Frank Martinez, vice president of business...

Frank Martinez, vice president of business development for Snyder

Langston and a member of Toast Master International in Costa Mesa,

has been appointed to the Board of the Directors of Los Angeles

County Economic Development Corporation for a two-year renewable term

... Ted Smith was named chairman of the board of the Costa Mesa-based

Music Intelligence Neural Development Institute, which is a nonprofit

interdisciplinary basic scientific research institute formed in 1997.

Smith is founder and retired chairman of FileNet Corp.... Nichole

Love, a psychology major at Cal State Fullerton and a Costa Mesa

resident, spent eight weeks in Italy as part of a study abroad

program ... Nakita M. Brown, daughter of Shay M. Brown from Costa

Mesa, was named by the United States Achievement Academy as a United

States National Award Winner in cheerleading ... Bill Richardson of

Costa Mesa recently received the Royal Family Kids’ Camps Five-Year

Service Award for directing the Newport-Mesa Christian Center Royal

Family Kids Camp ... Peniel W. Park, a resident of Costa Mesa, was

recognized by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo during its spring commencement

as a candidate for a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business ...

Erica Catherine Nelson, a resident of Costa Mesa, was recognized by

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo during its spring commencement as a

candidate for a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies ... Marie Brooke

Flamson, a resident of Newport Beach, was recognized by Cal Poly San

Luis Obispo during its spring commencement as a candidate for a

bachelor’s degree in business administration ... Sandy Leta Scott, a

resident of Newport Beach, was recognized by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

during its spring commencement as a candidate for a master’s degree

in civil and environmental engineering ... David Hiroyuki Tajima, a

resident of Newport Beach, was recognized by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

during its spring commencement as a candidate for a bachelor’s degree

in biochemistry ... Brendan D. Williams, a resident of Newport Beach,

was recognized by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo during its spring

commencement as a candidate for a bachelor’s degree in business

administration ... Gegi E. Van De Walker, a resident of Newport

Beach, was recognized by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo during its spring

commencement as a candidate for a bachelor’s degree in environment

horticultural science.

* NEIGHBORS spotlights achievements in the community. Please

direct noteworthy information to Luis Pena by fax at (949) 646-4170,

or send e-mail to [email protected].