Alexander Named ORCO President and CEO

ORCO Construction Supply recently announced that Peter Alexander, 48, has been named president and chief executive officer. Alexander, an operations and financial performance veteran, has been consulting with the firm for four months.

Alexander takes over for Bill Kern, 49, who will remain active by assisting ORCO in sales and business development initiatives.

Alexander brings 23 years of chief executive and senior management experience in retail, distribution, technology, telecommunications, health care and service firms to ORCO.

Before joining ORCO, Alexander served as president and/or CEO of three public firms and two privately held firms, and served as senior vice president of operations of a $4-billion international division of GE Capital. He has managed distribution businesses spanning 25 countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas, and has integrated about 40 acquisitions across the globe.

Alexander holds an MBA from Pennsylvania State University.

Swinerton Board Elects Marks Chairman, Re President

San Francisco-based Swinerton Inc.'s board of directors has elected Gordon W. Marks chairman of the board and CEO, and Mike Re president and chief administrative officer.

Marks becomes chairman following the death in September of chairman Jim Gillette. Marks was previously president and chief operating officer. He has held a variety of construction management and leadership roles during his 38-year career with Swinerton.

Michael Re, a 30-year veteran at Swinerton previously served as executive vice president and CFO. Re has been an active member of the Construction Financial Management Association since 1985.

RRM Design Group Gains New Principal

Kirk Van Cleave, AIA, a 27-year veteran of the architecture profession, has been named principal at San Luis Obispo-based RRM Design Group. He is a co-leader for RRM's public safety group.

"My master's thesis was a fire station taught by a disciple of Mies Van der Rohe. The design and implementation of public safety facilities remained a passion for me throughout my career."

His current projects include Ripon City Hall and Police expansion; Fresno prototype Fire Stations No. 15, 16, 17 and 19; Mountain House Headquarters Station No. 1; and the Oakdale Community Center & Plaza.

Van Cleave joined RRM in 1999 and focused his attention on civic and public safety facilities.

Urie Named VP of Acquistions at Newland Communities

Thom Urie has been named vice president of acquisitions for the California division of San Diego-based Newland Communities. He is responsible for acquiring developable land and master-planned communities from Fresno to the Northern California border. He is located at the company's regional office in Sacramento.

Urie joined Newland from homebuilder Aliso Viejo-based Shea Homes, where he was land acquisition director.

He holds a juris doctorate from McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento.

English Joins HDR

Christi English has joined Omaha, Neb.-based HDR as a west region transportation marketing pursuit manager in the firm's Oakland office.

Prior to joining HDR, English worked as a business development manager for TY Lin International's big-bridge line. Her experience also includes work on transit projects in both Texas and Chicago.

She has 13 years of experience in the A/E industry.

Windsor Mill Chooses Sitton for Sales Management Post

Windsor Mill, a Windsor-based manufacturer of specialty lumber, molding and millwork, has named Gregg Sitton as director of sales operations.

Prior to joining Windsor Mill, Sitton was regional manager of business development with Mount Prospect, Ill.-based Bosch Tool Co.

Sitton also held positions as national sales trainer and manager of marketing events.

Dean Joins Ware Malcomb

Ware Malcomb, an Irvine-based architecture, planning and interior design firm, has hired A. Douglas Dean. He joins the firm's San Diego office as senior project architect in the commercial group.

Dean is a licensed architect in California and has about 28 years of experience in commercial architecture and project management. He specializes in large-scale multi-purpose projects and their execution throughout all stages of the process.
Haithcock Named President of Casper Co.

Bill Haithcock has been named president of Casper Co., a 21-year-old Spring Valley-based concrete sawing and demolition company.

Haithcock, 46, joined Casper in 1987 at the age of 20.

He has 26 years of experience in the industry.

Dillon Appointed Director of Real Estate Development at Wilson Cos.

Douglas Wilson Cos., a San Diego-based firm specializing in real estate, problem resolution and specialized business services, has appointed Michael Dillon as director of real estate and development. He will work in the acquisitions department, focusing on entitlements, purchasing and repositioning existing properties. Additionally, he will provide his expertise with problem resolution projects.

Dillon will also assist in opening operations at the Atlanta office, which opened in October.

Dillon joins Wilson from Irvine-based TriMont Real Estate Advisors Inc. in Irvine, where he served as assistant vice president and asset manager and was responsible for managing a portfolio of equity and debt assets for office, multifamily, residential and industrial developments.

Before that, Dillon served as senior financial analyst at TriMont's Atlanta office, where he managed a team of analysts, prepared models on real estate assets and directly reported requirements to the department.

Barnhart Promotes Gabey to Senior Project Manager

San Diego-based Barnhart Inc. has promoted project manager Martin Gabey to senior project manager.

He will assume senior project manager duties for the San Dieguito Academy Media Center project for the San Dieguito Union High School District.

Gabey joined Barnhart Inc. in 2003 and has about 20 years of experience in construction.