Milner Named El Pollo Loco VP, Counsel

Pamela Milner has joined El Pollo Loco in Irvine as vice president and general counsel. Milner was previously assistant general counsel for Advantica Restaurant Group Inc., of which El Pollo Loco was a division before being purchased in December by American Securities Capital Partners L.P. Before that, Milner was director of acquisitions and divestitures and senior attorney at Taco Bell Corp.

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Richard Luna has been appointed vice president and general manager of One Touch Total Communications in Anaheim. Luna had worked in the telecom industry as a consultant. Before that, he formed EAR Communications Inc. and served as president and chief executive before the company was purchased in 1995 by So-Cal Telephone.

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Margie Coenraad-Martinez has joined People’s Bank of California as vice president, branch manager for the Buena Park and Westminster branches. Previously, she was manager of the Small Business Banking department at First Federal Bank in Santa Monica. She has also held positions at Sanwa Bank and Security Pacific Bank.

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Leo Young has joined Sage Software Inc. in Irvine as vice president, general counsel and assistant corporate secretary. For the past 11 years, Young had been vice president, intellectual property for Western Digital Corp. Before that, he was a partner in the law firm of Christie, Parker and Hale.