joined the Denver office as an associate in the real-estate department.
• Philippe Koentges has been named senior mortgage-loan officer and construction specialist for Mutual of Omaha Bank in Colorado.
• Mayor Michael Hancock named Steve Ferris as Denver’s new director of development services. Ferris replaces Kelly Leid, who was appointed project manager for the North Denver Cornerstone Collaborative.
• S.A. Miro Inc. named Colleen Arni and Irena Kahanek as senior project engineers; and Chris Hessek, a project engineer.
• PwC US announced that Doug Anderson was appointed as advisory leader of the firm’s Rockies market.
• The University of Colorado at Boulder appointed Ryan Chreist as assistant vice chancellor for alumni relations.
• Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC added Kyle Blackmer as an associate.
• The Associated Builders and Contractors named Michael Arledge of Greiner Electric as the “craft professional of the year.”
• Grant Thornton LLP announced the addition of Katie Doyle as regional marketing coordinator in the Denver office.
• AT&T named Amber Tafoya director-external affairs for Colorado.
• Commerce Bank appointed Darren Lemkau as president and CEO of the bank’s Colorado region.
• The Colorado Safety Association recently named Steve Mills, vice president of energy-supply operations at Xcel Energy, to its board of directors.
• Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP appointed Chad Williams as chair of the firm’s trial department and member of the executive committee.
• Great-West Financial has appointed Barbara Lewis as head of large-market 401(k)/403(b) sales.
• Alliant National Title Insurance Co. hired Noemi Lopez as senior claims counsel.
• Sherman & Howard announced that Julie Carroll has joined the firm as professional recruitment and development administrator.
