On the move, October 31

Published October 31, 2006 at midnight

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Architecture and engineering

Brien Gidlow joined HDR as a senior project manager in the water engineering group, and William Schnitzler joined as an electrical engineer in the environmental and resources management group. . . . Duane Cleere joined PBS&J as a senior engineer in the Colorado Transportation Division. Jason Morovitz transferred from the Dallas office to the Denver office as project manager. . . . Michael Tavel of Michael Tavel Architects and David Kahn of David Kahn Studio accepted the Denver AIA Award of Honor for their design work on Generation, a proposed zero-energy ready neighborhood in Arvada. . . . Arcadis, an international leader in environmental remediation and engineering, has been honored with test method status by the Environmental Protection Agency for its optical remote sensing and radial plume mapping methodology . . . . Terracon Consultants Inc. hired Rafael Baltodano Goulding as a staff engineer, Robert Cords as operations specialist and Russ Pickering as senior project manager. . . . Ehrhart Griffin & Associates, a civil engineering and land surveying firm, hired Joseph C. Prinster as civil engineering, senior project manager. . . . Mundus Bishop Design Inc., a Denver-based landscape architecture and planning firm, elected Patrick Mundus as vice president/president-elect of the Colorado Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. . . . Scott Rodwin, president of Rodwin Architecture, has received the American Institute of Architects' Young Architect of the Year award for the western mountain region of the U.S. . . . Robert Torres joined Carter & Burgess as group manager for the transportation unit in the Denver office. . . . Amber Stephens joined Wenk Associates Inc. as marketing director, responsible for strategic marketing and business development for the firm. . . . Tania Salgado was named 2006 Young Architect of the Year by the American Institute of Architects, Denver chapter. . . . Chris Porter joined URS Denver as an ITS project manager. . . . Lantz-Boggio Architects promoted Mark Baker and Paul Bormann to principals; Scott Shea and Vera Margheim to senior associates; and Bill Speck and Peter Adams to associates. . . . CTL Thompson, a consulting engineering firm specializing in geotechnical, materials, environmental and structural engineering, named Tonya Hart as engineering division manager for its Denver location. . . . ERO Resources Corp., natural resources and environmental consultants, named Jack Denman and Aleta Powers as principals and members of the board of directors. . . . David D. Davis and David L. Swanson joined Stantec's Fort Collins office in senior management positions. . . . S.A. Miro Inc. added James Chang as associate and manager of water resources, and Gregory Weeks as associate. . . . Paul Campbell was named president and chief operating officer of Denver-based Kephart Community, Planning and Architecture.

Financial

Key Equipment Finance, a bank- held equipment financing company and an affiliate of KeyCorp., named Jeff Enoch vice president and director of its construction and industrial vendor leasing segment. . . . Citywide Banks of Colorado opened a branch at the corner of Santa Fe Drive and Florida Avenue. It is a full-service bank with sit-down teller desks, drive-up services and a drive-up ATM. . . . Debra Neeley was promoted to vice president and new accounts manager at Citywide Banks' East Colfax location. . . . Mary Sullivan, an executive vice president at Compass Bank Richard Ellis, was named to the bank's board of directors. . . . Compass Bank appointed John Kirtley, Matthew Opheim and Kathy Stafford as vice presidents. . . . Cindy Bragdon joined First Western Trust Bank as assistant vice president, responsible for family office services, trust administration and trust operations. . . . Kurt Spieler was named managing director of Tributary Capital Management LLC. . . .Confident Living named Patricia McCarthy as director of finance and information technology. . . . Shawn Tebben joined the Denver office of Protiviti Inc., an independent provider of internal audit and risk consulting services, as managing director in the business risk practice. . . . U.S. Bank in Denver hired John Lynass as Colorado market manager for its commercial real estate banking group. Gary Judd, former president and chief executive officer of Vail Banks Inc., was named its chairman. . . . Republic Financial Corp., a privately held company with investment interests in a diverse portfolio of operating companies, added Dennis Lacey as head of capital markets. . . . David Milster joined the Boulder office of H&R Block Financial Advisors. . . . Colorado Business Bank hired Hope Spencer as vice president in the private banking department of its Denver location. . . . Colorado State Bank and Trust added Gary Klonowski as vice president and divisional controller, Karin Petro as vice president and treasury services officer, Andrew Lusk as vice president and account manager II, Tameeka Aviles and Brian Sherman as vice presidents and trust officers, Stephen Bryant as vice president, private financial services, and Marcia Torberson and Teresa Gentry as branch manager and assistant manager. The bank promoted Susan Early to vice president and trust officer. . . .Valley Bank & Trust announced the addition of Valerie Espinosa-Martinez as vice president-branch manager of the Bromley Park branch. . . . Jeffrey T. Goodwin and Alexandra Tune have been named partners at Deloitte & Touche LLP. . . . Chase has promoted Patrick Green to division manager of Commercial Banking in Colorado. . . . Compass Bank announced that Michael "Mickey" S. McClure has been named president of Compass Bank Greeley. . . . Gordon, Hughes & Banks LLP promoted Kay Noser, TJ Bert and Ryan Shirley to managers in the audit department. . . . Trust Company of America, provider of custody services to fee-based registered investment advisers, added Vance Capital Management to its client roster. . . . The HCM Group, an institutional retirement plan consulting company, named Jonathan W. Postal as principal.

