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Kelly Borgen was promoted to assistant account executive at Roxburgh,

an integrated communications company in Costa Mesa. She joined the group

in 1997 and most recently served as advertising account coordinator. In

her new role, she is responsible for account support, client service and

facilitating project flow. Borgen is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara,

where she received a bachelor’s degree in art and sociology ... The

American Express Performing Arts Fund awarded the Orange County

Performing Arts Center a $100,000 grant to support the Center’s Web site

project. The fund helps organizations in the country to develop and

sustain broader audiences ... Ryan Marie Varner, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Richard A. Varner of Corona del Mar, earned dean’s list honors for his

academic performance in the fall. A minimum grade-point average of 3.25

was required ... Amanda R. Cole, an 11th-grader from Corona del Mar,

earned high honors for the fall term at Phillips Exeter Academy in

Exeter, N.H. She is the daughter of Kimberly Cole of Corona del Mar ...

Local students were selected for the dean’s honors list at UC Santa

Barbara. Dana Helen Cassity, Natalie Yvonne Frost, Bryan David Howard,

Jennifer Ann Kuang, Marcela Garcia Pinzon and Heather Marie Snyder, all

of Costa Mesa, made the list. From Newport Beach, Alexei Rex Babazadeh,

Katherine Coy Covington, Shannon Christine Going, Dack Michael La Marque,

Jennifer Lynn Morgan and Scott Simonson Short made the list ... Irell &

Manella LLP, a full-service law firm with offices in Los Angeles and

Newport Beach, announced the election of seven partners. Laura Brill,

Perry Goldberg, Jonathan Kagan, Harry Mittleman, John Nakashima, Laura

Seigle and Craig Varnen were named ... Pacific Investment Management Co.

in Newport Beach announced that assets under the management of the

group’s Total Return Bond Fund increased more than 28% since the

beginning of 2000 and exceeded $38.2 billion as of Dec. 31. The company

also announced that Bill Gross, manager of the Total Return Fund, and his

team have been named Fixed Income Manager of the Year by Morningstar, a

Chicago-based investment information and research firm.

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