PEOPLE IN BUSINESS

1Marla Fielder has been named pharmacy merchandising director for Kroger’s southwest division. Fielder is responsible for the division’s pharmacy operations, which include more than 200 locations.

1Akshai Ramakrish

nan, structural project manager, is joining the JQ Infrastructure Houston team. Ramakrishnan will be working on the Singing Hills Recreation Facility for the city of Dallas, and a new hospital in Conway, Ark. The JQ Infrastructure engineering firm provides structural, civil, environmental and surveying services to municipal and industrial clients in the critical water resources and infrastructure markets.

1Schramm, a manufacturer of mobile landbased hydraulic drill rigs, has appointed Kelly

Shideler to be oil and gas business development manager based in Houston.

1Anne Dinh has been appointed to vice president at Memorial City Bank.

1Hoover Slovacek announced the election of Michael Ballases and Patrick G. Drake to partner. Ballases and Drake are members of the firm’s civil litigation section.

1Tom Eckel has been promoted to national sales manager at Ranger Steel Services.

1Trammell Crow Co. announced that Jeremy Garner and Davis Griffin have been promoted to principal within the firm’s Houston Business Unit. Garner will continue to lead the development of speculative and build-tosuit industrial projects throughout Houston. Griffin will focus on health care and retail development throughout Central and Southeast Texas.

1K. Todd Montgom

ery has been elected vice president, corporate planning and services, for Murphy Oil Corp.

1Jeff Clark has joined Oakbrook Builders, a design-build general contracting company with offices in The Woodlands and Round Rock.

1LifeGift, a not-forprofit organ and tissue donation agency that

recovers organs and tissues for individuals needing transplants in 109 Texas counties, has

named Brian Roe as the managing director of tissue services.

1Sheldon Stevenson has been promoted to senior broker at Boxer Property.

1Westbury Christian School has hired Mark

Krimm to serve as head coach for the Wildcats football team.

1The Hotel & Lodging Association of Greater Houston has elected

Helen Bonsall, general manager at DoubleTree by Hilton Houston Hobby, to lead the organization as its 2014 board of directors chairperson.

1Project GRAD Houston, a longstanding education nonprofit, has named Anne Sung as chief strategy officer.

1Apache Corp. announced the appointment of Amy H. Nelson to its board of directors. Nelson is president and founder of Greenridge Advisors, an energy services and equipment consulting firm focused on the development, execution and financing of growth strategies.

1Jonathan Shaw has been named director of business development with Gallant Builders.

1JE Dunn Construction announced the addition of Michael Maximchuck as an estimator

and Bonnie Wilson and David Nolan as senior

estimators.

1Dhanup Kandara

pally has joined UHY Advisors as a senior manager in the firm’s management and technology consulting department.

1Mohr Partners, a global corporate real estate advisory firm, announced the opening of an office in Houston, appointing Lance Mc

Carthy and Kevin Barr as managing partners.

1Nick Thompson has joined Yetter Coleman as an associate focused on commercial litigation and appeals.

1Paula Bruns has been promoted to vice president with Colvill Office Properties. Bruns is responsible for leasing and marketing 4.9 million square feet of office properties in the Houston area, including 1100 Louisiana, 811 Louisiana, One Shell Plaza, 601 Travis and 1001 Fannin.

1Bracewell & Giuliani announced the election of six Houston members to the partnership. The new partners are Christopher L. Dodson, Jason M. Jean, Clark Stockton Lord, David W. Morris, Michael De Voe Piazza

and Christopher A.

Shield. Dodson focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation. Jean advises public and private businesses in the financial services sector, upstream and midstream energy sector, and other sectors. Lord’s practice spans the public and private sectors. He serves special districts and governmental clients in a variety of areas ranging from general counsel to bond issuances. Morris focuses his practice on commercial and intellectual property litigation. Piazza’s practice focuses on transactions in the financial, oil and gas and electric power industries. Shield’s practice focuses on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation with an emphasis on patent and trademark disputes regarding ecommerce and website technology.

1Chamberlain

Hrdlicka announced that Brett Berly, Josh Bowlin, Larry Carbo and Phyllis Guillory have been designated equity shareholders, while Ryan

Cantrell was named income shareholder. Berly, a member of the firm’s trusts & estates team, represents high net worth individuals and fiduciaries of trusts and estates. Bowlin is a construction and commercial litigator. Carbo maintains a commercial litigation practice, focusing on representation of financial institutions, corporations and other business entities. Guillory represents both public and private business entities, trusts and individuals in a variety of industries. Cantrell focuses his litigation practice on labor and employment litigation, governmental defense, commercial litigation and construction litigation and arbitration.

1Keith Barger has been hired as managing director in the Houston office of BDO Consulting, expanding the firm’s forensics technology services practice.

1Sienna Plantation has

named Derek Goff as its development manager where he will assist a management team in the continued residential development of the Fort Bend master-planned community. 1The industrial team of John Simons and

Holden Rushing has joined NAI Houston to head-up the firm’s industrial corporate services division.

1John F. Lewis Jr. has been named executive administrator for Houston Tomorrow.

1OKRA, the Organized Kollaboration on Restaurant Affairs, has hired Jay Rascoe as general manager of the OKRA Charity Saloon to replace Mike Criss, who will open entertainment-focused bar The Nightingale Room next month at 308 Main.

1Somesh Singh has been named chief product officer of Paradigm, an oil field services company with a large presence in Houston.

1Keri Schmidt, president and CEO of the Fort Bend Chamber, was appointed to board of directors of the Texas

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1The CEO NetweaversHouston Chapter announces its 2014-2016 board of directors:

Bodene Orr of Leader Impact Group is president; John Vandy is vice president; Rebecca

Cooke of RoundTableau is treasurer; and Spyros

Catechis is director and secretary.

1Clay Border has joined Oxane Materials, a Houston-based marketer and manufacturer of advanced ceramic proppant, as vice president of sales.

1Tim Mayo has joined Grand View Builders as vice president of operations. Mayo will manage the sales team, expand new community offerings and lead product development.

1Kyla Wilder has joined the Strong Firm as an associate attorney.

1Gail Prather has been named managing director of tax at GBH CPAs.

1The International Facility Management Association has hired Arsala Khatri as controller and

Jonathan Camara as

Web designer.