Business Beat: A collection of regional advancement and achievement
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Architecture
NAC Architecture has promoted Trish Buzan to principal and Kelly Hendrickson to senior associate. Buzan serves as the technology director for the firm and Hendrickson serves as an interior designer. In this role, Buzan integrates technology and building connections among offices during mergers. Hendrickson’s current projects include Salk Middle School, the University District Health Clinic and Cascade High School in Leavenworth.
Automotive
DAA Auto Body Center, a full-service collision repair facility, has opened a South Hill location at 3001 E. Palouse Highway. For more information, call (509) 789-2080.
Engineering
DCI Engineers has promoted Kelly Andersen to senior project manager and Chris Ferrera and Colby Litzenberger to project managers. Andersen has been with the firm for 10 years. Ferrera joined the firm in 2011, and Litzenberger joined the firm in 2013.
Finance
Community 1st Bank has hired Kyle Hendricks as a senior vice president and business banker and Carri Adamovich as a personal banker in the Post Falls office and David Bobbitt as a business banker in the Coeur d’Alene office. Hendricks has more than 28 years of local branch management and commercial lending experience. Adamovich has experience in customer support and also serves as a new accounts representative. Bobbitt has more than six years of business lending and account management experience.
Vizant has promoted Angela Grunte from executive vice president to chief operating officer. Grunte earned her master’s in business administration from Eastern Washington University and joined Vizant in 2006. She has extensive experience in the payments and treasury industry.
Government
The city of Spokane has named Dawn Kinder as director of the Community, Housing, and Human Services Department. Kinder was previously the director of Workforce Education in the Opportunity Center for Employment and Education at North Seattle College. She has more than 10 years of experience in social services and workforce development.
Health care
Three specialty rehabilitation doctors, Keith D’Souza, Erik Ensrud and Valerie Jones, have joined St. Luke’s Physiatry Practice. D’Souza serves as the medical director of St. Luke’s brain injury program. He was previously the medical director for inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services at the Franciscan Physician Network and St. Elizabeth Hospitals in Lafayette, Indiana. Ensrud was the medical director of the EMG Laboratory and Neuromuscular Center at the Veterans Administration and director of the Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Clinic at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Jones serves as St. Luke’s medical director for admissions. She was previously the chief resident at Saint Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center in New York.
Law
The American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys (AIOPIA) has recognized attorney Carl Oreskovich as a 10 Best Personal Injury Attorneys for Client Satisfaction for Washington state. Oreskovich was selected based on client and/or peer nominations, thorough research, and AIOPIA’s independent evaluation.
Retail
Etailz has hired Tyler Jaquish as a developer, Gilbert Humphries as a warehouse coordinator, Raymund Morales as a photographer and Brian Vaagen as information technology support.