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BANKING
• Bank of Utah, Ogden, has appointed Brooke L. Heym as mortgage loan officer at the Redwood Road branch. Heym has more than 20 years of management experience. She previously was the residential mortgage loan officer at Liberty Bank Inc. and manager of research center operations at Opinion Dynamics Corp.
CONSTRUCTION
• Spectrum Engineers, Salt Lake City, has hired Vellachi Ganesan as lighting designer. Ganesan is also a light artist and design educator and has worked for eight years in the lighting design industry. Her experience includes working as a lighting designer for Arup, presenting light-art installations at international festivals, and teaching lighting design at tertiary institutions.
DIRECT SALES
• DoTerra, Pleasant Grove, has appointed Dr. Brannick Riggs as vice president of healthcare initiatives and chief medical director of the company’s medical clinic. Riggs has more than 15 years of medical experience and will continue to practice medicine. Riggs has served on DoTerra’s medical advisory board for five years. Prior to joining DoTerra, Riggs was an associate professor at the University of Utah College of Medicine, practiced as a physician and partner at Revere Health, and served as Revere Health’s medical director of the Northern Utah Region.
DIVIDENDS
• The board of directors of Extra Space Storage Inc., based in Salt Lake City, has declared a quarterly dividend of 78 cents per share for the third quarter of 2017. The dividend is payable Sept. 29 to stockholders of record Sept. 15.
EXPANSIONS
• Purple, a Salt Lake City-based mattress company, has announced its first international expansion, moving into the Canadian market. The company was launched in January 2016 by Tony and Terry Pearce.
HOSPITALITY/FOOD SERVICE
• The Fairfield Inn Provo has been sold for an undisclosed amount to a regional investment group. Hunter Hotel Advisors’ Los Angeles office represented a California hotel owner for the sale. The three-story hotel was built in 1992.
LAW
• Cordell & Cordell has hired associate attorney Brody N. Miles for its Midvale office. He is the fifth attorney in that office. The firm has more than 250 attorneys in more than 95 offices in the U.S.
PHILANTHROPY
• World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) and the Lt. Governor’s Commission on Service and Volunteerism (UServeUtah) are teaming up to promote community engagement on the Sept. 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance, a day set aside to pay tribute to the victims of 9/11 and the men and women who rose up in service in the days and weeks following the attacks. The two organizations will be participating in service projects benefitting the homeless community on Sept. 11 and challenge all members of the community to find a way to serve between Sept. 8-16. People interested in exploring volunteer opportunities can visit userve.utah.gov/911-day-projects or www.justserve.org.
REAL ESTATE
• Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors has hired Dan Simons, Mark Jensen, Greg Ratliff, Chris Turner and Richard McAllister. Simons works at the company’s Salt Lake City office as senior vice president. He has nearly 40 years of experience working in the Utah commercial real estate market. He previously was branch broker at NAI West and held positions at Newmark Grubb ACRES and NAI Utah. Simons also served as the director of real estate at Larry H. Miller Group, guiding the development of Jordan Commons; was economic development director for Sandy City; served as chair of the Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce; served as commissioner of the Utah Division of Real Estate; and served as president of Thanksgiving Point Development. Jensen will work in Salt Lake City as executive vice president of investments. Jensen previously was executive vice president at Newmark Grubb ACRES and headed the Apartment Realty Advisors “ARA” Utah Office. Ratliff will work in Salt Lake City as senior vice president of multifamily investments. He most recently was vice president of the Apartment Properties Group at Newmark Grubb ACRES. Turner will work in Salt Lake City as an investment analyst. He previously worked at Newmark Grubb ACRES. McAllister was hired to be work in the firm’s Utah County office in American Fork as vice president. He previously was with Prudential Real Estate since 2000.
• Newmark Grubb ACRES has welcomed the Summit Senior Housing Advisors (SSHA) group, McSean Thompson and Sam Bechthold. Thompson has consulted with dozens of operators on how to implement operational improvements and has closed over $75 million in transactions in the last 36 months. He has extensive experience in data science and analytics, having completed a five-year engagement with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the United Arab Emirates. Bechthold is a healthcare real estate professional with a wide range of experience in brokerage, asset management and senior housing operations, including business development and investment analysis. Sam got his start in healthcare real estate management as a senior investment analyst and asset manager at Welltower (formerly Health Care REIT). His education includes an undergraduate degree at the University of Utah.
• C.W. Land Co., Centerville, has appointed John Erickson as vice president of construction, leading the company’s portfolio of unique regional developments. Erickson’s experience includes 10 years with Okland Construction where he managed engineering, bidding and contracting for high-rise residences, urban infill and educational facilities. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management degree from Brigham Young University and is an MBA candidate at the University of Utah.
RECOGNITIONS
• Alison Beddard has been named to the list of “2017 Women of Influence” by Real Estate Forum. Beddard works as senior director of office and investment services in the Salt Lake City office of Cushman & Wakefield and is the global president of the Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network. Real Estate Forum selects 50 women each year for the list, marking their impact in commercial real estate through exceptional transaction volume, strong impact on their company’s overall success or contributions to the industry at large.
TECHNOLOGY/LIFE SCIENCES
• Fortem Technologies, a Salt Lake City-based provider of airspace security and safety solutions for drones, has hired Chris Lundell as chief marketing officer. Lundell will develop the company’s overall communications and marketing roadmap, customer acquisition strategy and go-to-market product strategy. Lundell has 25 years of experience in developing marketing and sales programs for technology and enterprise businesses. Prior to joining Fortem, he was chief marketing officer and vice president of business development at Vivint Solar. He also was president of North America operations for Nexthink Technology and chief executive officer of Corda Technology. He is the acting managing board member of Deductr. He holds an MBA in finance and a bachelor’s degree in business management from Brigham Young University.