Idaho Business Review IBR

Brittney Ernest has joined D.L. Evans Bank as a mortgage loan officer in the western Idaho area. Ernest has six years of experience in the real estate industry and specializes in conventional, VA, FHA, RD and Idaho Housing loans. She ...

Jodi Peterson has been named the executive director of Interfaith Sanctuary Shelter in Boise. Peterson served as development director of the shelter for the past two years, with responsibility for fundraising as well as developing new programs and homelessness solutions.

Colleen Schowalter of Boise and Kimber Russell of Meridian were elected to serve as the 2019 chair and vice chair of Serve Idaho, the governor’s Commission on Service and Volunteerism. Chair Colleen Schowalter is the volunteer services coordinator and studio ...

Blair Lyon has joined D.L. Evans Bank as vice president commercial loan officer at the Idaho Falls branch. He has spent 17 years in banking and has experience with agricultural and commercial loans. Lyon is on the Idaho Bankers Association ...

Jane Salmons has joined ALLWEST Testing & Engineering as human resources manager. Previously, she spent 11 years at Trindera Engineering, most recently as human resources director. Prior to that, she spent 14 years at Puget Sound Energy in operations support. ...

Lisa Bearg has been promoted to program manager at the Idaho Community Foundation. She previously held the position of community impact assistant. Bearg joined the Idaho Community Foundation in 2014 and will continue to work out of the Boise office. ...

Stephanie Chimonas has joined CSHQA as an architect-in-training III. She will be involved with commercial and retail projects. Her previous project experience includes retail design, primarily with prototypes, including Starbucks coffee shops in Washington and Oregon. Chimonas holds a master’s ...

Justin Cranney has been elected as an equity partner at Hawley Troxell. Cranney is a member of the firm’s real estate practice and has extensive experience in commercial and residential leasing, landlord and tenant relations, acquisition and disposition of properties ...

Sherrie Arbuckle has joined Coldwell Banker Tomlinson Group in its downtown Boise office. She specializes in residential home listings and sales. Arbuckle has 30 years of experience in the commercial insurance industry and as a workers’ compensation claims adjustor. She attended ...

Gary Smith has been appointed to the newly expanded position of director of government and community affairs at Regence BlueShield of Idaho. In this role, Smith will oversee all Idaho-based intergovernmental relations activities, including those with the governor’s office, legislature and ...