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BOARDS

• Janice Catrell has been elected as the Hanford Advisory Board’s interim chair and Susan Coleman has been elected as the board’s interim vice chair.
• The Eastern Washington University Board of Trustees elected two board members.

Vicki Wilson will serve as vice chair. Originally appointed to the board in 2012, Wilson earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from EWU in 1981. Wilson is a software engineering manager for North Wind Solutions in Richland. She is a Class 5 Leadership Tri-Cities graduate.

Jay Manning will serve as board chair for the 2022-23 academic year. Originally appointed to the board in November 2014, Manning is an EWU alumnus who is in his second term on the university’s governing body. Manning previously served six years as the director of the Washington State Department of Ecology, and from 2009-11 was chief of staff for former Gov. Christine Gregoire. He is currently a partner with the Cascadia Law Group in Olympia, where he focuses on environmental and energy issues.

DONATIONS

• Maverick Care recently distributed free backpacks at Crazy Moose Casino in Pasco and its other locations around the state during its annual School’s Out event, providing summer packs to kids who may experience food insecurity during the summer months. Summer packs included tickets for local activities. The nonprofit program of Maverick Gaming planned to give away 4,000 packs across the state.

NEW HIRES

• Prosser Memorial Health has hired Dr. Jennifer Brindle at the Benton City Clinic where she will provide primary care from newborns to geriatrics. For over 25 years, she has been providing medical care to the Tri-Cities and Yakima Valley through various health care organizations, including Kadlec, Trios and Lourdes Health. She studied biology at the University of Regina and went on to receive her doctorate from the University of Saskatchewan. She also completed her residency at the University’s Plains Health Centre and she is board certified in family practice.
• Casey Cobble, Gabriel Crowell and Carly Faulk have joined Four Feathers Wine Service winemaking and viticulture teams in Prosser.

Cobble and Crowell will lead the red and white winemaking programs, respectively, while Faulk joins the team to lead the company’s new grape marketplace sales program and manage several of its estate vineyards.

Cobble spent four years as a winemaker for Goose Ridge Winery before joining Four Feathers. She began her winemaking career in 2010 with Betz Family Winery in Woodinville as cellar assistant and customer service manager. She joined another Woodinville winery, Robert Ramsey Cellars, in 2014 as winemaker.

Cobble is active in wine industry associations and helped found the Alliance of Women in Washington Wine, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and promoting women in the state’s wine industry.

Crowell joined Four Feathers in 2018. Since then, he has worked in various departments at the company, including technical services, research and development, and sales and marketing. He has a degree in viticulture and enology from Washington State University.

Faulk has deep roots in Washington State agriculture. She grew up on a cherry and apple farm in the Yakima Valley and started her viticulture career in 2011 as a viticulture technician for Ste. Michelle Wine Estates. She left Ste. Michelle to work for Shaw Vineyards on Red Mountain, and in 2018, she took over vineyard management and grape sales for Alder Ridge Vineyard.

• Eric Davis, assistant principal of Chief Joseph Middle School, has been named principal of the Richland school, replacing Principal Rhonda Pratt beginning in the 2022-23 school year. Pratt is leaving to pursue another leadership opportunity in the Kennewick School District. Davis has served as assistant principal for the past three years and held other leadership roles within and outside Richland School District. He holds an associate degree from Walla Walla Community College, a bachelor’s in special education from Central Washington University and a master’s in educational administration.
• The Richland School District has hired Paul Shaber as Pacific Crest Online Academy’s next principal. He recently served as an assistant principal at Hanford High School and replaces Principal Andre Hargunani, who is leaving to pursue an opportunity outside the Tri-Cities. Shaber joined the district in July 2018 at Hanford High after a three-year stint as principal at Dayton’s secondary school. He holds a bachelor’s in education and a master’s in educational administration from the University of Idaho.
• Bill Shibley and Derek Brownson have been hired at Wheatland Bank as agricultural and commercial loan officers.

Shibley brings over 25 years of experience as an agricultural lender with a strong understanding of the agricultural and agribusiness industry, both as a decades long banker and previous experience as the general manager for two ag-related businesses, as well as a bachelor of science in agricultural economics from Oregon State University.

Brownson is a graduate of Eastern Washington University and brings 25 years of experience in the financial sector and is a well-respected as an agricultural and commercial lender. He has proven himself as a successful lender and customer relationship manager. Active in the community, he has served with Junior Achievement, the Pasco Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and the EWU Alumni Board of Directors. Their offices will be based in the bank’s Pasco branch, 9715 Sandifur Parkway.

• Underground, a marketing and advertising agency based in Kennewick, has added new members to its creative team:

Galina Dashkovska, designer and developer. She is a graduate of Spokane Falls Community College’s design program. Prior to joining Underground, she spent her time in technical and support roles.

Eliza Patenio, social media manager. She manages the social media accounts of Underground’s clients, planning monthly posts and campaigns. She holds a bachelor’s in communications and business from the University of Washington.

Shonna Ford, administrative director. She specializes in client management, campaign implementation and human resources. She has more than 10 years of experience in administrative roles. She completed coursework at the Art Institute of Seattle while managing a portrait studio. 

Adison Sall, social media specialist. She assists in the planning and creative design of assets for social media clients’ monthly calendars, using her background in graphic design to create compelling visuals. She studied at Washington State University where she worked on student-led design teams planning graphics and social media posts for the university.

Cord Lopez, graphic designer. He worked for years as a freelance and production designer, focusing on creating monthly advertising visuals, short-form videos, illustrations and branding. He is a graduate of the Northwest College of Art and Design, where he earned a bachelor’s in visual communication.

Margo Cady, media production specialist. She is an experienced film producer and video editor, with past experience as a photojournalist and camera operator working for local television stations and sports teams. She enjoys creating her own short films, for which she’s won awards at regional film festivals. She graduated from Full Sail University with a bachelor’s in digital cinematography.

