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BANKING
• Zions Bancorporation, based in Salt Lake City, has appointed Mike Selfridge as executive vice president and head of wealth management, effective June 1. Most recently, Selfridge served as head of client and family office solutions and client credit advisory at Bessemer Trust, where he was responsible for lending, private credit and banking solutions for ultra-high-net-worth clients and family-owned businesses. He led the strategy, business development, and delivery of family office services for the firm’s largest relationships. Prior to Bessemer Trust, Selfridge was senior executive vice president and chief banking officer at First Republic Bank, where he oversaw the delivery of private banking services to approximately 300,000 households and wealth management solutions to ultra-high-net-worth clients, in addition to overseeing consumer lending and business banking. Zions Bancorporation NA operates banks 11 western states.
• D.L. Evans Bank, based in Idaho, has appointed Sterling Heiner and Josh Monsen as vice president commercial loan officers located at the Orem branch. Heiner will work closely with customers and prospective clients seeking business loans. He will conduct financial interviews, analyze credit data and structure loan terms and conditions that align with both client needs and the bank’s lending guidelines. Heiner has nearly 15 years of experience in the banking industry. He began his career as a teller and later advanced to roles such as branch manager, investment banker and commercial banker at various financial institutions. His education includes time at BYU-Idaho and earning his finance degree from Utah State University. Monsen will focus on building and managing commercial lending relationships while identifying credit opportunities and providing customized financial solutions for local businesses. Monsen has over 11 years of banking experience, with a strong emphasis on agricultural lending through previous positions at Rock Canyon Bank and Hillcrest Bank. He also was warehouse foreman at BlenderBottle, where he managed the shipping and receiving department for four years. Before beginning his banking career, he studied psychology at Utah Valley University. D.L. Evans Bank has 39 branches across Idaho and Utah.
GOVERNMENT
• Utah Treasurer Marlo M. Oaks and the Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Committee have announced the appointment of Liz Mumford as director of the Land Trusts Protection and Advocacy Office. Mumford most recently served as program manager for the Advocacy Office. In that capacity, she helped advance the office’s operational and strategic work, including stakeholder engagement, internal process development, and strengthening coordination across agencies. She has also played a key role in preparing the office for the implementation of SB43. Prior to joining the Advocacy Office, Mumford served two terms on the Davis School District Board, where she held leadership roles in audit, governance and accountability. Mumford succeeds Kim Christy, who has retired after decades of service to Utah’s Trust Lands System, including the past three years as director of the Advocacy Office.
HEALTHCARE
• Light-Hope Diagnostics Inc., a Salt Lake City-based biotechnology company specializing in early cancer detection through liquid biopsy, has welcomed Michael Hancock, as a business development and partnering consultant. He will support business development, partnering and commercialization strategy at the company. Hancock has more than 20 years of leadership experience across biotech organizations, with expertise in assay innovation, commercialization and strategic partnerships. He has held senior discovery and pharmacology leadership roles at Vala Sciences and Recursion.
LAW
• Clagett & Sykes Trial Lawyers has announced the expansion of the firm’s operations with a new office in Salt Lake City, the firm’s first office in Utah. It is at 175 S. Main St., Suite 610, and will offer the firm’s core practice areas, including catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, brain and spinal injuries, trucking and auto accidents, product liability, premises liability, mass tort, and appellate cases. The new office will be led by David Creasy, partner and trial lawyer at the firm. He joined Claggett & Sykes in April 2023 and devotes his practice almost exclusively to helping victims injured due to medical malpractice. He moved to Salt Lake City in 1997 to begin his legal career with an insurance defense firm. It was in Salt Lake City that he began working on medical malpractice cases, professional liability claims and significant personal injury claims. In 1998, Creasy moved to Las Vegas and began working with the firm Beckley Singleton in the Appellate Division. In 1999, he joined The Gage Law Firm and, for the first time, began working on the plaintiff side and became involved in working on large complex product liability cases, medical malpractice cases and auto accident cases involving serious personal injury. Creasy’s education includes earning a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Brigham Young University in 1994. Founded in 2005, Claggett & Sykes has more than 125 employees, including more than 45 attorneys, with offices in Nevada, New York, Connecticut and now Utah.
• Handy & Handy has hired Ashley R. Koford as an associate attorney. She will focus on helping clients navigate the complexities of personal injury claims. Koford has experience across multiple areas of law, including real estate, contract, oil and gas title, and family law. She earned both her bachelor’s degree in political science and her Juris Doctor at the University of Utah. In addition to her legal work, Koford is an active member of the Utah Association for Justice and has been a member of American Mensa since 2012. She also volunteers as a judge for junior high and high school mock trial competitions.
LOGISTICS
• The Utah Inland Port Authority has welcomed Utah Rep. Paul Cutler as its newest voting member of the board of directors. Cutler, who represents Utah House District 18, was appointed by Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz and was sworn in during the UIPA board meeting April 23. Cutler succeeds former Utah Rep. Tyler Clancy, who was appointed by Schultz in 2025 and served as the House’s voting representative on the board before transitioning into his new full-time role as Utah’s state homeless coordinator. UIPA is governed by a seven-member board that includes five voting members and two non-voting members. Under the port’s current board structure, one voting member is appointed by the Utah House of Representatives.
TECHNOLOGY
• Cotoviti, a South Jordan-based company offering enterprise healthcare software and data-driven technology solutions, has appointed John Hallock as chief corporate affairs officer. He will lead corporate communications, brand development and marketing strategy, and investor relations. Hallock has more than 20 years of experience leading communications at healthcare brands Livongo, Transcarent, Athenahealth and more. Most recently, Hallock served in a senior leadership role at Smarter Technologies.