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ASSOCIATIONS
• 47G, a Utah aerospace and defense organization, has announced that Brad Wilson will serve as its board chair and that Joe Kaiser will serve on the board. Wilson will succeed former U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart, who will continue to serve on the board as the immediate past chair. Wilson served in the Utah Legislature for 12 years, including as speaker of the House from 2019 to 2023. He started his career in finance and later became a real estate developer. In February, he was named CEO of the Organizing Committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Wilson earned a degree in business from Weber State University. Kaiser is CEO at Mercato Partners. He has worked in capital markets and as a private equity investor, managing investment portfolios, overseeing mergers and acquisitions, and structuring multi-billion-dollar finance transactions for dozens of companies.
BANKING
• Sunwest Bank, based in Sandy, has hired Joe Seroke as executive vice president and managing director of commercial real estate banking. He will oversee all aspects of the bank’s commercial real estate banking team, including sales, strategy and portfolio management. Seroke has experience in transacting over $6 billion of CRE financings. Prior to joining Sunwest, he was a senior vice president of debt capital markets for Real Capital Solutions; was a senior vice president at KeyBank, covering the Utah and Colorado marketings; and spent 17 years at PNC, most recently as senior vice president and market leader of the Pacific Northwest/Western Canada region for PNC Real Estate Banking, with prior coverage of sponsors across Texas as well as in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio.
ENERGY
• Berry Corp., a western U.S. independent upstream energy company with a focus on onshore, low geologic risk, long-lived oil and gas reserves and with assets in Utah’s Uinta Basin and California, has appointed Jenarae Garland as vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary and chief compliance officer. Garland has industry experience, having served as a strategic legal partner to executive leadership teams and boards of energy corporations, including advising on capital markets and commercial and strategic transactions. Prior to joining Berry, she served in roles in the legal department of Phillips 66, most recently as deputy general counsel, corporate and assistant corporate secretary. Prior to that, she served in roles within the legal department of Occidental Petroleum Corp, most recently as assistant general counsel, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures. She began her career as a corporate associate at Vinson & Elkins LLP.
GOVERNMENT
• The Utah Department of Workforce Services has appointed Tricia Davis Winter as director of the Housing and Community Development Division. The division administers state and federal programs that support local infrastructure projects, community services and housing affordability through assistance to local communities, nonprofits and low-income families. Winter has worked 20 years in the department, most recently as director of the Office of Homeless Services. Prior to serving as a division director, she was an employment counselor, trainer, program specialist and program manager in the Workforce Development Division, Office of Child Care and Housing and Community Development Division. Winter earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah.
HEALTH CARE
• University of Utah Health and Huntsman Mental Health Institute have named Dave Eldredge as executive director of the institute. He will oversee the institute’s clinical services, including the 161-bed hospital, outpatient clinics, telehealth programs, crisis care initiatives and residential services. Eldredge has over 25 years of leadership experience in behavioral health and has expertise in clinical operations, strategic planning and mental health program development. Eldredge has served in several capacities at University of Utah Health, including senior director of clinical operations at Huntsman Mental Health Institute. Eldredge has held leadership roles across several leading health care organizations, including Intermountain Health and Valley Mental Health. Prior to his current role, he served as director of behavioral health crisis at Huntsman Mental Health Institute.
• Biologic Input Output Systems (BIOS), a neurotechnology company, has appointed Dr. Chris Duncan as chief medical officer. An expert in neuroprosthetics, Duncan specializes in restoring movement and sensation for individuals with limb loss through advanced prosthetic technology that intuitively integrates with the body’s nervous system. BIOS is refining its Universal Neural Interface, working alongside the Utah NeuroRobotics Lab, University of Utah Health, the Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Center and Mayo Clinic.
INSURANCE
• Trucordia, a Lindon-based insurance brokerage formerly known as PCF Insurance Services, has appointed Rocky Steele as senior vice president of business development. Steele will lead Trucordia’s strategic mergers and acquisition activities, as well as manage community and government relations. Steele joined Trucordia in 2023 as its senior vice president of legal and compliance. In 2024, Trucordia appointed Steele to senior vice president of operations. Prior to his time at Trucordia, Steele was a life- and health-insurance agent in Washington and later in Utah. Since that time, he has served in executive leadership roles across high-growth sectors, including energy and technology. Steele’s education includes a bachelor of arts degree from Brigham Young University.
INVESTMENTS
• JLL Capital Markets, a provider of capital solutions for real estate investors and occupiers, has announced that Todd Torok has rejoined the firm as managing director to lead industrial investment sales efforts in Salt Lake City and the Intermountain West region, including Reno, Nevada, and Boise, Idaho. He will work closely with JLL’s existing markets and debt advisory teams to deliver comprehensive services to its clients. He also will operate as an integral part of JLL’s National Capital Markets Industrial group. Torok has over 20 years of experience in commercial real estate, including at JLL from 2014 to 2019. He rejoins JLL from suburban Chicago-based Mid States Realty Associates, where he served as managing principal.
