PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
Earl Shipp, vice president of operations, U.S. Gulf Coast, Dow Chemical Co., has been appointed to the board of directors at CHI St. Luke’s Health. Brandon Bean has rejoined Avison Young as a vice president specializing in multifamily investment sales. Michael Gillman has been appointed head of the real estate section at Gray Reed. Hans Brindley has been promoted to lead the Houston office of Liberty Property Trust as vice president of leasing and development. EY (Ernst & Young) announced the following promotions: Andi Pritchett to partner in assurance, Beth Colle to partner in assurance, Jon Fife to partner in tax, David Johnston to partner in transaction advisory services, Johnson Parayil to partner in assurance, Brian Thorne to partner in assurance, Michael Watkins to partner in tax, Rachel Everaard to principal in people advisory services, James Phillippe to principal in advisory services, Dean Martin to executive director in people advisory services, Larry Eshleman to executive director in tax and Jena Ross to executive director in tax. Jeff Varney has been promoted to director, advisory services at APQC, a Houston-based benchmarking, best practices, process, and performance management organization. Tim Johnson has joined Land Tejas, a Houston-based developer of master-planned communities, as director of community sales and marketing.