Westin Century Plaza Names Sales, Marketing Director

Katie Callahan-Giobbi

* Katie Callahan-Giobbi has been appointed director of sales and marketing at the Westin Century Plaza Hotel in West Los Angeles. She will oversee all sales and marketing activities for the 1,046-room hotel. She previously worked at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago.

* Mort Marcus has been named executive vice president of sales and development for Go.com, an Internet portal and a division of Walt Disney Co.’s Buena Vista Television unit. He will be responsible for advertising and sponsorship sales and new business development. Marcus was previously president of Debmar Studios, a production and distribution company in which Disney had an equity interest.

* Tom Jenneman has been appointed senior vice president of real estate and chief development officer of Los Angeles-based restaurant chain California Pizza Kitchen. He had been vice president of real estate-new business development at Brinker International.

* Michael Jack has been named a partner at the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. He will be based at the firm’s Los Angeles office. His practice area focuses on secured and unsecured lending and equipment leasing.

* The law firm of Wickwire Gavin has named Louis J. Dennis as an associate specializing in construction contracts and litigation. he will be based at the firm’s Los Angeles office.

* MBIA Municipal Investors Service Corp., a New York-based investment services company, has named David Johnson as regional marketing director of its investment program for California public organizations. He will be based in Sunnyvale.