Business Beat
NEW FACES
HollisterStier Laboratories has hired Robert Hart as a senior scientist in method transfer and validation. He previously worked at Abbott Laboratories in Abbott Park, Ill., and holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Northern Illinois University.
Dr. Jeremy Waters has joined Family Health Center in Sandpoint. He offers endoscopy, colonoscopy and upper GI endoscopy and is a graduate of Saint Louis University.
Numerica Credit Union has hired Jeanette Radmer as a business development officer. She holds bachelor’s degrees in recreation/leisure management and business administration from Eastern Washington University and previously worked at Washington State Employees Credit Union.
Blue Water Technologies in Hayden has hired Scott Thurgood as a mechanical engineer. He previously worked at Linux Networx in Bluffdale, Utah ,and holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Idaho.
Kary Gibbs has been hired as assistant vice president and commercial loan officer at AmericanWest Bank. She has over 15 years of experience in the banking industry.
Next IT Corp. has hired Michael Lucarelli as chief operating officer. He previously worked at Microsoft.
State National Bank has hired Brian Rohm as senior business development officer. He has over six years of banking experience.
John L. Scott Citywide has hired Kelly Hunt as a real estate agent. She has over 15 years of real estate closing, lending and title experience and previously worked at Pacific Northwest Title.
Nicole Stewart has been hired as director of communications and marketing at Inland Northwest Health Services. She previously worked at the Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Phil Pintor has been hired as an electrical engineer at Coffman Engineers. He has over 20 years of experience.
PROMOTED
Washington Trust Bank has promoted Jennifer Schultz to retail banking officer, service manager for the bank’s Valley Financial Center.
She has worked at the bank for five years.
Greg Husted has been promoted to vice president of Sterling Savings Bank. He has worked at the bank since 2005 and holds a master’s degree from Gonzaga University.
AmericanWest Bank has promoted Michelle Prosser to financial center manager.
She has worked at the bank since 2005 and is at the bank’s Mt. Spokane Financial Center.
Lisa Dowers has been promoted to regional vice president of Rainier Properties in Spokane. She is a licensed real estate broker and has over 17 years of property management and tenant/landlord representation experience.
KUDOS
Security Week Magazine has awarded TriGeo Network Security’s Security Information Manager the 2006 Editor’s Choice Award.
Lake Roosevelt Realty in Davenport, Wash. has received the Master Salesman Award from United Country Real Estate for its second-quarter sales. Lake Roosevelt Realty in Fort Spokane/Miles has received the Founder’s Award from United Country Real Estate.
GIFTS
The Purcell Systems Golf Championship raised $10,000 to benefit the Martin Luther King Family Outreach Center.