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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

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Accounting

Dingus, Zarecor & Associates PLLC has hired Megan Stantus as a staff accountant. Stantus graduated from Eastern Washington University with an accounting degree. The company has promoted Adam Jones from staff accountant to senior accountant. Joe Lodge has been promoted from senior accountant to manager.

Architecture

Michael Terrell – Landscape Architecture PLLC has promoted Julia Culp to project manager. Culp joined MT-LA in 2010. Jeff Stiltz has joined MT-LA as a landscape designer.

Culinary

Clover has hired Travis Dickinson as an executive chef.

Education

Mike Wilson has been appointed to the Community Colleges of Spokane’s board of trustees. Wilson is the former chief executive officer of Providence Health Care and worked in the health care field for 35 years. He previously served on the board of directors for the CCS Foundation.

Susan Joseph Nielsen has been named executive director of College Success Foundation – Spokane. Nielsen has more than 25 years of experience working as a senior leader and consultant with nonprofit organizations and businesses. She is accredited in public relations through the Public Relations Society of America.

The Washington State Assembly of the Association of Surgical Technologists announced that Valerie Stewart was nominated as the 2014 Preceptor of the Year by the graduating class of surgical technologists from Spokane Community College.

Finance

Scott Skolrud has joined TitleOne as an escrow officer in the Coeur d’Alene office. Skolrud has 12 years of escrow experience.

Michael Matta has joined RBC Wealth Management. Matta is a financial adviser and graduate of Eastern Washington University’s MBA program.

Wells Fargo has named Cliff Poffenroth to its Small Business Administration lending team as vice president and business development officer. Poffenroth has nine years of financial services and commercial lending experience, as well as experience in real estate appraisal, construction and small business development.

Numerica Credit Union has promoted Erynne Hallock to vice president of branch administration and sales. Hallock was previously the assistant vice president of branch administration and has 10 years of experience in the financial industry with Numerica.

Law

Kaitlin M. Roach has joined the Spokane and Tri-Cities offices of Graham Lundberg Peschel as an associate attorney.

Manufacturing

Precision Cutting Technologies has promoted Robert Harmon to production and quality assurance manager.  Harmon joined PCT as a project manager in 2013. He has more than 20 years of manufacturing experience utilizing CAD software and running various CNC and manual equipment.

Real estate

Breanne Glemaker has joined Keller Williams Realty Spokane as an agent.

The Idaho Housing and Finance Association recognized several North Idaho Realtors and lenders for their work in connecting homebuyers to affordable home loans. Individuals who represented the most buyers who purchased homes using Idaho Housing’s Home Loan program were named as follows: Gold Award, Scott Lewis of Keller Williams Realty; Silver Award, Joe Cosgrove of Hope Realty; and Bronze Award, Tina Hood of Century 21 Beutler & Associates. Others who were recognized include Claudia Brennan of Tomlinson Sotheby’s International Realty; Christine Brochier of John L. Scott; Luke Brown of Coldwell Banker Schneidmiller Realty; Angie O’Steen of Century 21 Beutler & Associates; Norm See of Realteam Real Estate Center; Greg Washington of Windermere Real Estate; Joel Pearl of Joel Pearl Group. The lenders who represented the most Idaho Housing borrowers were named as follows: Gold Award, Veronica Garnsey of HomeStreet Bank; Silver Award, Sandra Wach of YES Mortgage; and Bronze Award, TyAnn Severtson of Mountain West Bank. Others include James Costello of Platinum Home Mortgage; Sharon Greer of Mountain West Bank; Ann Hunter of Mountain West Bank; Deborah Kishbaugh of Mountain West Bank; Teresa Metz of Republic Mortgage; Brandon Quigley of Umpqua Bank; and Dan Stubbs of Idaho Independent Bank.

Retail

Etailz has hired Christina Webb as a partner account coordinator and Kori Holcomb as a first to market associate.