* Gov. Bill Ritter appointed Daniel Pabon of the Commercial Litigation group in Holland & Hart's Denver office to the Auraria Higher Education Center board of directors.

* DCP Midstream GP, LLC, appointed Thomas C. O'Connor and Willie C.W. Chiang to its board of directors.

* Video Professor Inc. in Lakewood appointed Chad Buckendahl as director of e-commerce.

* Greeley Medical Clinic PC will open a second medical office building at the Medical Center of the Rockies campus in Loveland. The clinic is scheduled to open November 2008.

* The Kutak Rock LLP Denver office elected attorneys Jennifer K. Barrett, Carol J. Mihalic, Rene Adema Krueger, Kimberly A. Casey and Kenneth A. Guckenberger as partners, effective Jan . 1.

* Lorenzo Jewelers opened a store at Southwest Plaza mall.

* Information Technology Experts Inc. in Fort Collins added Jeff Ley as operations manager.

* Denver-based Dovetail Solutions hired Gordon Miller to head its Executive Leadership Strategies practice.

* Mark Heckler, provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs at the University of Colorado Denver, accepted the position of president at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Ind. Heckler will assume the post in July.

* The Colorado Department of Human Services is distributing $1.1 million in funding to 23 community-based organizations throughout the state that provide direct services to fathers and their children.

* Charles A. Dinarello, professor of infectious disease at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, was elected as an associate member of the European Molecular Biology Organization for his significant contributions to the advancement of science.

* Rich Baer, executive vice president and general counsel for Qwest, was named to the Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence board of directors.

* The Watermark residences in Denver named Krystal Thomas as general manager/concierge.

* Aspen-based Bald Mountain Development, the parent company of Bald Mountain de Mexico, is working with Dallas-based Rosewood Hotels & Resorts to develop a resort in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

* ProtoTest, a software quality assurance service provider based in Centennial, named Robert B. Clark as vice president of sales.

* Terry Funderburk was named finance manager for the South Adams County Water & Sanitation District.