Neighbors

Jo Harvill has been appointed director of land acquisition of the

Orange County Metro Division of Fieldstone Communities, Inc., which is

headquartered in Newport Beach. Harvill will now be responsible for

identifying new land opportunities and managing all aspects of the land

acquisition process prior to the close of escrow. She will work

throughout Orange County and the Inland Empire. Harvill has been a

project manager for the company since 1998. She was responsible for land

development, product development, government processing, project

coordination and sales and marketing for projects throughout Orange

County and the Inland Empire. She first worked with Fieldstone as an

intern while in graduate school at UC Irvine’s Graduate School of

Management. Fieldstone has built more than 17,000 homes since 1981 and

has reached more than $3.89 billion in revenue. . . . The Orange

County-based PriVest Bank recently appointed Mark D. Whalen to executive

vice president and chief credit officer. Whalen has 23 years of banking

and credit management experience. Formerly senior vice president of First

Interstate Bank and chief credit officer of Finova Realty Capital, he has

established himself within Orange County and will serve as an asset to

the specialized services PriVest Bank. . . . Sharon Courtway, of the

Festival Companies in Costa Mesa, was one of five California shopping

center professionals to earn a Certified Leasing Specialist designation

from the International Council of Shopping Centers. Currently, there are

500 shopping center professionals that have earned accreditation since it

was first established in 1994. The designation is given to individuals

who have at least four years of experience and pass a 150 question

multiple-choice examination. The council of shopping centers is a

nonprofit trade association serving 39,000 members in 77 countries by

assisting people in developing their businesses through professional

education, conferences and conventions, publications, research and

legislative actions. . . . Marine Corps Pvt. Ian W. Voss, son of Marsha

V. Steinbrenner of Newport Coast and William B. Voss of Newport Beach,

recently completed basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San

Diego. He is a 2001 graduate of Corona del Mar High School. Voss

completed 12 weeks of training designed to challenge new recruits

physically and mentally. He spent numerous hours in classrooms and field

assignments including learning first aid, combat water survival,

marksmanship, hand-to-hand combat and assorted weapons training. Voss and

fellow recruits ended the training session with The Crucible, a 54-hour

team effort, problem-solving evolution. . . . Marine Corps Lance Corporal

Jesse M. Yanez, nephew of Eva M. Raus of Costa Mesa, recently reported

for duty with Marine Corps Detachment at Keesler Air Force Base in

Mississippi. Yanez graduated from Costa Mesa High School in 2000.

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