• Carly Carmichael, assistant vice president and business client adviser at Summit Bank, has been named to the Deschutes Children’s Foundation board of directors. She is also a board member of the Central Oregon Food Cluster.

• Luke Ross, asset manager and broker with Compass Commercial Real Estate Services, has been named to the Deschutes Children’s Foundation board of directors. He is also a member of the facilities committee, helping steward and manage the foundation’s campuses in Bend, Redmond and La Pine.

• Dave Zinn has joined Ascent Architecture & Interiors as business operations director. He has more than 30 years of business leadership and marketing experience.

• Adam Stephen has been promoted to architect and member of the leadership team at Steele Associates Architects. He joined Steele five years ago as designer and rose to project manager. He worked his way through the National Council of Architectural Accreditation Board’s architectural experience program and passed the Architectural Registration Examination for his Oregon architecture license. He earned his bachelor’s degree in architecture at the University of Oregon.

• Peter McCaffrey has joined William Smith Properties Inc. as investment manager. He will lead development, recapitalization, financing, leasing and analysis for the company’s projects with a focus on the Old Mill District and Central Oregon Community College.

• Steven Hultberg, partner at Radler White Parks & Alexander LLP, has been named to the 2019 edition of “The Best Lawyers in America.”

• Dina Alexander, partner at Radler White Parks & Alexander LLP, has been recognized as the 2019 Lawyer of the Year in real estate by “Best Lawyers.”