Barbi Sinasek, formerly an asset manager for...

Barbi Sinasek, formerly an asset manager for the Koll Co., has joined Elliott Corp., Newport Beach as vice president of business development. She is a member of the U. S. Olympic Committee for Orange County.

G.F. Armstrong, co-founder of Ridgewood Development Inc. and previously vice president for the Costa Mesa-based firm, has been named president, succeeding Harriet Harris, who now assumes the position of chairman of the board.

Ted Cox, formerly with M. J. Brock & Soms Inc. where he served as vice president/division manager of the Los Angeles residential branch, has been appointed president and chief executive officer of W&A; Builders Inc., a subsidiary company of Watt Industries, Santa Monica.

Melanie J. May has been named vice president of marketing for Leisure Technology, Los Angeles. She first joined the firm in 1981 as director of financial planning and was promoted to vice president and assistant to the chairman in 1984.

Fred H. Claridge has been appointed president of the acquisition and development division of North American Realty Investment & Development Corp., Los Angeles.

John Chubbic has joined Kvaas Construction Co. Inc., San Diego, as project manager.

Bruce M. Furniss has been named sales associate in the company’s San Gabriel regional office.

Joseph M. de Callier, an insurance executive, has joined Korn/Ferry International’s national real estate division, headquartered in Los Angeles, as managing associate.

Charles J. Pedrotti has joined GuildCraft Corp. in City of Commerce, as director of marketing.

Dennis C. Whitlow has been appointed director of operations for Plasier Investment Services Inc., Los Angeles, and general partner.

Carole Keller has been appointed director of sales and marketing for The Colony at Mandalay Beach near Oxnard.

Frank Wayne has been appointed regional manager of Meyer Investment Properties Inc., Anaheim.

James M. McWee has been named to replace Russell C. Weber, retired, as senior vice president and director of inspection services at LeRoy Crandall & Associates, Los Angeles.

Terry Fitzsimmons has joined McKellar Development of La Jolla as a project sales manager. He previously worked for Century 21 and Developers Marketing Associates of San Diego.

Jane Glenn Haas, former writer with the Orange County Register, has joined the Irvine Co., Newport Beach, as manager of corporate communications.

Ellen Jones Burson, formerly with Lewis & Associates and also a director of communications for Ernest W. Hahn Inc., has formed her own company, EJB Communications, a full-service marketing consulting group based in Marina del Rey.

Barry A. Berkus, founder and president of Berkus Group Architects, Santa Barbara, has been named one of 12 judges for the 1985 Builder’s Choice Awards program sponsored by Builder magazine. Others include Herbert S. McLaughlin, Kaplan/McLaughlin/Diaz, San Francisco; Roland F. Osgood, Irvine Pacific Development Co., Newport Beach; Joseph M. Whelan, Portola Valley Associates, San Francisco.

Marilyn McDougal Idema, a veteran of commercial property management, has been named general manager of Marina Pacifica Mall, on Pacific Coast Highway at Second Street in Long Beach.

John E. Parady has been elected senior vice president/corporate information systems for Ticor, Los Angeles; Donald E. Walters and H. Collyer Church have been elected senior vice presidents of Ticor Title Insurance and will continue as senior title counsels.

Jerry Provansal has been promoted to operations manager for the San Diego office of Environmental Care Inc.

Richard S. Stanson has been appointed a trustee and member of the board of trustees for Sierra Capital Realty Trust IV. He is general manager of the firm’s Los Angeles office.

Alan Dunn has been promoted to assistant project manager of the Los Angeles residential division of M. J. Brock & Sons Inc., Los Angeles; Caroline Nare is the new administrative manager.

Lon Adams has been appointed director of relocation services for Neil Adams Associates, Woodland Hills.

David P. Garris has been appointed president of Monarch Beach Realty in Monarch Beach.

Ronald C. Metzler has been named project manager for Century American Corp, Orange.

Carole Spignese has joined the RREEF Funds, Los Angeles, a real estate pension fund with 21 property management offices across the country.

Keith MacRae has been named center manager for Beverly Center, Los Angeles.

David P. Kuivanen has been named an associate with the architectural firm of Salerno/Livingston & Partners, San Diego; Sally Norton Hersey has joined the firm as a project architect.

Marvin J. Malecha, dean of the School of Environmental Design at Cal Poly Pomona, has been appointed to the Masters Jurors Council for the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.

Milton M. Gordon, mortgage banker and former financial advisor to Gov. Edmund G. “Pat” Brown, has been appointed to the Board of Investments of the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Assn.

Stephan M. Rose has joined Leo A. Daily, Los Angeles, as Western regional manager of computer systems.

Ken Shafie has been named property manager for the Riverside and San Bernardino county commercial real estate holdings of American Development Corp., Palm Springs.

Bob York is the new sales manager for Resort Villas, Lawrence Welk Resort Villas, Escondido.

K. Richard Zweifel, acting associate dean of Cal Poly’s School of Architecture and Environmental Design for the past year, has been named permanently to the post.

Leon M. Duletsky has been named a new associate of Woodford & Bernard Architects, San Diego; Kenneth D. Wynn has joined the firm as marketing manager.