Among those hiring this week are Bellco Credit Union, The Denver Post Community Foundation (part time), Denver Water Department, Douglas County School District, Encana, TeleTech, The Spa Buzz, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, El Paso County (Colorado Springs), KOAA (Colorado Springs), The Colorado Springs Gazette, Colorado State University (Fort Collins), Grand Lake Chamber of Commerce (Grand Lake), The Summit Daily News (Summit County), Apollo Group (Glenwood Springs) and Montrose County (Montrose).

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has hired Kristin Stork as director of community relations. Stork will oversee the firm’s involvement in community organizations across the country and manage the firm’s charitable giving program. Prior to joining BHFS, Stork served as manager of community relations and charities at The Denver Post, where she managed all aspects of fundraising and grant-making for the company’s two charitable funds that raised and distributed more than $3 million annually.

The talented and lovably eccentric team at Philosophy is hiring for an account manager.

Among those hiring this week are Barnhart Communications, Vocera Public Relations, InView Communications (freelancers), ACLU of Colorado, Arapahoe County Government, City of Westminster, Community College of Aurora, E-470 Public Highway Authority, Florence Crittenton Services, GlobaLinks Learning Abroad, Mergermarket Ltd, One Colorado, SofTec Solutions, SourceGas, Thorne Nature Experience, Unbridled Solutions, Wilson & Company, The Greeley Tribune and The Summit Daily News (Frisco).

Congratulations to Jeff Martinez, who has been named president of Brothers Redevelopment. Martinez is a public relations and strategic communications professional and most recently was the agency’s vice president for programs and public affairs.

Brothers Redevelopment provides housing and related services to the region’s low-income, elderly and disabled homeowners.

Lisa Harris has been named communications manager at Rose Community Foundation. Harris will help implement the Foundation’s communications and marketing programs including web and electronic communications, print publications, media relations, and the management and creative development of special projects. Harris was previously director of communications responsible for web and new media at the Colorado Health Foundation.

Congratulations to Jen Holliman, who has accepted a morning news producer position at 9News. Holliman most recently was an account manager at Webb PR, but her background also includes producing morning shows for KWGN in Denver and KKTV in Colorado Springs.

Jackson National Life Insurance Company has named Lori Stafford-Thomas director of external communications. She previously was with Fiserv in Milwaukee. In her new role with Jackson, Stafford-Thomas will oversee the media relations and external outreach efforts of Jackson and its affiliates, including National Planning Holdings (NPH) and Curian Capital, LLC (Curian).

Marmillion + Company has added Josh Lohmer as an account executive in the firm’s Denver office. Lohmer joins Marmillion from New York City, where he wrote advertising copy and conducted market research analysis for Fortune 500 companies and developed and executed the marketing strategy for a local business, including email marketing, website redevelopment and creative social media engagement. He previously worked in Denver for the National Conference of State Legislatures. Marmillion, which specializes in non-profits and associations, also announced it has added the Tourism Board of Provincetown (Mass.) and the Texas General Land Office as clients.

The Colorado Association of School Boards has named Kristine Woolley as its Director of Communications. Woolley formerly was the marketing and community relations director for a law firm in Charlotte, N.C., and also was the community relations and public relations manager for the Visiting Nurse Association in Vero Beach, Fla. Prior to attending graduate school at Colorado State University, Woolley was a newspaper reporter for The Mountain Mail in Salida, where she covered education and school boards.

The Women’s Foundation of Colorado hired Kim Sporrer, APR, as its new Marketing and Communications Manager. Sporrer most recently was Director of Communications for the Humane Society of Boulder Valley in Boulder.

The Women’s Foundation of Colorado is a Denver-based nonprofit focused on building resources and leading change so that every woman and girl in Colorado reaches her full potential.

The Western Dairy Association has named Jo Anne Grammond as its Director of Communications. Grammond formerly was an account supervisor with Phoenix-based agency Mullen Public Relations and was also a reporter for Tribune Newspapers in Mesa, Ariz. Most recently, she was a freelance writer and public relations consultant and worked with The Metropolitan Group at Re/Max Unlimited in Aurora.

CenturyLink has named CJ Powell as Public Relations Manager for its Denver/Northern Colorado market. CJ will handle internal and external communications for CenturyLink and will directly report to the VP/GM responsible for the company’s Denver/Northern Colorado market.

Visit Estes Park has hired Brooke Burnham as Director of Public Relations and Social Media. Burnham will develop and implement strategies in public relations and social media that will help Visit Estes Park serve its mission of attracting visitors to the Estes Park Local Marketing District. Burnham previously was with the Waterloo (Iowa) Convention and Visitors Bureau.