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The A Listby Tucson Business Edge on Jan 03, 2007, under Edge, Local

Realty Executives of Southern Arizona has named Sue Cartunchief operating officer. Cartun will manage the majority of day-to-day activities of the company. She formerly was designatedbroker and executive vice president for the company. Cartun is amember of the national executive committee and the governing

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board of the Women's Council of Realtors.

Jennie Grabel has been named Extraordinary Citizen by the Office of the Mayorand City Council. Grabel promotes environmentalism on her morning radio showon 92.9, The Mountain.

Sherry Downer has joined the Tucson office of Fennemore Craig as an associatein the labor and employment practice. Before joining the law firm, she was anassociate at Chandler & Udall in Tucson. Downer is a 2004 graduate of theUniversity of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.

Two Tucsonans have been named finalists for the Governor’s Celebration ofInnovation Awards:

w Bob Hagen of Southern Arizona Technology Council received the William F.Whortor Community Service Leader of the Year Award

w Kathleen M. Perkins of Breault Research Organization received the EdDenison Business Leader of the Year Award

Stephania J. O’Neill has been named chief executive of Compass Health Care.O’Neill has been Compass’ deputy CEO for four years and interim CEO sinceApril. She has worked at La Frontera Center, the Arizona Center for ClinicalManagement and the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention.

R.D. Castillo and Tim Schannep have been elected to the Junior Achievementboard of directors.

Vickie Reason has been elected director at large to the National Association ofProfessional Pet Sitters. Reason is the sole representative from Arizona on theNAPPS board of directors and one of 15 directors. Reason is president andowner of Happy Tails Pet Services, a pet-sitting agency with 35 professionalanimal companions. The 11-year-old Tucson-based business offers daily visits,convalescent care, bed and breakfast, and exercise breaks for a wide array ofanimal companions.

Debbie Wagner, market manager for Clear Channel Communications, has beenelected to the Tucson Advertising Federation’s board of directors for 2006-2007.

Dr. Robert Livingston, a professor of medicine and chairman of the BreastCancer Committee of the Southwest Oncology Group, has joined the faculty of theArizona Cancer Center. In addition to seeing patients, he will collaborate onprojects with physicians and researchers at the Arizona Cancer Center and theUniversity of Washington.

Junior Achievement of Arizona has named Rita Weatherholt as district directorand Angie Record as program manager for the southern district. Weatherholtbrings 25 years of experience in communications and nonprofit management.Record brings 15 years of experience in education and administrativemanagement. Junior Achievement prepares Arizona’s work force by teachingyoung people the values and skills necessary to succeed in life and career.

Frances P. Harris has joined Arizona Hearing Specialists. She has eight years ofexperience as a lecturer, associate professor, assistant department head andsenior lecturer, and adjunct lecturer with the University of Arizona’s Department ofSpeech, Language and Hearing Sciences.

Kelly Howell, a real estate agent at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, won$2,500 as a semifinalist in the national Real Estate Apprentice awards. Finalistsare selected through questions and interviews.

Frank T. Ballesteros has been named executive director at PPEP Foundation.He had been the chief administrative officer for PPEP Microbusiness andHousing Development Corp.

Rose Muzzy has been named regional director of the Arizona chapter of TwilightWish Foundation, a nonprofit organization that celebrates seniors and makesdreams come true.

Elected to the board of directors of The Ronald McDonald House Charities ofSouthern Arizona: Maria Parham of the Arizona Daily Star, president; Johnny N.Helenbolt of Duffield, Young, Adamson & Alfred, vice president; David Lopez-Monroy of Beach, Fleischman & Co., treasurer; and Judy Dye of UniversityMedical Center, secretary. New board members include Michael D. Greenbaumof CyraCom, Juan Marcos Hidalgo of Bashas’ Supermarkets, Michael T.Osborne of McDonald’s restaurants, Shelley Watson of Capital Quest and Dr.Andrew Yeager of the Arizona Cancer

Paige Ryan has been named general manager at Mountain View RetirementVillage. She has experience working in administration in retirement communitiesand nursing homes and previously was administrator at La Cañada CareCenter.Center.

Dr. Kimberly Gerhart has been named assistant professor of clinical pediatrics atthe University of Arizona department of pediatrics. She joined the section ofgeneral pediatrics and will care for children at the Arizona Elks Clinic for Childrenand Young Adults at University Medical Center, the Children’s Center at UPHKino Campus and the Children’s Clinic for Rehabilitative Services. She is

experienced in rural medicine and helping children with special needs.

Canyon Community Bank has named Gigi Boyack a mortgage loan officer in itsHome Loan Center. Boyack has more than 20 years’ experience in the mortgageand banking industry.

KUAT Communications Group has named Chris Ryan as marketing specialist inthe business and membership development department. He will serve as anaccount representative for underwriting clients and will also assist in on-airfundraising. Ryan brings more than 20 years of experience in the advertising andmarketing fields to the position.

Robert Kaplan has joined PICOR Commercial Real Estate Services’ brokerageteam, specializing in apartment and investment properties. Kaplan has five years’experience in multifamily investments. He also has experience in investmentsales representing buyers and sellers of apartments, industrial, office and retail.

Cathy Norris, a registered nurse, received the first Chrysalis Award from TheHaven. The award is given to someone in the community who has madeoutstanding contributions to the lives of those seeking recovery from substance-use disorders. Norris graduated from St. Mary’s Nursing School and from theUniversity of Arizona. She served briefly in the U.S. Army as a pediatric nurse.She graduated from The Haven, a residential treatment facility for womenrecovering from substance use disorders.

Leah Rhey has been named marketing coordinator at Blease Financial Services.Rhey will handle all of the marketing and event planning for Blease. She has morethan eight years of marketing experience.

