Bay Area People.(Craig Zodikoff joined the San Francisco office of Equis Corp. as vice president)(Brief Article)

ACCOUNTING/CONSULTING

Ernst & Young LLP promoted John Nicolai to director of tax services for the Asia Pacific region. Nicolai, a senior partner, was managing partner of the firm's San Francisco office for six years.

BANKING/FINANCE

Phyllis Cope was promoted to vice president of business development in Novato for Corte Madera-based Bank of Marin. She has worked in banking for 22 years, the last six with Bank of Mann's downtown Novato office. Gisela Bigden-Fisher was promoted to vice president of merchant services, Lucy Rezendes to vice president and trust officer, Karen Hergarty to vice president of branch support, and Judy Cole to assistant vice president and loan operations manager.

EDUCATION

George DePuy was appointed associate dean of the University of California Berkeley Extension. He was founding president of the 1,500-student DeVry Institute of Technology in Fremont. He worked previously at the State University of New York and the University of Wisconsin.

HOSPITALITY

The Mark Hopkins Inter-Continental Hotel in San Francisco promoted Michelle Heston to public relations manager. She joined the hotel as catering sales manager in 1993. She was director of catering at the …