Lawyers

S. Kato Crews of Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP was selected as a member of the class of 2007 for the Colorado Bar Association's Leadership Training and the 2006 American Bar Association's Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Leadership Academy. . . . The Colorado Trial Lawyers Association selected J. Keith Killian as president, Darin L. Schanker as president-elect, Daniel W. Patterson as vice president, Natalie Brown as secretary and Peter G. Koclane as treasurer for 2006-07. . . . Ken Fellman of Kissinger & Fellman PC received the President's Special Recognition award from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors during the organization's annual conference in Orlando, Fla. . . . Denver-based law firm Sherman & Howard added associate attorneys Henry Bangert, Joseph Davis and Matthew Gray. . . . Gary G. Harrop of Isaacson Rosenbaum PC received the 2006 David Award from the Association of Legal Administrators Mile High Chapter. . . . The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers Inc. inducted Theodore A. Olsen of Sherman & Howard LLC as a fellow. . . . Laura Hundley and John Melfi joined Holland & Hart LLP's wealth transfer, trusts and estates practice group. The firm also opened an office in Las Vegas. Philip J. Dabney and Gregory S. Gilbert will be resident partners in the office. . . . Peter Krumholz has joined Hale Friesen LLP as counsel. . . . Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP appointed Vance O. Knapp to special counsel. . . . Tiemeier & Hensen combined operations with Montgomery Little Soran Murray & Kuhn PC, adding attorneys C. Gregory Tiemeier, Stephen J. Hensen, C. Todd Drake and Robin B. Earley. . . . Erin McAlpin Eiselein, an attorney at Davis Graham & Stubbs, was selected as a speaker for a national symposium in New York City. . . . Lisa C. Walter joined Faegre & Benson's Denver office as an associate in the intellectual property practice area. . . . Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP welcomed associates Tamara F. Goodlette, Edward T. Schroeder and John S. Wroldsen in the Denver office, and Courtney Lee Tawresey as associate in the Colorado Springs office. . . . Phillip J. Frazee was appointed as counsel to Yates Law Firm LLC and will manage the Newport Beach, Calif., office. . . . Erica N. Vargas and Lisa M. Horvath joined Harris Law Firm PC as associate attorneys and will practice family law. . . . Frank Robinson of Otten, Johnson, Robinson, Neff and Ragonetti received the 2006 University of Denver Sturm College of Law Outstanding Alumni award.

Real estate

Eric Holsapple was named interim director of the Everitt Real Estate Center in Colorado State's College of Business. . . . KB Home opened the Bluffs at Spring Creek, its first community in Colorado Springs. . . . The Kornfeld Real Estate Group LLC was retained to advise luxury hotel properties in Vail on improving on-property retail venues. . . . Darin Slocum, broker associate and partner with The Group Inc., completed required coursework to earn the GRI designation. . . . Pete Moore was added to the management team at Keller Williams Realty. . . . The Villas at Tristant, an Epiphany Clubs development in Telluride, named Maureen Kaseta to membership director. . . . Ron and Phyllis Taylor joined the Highlands Ranch office of Keller Williams Realty. The husband and wife team have nearly six years of real estate experience. . . . Bill Soteroff, who has served as chief operating officer and managing director of RE/MAX Europe for five years, joined the RE/MAX International executive management team as senior vice president of international operations.

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