NEW HIRES

Howard Epstein and Alex Fazio have joined Winoker Realty Company, Inc. of New York as Associate Directors.

Warren E. Fink has joined West End Partners, a California based strategic advisory and restructuring firm as Senior Advisor in the New York office.

Rich Smith has joined KS Engineers, P.C. of Newark, New Jersey as Vice President of Construction Management Services for Buildings and Facilities.

PROMOTIONS

Joseph R. Loring, founder and former Chairman/CEO of Joseph R. Loring & Associates, Inc. of New York has been promoted to Chairman Emeritus.

Barry L. Maltz has been promoted to Chairman/CEO of Joseph R. Loring & Associates, Inc. of New York.

Michael P. DesRochers has been promoted to President/COO of Joseph R. Loring & Associates, Inc. of New York.

Steven J. Kenah has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Joseph R. Loring & Associates, Inc. of New York.

Annu M. Chopra has been promoted to Managing Director of The Clarett Group, a New York based owner and developer of residential and commercial real estate.

HONORS AND APPOINTMENTS

Mark L. Rochholz has been appointed by Schirmer Engineering of Glenview, Illinois from Senior Vice President to the role of Chief Operating Officer.

Robert M. Morgenthau has been awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Distinguished Public Service Award by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, LLC.

Anthony Fasano of Maser Consulting P.A., an engineering firm based in Red Bank, New Jersey has been selected as one of Rockland County’s 2009 Forty Under 40 honorees by the Rockland Economic Development Corporation

Richard S. Pawlish has been appointed to Manager of Schirmer Engineering’s Chicago Regional Office.

COMPANY NEWS

Apex Contracting & Restoration, Inc. , based in San Diego, was named by Inc. Magazine as one of America’s fastest-growing private companies in the US. It is listed as 2,353 in the US overall and number 138 in the construction industry.

ABLE Equipment Rental, Inc. , which operates on Long Island, Upstate New York and New Jersey, has been placed on the 2009 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.