People on the Move

Clara Miramontes has been named Perris’ city manager. A Perris employee for more than 10 years, Miramontes was named the city’s top administrator May 11 by a unanimous vote of the city council, according to a statement on the city’s website. Miramontes, who was appointed interim city manager in December, …

Carol Hood, physics professor at Cal State San Bernardino, has been named the university’s top faculty advisor for the 2020-’21 academic year. Hood learned of the honor by Zoom, where she received cheers and congratulations from more than 50 university administrators, faculty and staff, according to a statement on the university’s …

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 …