People on the Move

Jake Wuest has been named California market president by FirstBank. Wuest will oversee FirstBank’s three California locations, all of which are located in Palm Desert, according to a statement. A FirstBank employee since 2007, spent his first nine years managing branch offices in Colorado, where FirstBank started in 1963. His …

Michael K. Krouse, CHME, CASE, President, and CEO of the Greater Ontario Convention & Visitors Bureau, has agreed to serve on the Executive Committee for California Travel Association (CalTravel) as well as a PAC Trustee for the organization. Cal Travel is the united voice of the travel and tourism industry …

Douglas Freer, chief financial officer at California State San Bernardino, has been named chair of the California State University Chief Administrators/Business Officers. That group reviews issues affecting the California state system and advises its chief financial officer and senior human resources officer. Freer, who joined Cal State San Bernardino in …

La Vonda M-Pearson, Apple Valley’s director of government services, recently received the Value Based Leadership with Heart Award from the City Clerks Association of California. M-Pearson helped write the town’s resolution denouncing racial injustice and inequality. Town council members approved it earlier this month. “This was an important moment for …

Zack Earp, a longtime advocate for veterans and their children within the Alvord Unified School District, is scheduled to receive Riverside’s City Spirit Award. A Marine Corp. veteran, Earp has spent five decades working on behalf of veterans and their families in the school district, where he worked for three …

Daria Graham has been named Cal State San Bernardino’s dean of students and associate vice president of student affairs. A longtime teacher and administrator at the University of Dayton in Ohio, Graham is scheduled to begin her new job on July 1, according to a statement on CSUB’s website. “I …