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ASSOCIATIONS
• Silicon Slopes has appointed Adam Edmunds to its board of directors. Edmunds is CEO of Entrata, a role he has held since 2020. Before joining Entrata, Edmunds served as president and board member at Podium, chief strategy officer at MaritzCX, founder and CEO at Allegiance Inc., and founder and CEO at SilentWhistle Inc. Edmunds holds a master’s degree in accounting from Brigham Young University.
BANKING
• PNC Bank has appointed Gavin Young as regional president and head of corporate banking for Utah. He will oversee business development, lead local delivery of PNC’s cross line of business capabilities, build and maintain new and existing client relationships, and lead philanthropic and community initiatives in support of the market. This includes PNC Grow Up Great, PNC’s signature philanthropic initiative focused on increasing access to high-quality early childhood education. Young also will lead and grow an existing team of seasoned relationship managers responsible for capitalizing on the state’s diverse business opportunities among businesses and organizations with annual revenues above $50 million. Young has 24 years of experience in capital markets and corporate banking at PNC. He currently is managing director in PNC’s Debt Capital Markets group in Charlotte, North Carolina. He began his banking career in 2001 as an associate in the management development program and served as a relationship manager in a leveraged finance group. He joined the Loan Syndications Group within PNC Debt Capital Markets in 2005, then opened its Charlotte office in 2012. Young’s education includes a bachelor of science degree in communications from the University of Utah.
• Bank of Utah, based in Ogden, has hired Wendy Gray as Branch Manager III at its Bountiful branch. Gray has over 30 years of financial services industry experience, holding positions across many financial institutions, gaining expertise in policy and procedure, SBA lending, digital signature, other real estate owned (OREO), personal banking, business account development and financial wellness consulting. She is an alumna of Utah State University.
DIRECT SALES
• Nature’s Sunshine Products Inc., a Lehi-based provider of herbal and nutritional products, has appointed Heidi Wissmiller as chairman of the board of directors. She succeeds Richard D. Moss, who has retired after serving as a director since 2018 and chairman since 2022. Wissmiller has served on the Nature’s Sunshine board since 2020, during which she has chaired the Governance and Risk Management committees. Her experience includes serving as chief growth officer at Rodan+Fields. She currently serves as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New York Film Academy 10 ARTS Foundation.
GOVERNMENT
• Utah Treasurer Marlo M. Oaks has appointed Rakhi Patel to the School and Institutional Trust Funds OfficeBoard of Trustees. Patel fills the seat currently held by David Nixon, whose second term ends June 30. SITFO is an independent state agency with a five-member board, chaired by the state treasurer, to invest the funds produced by the management of land held by 12 trusts for the support of state institutions. Patel serves as deputy general counsel, corporate and M&A, at GoodLeap, a fintech company in the renewable energy sector. She also provides legal counsel to GoodFinch, an affiliated investment firm with over $1 billion in assets under management, focused on solar energy and sustainable home improvement. Patel has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, securities and corporate law, and investment fund management, having previously held legal roles at Tesla and Skadden Arps.
HEALTH CARE
• Sera Prognostics Inc., a Salt Lake City-based company focused on improving maternal and neonatal health, has appointed Lee Anderson as chief commercial officer. Anderson has more than 30 years of cross-functional leadership experience in sales, marketing, customer service, strategic accounts and training. He most recently held various roles at Genomic Health and Exact Sciences, finally leading U.S. oncology sales and global customer service as vice president. He also served as chief commercial officer at Biofidelity Inc.
TECHNOLOGY
• Pluralsight, a Draper-based technology workforce development company, has appointed Steve Vierra as chief revenue officer. He will oversee all aspects of Pluralsight’s sales, customer success, revenue enablement and support functions. Vierra has over 30 years of technology industry and go-to-market experience, most recently serving as chief revenue officer at Beamery. He also served as executive vice president of global field operations at Medallia Inc. and spent 20 years at BMC Software, where he acted as global sales owner.