• Chuck Ward was named vice president of public affairs for the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce.
• Aleph Objects Inc. announced the addition of Chris Christopher as senior adviser.
• HDR appointed Mathew Roling as a client-development leader for power generation; John Ballegeer as a senior geotechnical-design engineer and senior project manager; and Britta Strother as environmental sciences and planning business-class director.
• Colorado State University professor Tomislav Rovis has been named a 2013 Arthur C. Cope Scholar by the American Chemical Society.
• Mike Donner has rejoined Rural/Metro – Pridemark Paramedic Services as the division general manager of Colorado.
• The Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. announced that Mike Matthews, Wells Fargo’s area business-banking manager, was appointed to a two-year term as a co-chairman of the executive committee.
• Edward M. Allen of Pendleton, Wilson, Hennessey & Crow PC was elected to the board of directors of the Colorado Lawyers Committee.
•Jim Holder has rejoined Cigna as vice president of sales for the mountain-states region.
• Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced the addition of David Hsu as an associate on the electronics and software team.
• Florence Crittenton Services of Colorado recently welcomed Andy Bailey of DirecTV to its board of directors.
• Pat Mickelson will join Highwater Wealth Management as an investment adviser Oct. 1.
• Mandil Inc.’s senior color consultant, Amy Troutman, was recently named secretary for the board of the International Association of Color Consultants/Designers, North America.
• David Weekley Homes announced the promotion of Walter Watson to area president of the Denver and Utah divisions.
• Design Concepts promoted Robyn Bartling to associate, hired William Goffhelf as a landscape architect and project manager, and hired four landscape designers: Jennifer Gee,Adrienne Burton, Andrew Patton and Andrew Vieth.
• Cator, Ruma & Associates promoted Jackie Rudko and Geri Rosier to associate.
• Mike Pierce has joined Flood and Peterson as a sales executive for large commercial businesses.
• Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. appointed John Schaufelberger as vice president of brand marketing.
• First Western Trust announced the addition of Ginny Baca as a senior private banker.
• Real Estate Personnel Inc. named Jodee VanKeuren a consultant.
• Rob Ernstsen, vice president of business development at RAS & Associates, was appointed to the associate board of directors for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver.
• Lauren Schmidt of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck was elected chairman of the board of directors of Colorado Outward Bound School.
• William Hall has been named a member of the 2013 executive council of New York Life Insurance Co.
