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Simon Bonini has joined the Houston office of Muse, Stancil &Co. He will lead the international energy consulting firm?s LNG consulting and gas monetization practice. Simon Bonini has joined the Houston office of Muse, Stancil &Co. He will lead the international energy consulting firm?s LNG consulting and gas monetization practice. Image 1 of / 15 Caption Close People in Business 1 / 15 Back to Gallery

Simon Bonini has joined the Houston office of Muse, Stancil & Co. He will lead the international energy consulting firm's LNG consulting and gas monetization practice.

Anil Gokhale has joined Dekra Insight as senior vice president of process safety and will lead the process safety business for the Americas.

Nazleen Faizullah Jiwani has been named director of the student Career Resource Center at South Texas College of Law/Houston.

Deborah A. Twigg has joined R.G. Miller Engineers as manager of human resources.

Vince Strake has joined Colvill Office Properties as a leasing representative and will be responsible for leasing and marketing a 3-million-square-foot portfolio of office properties throughout Houston.

Liz Morgan has joined the Lee Group, a full-service branding and marketing agency, as vice president, digital services. Shanta Mauney has been named public relations director at Lee. Thomas Guerrero has joined Lee as creative director.

Simpson Property Group has appointed Kathie Nguyen as assistant community manager of SkyHouse Houston, a new 336-unit apartment tower in downtown Houston.

Simpson Property Group has appointed Leslie Brodin as community manager of District at Memorial, a new 327-unit midrise apartment property near CityCentre.

David Tallman has joined Mayer Brown's Houston office as a consumer financial services partner in its financial services regulatory and enforcement practice.

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene has named Terri McGowen as regional manager, a new position established to support new office leaders and assist in the firm's market expansion.

The law firm of Schouest, Bamdas, Soshea and BenMaier (SBSB Law) has merged with Fitzhugh & Elliott. Thomas C. Fitzhugh III and John Elliott, principals of Fitzhugh & Elliott, are now partners at SBSB Law, and Daniel Beel and Nicholas Paine are now associates. The firm will maintain offices downtown and in the Energy Corridor.

Jackson Walker announced the election of three partners in the Houston office: Matt Cavenaugh, a trial lawyer who focuses on bankruptcy; Richard Howell, a commercial trial lawyer; and Amanda Zimmerman, labor and employment attorney.

Josh Webster has joined Fastsigns of Houston-West as the center's new sales associate and visual communications expert.

The American Leadership Forum, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to join and strengthen diverse leaders to serve the common good, announced that new members have joined the board of trustees of the Houston/Gulf Coast Chapter:Gayle Fallon, retired president, Houston Federation of Teachers; George Greanias, managing director, Berkeley Research Group; Nghi Ho, financial planner, Royal Oaks Financial Group; David Kim, deputy assistant director, City of Houston Housing & Community Development Department; Terry Morales, senior vice president, Amegy Bank; and Jose Villarreal, executive director, Avance Houston. Sharon Murphy, partner, McConnell Jones Lanier & Murphy, is the new chair of the ALF board.

Buffalo Bayou Partnership announced that six new members have joined its board of directors: Christina A. Bryan, partner at Smyser Kaplan & Veselka; Carolyn Wolff Dorros, vice president of Wolff Cos.; Samir Khushalani, Americas practice leader at KPMG; Matthew R. Titus of MRT Endeavors; Anne Whitlock, founder of Connect Community; and Stacey Gillman Wimbish, president of the Gillman Cos. The following board officers continue in their roles: Collin Cox, chair; Thomas Fish, vice chair; Ellyn Wulfe, vice chair; Bas Solleveld, treasurer; and Clayton Erikson, secretary.

Ryan Rice has joined the Gunlocke Co. as a business development manager. Rice will provide service and support to the contract furniture manufacturer's dealer sales representatives and architecture and design professionals in the Gulf Coast and South Texas regions.

Bracewell has announced that New York office managing partner Daniel S. Connolly and Houston partner Phillip L. Sampson Jr. have each been elected to serve a three-year term on Bracewell's firm-wide management committee.

Houston-based Freedom CNG has named Eddie Murray as business development manager, where he will coordinate agreements on behalf of the company's compressed natural gas fueling stations among local private and public sector fleets.

Tom Walsh has been appointed account executive for north Houston for Yeti Coolers.

Michael Jhin has been named interim president and CEO of Center for Houston's Future, The Region's Think Tank.

Lake Jackson-based TDECU has appointed Carrie Fisher, Anita Sehgal and David Sikora as advisory board directors.

Dallas-based residential mortgage originator PrimeLending, a PlainsCapital company, announced the addition of Irma Hunold as a senior loan officer at its Bay Area Houston branch.

Kevin Kuschel has been promoted to managing partner of Longnecker & Associates, a strategic compensation and corporate governance consulting firm based in Houston.

Mark Benson has been named the head of U.S. Trust's central south division, in addition to his role of west division executive. He will oversee the Texas market from his office in California and will also oversee U.S. Trust's art banking initiative.

Gary Pittman has joined Opportune as a managing director in its energy consulting practice.

James Ponce has joined Texans Can Academies as chief of schools and will oversee its 11 campuses in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio.