People Moves: Pinnacol adds Parham; Lockton Adds 2 in Northern California

Pinnacol Assurance in Denver, Colorado, named Wes Parham vice president of public affairs. Parham will have responsibility for legislative strategy, lobbying efforts, community relations and external advocacy.

Parham is an experienced government relations executive with relationships throughout the key regulatory, legislative, labor, business and state government organizations in Colorado.

Parham spent the past seven years at Xcel Energy, most recently as director, regional government affairs. Parham began his career as a congressional staffer and has also worked on statewide political campaigns.

The Pacific Series of Lockton Companies, Sonoma, California, added two employee benefits specialists in the broader North San Francisco Bay Area, Elizabeth Swanson and Nilda Pizano.

Swanson’s 25 years of professional experience includes working as senior account manager at Woodruff Sawyer and benefits consultant at a regional employee benefits brokerage firm before it was acquired by Risk Strategies. She served in leadership positions at various companies including Trinchero Family Estates, Harbor Plastics and Ford Motor Company.

Pizano will support the Sonoma team in benefits plan administration, including data collection and analysis, utilization reports, financial reporting, annual open enrollments, employee plan design and communication. She has more than 13 years of experience overseeing human resources and employee benefits at Sonoma’s Best Hospitality Group, Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards and Freixenet Mionetto.