Bob Freeze, a veteran public relations specialist, has been selected by Nuriche to handle all of its corporate communications. Freeze has 28 years of experience and has created strategic communications initiatives in a wide variety of industries.
The Modellers, a Utah-based market research firm, has undergone organizational changes and hired some new employees. Jeff Brazell remains as the company's CEO. He has extensive experience working with clients, primarily Fortune 500 firms, to overcome their greatest difficulties. J. Mark Wirthlin is the new president of the Modellers. He has 25 years of experience in marketing, advertising and research. Christopher Diener has been chosen to be chief operating officer at the firm. He is one of the company's founders. H. Vern Brazell will continue as senior vice president, dealing with such matters as the company's finances, human resources and marketing. Jake Willis is director of operations for the company. He is experienced in handling high-level international projects.
Intermountain Financial Group, which is the Utah agency for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. has hired Jess Wilson. He will be the firm's new long-term care insurance specialist.
Suzanne Ziemba, president of Yelo Graphics and Jessica Gleim, the firm's vice president, have rebranded the firm as Yelo Creative Group. The firm is offering a broad range of communications services and both women, along with their creative team, have helped the company grow by 136 percent last year.
CB Richard Ellis' Salt Lake City office has hired Jeff Stefanich as office operations manager. He has lengthy experience as an operations and client services manager. Tyler Duersch also has joined the firm as its graphics designer.
C.R. England, a Salt Lake City-based transportation company, has added several new people to its team. Michael Reeves has been chosen to be a senior driver recruiter. In the past, he worked for an online investing firm. Brandon Russell is a new collections account manager. Travis Schaugaard has been named the new senior project manager in the company's IT department. Colleen Butler is in the human resources department as a paralegal. Samuel Robinson has been chosen to be a business analyst for England North America, a business unit of the parent company.
Lloyd Beutler and Jim Meikle have been re-elected as directors at Goldenwest Federal Credit Union, and Bill Hart, Beutler and Jeanette Smyth have been named officers of the board for the coming year.
Amy T. Dunkley has joined Bank of American Fork as assistant vice president and mortgage production manager.
Carey D. Woolsey has been named president of the Utah Association of Certified Accountants, and Wade K. Watkins is the organization's new president-elect. The group also has selected Roger Beynon to serve as vice president; Christine Buckley as secretary; Paul Skeen as treasurer; Joel Van Cott as member-at-large; and Susan Speirs, as AICPA council representative and ex-officio board member. Michelle McGaughey has been appointed chief executive officer of the organization.
Steven Nichols, Jeffrey Riddle, Brian Riddle, R. Camden Robinson and Melissa Bean have joined the Salt Lake City office of Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy.
Anthony "Tony" Spehar has been named vice president and program manager for Northrop Grumman Corp.'s intercontinental ballistic missile prime integration contract.
Chris Malouf has been promoted to senior manager at Protiviti Inc.'s Salt Lake City Office. He previously was a manager.
Steve Marsden has been named to lead the Salt Lake City office of international law firm Dorsey & Whitney. He succeeds Nolan Taylor, who is taking a leave of absence to serve as mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
LaVerna Kyriss has been named to lead the Western Area Power Administration's Colorado River Storage Project Management Center in Salt Lake City.
John Mastakas has been appointed commercial chairman of the Utah Mortgage Lenders Association. He is the founder and owner of Metro Commercial Finance.
Carl Schaible, Alex Sandstrom, Nicholas Davis, Kathryn Halladay and Michael Roberts have joined i.t.NOW. Schaible, Sandstrom and Davis are members of the company's help desk. Halladay is an account manager and Roberts is a lab technician.
Eileen Cumberland has been appointed executive director of the nonprofit organization Kids On The Move. She is replacing Stuart Collyer, who is retiring.
Dr. John Campbell Woodard has been appointed senior vice president of scientific affairs by WorldHeart. Woodard has received more than 14 patents for medically related devices and has written many peer-reviewed papers and abstracts.
The Vest Pocket Business Coalition has named board member Judy Reese to be interim president. Pat Holmes has been chosen as the group's treasurer.
David Castleberry has joined the law firm of Manning Curtis Bradshaw & Bednar.
Chris Wildfoerster has been named vice president of business development at ClearOne, a communications solutions firm that creates audio conferencing systems.