Edgar M. Gillenwaters, former director of private...
Edgar M. Gillenwaters, former director of private banking for Bank of America, has joined the new Walnut Land Co., Torrance, as president and chief executive officer. Gillenwaters served as director of commerce for the State of California under then Gov. Ronald Reagan. He is a USC Life associate and vice chairman of fundraising for its new health science program.
Peter B. Denniston has been appointed senior vice president of development for Homart Development Co., Newport Beach. Denniston is a member of the Urban Land Institute, the National Assn. of Industrial and Office Parks, the Commercial Industrial Council and the UCLA Dean’s Council. Homart’s current projects include the Wilshire Landmark office tower in West Los Angeles.
Douglas E. Buie has been named vice president and chief financial office of the Buie Corp., San Diego. Buie had been assistant treasurer of J. P. Stevens & Co. of New York City. Prior to joining Stevens, he was a vice president at Bankers Trust also in New York. Buie will be responsible for raising venture capital, forming partnerships and devising alternative financing methods for future projects.
Phyllis A. Shess has been appointed vice president and general counsel of Carole Eichen Interiors Inc., the Santa Ana-based model home merchandising firm. Shess will be involved in contract negotiations and some aspects of public relations. She was previously associated with the San Diego law firm of Miller & Gibbs, as well as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
William M. Schnee, Denis Ouelette and James K. Sullivan have joined the Klabin Co., Inglewood-based commercial realty firm that celebrated its 25th anniversary last year.
Abraam Krushkhov, an urban and regional planner with more than 35 years of experience, has affiliated with the Santa Ana architecture and planning firm POD Inc. as a consultant.
Brian Barr has been named director of leasing and acquisition for San Val Development Corp., Sherman Oaks.
Kenneth G. McCord has been named vice president of finance and administration for the Grubb & Ellis Co.’s Pacific Southwest region, Irvine. Jill Greene has joined the firm as public relations coordinator for the region, responsible for Los Angeles and Orange counties.
Harrison Waite III, M. R. (Mim) Scott and James B. Kylstad have been elected to the board of San Diego’s Housing Opportunities Inc.
Mark G. Hoglund has been named chief financial officer of Griffin Realty Corp., Newport Beach. He was formerly with Lincoln Property Co.
Larry Scott has been named an assistant vice president of Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate Services, Los Angeles.
Carol A. Behm has been appointed assistant project coordinator in the San Diego division of the Lusk Co.
Philip A. Hull has been promoted to senior vice president, national production, at AmeriStar Financial Corp., San Diego. He succeeds H. Wayne Perry, who was promoted to president.
Linda Merrifield Howard has acquired The Designing Women, La Canada-Flintridge, and LLS Inc. and is now sole owner and president. The Designing Women is a full-service interior design company.
Linda Wolnex, executive vice president at Interior Design Development Inc., Costa Mesa, has been named head of the firm’s model home merchandising division.
Robert J. Parme has been named an associate with the San Diego architectural firm of Salerno/Livingston & Partners. Eugenia Benet has joined the firm as a project manager.
William D. Sapp has been named managing director of institutional placements at George Smith Financial Services, Century City.
Stephen M. Walbridge, manager of the downtown Los Angeles office of Julien J. Studley Inc., New York-based commercial real estate firm, has been promoted to associate vice president.
Sandy Strom, a specialist in hotel and restaurant design, has been named head of the new commercial interiors division at Carole Eichen Interiors Inc., Santa Ana. Janice Kennedy, with the Eichen firm for 20 years, has also been assigned to the division.
