Mindy Lucero has joined Christopherson Business Travel as a travel consultant in the firm's corporate office in Holladay. She has four years of travel management experience.Tesco Williamsen has appointed two key executives to new positions. Clark Nielsen will take over the restructuring and development of the company's distributor network. Victor Mitchell will become general manager of the firm. Tesco Williamsen is a Salt Lake-based company specializing in truck body equipment and manufacturing.
Cherie Baddley has been hired as a new sales associate at Ken Garff Mercedes. She will handle all aspects of new and used car sales of the ML Class, which is Mercedes' new line of sport utility vehicles.
The law firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll has made some personnel changes by adding three new attorneys. M. Thomas Jolley has joined the firm as an associate in the real estate department. Anthony Kaye has joined as an associate in the litigation department. Wes Mashburn is a new associate in the public finance department.
SOS Staffing Services has made several personnel changes. Lynnette Gonnuscio has been promoted to human resources director. Recently hired are: Scott Seal, who will be manager of benefits; Ashley Chitmon, benefits assistant; Fran Matragos, human resource assistant; David Williams, credit manager; and Brian Dunaway, marketing project coordinator.
CrossLand Mortgage Corp. has appointed Shauna Reimann to manage its Intermountain region, which includes all retail branches in the states of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and Nevada. CrossLand Mortgage is a wholly owned subsidiary of First Security Corp. CrossLand also has expanded its local retail office and moved from its former Murray location to 6925 Union Park Center.
The Canyons has made two personnel changes in its marketing and sales team. Heather Smith LaPerle has been promoted to director of marketing. Tami Wade has joined the team as reservations manager.
The Arc of Salt Lake, an organization providing services for the mentally and physically disabled, has named Steve Suite as an at-large member of its board of directors. He works as chief administrative officer of Deseret Certified Development Co.
Create-A-Check, a check-writing software company, has added two new people to its staff. Kelly Kenyon has become director of corporate communications. Dawn Dean has assumed responsibility for internal sales support.
Wendy Davis of Sandy, an employee of Blimpie Subs & Salads, was the third-fastest submarine sandwich builder in the nation during a recent contest sponsored by the corporation in Atlanta.
The Utah Chapter of Meeting Professionals International has named Diane Utley as supplier of the year; Kara Swenson as planner of the year; and Brent Pribil as recipient of the president's award. Utley works at the Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau; Swenson works for Franklin Covey Co.; and Pribil is director of marketing at Cornerstone Technologies.
Richard Johnson has become the interactive marketing manager for Ancestry.com Inc. He will focus on developing more effective ways to reach online consumers through existing Internet channels.
Daniel Murdock, who works as an investment advisory associate at AXA/EQ Financial Consultants, has been authorized by the Certified Financial Board of Standards to use the CFP certification mark and the marks CFP and Certified Financial Planner in accordance with the organization's certification and license renewal requirements.
Aquila Management Corp., which sponsors 14 mutual funds with more than $3 billion in assets, has hired Barbara Walchli to serve as portfolio manager of the Aquila Rocky Mountain Equity Fund. That is a regional stock fund that invests in companies in Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming.
Reg Ecker, manager of Valley View Memorial Park and Funeral Home in West Valley City, has been awarded the designation of Certified Funeral Service Practitioner by the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice. To receive this recognition, the individual must complete a 180-hour program of continuing education activities and events.
Midvale resident Ryan Beck, an agent of MONY Life Insurance Co. and a registered representative of MONY Securities Corp., has earned the company's Third-Year Challenge Award. He was one of only 10 agents to qualify for the award this year.
Darian Stum has been appointed branch manager of the Salt Lake office of Full Spectrum Lending Inc., a subsidiary of Countrywide Credit Industries Inc.