Recent Las Vegas appointments, promotions and honors

Monday, July 19, 1999 | 11:34 a.m.

Recent Las Vegas appointments, promotions and honors:

The Howard Hughes Corp. promoted four executives to the position of senior vice president: Rita Brandin, retail development; J. Patrick Done, properties; Frank Beck, commercial development; and John Potts, Summerlin development.

Michael Holloway is senior vice president and Alan Dill is Nevada survey manager for Poggemeyer Design Group.

Stephen Byrne is president of Del Mar Mortgage.

Kaci Feldman is account manager for the Las Vegas/Summerlin Courtyard by Marriott.

Scott Carter is construction-term mortgage loan officer at First Security Bank's Green Valley Business Financial Center.

New senior vice presidents for Bank of America in Southern Nevada are Jerry Allen, commercial banking market manager; and Chris Kelly, premier banking market manager.

Kathleen Lucero is assistant vice president and real estate loan officer at Pioneer Citizens Bank.

Graphic designer Sean Mahoney opened Mahoney Design.

Dan Gawlik is art director at Hands Ink Advertising.

Susan Smith is an escrow coordinator at Perennial Homes.

Don Hardenstein is vice president of sales administration for GES Exposition Services.

Jan Scarborough opened the Idea Factory, an advertising and public relations firm.

Robert Shiels is vice president of sales at Lake Las Vegas Resort.

Jim Zeiter, managing member of Insight Holdings, was appointed to the Investment Management National Forum of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.

The insurance agency Stratton, Cheeseman & Walsh said it acquired the firm Pomeroy, Sawyer and Paynter.

Jennifer Hendricks is executive vice president of Aspen Financial Services.

Robert Ashworth, Certified Public Accountants, said the firm is now licensed as a CPA WebTrust service provider. This allows the firm to verify that commercial websites maintain privacy, security and sound business practices.

Martha Ashcraft, an attorney at Ashcraft and Heinz LLP, was elected to the executive committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Nevada.

At Community Bank of Nevada, Jay Blood is vice president of commercial lending and John Slater is vice president and branch relationship manager at the 1400 S. Rainbow Blvd. main branch.