People: Week of Jan. 18, 2010

Monday, January 18, 2010, 2:05 am

By Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter

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Banking & Finance

Jennifer Pickle was promoted to supervisor at Pisenti & Brinker LLP, CPAs and Advisors. Ms. Pickle, who specializes in accounting for real estate developers, is based in the firm’s Petaluma office.

Government

The Sonoma County Economic Development Board in Santa Rosa elected Jim Bielenberg, chief financial officer of Osseon Therapeutics Inc., as chair, and Pam Chanter, vice president of Vantreo Insurance Brokerage, as vice-chair.

Health Care

Dr. Laura Norton, breast surgeon, joined Redwood Regional Medical Group in Santa Rosa. Dr. Norton was a vascular surgery research Fellow at Indiana University before becoming a Lois Rosen Fellow at John Wayne Cancer Institute, Saint John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica.

Insurance

Bruce Okrepkie joined San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. as vice president for its construction practice in the North Bay. Mr. Okrepkie will focus on client development and management of surety and property casualty insurance.

Nonprofit Organizations

Don McEnhill, executive director for Healdsburg-based Russian Riverkeeper, was named president of the board of directors for California Coastkeeper Alliance, the statewide voice for all 13 California Waterkeeper Alliance programs.

San Rafael-based MarinSpace, which serves the real estate needs of Marin’s nonprofit organizations, elected Jerry Suyderhoud, broker with Orion Partners, and Klif Knoles, general manager of the Marin Builders Association, to its board of directors.