People On The Move

Ballard Spahr has named litigation partner Jason D. Boren as office managing partner for its Salt Lake City location. Boren is an experienced litigator at both the trial and appellate levels. His litigation practice focuses on complex civil and business l ...

The Utah Health Policy Project, a nonprofit organization advancing sustainable healthcare solutions for underserved Utahns through better access, education and public policy, has announced Dr. Ryan Jackson as its new “Take Care Utah” director. Jackson tra ...

The Economic Development Corporation of Utah has hired Greta Hepworth as events manager, a role that supports EDCUtah’s investor events, trade shows and partner activities. Hepworth’s professional experience ranges from events to producing photo shoots. S ...

Marshall Saunders is Vice President of Commercial Banking at Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, which is now providing business banking services in Utah. Saunders was born and raised in Utah and is highly experienced in commercial and industrial lending, ...

Seth Brinkerhoff, a 20-year veteran in Utah's banking sector, is Senior Director of Commercial Banking at Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, which now offers business banking services in Utah. Mr. Brinkerhoff brings significant expertise to commercial an ...

Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar has hired Manal Hall as a partner in the franchising and distribution practice in Lehi. Hall advises clients on a wide variety of issues, including all phases of the franchise registration process in the U.S. registration stat ...

Abby Osborne recently was sworn-in as a member of the Utah Inland Port Authority board. UIPA is a multimodal logistics agency with a regional approach to increase utilization and expand access for commerce throughout Utah. Osborne is the board’s fifth vot ...

LiveView Technologies, a Salt Lake City-based company focused on intelligent safety and security ecosystems, has raised $50 million in Series B funding in collaboration with growth investment firm Sorenson Capital. Also participating in the round were The ...

Kodiak, a Park City-based brand known for breakfast and snacking products, has hired actor/producer Zac Efron as its first chief brand officer. He will be involved in new product innovations, brand strategy, national brand campaigns, and Kodiak’s giving-b ...

Jeana Hutchings joins the IMA Foundation as one of its newest board members, bringing with her a wealth of philanthropic experience. Locally, Jeana served as an active board member of the National MS Society’s Idaho-Nevada-Utah chapter for more than 10 ye ...

Corey Furst has been promoted to Director of Operations of Mortenson's Salt Lake City office. Furst joined Mortenson’s Federal Contracting Group as a Project Executive in 2015 and has since led multiple projects for the U.S. Coast Guard, Marine Corps and ...

Jon Hines has joined Mortenson's Salt Lake City team as Development Executive, bringing together Mortenson’s full capabilities as a develop-design-build partner in the company’s recently acquired offices at 324 South State St. Hines joined Mortenson’s Chi ...

Sarah Narjes has been promoted to General Manager of Mortenson's Salt Lake City office. Narjes joined the Mortenson Denver team in 2007, and for the past 15 years she has overseen a variety of high-profile projects, including the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Ju ...

ULI Utah, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and education organization, has named Hoang Nguyen as chair of its new Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. She is the managing partner of Sapa Investments (including Sapa Gastronomy Group, Sapa Investments ...

The Parkinson Foundation has appointed Cory Pinegar as president and board member of the newly formed Rocky Mountain Chapter Board of Advisors. Pinegard, whose father was diagnosed with the disease in 2016, will work to raise awareness of the disease as w ...

Salt Lake City-based Scorpion, the leading provider of technology and services that helps local businesses thrive, has named Bridgette Moore as Chief People Officer. Moore will lead Scorpion's people strategy and help promote a supportive, performance-ori ...

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Banking has named Brittany Westover as Intermountain Region manager for middle market banking and specialized industries. Based in Salt Lake City, she leads teams of commercial bankers focused on serving the financial needs of m ...

Blackrock Neurotech, a Salt Lake City-based company focused on brain-computer interface technology, has hired Jeff C. Jensen as the company’s first chief technology officer. Jensen is a computer scientist, roboticist, and electrical engineer. He has more ...

Nexstar Media Inc., based in Texas, has named Mark Danielson to lead KTVX-TV, KUCW-TV, MTVX-TV and ABC4.com in Salt Lake City. Danielson worked in a variety of news, sales and production positions in Salt Lake City early in his career, including at KTVX-T ...

LCA Bancorporation, a Park City-based, Utah-chartered industrial bank, and parent company Lease Corporation of America, have named Travis Betenson as chief financial officer. Betenson will lead finance, accounting and treasury management functions for bot ...