• Rick Thomas, an associate at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s Denver office, was appointed a regional board member of Book Trust.
• Jason Schall has joined the trial department of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP as an associate.
• Glowpoint Inc. appointed David Giangano, president and CEO of Nectar Services Corp., to its board of directors.
• Mark E. Lacis has been named a director and shareholder at the Denver-based law firm, Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe PC.
• Sage Analytics hired Jason S. Lupoi as the company’s new senior application scientist.
• Katherine Marisic has been named federal affairs manager at the Brewers Association.
• Western Development Group promoted Gregg Johnson to vice president of construction; Lisa McInroy to vice president of property management; Phil Brewer to director of construction; and Todd Donati construction manager.
• BBVA Compass announced that Cedric Buchanon has been named CEO of Denver region.
• The Colorado Department of Human Services has named Brian Conly as the new deputy director of the office of early childhood.
• Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck announced the addition of Christopher O. Murray to the firm’s litigation and government relations practices. Murray joins as a shareholder in the Denver office.
• Nurse-Family Partnership named Benilda Samuels as the new chief marketing communications officer.
• The NASBA Center for the Public Trust appointed Bill Fowler, senior vice president of grants program at the Daniels Fund, to the board of directors.
• First Western Trust named Read Williamson as a portfolio manager.
• The Colorado Water Congress awarded Bill Trampe, a Gunnison rancher, the 2015 Wayne N. Aspinall Water Leader of the Year award.
• Dave Belmonte has been hired as general sales manager of Root Sports Rocky Mountain region.
• Boulder small business owner Mike Anderson has been appointed to the Small Business Administration’s Region VIII regulatory fairness board.
• Sherman & Howard promoted Stacy Elder to director of office services and Jasmine Ocken to director of information technology.
