Wendell Joins Wattson Breevast

Eli Wendell has been named project manager for Wattson Breevast, a Newport Beach-based development company. He previously worked for Koll Development Co., focusing on industrial and office buildings in Southern California.

* Robert C. Caldwell is the new chief executive officer of Coastal Communities Hospital and Santa Ana Hospital Medical Center, both Tenet Healthcare Corp. hospitals. He previously served as chief executive of a Tenet-owned facility in Phoenix and worked at St. Joseph Hospital in Omaha.

* Alec Abbott has joined the Newport Beach CPA firm of Squar, Milner & Reehl to assist with the expansion of the company’s Financial Services division. Abbott has more than 15 years’ experience in investment, insurance and financial planning.