People On The Move

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Heidi Wissmiller

Nature’s Sunshine Products Inc., a Lehi-based manufacturer of nutritional and personal care products, has appointed Heidi Wissmiller to its board of directors. Wissmiller also will serve on the company’s Audit and Risk Management committees. Wissmiller ha ...

Prasad Gankanda

Young Living, a Lehi-based essential oils company, has promoted Prasad Gankanda to executive vice president of global sales. He has over 10 years of experience in directing global business operations, including expanding Young Living into new markets sinc ...

Katharine Garff

The board of directors of Garff Enterprises Inc., Salt Lake City, has named Katharine B. Garff as chair, filling the position long held by her husband, Robert, who died in March. Katharine Garff is a board member of Garff Enterprises Inc., a director of t ...

Dr. Daniel M. Skovronsky

Myriad Genetics Inc., a Salt Lake City-based company focused on molecular diagnostics and precision medicine, has announced the election of Dr. Daniel M. Skovronsky to its board of directors. Skovronsky also was appointed to the Research and Product Innov ...

Denise Chudy

Friendemic, a Salt Lake City-based company specializing in digital communication and reputation management tools for automotive brands, retail-level dealer groups and individual dealerships, has hired Denise Chudy as chief growth officer and appointed her ...

Amit Jhawar

Galileo, a Salt Lake City-based payments platform company, has hired Amit Jhawar as a special advisor. Jhawar recently joined Accel as a venture partner, advising Accel’s portfolio companies and helping make new investments. He spent the previous nin ...

Kelly MacPherson

Ovation Up Inc., an Orem-based company focused on a guest feedback tool for restaurants and retailers, has appointed Kelly MacPherson to its advisory board. MacPherson has 30 years of experience in the restaurant and retail space, including serving as chi ...

Uncharted Supply Co., an emergency preparedness company, has hired Todd Ballard as acting chief marketing officer and Mike Dufner as chief financial officer, and expanded its Park City headquarters. Ballard most recently spent nearly a decade serving in m ...

Spencer Gibbons

The Utah Farm Bureau Federation has promoted Spencer Gibbons to chief operating officer. Gibbons will assume day-to-day management over operations and have a direct management function with staff. He spent the past 17 years as the northern regional manage ...

Kristin Baughman

Armstrong Teasdale has hired attorney Kristin Baughman as a member of the firm’s Financial and Real Estate Services practice group in Salt Lake City. Baughman has more than a decade of experience in commercial litigation and appeals. Her practice includes ...

Thierry Caussat

VIA Motors International Inc., Orem, has appointed Thierry Caussat as chief technical officer. Caussat had been serving as the company’s vice president of software and systems engineering since mid-2016. Caussat has more than 30 years of automotive experi ...

Newpoint: Safeer named managing director of Salt Lake City Office SALT LAKE CITY – Newpoint Advisors Corporation, a financial consulting firm dedicated to improving troubled and underperforming businesses, today announced that David Safeer, a cash flow co ...

Thomas Garite

Sera Prognostics Inc., a Salt Lake City-based company focused on improving maternal and neonatal health through innovative precision biomarker approaches, has appointed Dr. Thomas J. Garite as vice president of clinical sciences. Garite will work closely ...

Amy Hendricks

Bank of Utah, Ogden, has hired Amy Renner Hendricks as digital content writer for the corporate information technology team. Hendricks will write and edit content for the bank’s website and assist the corporate marketing team with the bank’s annual report ...

Sam Nord

Listen Technologies Corp., a Bluffdale-based provider of wireless listening solutions, has promoted Sam Nord to vice president of global sales. He works with the company’s partners to sell the company’s audio and content solutions to their customer bases ...

Rebecca Sandberger

Nav, a Salt Lake City-based service giving business owners a path of financing, has expanded its executive team with four appointments: Rebecca Sandberger, vice president of legal and compliance; Erik Johnson, vice president of product; Andrew Anderson, h ...

Preston Cochrane

Valley Behavioral Health, the largest and most diverse behavioral health service provider in Utah, is pleased to announce that Preston Cochrane has been hired as Operations Director. Cochrane, who has served in a variety of diverse executive leadership ro ...

William Nettles

The board of directors of Overstock.com Inc., a Salt Lake City-based online retailer and technology company, has appointed William Nettles as a new independent director. Nettles is a co-founder and managing partner of Invictus Growth Partners, a private e ...

VFI Corporate Finance Names Paulos EVP of Sales Stauss Paulos has been named Executive Vice President of Sales at VFI Corporate Finance, a Utah equipment-leasing company primarily involved in leasing capital assets throughout North America. Paulos joins V ...

Leann Bertsch

Management & Training Corp., a Centerville-based operator of federal Job Corps centers and an operator of private correctional facilities, has hired Leann Bertsch as senior vice president of corrections. Bertsch previously was director of the North Dakota ...