Business People: Corporate Personnel Moves and News [Tulsa World, Okla.]

Feb. 21--Architecture

American Society of Landscape Architects, Oklahoma chapter, has elected Dan Alaback as president.

Other officers for 2010 include Jeff Pugh, president-elect; Jessica Waugh, secretary; Candace Melton, treasurer; Michael Harmon, associate at large; John Mabry, member at large; and Scott Howard, trustee.

Communications

Brothers & Co. has named Alicia Hale Abele as media manager.

Abele has worked at advertising agencies in New York, Dallas and Denver.

Tyler Allen has been named a copywriter. He previously served as campaign director for the IT, Marketing and Communications Department at the University of Oklahoma.

Thomas J. Belk and Richard Garcia have joined the company's graphic design team. Garcia completed an internship with Saatchi & Saatchi X of Springdale, Ark.

Danya Brown has been named an account executive, and will focus on clients in the energy industry. Brown recently completed a two-year rotational program with four different advertising agencies in Chicago and Detroit.

Kristie Bruder joined the company's accounting department, where her primary focus is accounts payable.

Matt Kallay has been hired to assist with video production and editing. Kallay recently completed a one-year internship with GUTS Church.

Buddy Pinneo has returned to Brothers & Co. as a copywriter and producer. Pinneo previously worked at the company from 1994 to 1999.

Matt Reiswig has been named associate creative director for Brothers' interactive services. Reiswig worked previously at Creative State and Winnercomm.

Kelly Robinson has been named a receptionist.

And Kyle Whiteis has been named an account planner. He has logged previous outdoor industry experience at Zebco.

Education

University of Tulsa's School of Nursing at the Collins College of Business has named Margaret Crump as program coordinator of Insure Oklahoma in Tulsa County.

Insure Oklahoma is a state-sponsored health insurance program designed to assist the uninsured in Oklahoma acquire affordable health insurance coverage. This is a newly created position.

Crump previously served as senior vice president of community initiatives and advocacy at the American Lung Association of Central States. Before that, she implemented health-care software for 30 small rural hospitals and worked in corporate wellness.

Financial

Weikel Johnson Parris and Rouse PLLP has named Lisa M. Anderson as tax manager.

Anderson spent the past year at Hinkle & Co. PLLC. Prior to that, she was a recruiter at The Rowland Group for two years and spent eight years at Woodrum Kemendo Tate & Cutie PLLC and four years at Ernst & Young LLP.

Utica Capital Management has named Andrea L. Duke as financial adviser

Duke was previously a financial adviser with Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.

Hospitality

Tulsa Hotel & Lodging Association has elected Michael Frimel, Hotel Ambassador, as president.

Other officers include Jeff Price, Renaissance Tulsa Hotel & Convention Center, vice president; and Jim Barnard, Post Oak Lodge, treasurer.

Immediate past president is Lacey Lamm, Hilton Tulsa Southern Hills.

2010 board members representing properties with more than 200 rooms are James Cunningham, Doubletree Hotel at Warren Place; and Marlin Keranen, Crowne Plaza. Representing properties with fewer than 200 rooms are Mukesh Bhakta, Best Western Inn and Suites; and Steve Nabilsi, Homewood Suites Tulsa South.

At-large board members are Terri Kullerd, Hilton Garden Inn Airport; Stephan Meier, Doubletree Hotel Downtown; Pete Patel, Promise Hotels; and Elias Thompson, Hampton Inn Tulsa South. Representing allied members are Michael Garner, AmSan Oklahoma; and Julia Sullivan, Guest Supply. Honorary board members are John Bolton, BOK Center; Randy Dietzel, Preview magazine; and Amy Huntley, Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce Convention & Visitors' Bureau.

The new executive director of the organization is Trisha Kerkstra with Kerkstra Hospitality.

Insurance

Mid-Continent Group has promoted David Dyke to vice president of claims.

Dyke was most recently assistant vice president of claims. He joined Mid-Continent in September 2002.

Melanie Pancoast has been promoted to vice president-project manager.

Pancoast most recently served as assistant vice president of surety bonds. She joined Mid-Continent in January 1988.

Legal

Best & Sharp Inc. has named Shannon E. Bickham as an associate.

Bickham has been an assistant district attorney with the Tulsa County District Attorney's office since May 2007.

Her practice areas will include medical malpractice defense, general insurance defense litigation and other tort litigation.

Carr & Carr Attorneys has named Michael E. Carr as an attorney with the firm.

Carr works in all phases of litigation from pre-trial litigation to trial work. He earned his law degree from Oklahoma City University.

Cari Bashaw has been named marketing director for the firm. Bashaw has 24 years of marketing and communications experience, having worked in advertising agencies and corporate communications. She previously managed marketing strategy for CommunityCare, Oklahoma Highway Safety Office and Fidelity/Oklahoma Fidelity Bank.

Organizations

American Diabetes Association of Eastern Oklahoma has named Pattie Bowman as chairwoman of the board for 2010-11.

Ryan Walker, Walgreens Co., has been named president.

Other officers include Brian L. Cantrell, Alliance Resource Partners LP, "Concours of the Cure" chairman; Pat Wilson, Statewide General Agency, corporate recruitment chairman for "Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes;" Ron White, Director of Pharmacy Programs; Lisa Price of MidFirst Bank; and Jason Holden of Jackson Technical.

Real estate

Society of Exchange Counselors installed Tulsan Bill Richert as its 2010 president at a banquet Jan. 20 in Las Vegas.

Richert is a partner with NAI Commercial Properties in Tulsa.

The society is a commercial real estate marketing group consisting of approximately 100 investment brokers from various parts of the country who have proven their skills at solving clients' problems. It is headquartered in La Jolla, Calif.

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