Agriculture & food
BloodyFine Foods LLC, a Boise-based food company, was awarded bronze medals in the Los Angeles International Wine and Spirits competition for its unique Bloody Mary mixes. The BloodyFine “Bloody Good” mild Bloody Mary mix and “Bloody Hot,” a hot version of the Bloody Mary mix, won in the mixers category. BloodyFine Foods LLC released its BloodyFine Bloody Mary mixes, fry sauce mix and hot wing mixes in October 2010, and has been marketing the products to individuals, bars and restaurants over the past few months.
Education
Kris Kamann has been named director of development for the Boise State University College of Education. He previously served as associate director of the Bronco Athletic Association and assumed his new duties June 29.
Kamann will raise funds through private, corporate and foundation donations. He also will work with college administrators to define priority needs to be funded through external support and will manage and direct key volunteers. Before coming to Boise State, Kamann worked as director of public relations for the Continental Basketball Association and in athletic communications for Bowling Green State University, Indiana State University, U.S. Naval Academy and Ashland University (Ohio).
Kamann earned a master’s degree in education (sports sciences) and a bachelor of arts in journalism and English from Ashland University. He is a member of the National Association of Athletic Development Directors and of the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Carrington College of Boise was honored by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools as an Honor Roll Institution.
Representatives from 37 institutions, including Carrington, received awards at the 2011 ACICS Leadership Conference and Annual Meeting in Texas. The recognition was based on several indicators of institutional quality, including few or no deficiencies identified by the site visit team, and the speed with which shortcomings were corrected.
Financial services
Brett Gallagher has joined the Principal Financial Group as a managing director of the Boise office. Gallagher has been in the financial services business since 2006, specializing in estate and retirement planning. He’s a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.
Gallagher is a 1992 graduate of the Air Force Academy, where he obtained bachelor’s and master’s degrees in human resource management. He is a member of the Boise Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Cultivation Team and Human Resource Association.
Government
Rich Jackson of Emmett, an accountant and veteran public servant, has been appointed to a six-year term on the Idaho State Tax Commission by Gov. Butch Otter.
He will fill the vacancy left by Otter’s June appointment of then-Commissioner Severina “Sam” Haws to lead the Idaho Commission on Aging.
A former chairman of the Gem County Republican Central Committee, Jackson will join Democrats Tom Katsilometes and David Langhorst and Republican Chairman Bob Geddes on the four-member Tax Commission.
Jackson has filled a number of roles on state and local boards and commissions, including the chairmanship of the Idaho Legislative Compensation Committee. To accept his new role, Jackson stepped down from that committee, as well as from the Boise Metro Chamber PAC, where he was treasurer; the Idaho Manufactured Housing Board; and his job as treasurer of the Idaho House of Representatives’ Republican Caucus.
To avoid possible conflicts of interest, Jackson said, he also withdrew from his CPA partnership and recused himself from any Tax Commission issue involving former clients, his partner or employees of that firm.
Ned Moon of Heyburn has been appointed to the Idaho Wheat Commission by Gov. Butch Otter. Moon will represent wheat growers in District III, which includes Canyon, Owyhee, Ada, Elmore, Camas, Gooding, Twin Falls, Blaine, Lincoln, Jerome, Minidoka and Cassia counties.
Moon, who grew up on a farm in Heyburn, is the marketing manager for Jentzsch-Kearl Farms, a 16,000-acre partnership growing potatoes, sugar beets, wheat, hay and seed beans. He also is responsible for chemical and fertilizer inputs, and handles all land leases, audits and government programs.
Moon earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Brigham Young University and then entered the U.S. Air Force, where he flew jets for over 10 years. In 1993, Moon returned to the Burley/Twin Falls area and started his own retail business. He also spent several years as the manufacturing manager for an agricultural chemical company prior to working for Jentzsch-Kearl Farms.
Health care
Gary Fletcher, CEO of St. Luke’s Treasure Valley operations, will assume the role of chief operating officer for St. Luke’s Health System Aug. 1, and Chris Roth will assume the role of CEO of Treasure Valley. The COO position is a newly created role reporting directly to St. Luke’s Health System CEO David Pate.
Fletcher will assume oversight of system operations and provide operational direction for the five hospitals in Boise, Meridian, Twin Falls, Ketchum and McCall, and the more than 100 clinics in St. Luke’s Health System. The CEOs of each hospital will report to Fletcher.
Fletcher joined St. Luke’s in 1987 as COO for what was then St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center. In 2006, Fletcher was named CEO of St. Luke’s Treasure Valley operations in the newly formed St. Luke’s Health System. Prior to his arrival at St. Luke’s, Fletcher served in hospital administration positions in Montana and Iowa. Fletcher received a master’s degree in hospital/health administration from the University of Iowa.
Roth, who joined St. Luke’s in 2007 as COO for St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center, will have oversight of St. Luke’s medical centers in Boise and Meridian, St. Luke’s Mountain State’s Tumor Institute, St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital and the dozens of clinics throughout the Treasure Valley and eastern Oregon.
