56, Newport Coast ... Irvine Co.’s group...

56, Newport Coast ... Irvine Co.’s group senior vice president of

public affairs ... Guides the company’s communications, focusing on

news media and community communications and Web site ... Major

projects this year included work on the planned Pelican Hill resort

hotel ... Once served as press secretary to Pete Wilson when he was

mayor of San Diego, to George Deukmejian when he was governor and

George Bush the senior when he was vice president ... This year’s

biggest news comes from his 22-year-old daughter Leigh, a recent

Chapman University grad who was just named a press assistant to new

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ... Last year’s ranking: 14