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Nowak joins BMO bank as senior private banker

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Teresa Nowak BMO Private Bank has announced that Teresa Nowak has joined the Tucson office as a senior private banker. She will be responsible for providing tailored private banking services to high-net-worth individuals, families and organizations, including closely-held and family-owned bu…

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Gloria Rich Staff Matters, a Tucson-owned and -operated firm, has hired Gloria Rich as vice president of the light industrial and administrative staffing services division for the state of Arizona. Rich has more than 20 years of industry experience.

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Angela Brown The Parsons Group has announced that Angela Brown is the new executive director of Hundred Palms Tucson. Brown has worked as a licensed practical nurse since 1974 specializing in geriatrics and memory care. She previously served as assisted-living director at Hundred Palms. Brow…

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Vante's Vogel named chair of AZ Technology Council

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The Arizona Technology Council has elected Roger Vogel, chairman, president and CEO of Tucson-based Vante Medical Technologies, as its board chair. Vogel is the first chairman from a Tucson company for the Phoenix-based council, which has more than 700 members statewide. Vogel joined Vante, …

Michael J. Brandt

The Northwest Fire District's elected governing board approved a contract to name Michael J. Brandt as fire chief. The two-year contract is effective May 28. Brandt has served as the district's interim fire chief since Oct. 6, following the retirement of Jeff Piechura. Brandt has more than 3…

Greg Lanz

Tucson-based Modular Mining Systems has appointed Greg Lanz as general manager, North America. Lanz, who has more than 15 years of experience in mining and information technology, previously was Modular's manager of global sales. He also has prior experience in the North American region as a…

Kim Smith

The Pima County Juvenile Court has chosen Kim Smith as its new public information officer. Smith will act as a liaison between the court and the media, while also keeping members of the general public up to date on programs aimed at helping youths involved in the courts, whether they are goi…

Paul Lofgreen

Arizona Party Rental announced the promotion of Paul Lofgreen from operations manager to vice president and general manager. Before joining the company eight years ago, Lofgreen held positions as warehouse supervisor for Parties Plus, technical support representative for AOL, underground min…

Leah Morin

Arizona Party Rental announced the promotion of Leah Morin from store manager and event specialist to director of showroom operations and senior event specialist. Morin, an eight-year veteran of Arizona Party Rental, worked in the hospitality, restaurant and resort industry. She was catering…

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Clear Channel Tucson taps Tidwell

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Lisa Chavez

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Edward P. "Ted" Maxwell

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IBM elevates engineer Chavez

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Bank of America has named Adriana Kong Romero market president for Tucson and Southern Arizona. Romero "will work with company leaders across the region to help deliver a wide range of global financial services," the bank said in a news release. She also will oversee corporate philanthropic …

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Matt Williams has joined STG Design. He holds a bachelor of science in architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology, as well as both a professional bachelor's and post-professional master's of architecture from the University of Arizona. Williams has worked on projects such as the R…

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Bob Malin has joined Tucson-based Chestnut Construction as director of project development. He will be responsible for marketing, new client development and pre-construction services. Malin's experience includes the planning, development and construction of retail, office, industrial, R&…

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BofA names Romero area market president

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Brian Erstad, professor and interim head in the department of pharmacy practice and science at the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, has been promoted to head of the department. A member of the department since 1988, Erstad has served as interim head since February 2012. He was assi…