People On The Move

Benjamin Hart, managing director of urban and rural business services at the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), has been named the Champion of the Year by the Utah Association for Career and Technical Education (UACTE). Hart has been ...

Chateau Recovery, a Midway-based co-ed residential treatment center serving adults struggling with mental health and substance abuse disorders, has hired Cy Hirsche as director of admissions. Hirsche started his career as a successful entrepreneur who fou ...

Gautam Baid, CFA, joins Salt Lake City-based investment firm, Summit Global Investments (SGI), as a senior analyst. In his new role, he will work with the firm's investment team to serve clients through its low volatility portfolio construction and manage ...

KUER has hired Maria O’Mara as general manager, effective Feb. 15. O’Mara succeeds John Greene, who recently retired after 28 years of service. O’Mara currently is communications director and primary media spokesperson at the University ...

SageCity Media Group, Park City, has named Janet Jorgensen as publisher of its Park City and Salt Lake City properties. Those properties include Park City Magazine, Salt Lake City/Park City Bride & Groom Magazine, Park City Menu Guide, Things to ...

Venafi, based in Salt Lake City and Palo Alto, California, has appointed Elizabeth Ireland as chief marketing officer. She will lead the development of the company’s product positioning, market strategy and go-to-market execution. Ireland has more t ...

Celtic Bank, Salt Lake City, has selected Michael Fosmark to lead its new Specialty Commercial Finance Division. The new department brings together several established lines of business within the bank, including Leasing & Equipment Finance, Construct ...

The National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) recently elected its officers, with Kent Beers elected to serve as treasurer. Beers is executive director of the Division of Purchasing for the state of Utah. Officers and board members were ...

Trina Quinney-Packard, executive director of Youth Care, has been named president of the board of directors of National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP). Quinney-Packard, of Draper, took office at the association’s annual con ...

Shareholders at Parsons Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, have elected Raymond J. Etcheverry, Hal J. Pos, Michael R. Kealy (Reno office), Michael P. Petrogeorge and Kristine E. Johnson as the firm’s 2017 board of directors. Etcheverry will serve ...

After 27 years as the founding partner of Mantyla McReynolds, Don Mantyla C.P.A. and the Mantyla McReynolds firm have joined BDO USA. Don takes his 40+ years of audit and tax expereince to BDO's first Salt Lake City office, joining a national network of o ...

Visit Salt Lake (VSL) has appointed Karen Staples as northeast director of convention sales. She will be based in Connecticut and will represent Visit Salt Lake and promote Salt Lake as a convention and meeting destination to corporate and association pla ...

CallTower, a South Jordan-based unified communications and collaboration company, has hired Brad Nichols as director of wholesale. Nichols has held principal telecommunication and unified communication roles for more than 10 years, overseeing aspects of s ...

Onset Financial, South Jordan, has hired Debbie Worthen as vice president of marketing and public relations. Worthen was a meteorologist, reporter and anchor for KUTV 2 News, working at the station for 15 years.

VFI Corporate Finance, Salt Lake City, has named Burk Reynolds as chief operations officer. Reynolds has been an accounting and financial services professional for over 20 years. Prior to joining VFI Corporate Finance, he worked as a principal for Lone Pe ...

Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski recently presented the Key to the City to Tom Guinney, owner and chief of operations of Gastronomy Inc. The honor recognizes his 36 years of leadership in Salt Lake City’s restaurant and hospitality industry, co ...

Deer Valley Resort has promoted Steve Graff to director of mountain operations. Graff will oversee all mountain activity in the summer and winter, including chairlift operations, snowmaking, grooming, guest services, ski patrol, mountain venues and resort ...

Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams has selected Erin Litvack as deputy mayor and chief administrative officer. Litvack had served as director of the Department of Community Services during the mayor’s first term in office.

The University of Utah has hired Robin Burr as the university’s chief of design and construction officer. Burr most recently was executive director of capital projects at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California, where she worked for the past 18 yea ...

Stoel Rives LLP has named Jason B. McCammon and Jordan B. Olsen as partners in its Salt Lake City office. They are among 13 attorneys in six offices that became new partners Jan. 1. McCammon’s practice focuses on patent prosecution. He works with cl ...