Business beat

Banking

Mountain West Bank has promoted Mat Lanigan to assistant vice president, special assets manager of its special assets department in Coeur d’Alene. Lanigan joined Mountain West Bank in 2017 and has 15 years of banking experience.

Mountain West Bank also has promoted Tanya Yost to branch manager of its Hayden branch. Yost joined Mountain West Bank earlier this year and has 28 years of banking experience.

Walla Walla-based Banner Bank has hired Cyndee Wood as the branch manager of the Spokane Valley Sprague and Mullan branches. Wood has more than 27 years of banking experience, including 12 as a retail territory manager. She is a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School.

Grocery

URM Stores has named Roger Ohlhauser as vice president of operations. He will be responsible for the warehouse, facilities and transportation departments. Ohlhauser has more than 30 years of experience in the wholesale distribution business, previously working as the general manager of logistics at SUPERVALU Distribution. He most recently worked as a general manager for Americold, managing a third-party Kroger perishable facility.

Health

Cancer Care Northwest has hired Amanda Stockburger as its newest nurse practitioner. Stockburger received a bachelor’s of science in nursing and her doctor of nursing practice degree at Washington State University. She is also a graduate teaching assistant at WSU College of Nursing, where she provides instruction to undergraduate nursing students. Stockburger has several years of oncology experience, some of which was gained at Cancer Care Northwest, where she worked as a medical oncology nurse before returning to school to become a nurse practitioner.

Nonprofits

Alan Lesher has been named as the president and CEO of the YMCA of the Inland Northwest. Lesher has been with the YMCA since 2009 as the chief financial officer.

Honors

Jane Tiedt, registered nurse, associate professor of nursing and associate dean of Graduate Programs in the Gonzaga University School of Nursing and Human Physiology, is among 15 nurse educators selected for the 14th class of fellows to be inducted into the National League for Nursing Academy of Nursing Education.