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NEW HIRES

• Lourdes Health has hired Mark Holyoak as its new chief executive officer, effective March 20. He joins
  Lourdes from Wilson Medical Center in Wilson, North Carolina, where he has served as CEO since 2018. Holyoak has served in diverse leadership positions in North Carolina, Utah and Nevada. Prior to his role at Wilson, he served as CEO of Castleview Hospital in Price, Utah, for seven years and chief operating officer for two years. He earned a bachelor of science in biology and chemistry from Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah, and a bachelor of science in nursing from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. He earned his master of business administration from the University of Phoenix in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Lifepoint Health Fleetwood Operational Excellence Award Winner.
• STCU has hired Brian Read as a chief retail officer to lead retail delivery across a growing geographical footprint. This includes oversight of STCU branch locations, which now number 38. He started as a teller and was most recently Umpqua Bank’s executive vice president and head of retail banking. He also brings broad financial institution leadership experience in credit administration, product development, business banking and wealth management. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University and a master of business administration from the University of Washington. He lives in Spokane.
• Prosser Memorial Health has hired gastroenterologist Dr. Michael McDonnell to work at the Prosser Digestive Health Center. He brings with him a decades-long career within the medical field, which includes roles as staff physician, unit chief and associate chief of gastroenterology. He holds board certifications for internal medicine and gastroenterology. He started his medical career in Michigan, along with his wife, before making his way to the Pacific Northwest in 1997. McDonnell made the move to Prosser Memorial on the recommendation of longtime colleague and friend, Dr. Mitchell Cohen, who started and has been building up PMH’s gastroenterology program. McDonnell is bringing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to Prosser Memorial, a new service. Along with ERCP, he will be providing a variety of services such as treatment for celiac disease, liver and pancreatic disorders, IBS, inflammatory bowel disease, and many others.
• Gesa Credit Union has hired Sunwan Shon as a new Small Business Administration sales manager. He brings 20 years of experience working in the financial services industry. In his new role, Shon will oversee a team of SBA relationship managers and help produce SBA loans for Gesa members across the Pacific Northwest. Shon graduated from the University of Washington in 2004 with a degree in economics and a minor in Chinese. Afterward, he began his banking career serving in various roles at GBC International Bank and Bank of the West.
• Mark Long, outgoing executive director of the Oregon Home Builders Association and former director of the Oregon Building Codes Division, has joined Pac/West Lobby Group, which has an office in Hermiston, as the vice president of construction policy and regulatory affairs. Long brings more than three decades of regulatory and policy experience and a track record of respected leadership in state agencies and government. He was the Oregon Building Codes Division director for 17 years, where he developed construction standards, building codes, and the regulatory framework for every specialty construction license in the state. He worked with five Oregon governors, including a year as the interim director of the Oregon Department of Energy, and has experience bringing together a diverse constituency of boards and organizations.
• MacKay Sposito has hired Donald Wieber, PLS, as a survey manager. Wieber comes to MacKay Sposito from the city of Kennewick, where he worked since 2008, most recently as a parks project coordinator for the Parks and Recreation Department. A licensed professional land surveyor since 2011, Wieber has served on the Land Surveyors of Washington board for more than a decade and was board president in 2020. He is a graduate of Spokane Falls Community College and has continued his education at the University of Wyoming. He will be based in the Pasco office.

DONATIONS

• Wrapping Rascals, a group of local volunteers who wrap holiday presents for donations, donated $2,800 to the Kadlec Foundation to support its K9 team. The money will be used to train two specialized K9 teams, as well as to buy treats and toys.
• For its 2022 end of year gift, the Kadlec Auxiliary donated $130,000 to the Kadlec Foundation to support the Kadlec Project da Vinci Surgical System Fund. Hundreds of patients each year benefit from robotic surgery at Kadlec. The robotic surgery system came to the Kadlec campus in 2012 and its capacity is maxed. The fund was created to raise money to buy a second system.

AWARDS & HONORS

• Reinke Manufacturing, a global leader in irrigation systems and precision irrigation technology, has recognized Skone Irrigation as a top 10 dealership for total sales in the U.S. and Canada. One of the top five dealerships in the Northwest territory, Skone has locations in Pasco and Warden. The Warden dealership earned Reinke’s Gold Pride award for their performance in the last year. The Pasco location earned Reinke’s Diamond Pride award and was also recognized for their CropX sensor sales.
• The Benton County Coroner’s Office has received accreditation from the International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners (IACME). The coroner’s office self-submitted to this process for the purpose of ensuring the operating policies, procedures and practices are within international guidelines. This process includes review of 288 standards including administrative, forensic, investigative and facility review. The IACME requires 100% compliance of mandatory standards and 90% of all applicable standards. The completion of this process includes certification for a period of five years.

