New Hires & Promotions

Alexandria Drake has joined Singleton Schreiber as senior counsel. Drake previously served as principal at Dunn & Black PS.

Kootenai Health has promoted Collin Furukawa to chief strategy and growth officer from executive vice president of strategy and business development.

Piskel Yahne Kovarik PLLC has announced two promotions. Will Emmal has been promoted to principal attorney from senior associate attorney. Troy Sims has been promoted to senior associate attorney from assistant attorney.

EXIT Real Estate Professionals has expanded its team with two hires. Teressa Ewing and Brandon Arthur have both joined as real estate brokers.

RenCorpRealty has expanded its team with one hire and one promotion. Jordan MacGregor has been hired as a commercial real estate broker. MacGregor previously worked for Bornhoft Commercial under the same title. Calli Behm has been promoted to commercial real estate broker from marketing assistant.

TOK Commercial has hired Kris Jackson to its brokerage services team. Jackson previously worked in the medical device industry for DePuy Orthopedics.

Ability Employment Professionals has expanded its team with three hires and four promotions. Marcos Morales has joined as an employment consultant. Morales previously worked for Kelly Right Real Estate as a real estate agent. Colby Lingo has been hired as job coach specialist. Lingo previously worked in customer relations. Jennifer Oliveri has been hired as administrative assistant. Oliveri previously worked for The Arc of Spokane as director of advocacy and family support. Cathy Eylar has been promoted to vice president of operations from director. Troy Marshall has been promoted to director of business development from business development consultant. Brody Short has been promoted to business development consultant from employment consultant. Brooke Murray has been promoted to senior employment consultant from program manager.

The Center for Personal Protection & Safety has expanded its team with three hires and two promotions. Josh King has been hired as director of marketing. King concurrently works for Tinderbox Marketing as partner and vice president of marketing. Randy McAlister has been hired as a consultant. McAlister previously served as special deputy for Hennepin County Sherriff in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jessica Weber has been hired as operations coordinator. Weber previously worked for Glendale, California-based Age of Learning as a producer. Jameson Ritter has been promoted to director of behavioral threat assessment and management from senior subject matter expert. Korey Staley has been promoted to vice president from director of operations.

Campbell & Bissell PLLC has promoted William Gieri to partner from associate attorney.

KPFF Consulting Engineers has announced three hires. Karla La Torre Alvarez has been hired as bridge and structural designer. La Torre Alvarez previously worked for Lone Tree, Colorado-based Kiewit under the same title. Tim Vasilenko has been hired as civil transportation designer. Vasilenko previously worked as intermediate engineer for Century West Engineering. James Dillon has been hired as civil transportation engineer. Dillon previously worked for Apex Cos. in Vancouver, Washington, under the same title.

 

Awards & Designations

The Avista Foundation has awarded Spokane Colleges a $10,000 grant to develop Indigenous Healing Environments Across Lifeways Centers at Spokane Falls Community College and the Inchelium campus at Spokane Community College.

The University District Development Association has appointed six board members for 2026: Karlee Agee, of Bouten Construction; Ryan Arnold, of Avista Corp.; Pat Castaneda, of Manzanita House; Alex Jackson, of MultiCare; Angela Swenseid, of STCU; and Adam Swinyard, of Spokane Public Schools.

Gonzaga University has received a 2026 Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement.

The Inland Northwest Land Conservancy has appointed four new members to its board of directors: Lessly Field, Rob Hawley, Kirste Richards, and Dave Yadon.

 

Philanthropy

Spokane-area Lithia Motors dealerships have donated $50,000 to the automotive programs at Spokane Public Schools’ NEWTech Prep.