• Petersen Hastings has hired Tavin Blair as client service specialist for the firm. He will work with other members of the client services team to facilitate the collaborative monitoring and updating of personal and corporate investment accounts, as well as maintain complex financial reports. The Chiawana High graduate attended George Fox University in Portland, Oregon, where he played collegiate football and obtained his bachelor’s in finance. Petersen Hastings is a registered investment advisor in Kennewick and Walla Walla.
• Mike Johnson, principal at Delta High School and a former Hanford High School math teacher, has been hired as Hanford High School’s new principal. Johnson, who replaces Principal Tory Christensen, has also been a district middle school assistant principal, worked in schools around the world and supported rigorous and innovative educational programs. He holds a bachelor’s in economics and a master’s in teaching mathematics from Santa Clara University. His teaching certification is from Western Washington University and his principal certification is from Washington State University Tri-Cities.
• The Wishing Star Foundation has hired Ashleigh Rogers as the new programs outreach manager to help grant wishes and provide services for children in the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas.
• Inland Imaging, which has a clinic in Kennewick, hired Jennifer Heimbigner as chief operations officer of Inland Imaging Clinical Associates/Inland Imaging LLC, the company’s outpatient imaging and clinical staffing divisions. Heimbigner joins Inland Imaging after spending the last 23 years in increasingly responsible roles in health care administration at Cancer Care Northwest, most recently as the CEO, a position she has held since 2017. She obtained her undergraduate degree as well as her master’s degree in public administration from Eastern Washington University.
• Frederique Vion has been promoted to head winemaker at Four Feathers Wine Service in Prosser. Vion joined the Four Feathers team in 2012. Prior to that, she spent 16 years as winemaker, assistant winemaker and cellar master for Sagelands Vineyards in Eastern Washington. She also has worked at wineries in Australia and the Haut-Médoc region of France near Bordeaux. A native of France, Vion grew up in Provence. She graduated from Perpignan University with a degree in agronomy and achieved a master’s degree in winemaking and viticulture at Toulouse University in the southwest of France.
• West Richland police Capt. Thomas Grego was promoted to chief of police in West Richland on May 23.

AWARDS & HONORS

• The Pasco-Kennewick Rotary Club recently presented the John Goldsberry Award in honor of longtime Rotarian, community benefactor and Tri-Citian of the Year, John Goldsberry. The award recognizes an outstanding member of the Kennewick and Pasco police departments. It is not an officer of the year award. Recipients are honored for a body of work demonstrating commitment to the highest standards of modern policing and to the Rotary Ideas of “service above self.” Police chiefs for each jurisdiction approve the nomination.

Sgt. Travis Park of the Pasco Field Operations Division received the award representing the Pasco Police Department. On several occasions Park used his personal funds to assist needy community members. He always looks for solutions to help, according to Rotary.

• Detective Elizabeth (Liz) Grant represents the Kennewick Police Department this year. She sets aside her investigations when appropriate to help fellow officers. Grant’s empathy when interviewing victims is role model for all. She treats everyone with respect regardless of the situation. Service above self is her daily standard, according to Rotary.

Each recipient received a plaque and $500. Additionally, each recipient directs $500 toward the charity of choice. A permanent plaque carrying the names of annual recipients is displayed at each police headquarters.

Joe Lusignan, retired Benton County Sheriff’s Deputy and Pasco-Kennewick Rotary president-elect, presented the awards.

• Jie Xiao, a world leader in electrochemical energy storage at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has received the E.O. Lawrence Award from the U.S. Department of Energy. The award recognizes mid-career scientists who have made exceptional contributions in research and development that support DOE and its mission to advance the national, economic and energy security of the nation. Xiao was cited specifically for her work “integrating materials science and electrochemistry across scales to advance both the state of science and the state of technology in emerging electrochemical energy storage systems.” Xiao is the seventh PNNL scientist to receive the award since its inception in 1959.
• Pasco-based Lourdes Health’s Lourdes Healthy Lifestyle Program received recognized at the 2022 Washington State Super Weekend with a 10-year partnership award for its Ideal Protein partnership. Ideal Protein is a doctor-designed, coach-led scientifically proven weight loss method that targets body fat while allowing participants to maintain muscle mass and vitality. It teaches participants to use food as medicine to lose weight and live their healthiest lives. Lourdes Ideal Protein program is led by Dr. Michael Adling, a family medicine physician at Lourdes Health.
• Good Shepherd Health Care System in Hermiston received top rankings in the most recent Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) summary report scores. Hospitals refer to these scores as the “H-caps,” which includes a quarterly summary report of returned patient surveys that are then used to draw comparisons of hospitals across a variety of metrics. The scores are also deemed indicative of the standard of care at each facility and used to create incentives for hospitals and health care organizations to compete on patient engagement and satisfaction.

RETIREMENTS

• West Richland police Chief Ben Majetich has retired from law enforcement. Majetich spent about 26 years of his career with the Pasco Police Department before working in West Richland. He worked in many roles over his career, including street patrol, SWAT, defense tactics instructor and investigations. He transferred to the West Richland Police Department in 2014, taking the position of captain. In 2016 he was promoted to chief. He was instrumental in shepherding the planning and construction of the city’s new police facility that opened in January 2022. Majetich said he intends to continue his community service through Adult Protective Services.
• Rozanne Tucker has retired from 3 Rivers Community Foundation. She served as associate director of 3RCF for 9 years and provided critical support through organizational growth and transitions. She excelled at building relationships with donors and embodied the philosophy that “it’s all about relationships.” Earlier in her career, Tucker worked for Kadlec Foundation and the Benton-Franklin Humane Society.