Before joining St. Luke’s, Roth was vice president of operations at Northwest Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle. Roth received his undergraduate degree from Utah State University and his master’s degree in health care administration from the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Michael Patmas, chief medical officer of Woodland Healthcare in Woodland, Calif., and former chief executive officer of Saint Alphonsus Medical Group in Boise, has become board certified in health care management and has been advanced to Fellowship in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Patmas, a board-certified internal medicine specialist, is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Physician Executives. He is a certified physician executive and is also board certified in medical management.
Patmas obtained his medical degree from the University of Nevada and a master’s degree in medical management from the University of Southern California — Marshall School of Business. He is a lifetime inductee of Beta Gamma Sigma, the National Honorary Business Society.
Law
John Zarian of Zarian, Midgley and Johnson PLLC has been recognized in the Mountain States Super Lawyers publication as one of the region’s top attorneys, and Dana Herberholz of the same firm has been named to the list of Super Lawyers “Mountain States Rising Stars,” a select group of outstanding younger attorneys. Both lawyers were recognized for their achievement and expertise in the area of intellectual property litigation.
This is the fifth time that Zarian has been listed as a Super Lawyer and the fourth year in a row that Mountain States Super Lawyers has recognized him for his work in the practice area of intellectual property litigation. Herberholz has been honored as a Rising Star, in the same area of practice, for three consecutive years.
Alexander P. McLaughlin has joined the Givens Pursley law firm. McLaughlin’s practice focuses on civil ligation, transactional and real estate matters, and credit recovery. He obtained his legal experience as an intern with the law firm of Hepworth, Janis & Kluksdal, a summer law clerk for the Honorable Kent Merica, and an associate attorney with Davison, Copple, Copple & Copple. He is admitted to practice in Idaho. McLaughlin earned his bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from the College of Idaho and his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Idaho, College of Law. He is a volunteer with the International Rescue Committee and the Boise YMCA.
Richard H. Greener, Fredric V. Shoemaker and Christopher C. Burke, of the law firm of Greener Burke Shoemaker, have been selected as distinguished attorneys in their areas of practice as listed in the Mountain States Super Lawyers 2011 publication.
Shoemaker was honored in the area of real estate. Burke was distinguished in personal injury defense-products, and Greener was selected for business litigation and as one of the top 75 lawyers practicing in the five participating states.
Natural resources
Wendy Yang has been appointed vice president of investor relations for the Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp.
Yang was vice president of investor relations for Brigus Gold Corp. She brings over 24 years of increasing responsibilities in investor relations, financial marketing and strategic management in the mining industry from junior to senior companies, including International Minerals, Newmont, Stillwater Mining, Golden Star Resources, Santa Fe Gold and AMAX. Yang is a director of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon and a master’s in business administration from Colorado State University.
Boise Inc. and the Alabama Treasure Forest Association announced that private forest lands belonging to members of the association in that state have earned forest management certification from the Forest Stewardship Council — a first for any forestlands in Alabama.
Boise Inc. will now be able to purchase FSC-certified fiber locally for use at its paper mill in Jackson, Ala. Boise maintains a certification-neutral position and is active with not only FSC, but with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification as well as other sustainability organizations and initiatives.
Nonprofits
The Women’s and Children’s Alliance is the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce 2011 Nonprofit Making A Difference Community Service award winner for the organization’s hard work, commitment and contributions to the community.
The Women’s & Children’s Alliance has been in the forefront of providing services to women, men and children escaping domestic abuse and sexual assault. The alliance’s crisis program has evolved into one of the most comprehensive programs in the region. The alliance is celebrating 100 years of providing a safe place to live for women in the community.
Tena Lokken, Debbie S. McDonald and Denise Smith, all of Boise, as well as Greg Braun of Nampa and Ray Wolfe of Caldwell have been named members of the Idaho Community Foundation.
New board members from other parts of the state are Bill Allen of Salmon, Richard Howell of Pocatello and Brenda Sanford of Burley.
The Idaho Community Foundation is a statewide public nonprofit organization comprised of more than 400 funds established by individual Idahoans, families, foundations, organizations and corporations to support a favorite charity or cause.
Jay Lugo, executive director of the Idaho Lions Foundation and the Idaho Lions Eye Bank, has been elected to the board of directors for the Eye Bank Association of America.
The Idaho Lions Foundation provides sight and hearing services to Idaho, eastern Oregon and globally. The Eye Bank Association of America is the oldest transplantation association in the world and is the nationally recognized accrediting body for eye banks.
Lugo has 17 years of eye bank leadership experience and has helped restore sight to over 5,000 people in Idaho and the world through the Idaho Lions Eye Bank.
Dede Ryan has been named executive director of The Cabin.
Ryan has long been immersed in every aspect of professional writing, including a decade as a journalist on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. She has published hundreds of feature articles and essays, written print and broadcast advertising, corporate videos, annual reports and web text. Her first novel was published as a Kindle e-book.
For 15 years, The Cabin has inspired a love of reading, writing and discourse in Idaho communities through programs made possible by government grants, corporate and foundation contributions, and private donations from members.
