The National Ability Center (NAC), Park City, has announced that Gail Barille, chief executive director, has transitioned out of that role to pursue new opportunities. She had been in the position for eight years. Kevin Stickelman has been appointed by th ...
The Miller Business Resource Center at Salt Lake Community College has hired Deb Bilbao as the coordinator of the Global Business Center and outreach manager for the Goldman Sachs "10,000 Small Businesses" program at SLCC. She will recruit and manage the ...
Eric Stats, former chief investment officer for Foresight Wealth Management, has transitioned to his new role as director of strategic partnerships and acquisitions, where he will focus on future and alternative offerings, recruiting new advisors and futu ...
OptConnect, a Kaysville-based managed wireless connectivity company, has hired Paula Beck as senior sales manager. She will oversee the continued expansion of OptConnect products into the cash automation market. Beck has 13 years of sales experience, most ...
Tanner LLC, Salt Lake City, has admitted David R. Hoopes as an audit partner. Hoopes has over 30 years of public accounting experience, including working 15 years with a "Big Five" international firm, six years with a national firm, and two years with a l ...
Emma E. Houston has been appointed chair of the Utah MLK Human Rights Commission. Houston has served on the commission since 2016. Her two-year term as chair will begin this fall. She is the director of the Salt Lake County Office of Diversity & Inclusion ...
Athlos Academy of Utah, a tuition-free, public charter school in Herriman, has hired Jeffrey Herr as executive director. Herr previously was a senior regional director for K12 Inc. in the Middle East and head of school for Utah Virtual Academy. He has als ...
Asma Ishaq, chief executive officer of Modere, a Springville-based clean lifestyle products company, has been elected to the board of directors of the Direct Selling Education Foundation. DSEF is a nonprofit organization providing students with an accurat ...
Dorsey & Whitney LLP has hired Troy Keller as of counsel in the Corporate Group in Salt Lake City. He also will spend time in the firm’s New York office. Keller most recently worked at Huntsman Corp. as vice president of government affairs and assoc ...
Hepworth & Associates LLC, Bountiful, has hired Christopher G. Young as managing attorney. Young has years of experience managing a national litigation portfolio for a large Salt Lake City law firm, as well as handling compliance matters for a national mo ...
Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, has created the Center for Applied Learning Science (CALS), a nonprofit innovation lab focused on improving student outcomes by combining technology, design thinking and rigorous research methods. CALS will ta ...
Key Equipment Finance, an equipment finance company and an affiliate of KeyCorp, has named Jenna Lester as equipment finance officer of business banking. She will work with Key's business banking team to support customer finance operations throughout Colo ...
Van Boerum & Frank Associates Inc., a Salt Lake City-based consulting engineering firm, has promoted Bradley Welch to associate principal. A licensed professional engineer, Welch joined VBFA shortly after graduating from the University of Utah and has spe ...
RevRoad, a Provo-based business accelerator, has hired Dave Myers as chief sales and talent officer. He will lead national and global sales efforts RevRoad portfolio companies. His efforts will include sales coaching and mentoring, sales team recruiting, ...
A. Cory Maloy has opened Maloy PR LLC, a full-service public relations firm, in Lehi. Maloy has more than 20 years of experience at PR firms and corporations. Maloy graduated from Brigham Young University and serves in the Utah House of Representatives.
Vivint Solar, Lehi, has appointed Miranda Barnard as vice president of marketing. She will oversee Vivint Solar's marketing activities and branding initiatives and seek to further raise the company’s profile in the residential solar industry. Barnard has ...
Brent Wride, an attorney with Ray Quinney & Nebeker, has been named Chair of the Arthritis Foundation for Utah. He joined the Foundation's local leadership board in 2016 and has spearheaded initiatives focused on advocacy, as well as programs for families ...
Ron Hadley has retired after working 44 years at Jack B. Parson Ready Mix Concrete. Hadley initially worked at Sunset Sports Center and then worked in dispatch for the South Weber Gravel pit. After seven years, he moved to ready mix sales. Hadley also ser ...
FisherBroyles LLP has hired Gregory R. Lunt as a partner in the firm's Intellectual Property Practice Group. He is based in the firm’s Salt Lake City office. Lunt focuses on patent preparation and prosecution, specifically in the fields of software, ...
Chance Thompson was recently named senior manager of sustainability and public relations, a new position, at the Salt Lake Convention Center. He has been with the convention center since October 2016 when he was hired as the guest relations manager in cha ...
