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THE jazz and Broadway tunes of Leonard Bernstein’s modern operetta Candide open the 61st Edinburgh International Festival tonight, in a sold-out opening concert at the Usher Hall. The festival has reached the 2 million mark in ticket sales, organisers said yesterday, matching the pre-sales last year. A gamble that Edinburgh audiences would buy into a concert trend for early classical music reaching back 400 years or more appears to have paid off. “One of the new things in...

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April 28, 2008 on 12:31 am | In Money |

Sexual harassment prevention training

The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, with help from the California Employer’s Association, will host a seminar on sexual harassment prevention Dec. 12 in the chamber’s boardroom at 235 Montgomery St., 12th floor.

Attendees will learn details of AB1825, California’s sexual harassment training law, which is mandatory for businesses with 50 or more employees and recommended for all others. Participants will receive sexual harassment prevention certification.

The two-hour seminar, part of the chamber’s Business Success series, begins at 8:30 a.m., with a light breakfast included. Registration costs $25 for chamber members and $35 for prospective members before Dec. 10, and $5 more after that date. Register online at links.sfgate.com/ZBRK or call Paula Zamudio at (415) 352-8818. Movers and Shakers

– Jason Alexander was named vice president of wine acquisitions at San Francisco’s Vintrust. He previously was wine director at Restaurant Gary Danko.

– Heidi Duckor was named a vice president of Bank of Marin and manager of its new Mill Valley branch office. She previously was a branch sales manager with Westamerica Bank in Mill Valley.

– Robert Feldman was named a partner in the Redwood City office of the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urqhart Oliver & Hedges. He previously was a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

– Jeffrey Hayes was named president and chief executive officer at CPP Inc. of Mountain View. He joined CPP in 1987 and since 2004 was its co-president, a role he shared with Maria Patrick, who left the company.

– Adolph Hunter was named vice president of corporate marketing at Cadence Design Systems of San Jose. He previously was group director of corporate communications at Cadence Design.

– Jeremy Jaech was appointed to the board of directors of San Francisco’s Mindjet Corp. He co-founded Aldus Corp. and Visio Corp. and is chief executive of Trumba.

– Charles Johnson joined APT Pharmaceuticals of Burlingame as chief medical officer. He previously was vice president and head of the immunology and tissue repair clinical group at Genentech. Also, Amy Burroughs Nader joined APT as head of commercial and business development. She was a commercial team leader at Genentech.

– Leo Jolicoeur joined Abaca Technology Corp. of San Jose as chief executive officer, succeeding founder and board Chairman Steve Kirsch. Jolicoeur joined Abaca’s board of directors earlier this year and had worked as an executive consultant for the company. He previously was executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer at AtRoad.

– Michael Kadel was named vice president and central Marin regional manager for Bank of Marin. He previously was the bank’s team leader for private banking and replaces Doug Caulfield, who is retiring.

– John McKee was named executive pastry chef at Masa’s Restaurant at the Hotel Vintage Court in San Francisco. He previously was a master instructor at the California Culinary Academy.

– Russ Newman was named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Alliant International University in San Francisco. He previously was executive director for professional practice at the American Psychological Association.

– Jennifer Weber was named vice president of development at the Global Fund for Women, based in San Francisco. She previously was senior director of development for major gifts at Children’s Hospital in Seattle. S.F. conventions and meetings

The following conventions, conferences and meetings are scheduled for this week in San Francisco, according to the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau:

International Quality & Productivity Center, Enterprise Mobility meeting, Monday through Thursday, Crowne Plaza Union Square.

California Association of Public Hospitals & Health Systems, annual conference, Tuesday through Friday, Stanford Court.

Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California and Nevada, 48th annual meeting, Wednesday through Friday, Westin St. Francis.