David Ansen, longtime film critic for Newsweek magazine, has been named lead programmer of the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Ansen, who wrote for the weekly magazine from 1977 to 2008, will acquire films from distribution outlets and other companies and will also help select the films that will be …
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Sarjeet Gill has been elected a fellow of the Entomoligical Society of America. Gill is a distinguished professor of cell biology and neuroscience and an entomologist at UC Riverside, according to a school release. He is one of only 10 persons named to the society this year. He will be …
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Erin Phillips has been named executive director of the Riverside University Health System Foundation. Phillips, 34, is scheduled to take over her new position Oct. 5, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. The non-profit health system is a revamped version of Riverside County Regional Medical Center, which is owned …
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Harold Stryker will serve as an interim member of the Laker Elsinore School District Board. Stryker, a longtime educator and union leader, was selected by the district’s trustees in a 3-1 vote, according to a report in The Press-Enterprise. Stryker replaces Tom Thomas, who died unexpectedly in June. The 52-year-old …
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Kristina M. Leslie has been named to CVB Financial Corp’s board of directors. Leslie, who was chief financial officer at DreamWorks Studios from 2003 until her retirement in 2007, was also named a director of Citizens Business Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CVB Financial, according to a statement. Leslie began …
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Redlands Chamber of Commerce Gets New President As one Redlands Chamber of Commerce president prepares to step down, another one is stepping into his place. The Chamber’s new president-elect is Jill Riley, co-owner of Citrus Valley Plumbing, a 24-hour plumbing service based in Redlands. Riley has taken over for Geoff …
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