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Krista L. Newkirk has been named president of the University of Redlands. Currently the president of Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C., Newkirk, will be the first female president in the university’s 114-year history, according to a statement on the school’s website. She is scheduled to assume her new duties in …

Scott Hildebrandt has been named chief strategy officer at Albert A. Webb Associates, a Riverside civil engineering firm. The first person in the history of the company to hold that title, Hildebrandt will provide input and ideas to WEBB”s executive committee, which develops strategies and establishes policy, according to a …

Capt. Ernie Perez has been named Rancho Cucamonga’s chief of police. A 26-year veteran of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Perez began his new duties April 24, according to a statement on the city’s website. Perez, who began his law enforcement career in 1995, has worked multiple assignments during …

Thomas Sone has been named San Bernardino County’s public defender. Sone, who joined the public defender’s office in 2001 after working for a private law firm, was named the county’s interim public defender in December, according to a statement on the county’s website. He is the county’s first public defender …

Brian Knoll is the new chief operations officer at Albert A. Webb Associates, a civil engineering firm in Riverside. Knoll will oversee the firm’s internal operations while focusing project delivery, technical innovation and associate development, according to a statement. A WEBB employee for 20 years, Knoll has held multiple positions …

Elizabeth Sanchez-Monville has been appointed chair of Riverside Public Utilities’ board. Now in her second term, Sanchez-Monville worked for 10 years as a legislative analyst for the city, where she managed federal and state policy agendas, according to a statement on the city’s website. She also is a board member with …