Riverside Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson participated last week in the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, which educates elected officials in business, economic development, urban planning, and social issues. Lock Dawson is one of 40 mayors from around the world, and one of only three from California, selected for the program, …
Read More »Roberts steps down at U of R
Keith Roberts is retiring as associate dean of the University of Redlands’ school of business. A former lawyer in the U.S. Air Force’s Judge Advocate General’s office, Roberts was hired as an associate dean in 2003 and has also worked at the university as a professor, interim registrar, and interim …
Read More »Murphey to run Inland tribe’s Las Vegas casino
Cynthia Kiser Murphey has been named general manager of the Palms Casino Resort, a shuttered facility in Las Vegas that the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is trying to buy. Murphey, the former president, and chief operating officer of New York-New York Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, will take …
Read More »Perez earns Cardenas promotion
Arnold Perez has been named Cardenas Markets ‘vice president of information technology. A two-year employee of the Hispanic supermarket chain, Perez will oversee the day-to-day operations of that department, according to a statement. He will report to Prabash Coswatte, the company’s chief operating officer, according to a statement. “Arnold brings …
Read More »Allen to lead CSUSB program
Angela Allen has been named director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Desert Campus. “I am very excited to move forward the excellent OLLI program,” Allen said in a statement on the university’s website. “I hope to bring some fresh ideas that will provide …
Read More »Middleton named to state transgender council
Palm Springs Mayor Pro Tem Lisa Middleton has been named to California’s transgender advisory council. Formed by Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, the council will “create a dialogue” between state leaders and California’s transgender community, according to a statement. The nine-member council, believed to be the first of its kind in …
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