• Cresa Denver announced that James Huzella and Eric Skilton have joined the firm as a transaction management advisors.
• JoAnn Gould, director of recreation and community services at South Suburban Parks and Recreation, has been named 2014 manager of the year by the Special District Association of Colorado.
• Denver School of Nursing student Adam Diesi has been elected as secretary to the board of the Colorado Student Nurses Association. DSN also announced that student Kylee Avila was named to the Ronald McDonald House board.
• Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe PC added Kira L. Suyeishi as an associate.
• Heath Construction in Fort Collins recently named Dan Dirksen as a senior project manager.
• Ameristar Casino Hotel Resort Spa Black Hawk announced the appointment of Sean Demeule as vice president and general manager and Peter Chu to assistant general manager.
• Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network appointed Scott Reiman, president of Hexagon and the Reiman Foundation; and Patricia Pacey, founder of Pacey Economics, Inc., to its board of directors.
• Bank of the West named Wade Balliet chief investment advisor.
• Kaiser Permanente appointed Wes Skiles director of government relations.
• Goodbee & Associates Inc: announced that Mary Keith Floyd will serve as principal-in-charge.
• Allen Thompson has joined the Denver office Thornton Tomasetti as a vice president in the construction support services practice.
• The University of Northern Colorado named Lyndsey Crum assistant vice president of alumni relations.
• Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP has added Shira Cooks, Nathan Goergen, Erin Turban Miller and Justin Nyberg as associates in the finance & acquisitions group and Anastasia Carter, an associate in the natural resources group.
• Pinnacol Assurance named Karyn Gonzales vice president of medical operations and healthcare strategy.
• The Denver office of Ernst & Young LLP recently promoted John Cuny to business development director; Brandon Eggleston to partner in the assurance practice; Alissa Garner, partner, financial accounting advisory services practice; and Tim Morin, partner, financial services office practice.
• Accuvant named Jessvin Thomas vice president of managed security services.
• Stephanie Leavitt as named director of sales and marketing at the Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch.
• The Brewers Association announced that Bob Pease has been promoted to chief executive officer.
• The JW Marriott Denver Cherry Creek announced that Leorah Young is now serving as a social catering sales manager.
•ElIen Wamser was promoted to a commercial relationship manager in the commercial banking, emerging market group of BBVA Compass.
• First River Energy LLC announced it has named Robert Throckmorton as chief information officer.
• Former Boulder District Judge Gwyneth Whalen, who currently leads Caplan and Earnest’s litigation section, was recently named to the board of Boulder County Restorative Justice.
• The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at Beaver Creek Mountain hired Christine Holmberg as sales manager.
