Business Beat
NEW FACES Mark Rehn has been hired as vice president and commercial loan officer at Intervest-Mortgage Investment Company. He holds a master’s degree in business management from Whitworth College.
Randy Bush has been hired as a contract buyer with the Dealer Center team at Numerica Credit Union. He previously worked as a finance manager for a car dealership in Idaho.
Keller Williams has hired Candy Inbody as a real estate agent.
Kathi Gehrs has been hired by Payne Financial Group as a commercial lines service account manager. She previously worked for Travelers Insurance.
Doug Busko has been hired as a senior water resources engineer and client service manager at CH2M Hill. He is a licensed professional engineer in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana and previously worked for David Evans and Associates Inc.
Laurie Perdue has been hired by Moloney, O’Neill, Corkery and Jones as an account manager in the commercial insurance division. She has more than 25 years experience in the insurance industry.
Mary Schultz of Mary Schultz and Associates is working on a contract with AMB Industries Inc. of San Francisco. She will work as pro hac vice trial counsel for the company.
Telect has hired Steve Entzminger as a senior electrical engineer. He has more than 20 years of experience in engineering.
Dustin Woodhead has been hired by Greater Spokane Incorporated as the Bizstreet resource center coordinator. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from Gonzaga University.
PROMOTIONS Kelley Kinzel has been promoted to branch manager of the Lincoln Heights branch of Washington Trust Bank. She has been with the company for 11 years.
Nick Pierre has been promoted to executive director of the Kalispel Tribal Gaming Agency. He has been with the agency for seven years.
Michael Carl has been promoted from executive sous chef to executive chef at the Coeur d’Alene Resort Hotel. He is a graduate of the Cordon Bleu Chefs School in Paris.
Jeremy Gallagher has been promoted to systems engineering manager at Telect.
Joni Woodwell has been promoted to vice president of business resources at Greater Spokane Incorporated.
KUDOS Michelle Weinbender has been named the Outstanding Dietitian of the Year by the Washington Dietetic Association. She is a clinical dietitian at Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital.
Marjoni Marketing is a bronze winner in the 2007 Summit Creative Awards for its web site in the industry self- promotion category. The competition included submissions from 23 countries.
Maria Trunkenbolz of M-T Management was awarded the designation Residential Management Professional at the National Association of Residential Property Managers convention in Vermont.
The Inland Northwest Community Foundation has met the national standards of the Council on Foundations, which requires community foundations to document their policies for donor services, investments, grant making and administration.
Brook Swanson, assistant professor of biology at Gonzaga University, has been awarded a $148,000 equipment grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Swanson is researching high performance materials and biomaterials.
The EEG laboratory in the Neurodiagnostics Department at Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d’Alene has been accredited by the American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists. The hospital is only the 22nd in the county to be accredited.
Edward Jones financial advisors has been ranked No. 1 in the 2007 Financial Advisor Satisfaction Study by J.D. Power and Associates. Ratings were given for satisfaction in support, people and firm performance.
Desautel Hege Communi- cations was named the 2007 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Eastern Washington University Center for Entrepreneurial Activities. The president and CEO of the company is Cher Desautel.
The Spokane Convention Center Downtown Travelodge has been awarded the Travelodge Hotels Housekeeping Team of the Year award. The award is given to the hotel with the highest average housekeeping score.
NEW BUSINESS Michael Martin and Damian Fischer have opened Common Cents Lending. The company will provide conventional, FHA/VA, non-prime and commercial loans. The company can be reached at (509) 241-0700.
Jeri Schaffner and Kimberly Johnson have opened The Hospitality Consultants. The company will provide mystery guest shops and sales consulting to local hotels, spas and restaurants. The company can be reached at (208) 964-5598.