• Ovations Food Services named Jen Zick vice president of business development to handle the company’s western-region operations.
• Gene Sobczak, former chief executive of the Colorado Symphony Association and Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, has been hired as the Community College of Aurora Foundation’s new executive director.
• Hogan Lovells promoted Andrew Lillie, Chalyse Thomas-Robinson, David Toy and Srecko “Lucky” Vidmar to partner in the Denver office. The firm also promoted Anthony Ryan to counsel.
• Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine named Tim Hackett hospital director of the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
• The Residence Inn Denver City Center announced that Ben Kulak was named general manager of the newly renovated hotel.
• Kirsten Medeiros, a broker associate with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, was selected to serve as president of the Mile High Chapter of the Women’s Council of Realtors for 2014.
• University of Colorado at Boulder named Ryan Huff as spokesperson and issues coordinator for the CU-Boulder campus.
• Charlie Gwirtsman, co-founder and managing director of KRG Capital Partners, will serve as chair of the Friends of Yemin Orde board of directors.
• Jackson Kelly PLLC attorney Robert Comer has been elected to serve on the board of trustees of the American Exploration & Mining Association.
• Colorado Public Radio named Corey Jones as a reporter for the new arts bureau and online arts hub.
• David Hsu of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton was appointed to the sustainability advisory board for the city of Louisville.
• The Ritz-Carlton, Denver appointed Dewiet Miller as director of operations.
• Mountain Aviation Inc. added TJ Agresti as the general operations manager.
• Forbes Mergers & Acquisitions announced the addition of Blair Withington to its team of advisers.
