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ASSOCIATIONS
• 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 development of policies concerning early childhood education, pre-K-12 education, postsecondary education, career and technical education, the public workforce development system, incumbent worker training and lifelong learning. Turner has served as the national chair on the chamber’s Council on Small Business for the last two and a half years and on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce board for over two years. She also has been active in the Salt Lake City Chamber. Turner is the founder of the U.S. Welcome Pavilion and has been active in Park City Chamber Bureau, Sandy Chamber Advisory Council, Salt Lake City Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Salt Lake Community College Culinary Board, Salt Lake Community College Foundation Board and the board of Junior Achievement. She also has more than three decades of experience in the food service industry.
BANKING
• People’s Intermountain Bank, the corporate entity for Bank of American Fork, has promoted Ryan Jones and hired Michael Baum, Anthony Nielson and Jeremy Despain. Jones has been promoted to senior vice president and chief lending officer. He has 18 years of banking experience, including 13 years with People’s Intermountain Bank and Bank of American Fork. Jones has been involved with loan and deposit generation through various commercial and retail outlets in his career. Most recently, he grew loan and deposit totals in the Salt Lake and Davis counties as manager of the bank’s Northern Region. He was also instrumental in establishing a treasury services department at the bank. Jones’ education includes a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Utah. Baum was hired as vice president and manager of treasury management. He has over a decade of experience in treasury management. He previously held the position of territory manager covering several states and regional manager covering the entire West for a manufacturing firm in Chicago. His past also includes small-business ownership in a commercial design firm and a small chain of deli-style restaurants. Baum attended the University of Utah and received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix. Nielson was hired as assistant vice president and director of data warehousing. He has 10 years of banking experience, specializing in data warehousing. Nielson holds a B.S. in computer science from Utah Valley University and an MBA in finance from Brigham Young University. Despain was hired as assistant vice president and director of financial planning. He has been in the financial services industry for more than 13 years, having experience with brokerage firms and fintech companies. He has a bachelor’s degree in finance from Brigham Young University.
EXPANSIONS
• Sundance, a Salt Lake City-based retailer of apparel, footwear, jewelry, accessories, art and home décor, has opened a store in Deer Park, Illinois. The store in the Deer Park Town Center is the second of four stores to open across the country by year-end.
LAW
• 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 practice will focus on government and internal corporate investigations as well as business litigation, with particular emphasis on pharmaceutical, medical device and mass tort matters. He joins Dorsey from Walmart, where he served as vice president of compliance for Walmart’s Health and Wellness business. He previously was a partner in Sidley Austin LLP for more than a decade, where he handled government and internal investigations across the United States, Europe and Asia. He also served as U.S. attorney for the District of Utah and served as U.S. Sen. Mike Lee’s chief counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Barlow’s education includes a B.A. degree from Brigham Young University.
MILESTONES
• HireVue, a Salt Lake City-based talent assessment suite and video interviewing solutions company, has surpassed 8 million on-demand video interviews. Its more than 700 customers interview nearly 1 million people every 90 days in more than 180 countries and in 32 languages.
REAL ESTATE
• Colliers International has executed the sales of the former Xactware campus in Orem to Central Utah Water, which will use the campus as its corporate headquarters. Financial terms were not disclosed. The campus includes two buildings totaling over 92,042 square feet of Class A office space. Brandon Fugal and Cody Black from Colliers International brokered the transaction.
• Richmond American Homes of Utah Inc., a subsidiary of M.D.C. Holdings Inc., has opened Vistas at East Gate, a new community in Layton. The community has two-story floor plans with three to seven bedrooms and up to approximately 2,490 square feet.
RECOGNITIONS
• Salt Lake City’s Department of Sustainability has announced four winners of the 2018 Elevate Buildings Awards, highlighting organizations that have taken action to enhance the energy performance of their building through innovative programs and efficiency upgrades. The Energy Project of the Year is University of Utah Health. Throughout 2017, the Hospital Facilities & Engineering at University of Utah Health undertook a six-phase project that would replace 1,831 fixtures with new LED lighting. The Energy Management Program award went to Davis School District, which incorporates energy efficiency efforts across all of its 100-plus facilities under the direction of the district’s 20-member energy committee. The district’s overall annual energy consumption has had a 16 percent reduction against a 2006 benchmark. The Most Improved Energy Star Score award was earned by VCBO Architecture, which saw its Energy Star score increase nine points (from 77 to 86) over two years. VCBO monitors its energy consumption with the EPA’s free online software Portfolio Manager, which VCBO uses to assess the impact that their efforts are having on the energy performance of their building. The Energy Efficiency Champion award winner is Vestar, owner of The Gateway. When Vestar bought The Gateway in spring 2016, it implemented immediate, major upgrades, including energy-efficiency enhancements and carbon-reduction initiatives throughout the property. It partnered with Lux Energy Group to create a comprehensive program of energy optimization projects. Last year, The Gateway eliminated more than 2,300 metric tons of carbon emissions and has realized a $275,000 reduction in annual energy costs.
