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ASSOCIATIONS
• Silicon Slopes has announced that Jeremy Andrus and Adam Edmunds have been appointed as co-chairs of the Silicon Slopes Founder Circle, which is a community of Utah’s most accomplished CEOs and founders. Andrus is CEO of Traeger Grills, the headquarters of which he moved from Oregon to Utah after acquiring the company in 2014. He has served as CEO and a member of its board of directors since 2014 and chairman of the board since July 2021. Before Traeger, he served as president and CEO of Skullcandy Inc. Andrus’ education includes a B.S. in international relations from Brigham Young University. He was inducted into the Silicon Slopes Hall of Fame in 2018. Edmunds is CEO of Entrata, a position he has held since 2020. Prior to that, he served as president and a member of the board of directors at Podium. He also was founder and CEO of Allegiance, which was acquired by MaritzCX in 2014. As a college student, he founded SilentWhistle, which was acquired in 2009 by Global Compliance Solutions. Edmunds earned a master’s degree in accounting from BYU.
BANKING
• Bank of Utah, based in Ogden, has added Amanda Probst as a mortgage loan officer at its Provo branch. Probst has 26 years of experience in the financial industry. During the past two decades, she has specialized in mortgage lending, working with credit unions, lenders and brokers before joining Bank of Utah. Her experience spans a wide variety of loan types, helping first-time homebuyers, investors and seasoned homeowners alike. Probst studied finance d economics at Utah State University.
GOVERNMENT
• The Utah Department of Health and Human Services has named Eric Yoshio Jesús Tadehara as director of the Office of Substance Use and Mental Health. He had been serving as the interim director since September. Tadehara has worked for the office since 2013 in various roles across substance use, prevention and children’s mental health. Most recently, he served as the assistant director over substance use treatment and prevention services and suicide prevention services. Tadehara also will serve as a liaison and strategic partner to the Utah Behavioral Health Commission. While the commission maintains its independence to provide objective recommendations on policy and legislation, Tadehara will be the primary point of connection between the department’s operational efforts and the commission’s statewide coordination mandate. Tadehara has worked in the field of social work since 2008. He also is an adjunct professor at Weber State University and teaches bachelor’s- and master’s-level social work classes. He received a Bachelor of Social Work from Weber State University and his Master of Social Work and Master of Public Administration from the University of Utah.
HEALTH CARE
• The Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah has named Steve Eliason as its inaugural senior director of behavioral health policy. He will serve as the primary liaison with policy makers, government agencies and advocacy organizations to help shape public policy and improve mental health outcomes across Utah and beyond. His experience includes serving as a member of the Utah House of Representatives, serving as co-chair of the Governor’s Teen Suicide Prevention Task Force, serving as a trustee for Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM), and working to help establish the ZERO Suicide Initiative and the Collaborative Care Program. Eliason is a University of Utah alumnus and former adjunct faculty member.