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GOVERNMENT
• Gov. Spencer J. Cox has appointed Jeremy Andrus to serve on the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity board. Andrus is CEO of Traeger Grills, based in Salt Lake City. He has more than two decades of entrepreneurial leadership, having guided two Utah-connected consumer brands — Skullcandy and Traeger Grills — through periods of rapid growth and transformation. Andrus has served as CEO of Traeger Grills since 2014. Earlier in his career, Andrus helped grow Park City-based Skullcandy from a four-person startup into a publicly traded company with more than $300 million in annual sales. Andrus also serves on the boards of Silicon Slopes and World Trade
Center Utah.
REAL ESTATE
• JLL Capital Markets, a global provider of capital solutions for real estate investors and occupiers, has hired Bryan LaBar as senior director, joining the multifamily investment sales team in Salt Lake City. He will focus on multifamily investment sales across Utah and surrounding markets. LaBar has eight years of specialized experience in multifamily property transactions and capital markets advisory services. Before joining JLL, LaBar spent over eight years with the Mogharebi Group in California, where he advanced from investment advisor to senior vice president. His experience includes working with institutional and private investors on complex multifamily transactions across diverse market conditions. Before entering real estate, LaBar worked in sales and relationship management through roles in biopharmaceuticals and health care services. LaBar earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and psychology from Utah State University.