PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
1Pamela M. Bridge
man has joined Alloy Metals and Tubes International as vice president of sales.
1Ron Manz has joined Murphy Exploration & Production Co. as vice president, Western Hemisphere-exploration and new ventures.
1George D. Grif
fin III, vice president for housing operations for the Houston Housing Authority, has been appointed a regional vice president of the 18,000-member Institute of Real Estate Management. He will provide oversight for the activities of the institute’s seven chapters in Texas and Oklahoma.
1David Mullins has joined the research staff at CDS Market Research. He has experience in real estate development practices and is involved in market feasibility/ planning and economic analyses for CDS clients.
1Kimberly Roth has joined KPMG as a managing director. Roth will expand the capacity of the firm’s international tax practice and opportunities for growth in the oil, gas and energy industries.
1Karl Farmer has joined the Wells Fargo Plaza office of Abbot Downing as portfolio manager. Abbot Downing is part of Wells Fargo’s wealth, brokerage and retirement group.
1John Wilburn has joined the Center for Houston’s Future as director of strategic initiatives.
1Citi Commercial Bank has promoted Alale Allal to senior vice president, market director for Citi Business Banking in Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston. He will focus on supporting small and midsize businesses.
1Jeff Presnal has joined Cypressbrook Co. as development principal, providing overall management and direction of the development program.
1Karen St. John has been named group vice president-environment at the International Association of Geophysical Contractors.
1Vincent Obregon has been named associate vice president and engineering department manager for the HNTB Houston office.
1Resources Global Professionals has hired
Tim Eng as managing consultant in its Houston office. Eng will provide clients with health care and financial services expertise.
1Greg Foley has been promoted to director of business development for Texas operations at Stonebridge, a business and technology services company.
1N. Douglas Fluke has been named chief operating officer at The Plaza Group, an inter- national petrochemical marketing company.
1John Black has been appointed president and CEO of Houston Community Management Services, part of the Associa community management services firm.
1Elisa Grainger has been appointed chief financial officer of American Spectrum Realty.
1Aaron Swanson has joined Diversified Well Logging as chief operations officer.
1B. Michael Becker has been appointed to the board of directors of The Men’s Wearhouse. Becker is a director at Vitamin Shoppe.
1Holli C. Ladhani has been appointed to the board of directors at Rosetta Resources. Ladhani is executive vice president-chemical technologies for Rockwater Energy Solutions.
1Barbara J. Duganier has been appointed to the board of directors of Buckeye GP, the general partner of Buckeye Partners.
1Greg Marconi has joined Stream Realty Partners as a member of the firm’s office tenant representation team.
1Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. announced planned management changes. The following changes will be effective Dec. 1 in conjunction with the retirement of Rick Roberts as senior vice president of manufacturing: Dan
Coombs will become senior vice president manufacturing; Ron
Corn will become senior vice president, specialties, aromatics and styrenics; and Jim Telljohann will become vice president, corporate planning and development. Effective Feb. 1, Mike Zeglin will become vice president, Qatar, and Jim Becker will become executive president, Saudi Polymers Co. Effective Jan. 1, Bob
Rhoades will become Asia/Pacific Region general manager. Effective Feb. 15, Scott Sharp will become senior vice president, projects.
1Marcia Preston has joined the executive board of directors of Including Kids, a nonprofit program
for children with autism.
1Attorney John
R. Walker has joined Kelley Kronenberg as a partner in the Houston office. Walker focuses his practice on the defense of claims brought under the Longshore and Harbor Act, the Defense Base Act, the Non-Appropriated Funds Instrumentalities Act, the Jones Act and General Maritime and Admiralty Law.
1Chi Ali has joined VendorSafe Technologies as inside sales manager.
1The Houston Trial Lawyers Association installed Peter M. Kelly of Kelly, Durham & Pittard as its 2013-2014 president. Dax F. Garza of Dax F. Garza was elected president-elect, and Annie McAdams of Steelman & McAdams was elected secretarytreasurer.
1Pamela Guillote, president of America Commercial Real Estate, has been appointed to the Texas Association of Realtors commercial, board of governors, for 2014. The Chronicle lists appointments to executivelevel positions in Houston. Send announcements to katherine.feser@chron.com.