Jerry Buffington has been appointed executive vice...
Jerry Buffington has been appointed executive vice president of Oaktree Development Co., San Diego. He has held key positions in construction management for major real estate firms in San Bernardino and Orange counties.
Caroline Williams, a senior vice president at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, a Wall Street investment banking firm, has been named a director of the Hammond Co., based in Newport Beach.
William H. Claus III has been appointed vice president of sales and marketing for W & A Builders, Santa Monica.
Thomas P. Hobbs has been promoted to senior vice president and chief executive officer of Century American Corp., Orange.
Ronald A. Altoon, founding principal of the Los Angeles-based Altoon & Porter Architects, has been chosen by Progressive Architecture magazine to serve as one of four jurors for its annual Advertising Awards program. Initial judging will take place on Thursday.
Lee Wangerin, previously with Healthwest, has joined the architectural firm of Rochlin & Baran Associates Inc., Los Angeles, as project manager and senior planner.
John Shumway has been promoted to executive vice president and director of commercial/industrial studies for Market Profiles, Costa Mesa.
S. Ross Gentry has been named first vice president and the director of the commercial properties division of Angeles Real Estate Management Co., a property management subsidiary of Angeles Corp., Los Angeles.
Beth Sale has been promoted to assistant vice president of GMAC Mortgage Corp.’s western region. Sale most recently served as manager of the firm’s Southern California loan closing department.
Gary Pierson, formerly the director of purchasing for Meister Development, has been named the new purchasing director for EPAC of Long Beach.
Herbert Sterzer has been awarded the MREC (Master, Real Estate Consultant) designation by the National Institute of Real Estate Consultants.
Kay Lund Hildebrandt and Janet Lowe have been appointed assistant vice presidents at Beam & Associates of Orange.
