Lawyers
Townsend and Townsend and Crew added E. Joseph Benz III and Daniel S. Young to the Denver office as associates. . . . Karen Samuels Jones was named a partner at Perkins Coie. . . . Holland & Hart named Jude Biggs as administrative partner for the Boulder office. Aaron Pomeroy has joined the firm's tax and estates practice group as an associate. In addition, Tom Sansonetti, a former partner of the firm and previously assistant attorney general of the environment and natural resources division of the Department of Justice, has rejoined the firm. He will work out of the Cheyenne office. . . Snell & Wilmer added attorney Sherin Sakr to its Denver office. She will concentrate in estate planning. Also, attorney Laurie Ronholdt has joined the firm. She will concentrate in estate planning and tax law. . . . Pendleton, Friedberg, Wilson & Hennessey elected Cecil E. Morris as a director/shareholder. Edward M. Allen, a commercial and civil litigation attorney, joined the firm as special counsel. Bruce A. Fowler was named a senior associate. . . . Matthew J. Hogan, Sarah P. Tasker and Scott P. Dill joined Sherman & Howard. Hogan is a member in the public finance department; Tasker is counsel in the public finance department; and Dill is an associate in the business department. Also, Randy Funk was named a member in the business and real estate department. . . . Scott A. Clark was named a shareholder of Burns, Figa & Will. . . . Charles Nicholas joined Burns & Wilcox of Denver as a renewal underwriter. . . . Michael J. Rosenberg was named a shareholder and Julie Taylor Gilmore an associate at Roberts Levin & Patterson. . . . Ezekiel (Zeke) J. Williams joined Faegre & Benson's Denver office as special counsel in the litigation group working with the oil and gas practice. . . . Scott R. Bialecki was named of counsel at Sheridan Ross. He will advise clients on intellectual property, antitrust and Federal Trade Commission matters. . . . Jonathan M. Abramson was named an associate at Kissinger & Fellman.
Noteworthy
JVA's civil and structural engineering departments are working with the Sky Ranch Metropolitan District No. 2 and Garney Construction for the design/build of a new regional wastewater treatment facility in Arapahoe County. Environmental engineers at the firm are also working on wastewater treatment plant performance evaluations and capital improvements for the town of Bennett and the Aspen Consolidated Sanitation District. . . . Frank Kuchyt, of Littleton, a general manager of the Olive Garden in Thornton, studied for a week at the company's Culinary Institute of Tuscany. . . . The American Animal Hospital Association honored Belcaro Animal Hospital for its 50-year commitment to excellence in small animal care. . . . The Russell T. Tutt Science Center, a 'green' building at Colorado College, was awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. . . . A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of A- for Pioneer General Insurance Co. . . . The Boulder-based ENSAR Group received an award for Excellence in Promoting Superior Energy Performance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. . . . CTL[bar]Thompson has been selected to provide geotechnical and design investigations for the Lakewood Family Housing project, an affordable housing building for families on the northeast corner of Pierce Street and West 17th. Avenue. . . . Michael Katz, vice president of commercial banking for U.S. Bank in Denver, is among the top 5 percent of approximately 400 U.S. Bank commercial bankers who were honored for excellent performance in 2004. He was recognized for creating strong, trusting relationships with business customers and new business for U.S. Bank.
Expansions, new businesses
Ent Federal Credit Union opened a new service center in Falcon. . . . The Bank of Denver recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the bank's new headquarters at 810 E. 17th Ave. The building is scheduled for completion in December. . . . Europa Home Collection opened at 310 Steele St., Denver. . . . MBD has opened a new business technology center called The Works at 3003 Arapahoe St. . . . CTL[bar]Thompson has added 5,000 square feet of office and laboratory space to its existing 10,000-square-foot location in Colorado Springs. The new space will accommodate expanded engineering capabilities.
