Consulting Maxine J. Pollack was named senior partner and chief financial officer for J.D. Power and Associates. She will be responsible for the company’s finance, accounting and purchasing functions. Prior to joining J.D. Power and Associates, she served as chief financial officer at Pink Dot Inc. In the past, she has also been CFO at the computer education company Futurekids Inc. Entertainment Craig Hill was promoted to vice president of operations, production facilities and services at The Walt Disney Company. He will be responsible for the operations of Disney’s back lot facilities, the Prospect Studios Lot in Hollywood and the Golden Oak Ranch. In addition, he will serve as the single point of contact for talent and production unit service needs. Hill has a wide range of production service experience in the motion picture and television industries after a series of positions with MGM, Warner Brothers and Sony Pictures Studios. He joined Disney in 1994 as director of transportation. In 1997 he was promoted to his most recent position as director of operations. Government California State Assembly Speaker Robert M. Hertzberg named Stuart Waldman as chief of staff to replace Miriam Jaffe, who recently resigned to join the staff of Los Angeles City Councilman Jack Weiss. Waldman’s community involvement includes serving on the boards of directors of the Mid Valley Family YMCA, the Valley Community Clinic and the Matador Athletic Association. Previously, he served as a Cavalry Scout for an armored battalion of the U.S. Army’s First Infantry Division. Organizations Carol Ann Wentworth has been named president and CEO of the Woodland Hills Chamber of Commerce. Wentworth joins the chamber after an extensive career in business administration, special events, recruiting, career training and public speaking. Recently, she held positions as the director of placement at Globe College of Business in Minneapolis, owner of Carol Ann Design in Los Angeles and vice president, new business development for Stanton Chase International in Agoura Hills. Real Estate Burbank-based Meta Housing Corp., a developer and operator of affordable senior apartment communities, named Bill M. Yee vice president and project manager. Prior to joining Meta, Yee was a manager in the architecture and development unit of the Los Angeles County Community Development Commission, where he oversaw plans, entitlement, financing, design, bidding, construction and rehabilitation. Technology Woodland Hills-based Vertel Corp. has named Marc Maasen to the board of directors. He is currently a member of the board of Comtec International Inc. and also sits on the executive advisory board of Startsys Research Inc. Maasen has over 25 years of experience within the telecommunications industry and has held senior management and/or director positions, most recently with Netbeam Inc., ICG Communications Inc. and Xertex Technologies Inc. Walter Browski has been appointed cinema products development manager for DTS, an entertainment technology company. In his new position, he will oversee the development of new cinema products. Prior to DTS, Browski served as president for Neumade. In addition, he previously worked at DTS as marketing manager assisting in the development of cinema products and the introduction of the technology into the market.