Gary Diefenderfer has joined Windermere Central Oregon Real Estate’s Redmond office as a broker. Diefenderfer, who previously was an airline pilot and a member of the armed forces, will focus on investment selling, purchasing needs and noninvestment properties.

Rick Nichols has joined Century West as a civil design technician. Nichols previously spent 10 years in the city of Bend’s engineering department, working on projects in the Old Mill District and on city roundabouts. He specializes in civil design, city water system modeling and analysis.

Karen Malanga, of Hasson Company Realtors, has been named one of America’s best real estate agents by REAL Trends in the Oregon Real Estate Agents-Individuals by Sides category.

Jenny Chesley has joined Ambient Architecture LLC as an operations assistant. Chesley will provide administrative, organizational and business development support to Ambient’s architects and design team. Chesley has previously worked in the accounting field and is currently an instructor at Healing Reins Therapeutic Riding Center in Bend.

Timothy Gorbold has joined Hydro Flask as a product design engineer. With 12 years of experience in the industry, Gorbold will focus on high quality, high performance applications and hands-on machining and fabrication.

Donna B. Jacobsen has joined Family Kitchen as development/marketing director. Jacobsen has served as a board member, volunteer and project leader at Family Kitchen. She will continue to serve as youth director at Trinity Episcopal Church and part of the Family Kitchen Prep Squad team.