Executives
James F. Buckles was named executive director of the Rocky Mountain chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Based in Denver, he will oversee the activities of JDRF in Colorado and areas of Wyoming and Montana. . . . Centura Health appointed the following executives: Erin Denholm was named chief executive officer of Centura Health at Home. Karen Hoskins was named chief executive officer of Centura Health Senior Services; Bob Fling, vice president, construction; Jackie Driscoll, vice president of payor relations for the revenue management division; and Robert Friedman, vice president of performance solutions in the revenue management division. . . . Schaeffer Mfg. Co. promoted Jamie Duke to vice president, corporate and export sales. He is based in Denver. . . . PRO Hardware named Shari Kalbach managing director. . . . IPtimize, Inc., a managed VoIP services provider, promoted Clinton J. Wilson to company president. . . . Greg Baker was appointed vice president and managing director, Americas and Europe sales, for Sirenza Microdevices, and Robert Pinato was appointed vice president and managing director, Asia sales. . . . Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc. hired Melissa Canaday as vice president of education and Jacque Williams as director of communications and special events. . . . Gold Fields Ltd. appointed Jim Komadina to senior vice president- development projects. . . . Freshies Food Corp., a producer of all-natural, nonalcoholic drink mixers, appointed Steven Barton as chairman of the executive committee and Nicolle Pratt as chief financial officer. . . . Mark VII Equipment promoted Craig Campbell to vice president of sales and marketing and Sandy Bass to general manager of the Rocky Mountain region. . . . Policy Studies Inc. promoted Chrissy Brogdon-Dingeldine to vice president of full-service child support operations. . . . Cimarex Energy Co. promoted Joseph R. Albi to executive vice president of operations and Gary R. Abbott to vice president-corporate engineering. . . . Cara McDonald was named deputy editor of 5280 magazine.
Grants
The Heuga Center, a national nonprofit organization based in Edwards, was awarded a $25,000 grant from HealthOne Alliance to support educational and wellness programs for people and families living with multiple sclerosis. The grant will be used to support a five-day CAN DO program, to be held in Vail on Oct. 9-11 and a one-day JUMPSTART program that will be held, tentatively, May 21 in Denver. . . . LMC Community Foundation received two grants on behalf of Exempla Lutheran Medical Center totaling $150,000 from the Boettcher Foundation and the Caring for Colorado Foundation. Both grants will support LMC Community Foundation's $7.5 million capital campaign to construct a 24-private room hospice care center on the campus of Exempla Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge. . . . ADA Technologies was awarded two Small Business Innovation Research grants totaling $825,000. The U.S. Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, awarded the company $600,000 for Phase II research related to development of an effective technology to treat contaminated bilge water. A $225,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is for development of a reactive scrubbing technology to remove mercury from low volume gas streams. . . . McKesson Health Solutions and McKesson Provider Technologies, both business units of McKesson Corp., awarded a total of $50,000 in grants to eight Denver-area nonprofit organizations: Alicia Sanchez Elementary, Lafayette; Clinica Campesina Family Health Services, Lafayette; Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation; The Haven-Addiction Research and Treatment Services; Inner City Health Center; Mount Saint Vincent Home; Rocky Mountain Youth MNC; and SafeHouse Denver.
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E. Joseph Benz III / Associate, Townsend and Townsend and Crew
CAPTION: Jude Biggs / Administrative partner, Holland & Hart
CAPTION: James F. Buckles / Executive Director, Rocky Mountain chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
CAPTION: Erin Denholm / Chief Executive Officer, Centura Health at Home
CAPTION: Shari Kalbach / Managing Director, PRO Hardware
CAPTION: Cecil E. Morris / Director share holder, Pendleton, Friedberg, Wilson & Hennessey
CAPTION: Aaron Pomeroy / Associate, Holland & Hart
CAPTION: Laurie Ronholdt / Attorney, Snell & Wilmer
CAPTION: Sherin Sakr / Attorney, Snell & Wilmer
CAPTION: Daniel S. Young / Associate, Townsend and Townsend and Crew
