Bob Tatum has joined Vitarel Inc. as...

Bob Tatum has joined Vitarel Inc. as president and chief operating officer.

Donald R. Schlecht and Jonathan R. Webster have joined the Rancho Bernardo office of Bateman Eichler, Hill Richards as account executives.

Sarah E. Atkinson has been named vice president of operations for the Chula Vista Marina & RV Park.

John Wilson, second vice president of Guild Financial Express, was elected president of the San Diego Mortgage Bankers Assn.

Craig S. Vokey joined the Bank of La Costa as vice president for commercial loans.

Ron Roberts, executive vice president of SCPA Planning and Architecture, was appointed chairman of the San Diego Planning Commission.

Robert Van Orden was promoted to assistant general manager of the Radisson Hotel.

At Pyropower Corp., Kevin Schwartz was appointed manager of marketing services.

John Bloomfield has been named general manager for the Spin Physics division of Eastman Kodak Co. He replaces Bruce C. Burdick, who was promoted to director of finance for Kodak’s diversified technologies group in New York.

John App, president of Corporate Pension Funding Inc., has been elected to the board of Capital Bank of Carlsbad.

At San Diego Trust & Savings Bank, Robert Brian Olson and Ronald G. Wendel have been named assistant vice presidents.

Jon D. Swinney has been named chief financial officer of First La Mesa Bank, in organization.

R. H. Peck was named general manager of the Horton Grand Saddlery Hotel.

Kathleen Knotts-Lavine, for five years the associate director of the Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Research Bureau, has bought controlling interest in Accu-Shot, which publishes a nationwide guide to golf courses.

James J. Michalik has been named president and John Sands has been appointed vice president of marketing at Southcom International, an Escondido-based subsidiary of Loral Corp.

Kay Hollenbeck has been named vice president-art director at H. Higgins & Co. Inc.

Philip I. Nerhood has been named executive vice president of Hawthorne Machinery Co., while A. Gene Fowler has been named vice president and division manager of the firm’s earth moving division.

Lisa Christ has been named a sales representative at Fidelity National Title Insurance Co.’s local office.

W. M. Necoechea has been appointed vice president-finance at Aerojet General.

Charles A. Florez was appointed marketing director for the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand.

At The Goodkin Group, Alberto Attia and David Adlard have been named senior analysts.

Donna Witherspoon has joined Benedict & Wells as account coordinator.

At Seawest Energy Group Inc., John A. Johansen was named coordinator of new projects.

Sharon K. Taylor has been appointed public information representative for University of California, San Diego, Extension.