Garden of the Gods Club named Erik Pedersen food and beverage director. Pedersen has more than 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Most recently, he served as assistant general manager at Hiwan Golf Club in Evergreen, Colo., where he was responsible for all aspects of club operations. Pedersen has a bachelor’s degree in [...]

Lauren Larson is the new director of the division of registrations at the Department of Regulatory Agencies. Larson comes to DORA with nearly two decades of experience in business and public policy analysis and consulting, including nine years at the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget in Washington, D.C. At DORA, [...]

John Suits has been named system service line director, community outreach and public policy director with Centura Health. He was previously director of business development and government relations for Memorial Health System. Neal McCraw has joined Merrick & Company as a senior account executive for the nuclear services and technology team. McCraw will be responsible [...]

Leann Hemenway has been named vice president and branch manager of the Colorado Springs Banking Center for First Commercial Bank, at 115 N. Tejon Street. She has more than 15 years of banking experience and has lived in the El Paso County area for 16 years. Her focus for the Southern Colorado market will be [...]

Garden of the Gods Club named Steven Weber its new executive chef. He completed advanced courses at the Culinary Institute of America, where he focused on individual European pastries, confectionery work and advanced cake decorating techniques. He refined his culinary skills in Europe, where he served as an executive and personal chef for nearly 10 [...]

Rich Lucas was promoted to program manager at Infinity Systems Engineering, which was recently awarded an $8.2 million contract with the U.S. Air Force and through the 4th Space Operations Squadron System Engineering Services contract. He will oversee the contract execution. The Infinity team will provide Milstar/Advanced Extremely High Frequency strategic communications support services, tactical [...]

The American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado named its 2012-2013 board officers: Michael Ellsberry, MKE Engineering, will serve as president; Greg Roush, Leonard Rice Engineers, will serve as vice president; and Peter Monroe, Monroe & Newell Engineers, will serve as secretary/treasurer. Board members are: Mel Dahlberg, Bohannan-Huston; Murray McBride, McBride Engineering; and Brian Robertson, [...]

Cylinda Walker has joined Harris Group Realty as a broker associate. She has more than 10 years of property management and real estate sales experience. Bryan Spiess, Farmers Insurance agent in Colorado Springs, has completed the Career Agents Course at the University of Farmers training facility in Agoura Hills, Calif. The university is national in [...]