Stephanie Grisham has been named public affairs specialist for AAA Arizona.Grisham will help with AAA’s public relations, traffic safety initiatives andlegislative efforts.

WaterSTONE Homes has named Gerard Raneri education manager anddesignated broker/sales manager. Raneri’s responsibilities include recruiting,supervising, maintaining and training the sales force. He has been a licensed realestate agent for 13 years.

Drs. Scott Going and Timothy G. Lohman, professors of physiology and publichealth and nutritional sciences at the University of Arizona, have joined theArizona Arthritis Center, a center of excellence at the UA College of Medicine.Loman is researching the development of new methods to estimate fat, bone andmuscle in the human body and how these factors and physical activity affectgrowth, development and aging. Going is studying the role of exercise in obesity

prevention in children.

Jill Knox, associate broker at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, was giventhe outstanding service award by the Tucson Association of Realtors. Knoxserves on the board of directors of the Tucson association and the ArizonaAssociation of Realtors. She raised $2,000 to take the children in the HearthFoundation Shelter shopping for back-to-school clothes and has volunteered onthe poinsettia fundraising drive for the Shalom house.

William N. Poorten III, an attorney with Snell & Wilmer, has been appointed toserve on the Citizens Accountability for Regional Transportation Committee of theRegional Transportation Authority. Poorten’s practice concentrates in commerciallitigation and construction.

Jim Rowley has been named vice president of circulation for Tucson’sNewspapers. He will be responsible for sales, customer service, audiencedevelopment and distribution for the Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Citizen andnumerous niche products produced by the newspapers. He will oversee 115employees and more than 600 carrier routes. Rowley had been vice president ofmarket development for Tucson’s Newspapers since 1997. Tucson’sNewspapers is jointly owned by the Tucson Citizen and the Arizona Daily Star.

Jennifer Underwood has been appointed chapter administrator for the GreaterTucson Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners.Underwood will oversee the chapter office and will be in charge of membership.

The National Association of Women Business Owners has appointed JoyceJaden executive director of the Tucson chapter. Jaden will be involved with thegroup’s development and strategic direction.

Dr. Steven Goldschmid has been named chairman of the department of medicineat the University of Arizona’s College of Medicine. He formerly was chief ofgastroenterology in the department. Goldschmid has plans for significant growthof the department, with continued national prominence in research and clinicalservices.

Kleinhans, Lashbrook & Butler, an accounting firm in Tucson, has named SheriCampbell and Kristie K. Ellis staff accountants.

Paul Edwards has become a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Designaccredited professional. LEED’s Green Building rating system is the nationallyaccepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings.

Dr. G. Marie Swanson, founding dean and professor at The University of ArizonaMel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, has been named to the firstMel and Enid Zuckerman Endowed Chair in Public Health. The position is one ofthree endowed chairs for deans at UA.

Judy Lowe, chief operating officer of Realty Executives, has received the TucsonAssociation of Realtors 2006 realtor of the year award. Lowe also receivedrecognition as Arizona Association of Realtors realtor of the year. She currentlyserves as a director of the Tucson Association of Realtors Multiple ListingService board and as a director of the National Association of Realtors.

Ron Amiran, director for Santa Rita Acres Estates, has been chosen a 2006Congressional Medal of Distinction winner by the National RepublicanCongressional Committee’s Business Advisory Council. Amiran was selectedbased on support of the Republican Party, leadership in business andcontributions to the local economy.

Arizona’s U.S. Export Assistance Centers has named Eric Nielsen statewidedirector. In addition to managing federal export assistance resources in Arizona,Nielsen will continue working with aviation and defense industry exporters.

Glenda Grow has been named director of the Tucson Association of Realtorsboard.

Pima Medical Institute has named Terrill Yuhas information system manager.Yuhas has more than 18 years of IT experience. His community involvementincludes being a board member, as well as IT support, for Tucson RegionalBallet/Academy of Ballet.

Michael D. Parker is the new division vice president of D. R. Horton’s Tucsondivision. Parker, who was most recently division president of Richmond AmericanHomes here, held several management positions with Richmond American,including division executive vice president.

Seven Tucsonans affiliated with The University of Arizona College of Pharmacywere honored by the UA Alumni Association for professional accomplishments orservice to the university. William N. Jones, a pharmacist, received a ProfessionalAchievement Award. Thomas Reed and Dana Reed-Kane, father and daughterpharmacists at Reed’s Compounding Pharmacy, received Distinguished CitizenAwards for their contributions to the profession of pharmacy and pharmacyeducation. Paul Myrdal and Richard Herrier received Extraordinary FacultyAwards for their excellence as faculty members. Jenene Spencer of Fry’s Foodand Drug Stores received an Outstanding Young Alumni Volunteer Achievement

Award for her support of the university. Ali McBride, a UA pharmacy student,received a Student Volunteer Award for his extraordinary service to the university.

James J. “J.T.” Tsighis, associate broker at Realty Executives, received the LifeMembership award from the Tucson Association of Realtors. Tsighis was alsorecognized for his work as co-chair of the organization’s award-winning RealEstate Settlement Procedures Act task force.

Anne Doris has been named vice president of CoxCommunications in southern Arizona. Doris has 18 years ofexperience in the cable television and broadband industry. Dorisis a member of the board of trustees of Tucson RegionalEconomic Opportunities Inc. and the board of directors of theTucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce

Jennie Grabel

Stephania J. O'Neill

Dr. Robert Livingston

Frances Harris

Rose Muzzy

Paige Ryan

Gigi Boyack

Leah Rhey

Gerard Raneri

Jill Knox

William N. Poorten III

Jennifer Underwood

Joyce Jaden

Paul Edwards

Judy Lowe

Eric Neilsen

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