• Beth Walker, chairwoman of the marketing department at Arizona State University, has been named dean of the Colorado State University College of Business.
• GLBT Community Center of Colorado, appointed J. Ryann Peyton director of the center’s legal & training program.
• Scrum Alliance appointed Lisa Hershman as a member on the board of directors.
• Jackson Lewis P.C. announced that Ryan P. Lessmann has been elevated to managing shareholder of the Denver office.
•Michael Shotnik, branch manager at Colorado Mortgage, has been named as one of Young Guns for 2015 by Mortgage Professional America magazine.
• Cactus promoted Jeff Strahl to creative director and the addition of Megan Campbell, Claire Gipson and Shea Tullos to its creative department.
• Ulteig hired Tyler Haydel as an associate project manager.
• Woods & Aitken LLP hired Laura J. Sova as an associate in the Denver office.
• Patrice & Associates named Don Sunday to run day-to-day operations in the recently opened Denver franchise.
• Morrissey Goodale LLC announced the Principal Consultant Nick Belitz has earned the Certified Valuation Analyst designation from National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.
• IMA Inc. announced that Travis Murtha has joined as a marketing specialist and claims attorney.
• The Colorado Bankers Association recently recognized Don Tomoi, Bank of Colorado; Danielle Vaughan, FirstBank; and Lonnie Parsons, ANB Bank, as the 2015 Bankers of Distinction.
• Robert Half promoted Karen Policastro to senior vice president and Katie Essman, vice president.
• Patrice Hauptman was recently selected as the new executive director of the Colorado Ovarian Cancer Alliance.
• UQM Technologies Inc. promoted Josh M. Ley to vice president of engineering.
• Jason A. Crow of Holland & Hart, is the recipient of the University of Denver’s Ammi Hyde Award for Recent Graduate Achievement.
• Charlie Farrell, chief executive officer of Northstar Investment Advisors LLC, has joined the board of directors for the Mountain Area Land Trust.
