MOVERS & SHAKERS
HIRINGS & PROMOTIONS | NEWS & ANNOUCEMENTS | AWARDS & RECOGNITION | CORPORATE GIFTS & PHILANTHROPY
MAY 24, 2007

Alfredo Ayuyao
Fifield Companies, an Irvine-based, national urban development firm, has appointed Alfredo Ayuyao as senior vice president of operations.

Jamie Bolduc
Keystone Pacific Property Management, Inc. has appointed Jamie Bolduc as activities director for the Crystal Cove Community in Newport Coast.

Greg Brown
Rancho Santa Margarita-based Melissa Data, a data quality software and services provider, has appointed Greg Brown director of marketing.

Hugh Christensen
Hugh Christensen of Irvine-based HBLA Certified Public Accountants, Inc. has been appointed to The Commission on Forensic Education.


Alan Freisleben
Alan Freisleben, senior partner of the law firm Picker, Chow & Freisleben has been appointed vice chair of the city of San Juan Capistrano Water Advisory Commission.




Lori Lewis
KBS Realty Advisors, a Newport Beach commercial real estate investment advisers firm, has promoted Lori Lewis to executive vice president, director of portfolio operations.

Susan Matsui Matsuda
Attorney Susan Matsui Matsuda has joined Rutan & Tucker LLP, California’s largest full-service law firm based in Orange County, as a partner in the firm’s real estate section.

Thomas Scheers
Jamboree Housing Corp., an Irvine-based affordable housing developer, has appointed Thomas Scheers to CFO.

David Shimoni
Networks In Motion, Inc., a wireless navigation and location-based services company, has appointed David Shimoni to the newly created position of senior vice president of worldwide sales.

Don Spargur
Hahn & Bowersock of Costa Mesa has appointed Don Spargur to national sales director.



Hirings & Promotions
Steven Handel, Ph.D., the lead ecologist on the Orange County Great Park Design Studio, has been appointed to adjunct professor of ecology at UC Irvine…

PrimeGen Biotech LLC has appointed distinguished biomedical researcher and leader in epigenetic and transgenic science Dr. Rudolf Jaenisch to its scientific advisory board…

USA Water Polo has appointed Keith Walker as its new director of marketing and communication….

Rancho Santiago Community College District has appointed Sylvia LeTourneau as assistant vice chancellor of information technology services…

Deborah Fryman has been appointed communications and marketing manager for Jamboree Housing Corp., a nonprofit affordable housing developer headquartered in Irvine….

MyPrint Corp. has promoted Vincent Randazzo to senior vice president of operations…

The board of trustees of Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens in San Clemente has appointed Jan McKay as executive director…

El Pollo Loco has promoted John Phillips to vice president of franchise restaurant opening group, Mark Hardison to vice president of marketing, Julie Weeks to vice president of communications, Patsy Estis to vice president of human resources and Mark Landouw to director of operations services. OCM


News & Announcements
The 10th annual Ride the Coast, chili tasting and concert benefiting the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Ana will take place on Sunday, June 24. The 70-mile motorcycle ride will begin at 8 a.m., ending with a concert presented by the Kenny Hale band. For information and online registration, visit ridethecoast.com….

Céfiore, a newly developed nonfat Italian yogurt shop, held its official grand opening in Newport Beach….

The Jamboree Housing Corp., Anaheim officials and enthusiastic community members broke ground on the future site of the Monarch Pointe Apartment Homes, part of the Central Anaheim Neighborhood revitalization project. The new project will provide affordable housing units for 63 families. For information, visit jamboreehousing.com ...

Olive Crest Homes & Services for Abused Children, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing child abuse and protecting at-risk youth, has launched its national “Keeping Children Safe” and “Cuidar a Nuestros Ninos” campaigns. The announcement has been accompanied by the launch of the “Keeping Children Safe” website and toll free hotline for reporting cases of child abuse. For more, visit KeepingChildrenSafe.com. OCM

Awards & Recognition
The Mission Viejo Community Foundation hosted its inaugural ball to honor outstanding individuals and businesses in the community with a philanthropic award. The Hollywood-style event included honorees such as Cox Communications for corporate philanthropy, Norman P. Murray for the individual lifetime achievement award, and Rancho Mission Viejo for the corporate lifetime achievement award…

United Way of America President and CEO Brian Gallagher spoke to some 90 OC United Way leadership donors, board members and United Way staff, applauding the leadership role Orange County United Way has taken among the 1,300 local United Ways throughout the country…

CalOptima, Orange County’s health plan offering insurance coverage for people in Medi-Cal, Medicare, California’s Healthy Families and its own Healthy Kids programs, awarded the 2007 Mary K. Dewane Safety Net Award to the Orange County Rescue Mission for providing highly accessible, preventative, primary and specialized health care to homeless and underserved families…

Mike Harrah of Caribou Industries, Inc. in Santa Ana received the Making a Difference Award at the Bright Futures Ball, held annually by the Child Abuse Prevention Center. OCM


Corporate Gifts & Philanthropy
The Cystic Fibrosis Guild welcomed 500 guests to their 24th Annual Gala, raising $550,000 net for cystic fibrosis research and care. Sue Hook, the gala chairman also awarded Dr. Myron, Carol and Megan Kanofsky the foundation’s prestigious “Breath of Life” award…

The Joan Irvine Smith and Athalie R. Clarke Foundation made a $1 million gift to the new School of Law at the University of California, Irvine. This is the law school’s first leadership gift and will support the establishment of the law library’s core collection….

The North American Foundation for the Cure of Diabetes raised $175,000 at its 6th annual Taste for the Cure held at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach. The funds will support innovative diabetes research and the first-ever islet cell transplantation program at UCI Medical Center…

Bloomingdale’s partnered with the Orange County Performing Arts Center and its education and community outreach programs for its benefit opening at South Coast Plaza. The gala attracted than 850 guests and raised $155,000…

The Valiant Women support group of Mission Hospital hosted its 11th annual fundraising event and raised proceeds of more than $105,000 for the Mission Maternity Center and nursing scholarships. OCM