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Lexi Olsen Appointment

John V. Evans Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of D.L. Evans Bank, is pleased to announce that Lexi Olsen has joined the bank as a Business Banking Officer for the Northern Utah area. Lexi has eight years of banking experience and in her new pos ...

Intellibed, a trusted and proven category pioneer that leads the industry with its revolutionary Gel Matrix mattress technology, has welcomed Ross Olinski to the corporate team as Vice President of Manufacturing and Product Development. He brings more tha ...

Mikhael Mikhalev

Maschoff Brennan, Salt Lake City, has named Mikhael Mikhalev as its newest shareholder. Mikhalev joined the firm in 2012. His practice focuses on U.S. and international patent preparation and prosecution, patentability evaluation clearance and non-infring ...

Kerry Desberg

Impartner, a Salt Lake City-based channel management platform company, has promoted Kerry Desberg from global marketing director to chief marketing officer. Desberg succeeds Dave R Taylor, who has accepted a soon-to-be-announced role with another company. ...

Arlene Garcia Gunderson

The Utah Department of Workforce Services Utah State Office of Rehabilitation has selected Arlene Garcia Gunderson as the new director of the Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Gunderson will be responsible for the oversight and administration of ...

Marlon C. Lynch

The University of Utah has named Marlon C. Lynch as the university’s first chief safety officer. Lynch assumes his new role Feb. 1 and comes to the UofU from New York University, where he has been senior vice president for campus services and safety. The ...

Maria Alvarez

Workfront, a Lehi-based work management application platform company, has announced that Maria Alvarez has joined its board of directors. Alvarez has more than 20 years of experience building products and teams in software development, security, internet ...

James Morgan

The Forbes M+A Group, a Colorado-based middle market transaction advisory firm, has hired James Morgan as a managing director. Morgan will support the firm in its Salt Lake City office. Morgan has more than 18 years of experience working with global inves ...

Christopher Yip

RET Ventures, a Park City-based early-stage venture fund primarily focused on real estate technology for the multifamily and single-family rental segments, has hired Christopher Yip as partner and managing director. Yip will lead new investments, help bui ...

Drew Morin

D.A. Davidson & Co. today announced that Drew Morin, an experienced financial services professional, has joined the firm to serve as a Financial Advisor in the Salt Lake City branch. Morin works closely with individual investors, families and businesses t ...

Katie Eccles

The American Cancer Society (ACS) has announced three new members to its board of directors, including Katie Eccles of Salt Lake City. Eccles is an attorney and of counsel at Ray, Quinney & Nebeker. The new members’ two-year terms begin Jan. 1. The bo ...

Tim Crompton

Weber State University has named Tim Crompton as director of intercollegiate athletics, a role he has filled as interim since May. Prior to his selection, Crompton coached WSU women’s soccer for 15 years. He was voted the Big Sky Coach of the Year three t ...

Ron Bigelow

ChamberWest has selected Ron Bigelow as its Hall of Fame award winner for 2020. Bigelow is serving as the eighth mayor of West Valley City and previously was the director of the Utah Office of Planning and Budget and a member of the Utah State House of Re ...

Jana Buck

Code Corp., a Draper-based data capture technology company, has promoted Jana Buck to chief operations Officer. She has been with Code for 17 years, most recently serving as the vice president of operations at the company headquarters. Before joining Code ...

Dinesh Patel

Zenerchi, a Salt Lake City-based life extension and biomedical simulation and visualization AI company, has announced that Dinesh Patel is joining its board of directors. A venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur, Patel is founding partner and managing ...

Darren B. Nelson

TurnPoint FX, a Salt Lake City-based B2B foreign currency exchange brokerage, has named Darren B. Nelson as partner and managing director. He will primarily focus on building client relationships with corporate multinationals in the United States. He will ...

Jeff Williamson

Sundt Construction Inc. has promoted Jeff Williamson to president of the transportation group. Williamson has more than 30 years of experience in the construction industry. He began his career as a field engineer in 1986 and has worked in both the field a ...

Sterling Nielsen

Sterling Nielsen, president and chief executive officer of Mountain America Credit Union, has been named 2019 Outstanding Chief Executive of the Year by the Credit Union Executives Society. The award recognizes credit union CEOs who have made a significan ...

Jordan Cullimore

Jordan S. Cullimore has been appointed as the new director of the Utah Office of Property Rights Ombudsman. The Land Use and Eminent Domain Advisory Board voted unanimously Nov. 12 to select Cullimore to succeed the former director, Brent Bateman, wh ...

Brit Merrill

Holland & Hart, Salt Lake City, has hired Brit Merrill, who counsels large and small employers on state and federal compliance and litigation issues. Before joining Holland & Hart, Merrill worked with a large Utah-based law firm where her practice inc ...