Appointments•  West Valley Women, a social networking organization, has announced the appointments of the following four women:Director: Kate Cox, community relations director and operational manager, Heard Museum West Ambassador: Paulette Goldman, information center manager, Estrella by Newland CommunitiesAmbassador: Sharon Levinson, Levinson and AssociatesAmbassador: Christine Siler, president and CEO, Advanced Computer Performance Dana Kennedy, communications director [...]

Awards• Sonoran Visual Media, LLC was awarded the 2007 Cutting Edge Award from the Arizona Society of Association Executives for a 45-second video e-mail they produced to promote attendance at the Southwest Landscape and Nursery Expo.The winning video e-mail, which can be viewed on video-sharing Web site YouTube, was a collaborative effort between members of [...]

New Hires• Anthony Bowman has joined the Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority (Valley Metro/RPTA) as the manager of Transportation Demand Management. He will head the rideshare account team, which works with more than 1,200 employers in the metropolitan Phoenix area in supporting their trip reduction efforts. He is also responsible for the transit outreach [...]

Government• Rep. Steve Gallardo, D-13 has been chosen to serve on the National Labor Caucus of State Legislators’ Advisory Council. Gallardo, who serves as minority whip, has long been involved in labor-related issues, serving as the co-chairman of the successful 2006 campaign to establish a state minimum wage.The National Labor Caucus is a bi-partisan network [...]

Government• Mark Brnovich, assistant U.S. attorney, has been added to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Phoenix to focus on the prosecution of gaming related crimes throughout Arizona.  The joint program, with the Arizona Department of Gaming (ADG) and various Arizona tribal leaders  representing the 19 members of the Arizona Indian Gaming Association, is the first [...]

Awards • LifeLock, a Tempe-based consumer information protection company, is being considered for an inaugural Red Herring 100 Global 2007 Award. LifeLock, most famous for its $1 million service guarantee and the company’s CEO, Todd Harris, giving out his Social Security number in national advertisements, aims to render its customers’ personal information useless to thieves.Red [...]

AwardsThe Arizona Masonry Guild, Inc. announced the winners of its 16th Annual Excellence in Masonry Architectural Awards during a banquet on Oct. 26. The program honored the following 11 projects for outstanding masonry design, workmanship and creativity with the use of brick, block or stone.University of Arizona Roy P. Drachman Hall won the Gold Trowel, [...]

Awards• Ruth A. Unks, risk manager for Maricopa Community Colleges, has been honored with the inaugural Innovative Risk Management Solutions Award from the University Risk Management and Insurance Association (URMIA) at the group’s awards luncheon at the 38th Annual URMIA Conference in Denver.Unks was presented the award for the Maricopa Integrated Risk Assessment (MIRA), a [...]

Awards• Tamara Woodbury, CEO of the Girl Scouts — Arizona Cactus-Pine Council, was awarded the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce 2007 ATHENA Businesswoman of the Year at the Chamber’s 20th Annual ATHENA Award Luncheon held Oct. 25 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa.Woodbury was recognized by the chamber for her leadership in the non-profit [...]

Associations• Jeff Spellman has been elected president for 2008 of the Arizona Parks & Recreation Association. Spellman, a park manager for Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department, oversees the operation of Camp Colley, an outdoor adventure camp located 150 miles north of Phoenix. He has been a member of the organization for more than 20 years.• [...]