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ASSOCIATIONS
• Chris Boyle has been named chairman of the Utah District Export Council (DEC). Boyle is president and founder of Global Access. The Utah DEC is a volunteer organization of Utah businesspeople appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce in recognition of their international business experience and leadership. Council members offer local small-to-medium sized businesses advice and mentoring on conducting business across borders and also lend their expertise to complement the U.S. Commercial Service's efforts to promote Utah exports. Boyle founded Global Access in 2002 as a technology and logistics services provider assisting direct selling companies in reaching international consumers, primarily in Asia Pacific.
• Kevin Guest has been elected to the Direct Selling Association (DSA) board of directors. Guest is chief executive officer of USANA Health Sciences, Salt Lake City. The DSA is a national trade association of more than 200 leading companies that offer entrepreneurial opportunities to independent sellers to market and sell products and services, typically outside of a fixed retail establishment. Guest will serve a one-year term. He has held a variety of roles at USANA for more than 24 years, including president and co-CEO, and was recently nominated to serve on the company's board of directors.
AUTOMOTIVE
• Jerry Seiner Group has opened a new Kia dealership at 1530 S. 500 W., Salt Lake City. The 25,000-square-foot dealership was built over 10 months. Company founder Jerry Seiner bought land for the dealership in 1994.
BANKING
• Bank of Utah, Ogden, has opened a full-service branch at 100 S. 500 W., Bountiful. It is the 14th full-service location for the bank in Utah and the second branch in Davis County. The branch deposit manager is Tiffany Andrew. The branch will employ 10 people and offer personal banking services, consumer and business loans, mortgage and construction loans, and access to trust and investment services.
CONSTRUCTION
• Cache Valley Electric Co., Logan, has named Rachael Hunt as director of marketing and business development and Taylor Scalley as director of business development. Hunt has experience in medical sales in Los Angeles, Oregon and Salt Lake City, most recently with Stryker. She has concurrently worked in marketing and business development as a private consultant for the past five years with F10 Collective. She graduated from the University of Utah in 1998. Scalley began his career working in development at Arizona State University and spent 10 years working with the University of Utah – Major Gifts and Health Sciences, concluding his tenure there as the executive director of principal gifts. Most recently, Scalley served as the regional chief development officer for Intermountain Research and Medical Foundation. Scalley’s education includes graduating from the University of Utah. Hunt and Scalley were hired to fill and expand upon the position of Allison Milne, who is retiring from Cache Valley Electric after 31 years with the company.
CONTESTS
• The Utah Governor’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities and the Utah Business Leadership Network are accepting nominations through 5 p.m. July 1 for the 2017 Golden Key awards. The awards program recognizes outstanding contributions that promote employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Award categories include Business of the Year (small, medium and large); Ace Award, for an individual or advocate; Freedom Award, for hiring and retention of disabled veterans; and ASAP Achievement Award, for a state agency with best utilization of the Alternative State Application Process. All nominations must be typed or printed legibly. The nomination form, including 500 words or less narrative, and letters of support may be mailed to Golden Key Awards, 1595 W. 500 S., Salt Lake City, UT 84104, or returned electronically to leahlobato@utah.gov. Help in completing the form is available at (801) 887-9538.
EDUCATION/TRAINING
• The Women Tech Council (WTC) has launched a technology internship program to provide high school girls the opportunity to interact with technology companies, meet and interact with women in technology and understand the impact they can have by pursuing STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) careers. Participants will tour tech companies — including Vivint, Ancestry, Instructure, Dell EMC, Domo, Adobe, HireVue and IM Flash — to learn about working in tech, the types of jobs that exist in the technology industry and the employability skills they need for a successful career in STEM. During their internship, the girls will present at the state educator’s CTE Conference to demonstrate and teach state educators about activities to engage students in STEM. The internship program is an extension of WTC’s SheTech, a program designed to activate, engage and inspire high school girls to pursue STEM fields and careers through hands-on experience and mentoring with industry experts.
ENERGY/NATURAL RESOURCES
• Vivint Solar Inc., Lehi, has expanded into Vermont. The residential solar energy systems company now operates in 18 states.
