People On The Move

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Scott W. Smith

Scott W. Smith has been named executive director of the Utah State Tax Commission. He has 32 years of experience with the commission, including serving as the deputy executive director since 2011. Smith will oversee 752 employees and seven divisions. He f ...

Lauren Walker

Lauren Walker, chief supply chain officer at Young Living Essential Oils, Lehi, was named Guest of Honor at Impact Magazine’s Women of Impact Honorary Black Tie Affair in Washington, D.C. The ceremony honored exceptional female business leaders who make a ...

Cari Fullerton

Cari Fullerton, commercial lending team leader for Bank of Utah, has been named senior credit administrator and will become part of the bank’s senior management team. She will oversee loan operations and loan servicing and will be assuming credit risk man ...

Roger G. Shumway

Bank of Utah, Ogden, has announced executive changes. Roger G. Shumway, executive vice president and chief credit officer, will change some of his responsibilities and will oversee wealth management, collections and special projects. He also will be trans ...

Richard D. McBee

Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings Inc., a Midvale-based sporting goods retailer, has announced that Richard D. McBee has been appointed to the company’s board of directors. McBee has more than 25 years of leadership experience. He serves as president and CEO ...

Ryan Oviatt

Profire Energy Inc., a Lindon-based technology company which creates, installs and services burner and chemical management solutions in the oil and gas industry, has named Ryan Oviatt to its board of directors. Oviatt is the company’s chief financial offi ...

Melina Miramontes

CBRE, a commercial real estate firm, has hired Melina Miramontes for its Salt Lake City office as an associate specializing in the office market. She will focus on advisory and transaction services. She has nearly 10 years of management experience, includ ...

Dru Whitlock

Dru Whitlock has joined global architecture, engineering, and consulting firm Stantec as the global practice leader for biosolids and energy recovery, based in the Cottonwood Parkway office in Salt Lake City, Utah. In his role, Whitlock will focus on grow ...

Schuyler Northstrom

Uinta Mattress, a Salt Lake City mattress manufacturer formerly known as Diamond Mattress, was recently acquired by Schuyler Northstrom. He has taken control of the company and now serves as CEO + President of the Utah mattress manufacturer. Northstrom br ...

Gary Ashcraft

SynergySuite has hired Gary Ashcraft as the executive vice president of global client success. He also joins the company's executive team. In this new position, Ashcraft will lead the professional services, sales engineering and product support teams, wit ...

Kelly Chapman

KSTU-TV Fox 13 has promoted Kelly Chapman from weekday morning anchor to weekday afternoon and evening anchor. Chapman will co-anchor Fox 13’s 4 p.m. newscast with Max Roth and co-anchor the 5 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. newscasts with Bob Evans, who has b ...

Milton L. Lee

Milton L. Lee, co-founder and chief science officer at Axcend Corp., Provo, recently was presented with the 2018 Csaba Horváth Memorial Award, presented annually by the Connecticut Separation Science Council to a top separation scientist. The award was pr ...

Cindy Crane

Cindy Crane has been named winner of the 2018 Athena Award, to be presented Nov. 16 at the 42nd annual Salt Lake Chamber Women’s Business Center's Women & Business Conference. Crane is CEO of Rocky Mountain Power. Winners of Pathfinder Awards also wil ...

Michael Leach, CPO

Michael Leach, Certified Prosthetist-Orthotist and Prosthetic Product Manager at Orthomerica, has been appointed as the Certified Prosthetist-Orthotist (CPO) Advisor of global, non-profit organization, Project Lolo. As the CPO Advisor, Michael will contri ...

Kristin Van Wey

DoTerra International, a Pleasant Grove-based essential oils company, recently recognized Kristin Van Wey with its Elevation Award for her work with the "Let's Empower Women" initiative. Van Wey is a doTerra wellness advocate. The “Let’s Empower Women” tr ...

David Barlow

Dorsey & Whitney LLP has hired David Barlow as a partner in its Trial Group and Government Enforcement & Corporate Investigations Practice Group in Salt Lake City. He also will regularly work from the firm's office in Washington, D.C. Barlow's practic ...

Maxine Turner

The United States Chamber of Commerce has appointed Maxine Turner to its Education, Employment and Training Committee, which analyzes and recommends policy on education and workforce development issues. Specifically, the committee is responsible for the d ...

Zach Judkins

Zach Judkins has been promoted to director of business development. He will oversee Kier’s regional business development initiatives with new and existing clients. Judkins has nearly 12 years of experience in the construction industry and in client relati ...

Steve Kier

Kier Construction, Ogden, has made several changes to its executive management team. Steve Kier has been appointed chief executive officer. He has served as company president for the past 32 years. As CEO, he will be responsible for creating, planning, an ...

Clint Costley

Clint Costley has been named president of Kier Construction. Costley most recently was Kier's vice president of business development. As president, Costley will work with Kier in creating, communicating and implementing KIER’s vision, purpose and overall ...