Business Beat

NEW FACES

DataPro Solutions has hired Elizabeth Thomas as a sales executive. She previously worked for Microsoft Corporation as a corporate account manager.

Stephanie Vogel has been hired by Tomlinson, Valley Inc. She previously had her own brokerage firm in Georgia.

Fidelity Associates Financial Services has hired Jeff Dean as an account executive. He has 18 years of insurance industry experience and is a graduate of Washington State University. Connie Gallamore has been hired by Tomlinson, Valley Inc. She previously worked for John L. Scott Real Estate.

PROMOTIONS

Casey Barratt has been promoted from account assistant to account coordinator for Desautel Hege Communications. She has been with the company since January 2007 and holds a Bachelor of Science in journalism and public relations with a minor in communications from Eastern Washington University.

Desautel Hege Communications has promoted Lisa Cargill from account executive to account director. She holds a Bachelor of Science in journalism and public relations with a minor in technical writing from Eastern Washington University and has been with the company since 2003.

KUDOS

Lars Hendron has been selected as the 2007 Engineer of Merit by the Inland Empire Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He works as a principal engineer for the city of Spokane.

Chrysler LLC has awarded Eric Smith a regional 2007 Manager of the Year (Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge) Award for its West Business Center. Smith works in sales for Dave Smith Motors in Kellogg.

Range has been awarded a Silver Medal in the Total Advertising Campaign category from the Aster Awards Program for their work with Hospice of North Idaho.

Red Lion Hotels Corp. has awarded Eric Allen with the company’s 2007 Director of Sales of the Year Award. Allen works for Red Lion Templin’s Hotel in Post Falls.

Kootenai Medical Center has been named as a “Top 100 Hospital” for the third year in a row, in a survey evaluating more than 3,000 hospitals nationwide, conducted by Cleverly and Associates, a health care financial consulting firm. Joe Morris is the hospital’s CEO.

Northwest Specialty Hospital has received its second consecutive Five Star rating for Back and Spine Surgery from HealthGrades, a company that conducts an annual analysis of more than 37 million Medicare patient cases at nearly every hospital in the country.

ELECTED

Dr. Chris Moreno has become a board member of Regence Blueshield of Idaho. He practices general surgery in the Lewiston Clarkston Valley. Nancy Vannorsdel has been re-elected to a one-year term as secretary/treasurer of the board. She serves as president and CEO of the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce.