Business Beat
Susan Miller has been hired as director of sales and marketing for the Belo Media Group and will manage media sales for KREM-2 Television, KSKN 22 Television, NWCN and KREM.com. She previously worked as the local sales manager for KHOU-TV in Houston.
Farmers Insurance has named Travis Smith as an agent. He has opened an office on the north side of Spokane and is a recent graduate of Eastern Washington University.
Ken Sanders has been hired as a membership account executive at the Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce. He has over 20 years of sales and customer service experience.
The consumer real estate division of Bank of America has hired Christopher Pitts as an account executive. He previously worked as a senior loan officer at American Preferred Mortgage.
Bow McCanna has been hired as an engineer-in-training in the Coeur d’Alene office of Taylor Engineering. McCanna is a graduate of Gonzaga University with a degree in civil engineering.
PROMOTED
Garco Building Systems has promoted Roger Schramm to plant superintendent. He has been with the company since 1984 and previously worked as an estimator/project coordinator.
KUDOS
Michele Sterley has earned the Graduate Realtor Institute designation from the Idaho Association of Realtors. She is a real estate agent at Windermere/Coeur d’Alene Realty in Post Falls.
Mallory Rains has earned the Graduate Realtor Institute designation from the Idaho Association of Realtors. She is a real estate agent at Windermere/Coeur d’Alene Realty.
Doug Dumais, a vice president and financial consultant at D.A. Davidson & Co., has been named to the President’s Club for his outstanding service to clients and performance.
United Country-Lake Roosevelt Realty has been recognized with the Summit Club Bronze Award from United Country. The company, located in Davenport, Wash., is owned and operated by Sherie Wardian.
Kellie Reese has earned membership into the President’s Cabinet of Verizon Wireless. She is a business account executive for the company.
ELECTED
David Wertman has been elected president of the Shrine Treasurers Association of North America. He has been treasurer of the El Katif Shrine in Spokane since 1995.