Banking David R. Misch was named chairman and CEO of Mellon 1st Business Bank. He reports to David F. Lamere, the bank’s vice chairman and head of the private wealth management group. Education Alan Goodwin joined California Lutheran University as director of counseling services, Kerri Lauchner joined as director of health services and Christopher Christian has been appointed as director of marriage and family therapy and assistant professor of psychology in the graduate program. Mitjl Capet has joined College of the Canyons as the new assistant superintendent and vice president of instruction. He previously served as vice president of student learning at Cerro Coso Community College in Ridgecrest. Phillips Graduate Institute President Lisa Porche-Burke received the Distinguished Contributions to Service award from the American Psychological Association, Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues. California State University Northridge’s Oviatt Library Dean Susan Curzon has been named to a six-member panel to select the winners of the New York Times academic librarian awards. The awards recognize librarians who provide outstanding community service. Entertainment Simon Barsky has become special counsel to the chairman and president of the Motion Picture Association of America. Barsky will become an independent consultant to the MPAA at the end of the year. Erika Lewis was named vice president of development and Chris Greenleaf was tapped as vice president of comedy and entertainment for GoTV Networks. Lewis will be responsible for developing new channels and brands for the company and creating original content for existing channels. Greenleaf will spearhead the re-launch of GoTV’s comedy network and oversee the creation of original programming and look for properties to license. Susan Lambert has been retained as a consultant by AvatarLabs, an Encino motion graphics and editorial design studio. Her role will be to advise AvatarLabs on business strategy as the company expands its online advertising team for movies. Lambert previously worked as director of creative content, online marketing and publicity with The Walt Disney Co. Gary Wilson resigned as a member of the board of directors for The Walt Disney Co. Wilson served on the board since 1985. He also serves as chairman of the board at Northwest Airlines Corp. Alicen Schneider has been promoted to vice president of music supervision a NBC Universal Television Music. She will be responsible for music supervision and licensing for select NBC Universal Television-produced programming, and NBC Agency promotion and marketing campaigns; and serve as liaison between current programming and show producers to create music partnerships. Phyllis E. Grann was elected to serve on the board of directors of the Warner Music Group. Grann is a senior editor at Doubleday, a divison of Randon House, Inc. Warner Music Group is the parent of Warner Bros. Records based in Burbank. Health Care Sherri Lewitz joins Northeast Valley Health Corp. as its new quality improvement and compliance officer. Lewitz will be responsible for managing quality improvement and patient safety efforts, compliance standards and regulatory requirements. Lamya Jarjour has been elected as president of the medical staff of Northridge Hospital Medical Center. In her role as president, Jarjour will be responsible for enforcement of medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations and serves as chair of the medical executive committee. Jarjour joined the staff at the medical center in 1991. Vicki B. Escarra has been appointed to serve on the board of directors for Health Net, Inc. Escarra is president and chief executive office of food bank America’s Second Harvest, and previously served as executive vice president and chief marketing officer with Delta Air Lines, Inc. Human Resources Bill Wells has been named as managing director for the Southern California region of Lee Hecht Harrison, a career management services company. In the role Wells will focus on growth, marketing, operations, client relations, account management and delivery of quality career management services. Wells joined Lee Hecht Harrison in 1997. Land Use Marissa Aho has joined Rosenheim & Associates with responsibility for working with clients on land use entitlement matters throughout the L.A. region. Aho was most recently with the LAUSD facilities division. Marketing Carl White has been appointed as chief executive officer of ValueClick Europe, a division of ValueClick based in Westlake Village. White has been with the company since 2001 and will be responsible for the overall management and growth of ValueClick Europe’s operations. Media Michelle Freridge has resigned as executive director of the Free Speech Coalition, a Canoga Park-based trade organization for the adult entertainment industry. She joined the organization in 2004. Real Estate AMCAL Multi-Housing in Agoura Hills has promoted Maurice Ramirez to vice president of operations. AMCAL, a developer and builder of affordable housing, has also made a number of hires. James Cullinane and Paul Winley were named senior construction managers. Pam Jollota was named construction administrator. Aleta Legget-Lesh was named project accountant. Lisa Moeder was named assistant to the asset manager. Candice Nesbit was appointed assistant construction manager. Nicole Norori was tapped as project manager, finance department and Randy Slabbers was named finance associate. Retail Shoe Pavilion Inc. has named Bruce Ross executive vice president and chief financial officer. Ross was most recently CFO at Guitar Center in Westlake Village. He replaces Neil Watanabe who has left the Sherman Oaks-based footwear retailer to pursue other interests. Technology Philip Otto has been appointed president and chief executive officer at Optical Communications Products Inc. Frederick T. Boyer has been named as senior vice president and chief financial officer, and Muoi Van Tran, the current chairman, president and chief executive officer takes on the additional duties of chief technology officer. Boyer was most recently president and chief financial officer at Qualstar Corp., a Simi Valley manufacturer of automated tape storage systems.