PROMOTIONS

• Petersen Hastings, an independent, registered investment advisory firm in Kennewick and Walla Walla, has announced four recent promotions.

Donna Yakawich, a practicing certified public accountant for 20 years who joined Petersen Hastings as a wealth advisor in 2013, has been promoted to senior wealth advisor. She is one of eight shareholders for the firm.

Cory Briggs, an experienced wealth advisor and chairman of the investment committee who is a locally recognized SmartVestorTM investment professional for Tri-Cities and the surrounding area, has been promoted to senior wealth advisor. Briggs is also one of eight shareholders for the firm.

Haley Johnson, a 2017 Washington State University graduate who joined the firm in 2019 as an associate wealth advisor, has been promoted to wealth advisor.

Rachel Chacko joined Petersen Hastings as an associate wealth advisor in 2022. Chacko comes from a Zero Alpha Group (ZAG) affiliated firm, Carlson Capital Management, in which she held a similar role for four years. She has been promoted to wealth advisor for the firm, serving clients in Walla Walla and the surrounding area.

• Prosser Memorial Health has named Dr. David Carl as the new chief of staff starting January 2023. He leads the Benton City Clinic’s pediatrics department and previously held the position of vice chief of staff. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, among many other professional certifications and associations. Outgoing Chief of Staff, Dr. Jared Clifford, podiatric surgeon at Prosser’s Orthopedic Center, held the two-year position from 2021-23. Grandview Clinic provider Dr. Jose Santa-Cruz will serve as the new vice chief of staff.

APPOINTMENTS

• The Good Shepherd Health Care System (GSHCS) Board of Trustees appointed Emmett C. Schuster as interim chief executive officer, effective Feb. 13. He is not a candidate for the permanent CEO position; the board is actively searching for a permanent CEO. Schuster has had a successful career as hospital CEO for over 25 years leading rural health care facilities (less than 50 beds) and critical access hospitals (up to 25 beds). He obtained his master of health services administration degree from the University of Kansas and is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
• Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Washington, was named as co-chair of the Congressional Wine Caucus alongside Rep. Mike Thompson, D-California, and will continue to lead the bicameral and bipartisan Caucus for the 118th Congress.

ELECTIONS

• Mark Brault, a longtime community volunteer, has been elected president of the Kennewick Public Hospital District where he has served as commissioner since 2020. Marv Kinney was elected vice president and Steve Blodgett reelected secretary. All are one-year terms.

Brault, a certified public accountant, also is the non-paid chief executive officer of Grace Clinic, which provides free health care to those in need. He has served on the boards of several organizations during his 40 years in the Tri-Cities.

Kinney, a former Port of Kennewick employee and retired from the Port of Benton, has served the KPHD board in several positions over his 20 years as an elected commissioner.

Blodgett was reelected secretary and in addition serves as treasurer, a position to which he was first appointed by the seven-member board of commissioners in 2017.

The KPHD was created by state law in 1949 and exists today to support Trios Health and to help fill health care gaps in the community.

• The Energy Northwest Executive Board elected John Saven as its new chair during its regular public meeting Jan. 25 in Olympia. The board also elected Curt Knapp, Pend Oreille PUD commissioner, as vice chair, and Bill Gordon, Franklin PUD commissioner, as secretary. Jim Moss remains assistant secretary.

Gordon became a Franklin PUD commissioner in 2003. He was appointed to the Energy Northwest board of directors in 2004 and served on the executive board from 2006-10. He holds a bachelor’s degree in hotel and restaurant administration from Washington State University and has worked in hotels throughout the United States, as well as in Munich and Johannesburg. He and his father farmed together for five years in St. John, Washington. He also was appointed to the board of trustees for Columbia Basin College by Gov. Jay Inslee where he served from 2013-21.
Energy Northwest’s Board of Directors elected Gordon as inside director to the executive board. He will serve through June 2026.

The board also selected Dave McKenzie, Skamania County PUD, as president; Jerry Asmussen, Okanogan County PUD, as vice president; Shan Rowbotham, Kittitas County PUD, as secretary; and Clint Whitney, city of Richland’s Energy Services director, as assistant secretary. Whitney was appointed to the Energy Northwest Board of Directors in 2018. He has worked in public service for 21 years in a variety of electrical engineering, operations and management positions. He has a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering, a master’s in business administration degree and is a licensed professional engineer in Washington.

Board officers each serve two-year terms.