The Modellers, a Utah-based market research firm, has hired several new employees and promoted others. Matt Madden has been chosen as vice president, director of analytics, at the firm. He has previously done consulting work for the World Health Organization on disease research in Africa and assisted numerous conglomerates such as Mattel, Disney and Wells Fargo. Cynthia Sahm has been named a statistical analyst. She previously worked as a data analyst for the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Michael Smith has been chosen as senior statistical analyst. He formerly worked for Rolls-Royce and is a 10-year veteran of The Modellers. Ron Whisler has been hired as a statistical analyst. He previously was employed as an analyst for Geoscape International. Matt Poulton also is a statistical analyst and comes to the firm as an award-winning student at BYU. Jeremy Morris also is a statistical analyst at The Modellers, having successfully handled research at the University of Utah funded by the National Science Foundation.
James Willis, a farmer and rancher for family-owned operations near Laketown, Utah, and Cokeville, Wyo., was elected to serve on the board of directors for the Intermountain Farmers Association.
Thomas Barton has been named as a member of the board of directors for the law firm of Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy. His practice has focused largely on commercial litigation, labor and employment law.
Jonathan Cohen, the relocation director for Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, recently attended the National Relocation Directors Council Conference in Orlando, Fla.
Janelle Connell has been named wellness coach for Educators Mutual Insurance Association, a nonprofit group assisting Utah's public schools and institutions. Her work will involve such things as customizing healthy lifestyle plans to help members with health-related matters.
Steve Hansen has been chosen to be general manager for Electrical Contractors Inc. He will oversee the firm's electrical contracting projects, which will permit the current general manager, Stoney Jensen, to work on special projects.
Rachel Snyder has been hired as an account executive at Telesphere, a national business phone and Internet services provider. She has 11 years of experience in the area of information technology sales.
Michael Clark has been selected to be the new chief executive officer for Logan Regional Hospital. Before coming to Logan Regional hospital in 2005, he worked as executive director of operational services at Kingman Regional Medical Center in Arizona.
Rob Moore has been chosen as Ernst & Young's 2010 Utah Region Construction and Manufacturing Entrepreneur of the Year. The North Ogden resident is president of Big-D Construction, one of the largest builders in the western United States.
Lindsey Sine has been chosen to be community relations coordinator for Utah's Hogle Zoo. She has experience in public relations involving Olympic skiing and snowboarding, particularly handling press operations for U.S. athletes during the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
Mark Wright is the manager of the newly opened WinCo Foods in Roy. He previously worked for 10 other stores and managed four. Assistant managers at the Roy facility are Birgit Freeman and William Daugherty.
Neal Gatherum has been promoted to be Utah division sales manager for Lamar Advertising. The firm operates more than 150 outdoor advertising firms and 63 transit companies.
Colin Reid has been chosen to be senior relationship manager for Innovision Property Group, a boutique commercial real estate brokerage firm.
Christopher Munday has retired as chairman and chief executive officer for Pinnacle Security, a residential security company headquartered in Orem. Kelly Walker, who previously served as the company's president and helped found the firm, has taken on the job of CEO.
Erik Dorr has become regional director of sales for iBAHN, a firm that provides digital entertainment and Internet solutions for the hospitality and meeting industries.
H. Don Norton has been given the Intermountain Healthcare 2010 Trustee of Excellence Award for his efforts to help the organization provide exceptional service to patients, workers and the community.
The law firm of Jones Waldo has elected Billie Jean Siddoway as a new shareholder. Her practice focuses primarily on such things as trade secret disputes, unfair business practices, false advertising, anti-competitive contracts, antitrust and business torts. The firm also has added new associates. Shane Shumway has joined after graduating from the University of Chicago Law School. Kristy Finlayson and Chayce Clark recently graduated from the University of Utah's S.J. Quinney College of Law. In addition, the firm has hired summer associates: Chase Romney of Harvard Law School; Elizabeth Butler, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law; and Joseph Hinckley of the University of Kansas School of Law.
Chris Mark and Heather Mark have joined ProPay, a Lehi-based company that provides credit card processing and electronic payment services, as executive vice president and senior vice president, market strategy, respectively.