Sales Official Named by Mitsubishi of America

John Warren has been appointed director of franchise and sales planning for Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America Inc. in Cypress. He was formerly manager of corporate planning and strategy, and director of product and market strategy for Nissan Motor Corp. U.S.A. and Nissan North America Inc. In addition, Steve Brown has joined the company as national distribution manager. He has previously held import distribution, service and sales positions with Hyundai Motor America and Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Mary Hibbard has been appointed to the new position of manager of distribution operations. She relocates to the company’s headquarters from her previous post as North Central distribution manager.

* Joseph J. Kulikowski has joined the Irvine geotechnical and environmental engineering consulting firm of Bing Yen & Associates Inc. as vice president. He was previously senior vice president/managing principal of the Los Angeles regional office of Leighton & Associates.

* Cheryl Ford has joined Orange-based Alliance Imaging Inc. as vice president of the eastern region, based in Burlington, Conn. She most recently served as vice president of the eastern region for Mobile Technology Inc. Alliance Imaging supplies magnetic resonance imaging services to hospitals and other health-care providers.

* Steve Kazarian has been appointed retail loan manager for the South Orange County region of Renet Financial. He will be responsible for all loan origination and operations activities in the Laguna Hills branch. Kazarian, who has been associated with Renet for more than a year, was formerly with Frontline Mortgage. He has also owned and operated two manufacturing companies in Orange County and Riverside.

* Sherwood King has been appointed to the newly created position of vice president of new business development for General Automation Inc., an Anaheim computer company. King was formerly vice president of sales and marketing.

* Michael J. Henry has been appointed executive vice president of RNG Mortgage Service in Santa Ana, a mortgage banking company. Before joining the company, he was a consultant for Beverly Hills Securities, a mortgage banking group. Henry has also been vice president and branch manager for Southland Financial, Beverly Hills Securities and Headlands Mortgage Co. He was also president and owner of Westside Mortgage.

* Susan Stillman has been appointed director of sales at the Westin South Coast Plaza hotel in Costa Mesa. Previously, she was director of sales at the Los Angeles Renaissance Hotel. Stillman has also held regional director of sales positions with Meridien Hotels, Worldwide Sales in Los Angeles and Forte Hotels North American Exclusive division.