HEALTHCARE
• Health Catalyst, Salt Lake City, has announced the appointment of Duncan Gallagher to the company board of directors. Gallagher has more than 30 years of experience as a healthcare chief financial officer and finance leader, including his most recent role as executive vice president, chief administrative officer and CFO of Allina Health, based in Minneapolis. Allina Health’s more than 90 clinics, 12 hospitals and related healthcare services provide care for nearly 1 million people across Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Gallagher also spent 10 years as executive vice president and chief operating/financial officer with Iowa-based UnityPoint Health and was a partner at KPMG.
PHILANTHROPY
• Ruby’s Inn, Bryce Canyon, announced that last year it raised $75,286 for the Bryce Canyon National History Association through its “Dollar Check-Off” program. Over the past 13 years it has raised $700,000 for the association through the program, which allows guests at the three Ruby’s Inn hotels to donate to the program with $1 charged each night of their stay going directly to the association. The program has grown to a 98 percent participation rate among guests, with an estimated 118,000 participants in 2016.
• Bank of Utah, Ogden, presented a check for $1,000 to Bountiful Food Pantry at a ribbon-cutting event for a new branch in Bountiful. Bank of Utah has supported Davis County through its annual “Warm Bodies, Warm Souls” coat drive and “Shower Them with Love” drive to collect baby necessities for financially struggling families, and both efforts have benefited the Bountiful Food Pantry for more than five years.
REAL ESTATE
• The Cove at Overlake, in Tooele, has been sold for an undisclosed amount to a private partnership based in northern California. The Cove is a 132-unit, Class A apartment community built in 2014. The seller was a local partnership that built the property. Rawely Nielsen, president of investment sales at Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors (CBC Advisors), and Darren Nielsen, investment sales advisor at CBC Advisors, represented the seller and buyer in the transaction. CBC Advisors also was involved in the sale of The Pines, adjacent to Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg for an undisclosed amount. The Pines is a 72-unit student housing community with 344 beds. The seller was Hemming Properties, a Rexburg investment development group. Hemming Properties maintained some ownership in The Pines after the sale. The buyer was Pines Investors LLC, a Provo-based student housing investment group. Patrick Lucero, senior vice president at CBC Advisors, represented Hemming Properties. Nielsen represented Pines Investors LLC.
RECOGNITIONS
• Dr. Marc Harrison is listed at No. 10 in the 2017 rankings of the “50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders,” a list compiled by Modern Healthcare. Harrison is president and chief executive officer of Intermountain Healthcare. The awards program “honors physicians working in all sectors of the healthcare industry who are steering their organizations and the healthcare delivery system through dynamic, challenging times.” The ranking began with nominations, which were narrowed to a final ballot of 150 physician executives who received the most nominations. The final 50 honorees were chosen by readers and the senior editors of Modern Healthcare and Modern Physician magazines.
• Visit Salt Lake (VSL) has presented its annual “Tourism Achievement Award” to SMG and Utah Food Services. The award is VSL’s highest honor, presented annually to honor members and community organizations for “outstanding efforts in supporting the mission of VSL and the larger tourism community of Salt Lake County.” SMG is a worldwide facility management company contracted by Salt Lake County to manage the Salt Palace Convention Center, South Towne Exposition Center and the Salt Lake County Equestrian Park and Event Center. Utah Food Services is the exclusive caterer at the Salt Palace Convention Center and South Towne Expo Center.
• Dixie State University and Love Communications recently received a Silver Anvil Award of Excellence and Young Living Essential Oils and Ketchum received a Silver Anvil Award from the Public Relations Society of America. Dixie State and Love Communications were honored for “Blazing a New Brand,” establishing the university’s Trailblazer athletic rebrand. The entry was in the category of “Reputation/Brand Management, Government.” The Young Living/Ketchum entry, “The Lavender Room NYC,” was in the category “Events and Observances, Seven or Fewer Days, Consumer Products.”
RESTAURANTS
• Dave & Buster’s will open its first Utah location at The Gateway in March 2018. Dave & Buster’s, with a combination of entertainment and dining, has 99 restaurants in 34 states.