• 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” training program delivers face-to-face fertility and health training to communities that are experiencing unsustainable and unwanted pregnancies, which often result in child labor and trafficking as well as increased poverty. As part of the program, Van Wey commissioned and developed a Lunar Essential Tracker Bracelet to accompany family planning training. The bracelet is an education tool to assist women and their partners in monitoring their monthly cycle, including their most fertile days.
• The Salt Lake City Regional Athletic Complex (RAC) was recognized as one of the best soccer facilities in the U.S. by Connect Sports magazine. The RAC, with its 16 sand-based fields on 140 acres of land in Salt Lake City, received the second spot on a ranked list of nine athletic facilities across the country. The RAC opened in April 2016. The rankings were determined by an online survey conducted by Connect Sports in which respondents voted for their pick as the top facility to host soccer tournaments.
RETAIL
• SRE Group has opened a Jiffy Lube service center in Provo. It is the company’s 29th Jiffy Lube location. The four-bay Jiffy Lube Multicare facility provides services including brakes, tires, engine diagnostics and oil changes.
RURAL UTAH
• The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) board, at its October meeting, endorsed a pair of Rural Fast Track grants. Fierce Products, located in Gunnison in Sanpete County, was endorsed for a $50,000 grant to help the company purchase equipment to expand operations, including lathes, a mill, laser engravers, paint booths and ovens. The $116,992 project is expected to result in five new full-time positions. Pop’s Bistro, in Blanding in San Juan County, was endorsed for a $50,000 grant to help the company expand and purchase a building. The $222,000 project is expected to result in one new full-time position. The grants had been approved by the Governor’s Rural Partnership Board.
SERVICES
• The Forbes M+A Group, a Colorado-based transaction advisory firm, has hired Garit Lawson as a managing director who will head the firm’s new Utah office in Salt Lake City. He specializes his transactional services in technology-enabled manufacturing, consumer products and business services. A Utah native, Lawson has more than 20 years of experiences as a mergers and acquisitions professional. Prior to joining Forbes, Lawson managed the Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory Services Group at Colliers International, formerly Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors. He began his M&A career at Interwest Acquisitions Advisors. Lawson also has founded and operated companies in the consumer and business services industries, and consulted to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and high-tech companies. Lawson received his master’s degree from the University of Utah in business administration and organizational development.
SPORTS
• Athletic Republic, a Park City-based sports performance training franchise, has hired John Brenkus as the company’s first-ever chief sport science officer. Brenkus is a six-time Emmy Award-winning creator and former host of “ESPN Sports Science.” In addition to his duties at Athletic Republic, Brenkus has also launched Soul and Science, a new property that explores the tangible and intangible aspects of high performance in every field. He also hosts the podcast “The Brink of Midnight” and has also written a best-seller called The Perfection Point.
TECHNOLOGY/LIFE SCIENCES
• Lucidchart, a South Jordan-based visual communication company, has hired Cara Frisbie as vice president and general counsel and Elliott Smith as senior vice president of finance. Frisbie is a corporate governance and transactional lawyer. Before joining Lucidchart, she represented Silicon Valley venture investors and startups from inception to exit at Am Law 100 firms. She also spent several years focused on international capital market transactions while living in Singapore and Sydney and served as the chief operating officer of a private company in the environmental trading space. Smith has nearly two decades of finance, operations and strategy experience. He previously served as chief financial officer at InsideSales.com. Before that, he led finance and operations for Ancestry business unit AncestryDNA.
• RiskRecon, a Salt Lake City-based vendor monitoring solution company, has hired Kim Ann King as vice president of marketing and Jon Whitlock as director of partner programs. King, a veteran of the Boston start-up scene, has helped to launch and grow several organizations, including Open Market, Akamai Technologies and Bit9, now known as Carbon Black. Whitlock has extensive channel development and alliances experience. He recently led Carbonite’s global channel sales and programs and, prior to that, built and managed Kaspersky Lab’s North America channels. RiskRecon also said it has opened a second office, in Draper, to accommodate its growing operations, development and marketing staff.