Business Beat
NEW FACES
DCI Engineers has hired Mark Papich as a civil project engineer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Washington State University and has over four years of engineering experience.
Cheryl Reagan has been hired as a mortgage processor, underwriter and closer in the Tri-Cities office of Global Credit Union. She has over 30 years of experience and previously worked as a loan officer at HAPO Mortgage.
HollisterStier Laboratories has hired Valerie Strange as a compounding associate small-volume parenterals. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and school and community health from the University of Idaho and previously worked at Chemicon in California.
Mark Whitt has been hired as a sales associate in the Post Falls office of Windermere Real Estate. He has been a general contractor in Kootenai County for 15 years.
State National Bank has hired Kelli Anderson as senior business development officer. She has 18 years of banking experience.
Morgan Watson has been hired as an administrative assistant at BLUE541.
Kiemle & Hagood Company has hired Chad Carper in its brokerage department. He is a graduate of Western Washington University and has over five years of commercial real estate experience.
Carol Peretti has been hired as a hairdresser at Regis Salon in the Silver Lake Mall. She has 20 years of experience and is a registered cosmetologist.
Holy Family Hospital has added Dr. Derrick Havin as part of its active medical staff at the North Spokane Women’s Clinic. He is an obstetrician and gynecologist.
PROMOTED
Theresa Zappone has been promoted to assistant vice president of Sterling Savings Bank. She has been at the bank for over 14 years and is a loan analyst project manager.
Holy Family Hospital has promoted Amy Johnson to director of the medical staff office. She has been at the hospital since 1984 and previously worked as the privacy officer.
Kimberly Stanford has been promoted to office manager of Asset Planning & Management Inc. She has been with the company since 2005 and holds a bachelor’s degree in office administration from Eastern Washington University.
Gonzaga University has promoted Foster Walsh from assistant to associate professor. Walsh teaches in the School of Education.
KUDOS
Litehouse Foods has received a Spirit of Continuous Innovation award from TechHelp, Idaho’s Manufacturing Extension Center in partnership with the University of Idaho and Idaho State University.
Washington State University has awarded Stan Boyd the Alumni Achievement Award.
Broadband Properties has named World Wide Packets one of the Top 100 Companies to Watch 2006.
Fairwinds-Northpointe Retirement Community has received a Departmental Performance Award in Housekeeping, Plant Operations, Health & Wellness and Food Service from Leisure Care.
Reflections Med Spa and the Laser and Vein Center has been named the “Ultimate Medical Spa in the Northwest” by Northwest Woman Magazine.
Idaho Commerce & Labor’s Division of Tourism Travel Guide has been named the best in the nation by the Travel Industry Association of America.
ELECTED/APPOINTED
Heidi Rogers has been elected to the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Professional Convention Management Association. She is an educational technology specialist at the University of Idaho, Coeur d’Alene.
Wes Teterud has been appointed to be an at-large member of the Washington State Life & Disability Agent/Broker Advisory Committee. He is an agent at New York Life Insurance Company.
NEW OFFICE
Windermere Real Estate has opened an office at 908 N. Howard St., Suite 101. Windermere Real Estate/City Group can be reached at (509) 323-2323.
NEW BUSINESS
Golden Years Moving Advisors has opened an office in Spokane to help seniors make the transition from the family home to a retirement community. The company can be reached at (509) 279-0612.
GIFTS
Triumph Composite Systems held its annual food drive recently, and employees raised $2,800 and 229 cans of food for Second Harvest Food Bank.