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BANKING
• IFI Network, a Salt Lake City-based B2B banking marketplace, has appointed Molly Bennard to its Advisory Board. Bennard has more than two decades of experience building and scaling global financial services organizations, most recently serving as president of international operations at Focus Financial Partners and CEO of Connectus Wealth Advisers. Earlier, she was managing director at Focus Financial Partners, served as head of the Strategic Initiatives Group at AXA US, and began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in accounting and transaction advisory before joining Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking Division.
CONSTRUCTION
• GSBS Architects, a design firm with offices in Utah and Texas, has announced that three of its principals have been elected to the its board of directors: Clio Rayner, Soonju Kwon and Tang Yang. Rayner joined GSBS in 2005 and has led work in both the higher education and K-12 sectors, including the recently completed renovation of Weber State University’s McKay Education Building and the newly rebuilt Sunset Junior High School for the Davis School District. She is also president-elect of the Utah Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Kwon joined GSBS in 2010 and has been a design leader for complex, high-profile projects. She has led major resort and higher education projects, including work at Snowbird Resort and the Utah State University Huntsman School of Business. She also has served on the University of Utah College of Architecture & Planning Dean’s Council, has been an adjunct professor, and was a founding board member of Women in Architecture SLC. Kwon also has been involved in public art pieces, including an installation at Salt Lake City International Airport and street art pieces for the Salt Lake City Art Council’s series of outdoor sculptures. Yang leads GSBS’s Resort and Hospitality market sector. His portfolio includes The Nest, the soon-to-open replacement for Snowbird Resort’s iconic Mid Gad Restaurant. He is a founding member and current president of the National Organization of Minority Architects’ Utah Chapter. He has served in leadership roles with the Utah Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He mentors students at the University of Utah’s College of Architecture & Planning and is a regular visiting critic for the college’s classes and studios.
ENERGY
• Torus Inc., a South Salt Lake-based company focused on energy systems, has named William (Bill) Comeau as chief utility officer. He will be responsible for advancing utility partnerships and grid integration. Comeau joins Torus after more than 25 years in the electric utility industry, including senior leadership roles at PacifiCorp. Most recently, he served as vice president of customer experience and innovation at PacifiCorp, leading several of the company’s programs, including pioneering energy storage and grid flexibility initiatives. Earlier in his career, he held positions at Commonwealth Edison in Chicago and has served on multiple industry and community boards, including the Salt Lake Chamber Board of Governors and Junior Achievement of Utah.
GOVERNMENT
• The Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity has appointed Aaron Price as chief compliance officer. At GOEO, Price will lead efforts to strengthen fiscal integrity, improve operational efficiency, and ensure sound governance across the office’s programs, supporting the mission to drive sustainable growth and opportunity for communities and businesses statewide. Price has both accounting and legal expertise.
INVESTMENTS
• Ollin Ventures, a Provo-based early-stage venture firm focused on AI-native software-as-a-service, has appointed Brady Harris as general partner. Harris has over 20 years of leadership as a CEO, operator, investor and board advisor across payments, fintech, SaaS and tech-enabled services. He has served as CEO of several sponsor-backed companies, including IXOPAY and Dwolla. Prior to that, he was president of Payroc and scaled Eliot Management Group. In addition to his operating roles, Harris advises several private equity and venture firms, including Advent International, Long Ridge Equity Partners and True Wind Capital. He also serves on multiple boards, guiding founders and executives on strategy, execution and capital efficiency. Harris earned a master’s degree in international affairs and global enterprise at the University of Utah.
MANUFACTURING
• Utah Medical Products Inc., a Midvale-based company that develops, manufactures and markets disposable and reusable specialty medical devices, has announced that its board of directors has appointed Kevin C. Timken to the board. Timken served as the company’s outside legal counsel for over 20 years before retiring in 2025. He earned a J.D. degree from the University of Utah in 1997.
TECHNOLOGY
• BambooHR, a Draper-based company offering an intelligence platform for unified HR, payroll and benefits, has appointed Adam Christensen as its first-ever chief marketing officer. He will lead BambooHR’s global marketing organization, unifying brand, growth and product marketing. Christensen is a marketing executive with more than two decades of experience building teams, most recently serving as chief marketing officer at Notified. He previously held senior marketing and communications positions at AppDirect, PayPal, IBM, Juniper Networks and Ingram Micro.