PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
Kurt Emshousen has joined Transwestern as chief administrative officer. Emshousen also has been appointed to the commercial real estate firm’s executive committee and board of directors.
Jon Fayard has joined CBRE as sales director for the Houston region. In this newly created position, Fayard will oversee sales management strategy and implementation for the occupier advisory and transaction services business.
Mehmood Daya has been promoted to executive partner at the Houston general office of New York Life Insurance Co.
Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap specializing in serving institutional and major private real estate investors, has expanded its national team of advisers with the addition of Jennifer Campbell. Campbell will work as an associate director with IPA Texas director Nester Clark in the firm’s Houston office.
Johnston LLC, a multidiscipline architectural and engineering firm based in Houston, announced new employees. Jalal Zeitoune joined the firmas the practice leader for interior design. Elkin Aguilar has joined the firm as design practice leader in architecture. Melissa Wright has joined the firmas director of marketing.
Amanda Hansen has joined the Houston Golf Association as vice president of marketing and communications. She is responsible for driving growth in all charitable programs including the Shell Houston Open, the
First Tee of Greater Houston, H GA Junior Golf, HGA Academic Scholarships and HGA membership.
Peter R. Huntsman, president and CEO of Huntsman Corp., has been named to the Memorial Hermann Health System board of directors, effective Jan. 1.
Brad Burke, managing director of the Rice University Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, was named executive director of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers, which represents more than 225 university entrepreneurship programs. Founded in 1996, the consortium is now housed at Rice.
Sophia James hasbeen appointed vice president of advancement and corporate partnerships at Neuhaus Education Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting reading success.
Katherine A. Ormond has been name dan associate at the architectural firm of Glassman Shoemake Maldonado Architects, where she manages the design, development and coordination of a variety of projects.
Kimberly Hohman has joined Beth Wolff Realtors Real Living as a Realtor associate.
Patrick Pacheco has joined Cadence Bankas executive vice president and trust executive.
McIver Properties, a San Antonio-based commercial real estate firm, announced the opening of its Houston office. Tal McIver, son of founder Tom Mc Iver, has been named Houston principal.
Greg Picarazzi has been appointed food and beverage manager at Hotel Icon, a Marriott Autograph Collection property near Market Square Park.
Alyssa McGuire has joined the Signorelli Co. as marketing coordinator for the residential and homebuilding divisions.
Jose Ocque has joined the sales team of Weichert, Realtors-Wayne Murray Properties.
Kent McAllister has been promoted to president, offshore business unit, at Wood Group Mustang.
Lugen buhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard has added a newbusiness immigration practice with the hiring of associate
Alla Nowowiejski. Nowowiejski focuses on U.S. immigration and nationality law. She helps
both domestic and foreign clients with matters such as business formation, corporate governance and obtaining work visas for employees.
Coats Rose has added three associates. Greer Kuras joins the firm’s public finance and real estate section sections, specializing in the acquisition and development of land, the creation of special purpose districts and the financing of public infrastructure through tax-exempt bonds. Nick Nieto joins the litigation section with a practice focused on construction, surety and real estate law. Kevin Falvo joins the firm’s affordable housing practice group with a practice focused on affordable housing development.
Provident Wealth Advisors has hired Peter Kit zero was an investment adviser representative, Linda Baulch as an investment adviser representative and client services director, and Dallas Andrews as client service specialist. Inter Linc Mortgage Services announced the appointments of David Scheiderich as executive vice president and chief financial officer and Brennan Holland as executive vice president and general counsel.
Gregory R. Lambert, chief knowledge services officer at Jackson Walker, has been chosen as the American Association of Law Libraries’ new vice president/president-elect.
Derrick M. Mitchell, a partner Bracewell & Giuliani, has been elected chairman of the Board of Regents of Texas Southern University.
R. Bradley Forth has joined Northern Offshore as senior vice president and chief financial officer.
Jennifer Devine has joined Mirror Mate as a sales representative in the apartment division for the Texas market. Mirror Mate provides frames that fit over existing bathroom mirrors.
American Electric Technologies announced that Mark Haubert has joined the company as senior vice president, sales and marketing for its M&I Electric business.
The Ellis-Nabors Team, led by Clint Nabors and Mark Ellis, has joined the Cypress office of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene. Other team members are Amy Nabors, Catherine Ellis, Karen Zientek, Diann Nabors, Ainsley Curry and Katie Ellis.