Salt Lake City — Epitel, a leader in AI technologies for patient-focused brain health solutions, announced today it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearances for two new innovative technologies: REMI Remote EEG Monitoring System for Ambulatory (at home) use and REMI Vigilenz AI For Event Detection. REMI for Ambulatory use allows EEG recording in outpatient and home environments for an extended duration, while REMI Vigilenz AI for Event Detection analyzes and marks REMI EEG records for potential electrographic seizures to assist with ease and accuracy of interpreta ..read more

Cambridge, MA — Draper announced the opening of a new engineering and operations campus in Utah to serve its aerospace and defense customers and enhance its support of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Hill Air Force Base and other Department of Defense customers in the surrounding area. Located in metro Clearfield, Utah, the campus will serve as a nexus for Draper’s support for missions and business in the U.S. aerospace, defense and national security sectors. Draper is a decades-long industry partner of the U.S. Air Force, including the Minuteman III and Sentinel programs. “We are ..read more

Photo by Jon Hague Photos Back Next Nonprofit CEO | Colliers Utah | Currently a board member for: World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah), Envision Utah, Salt Lake Chamber, US Friends of AMAR, Hale Center Theatre, Tuacahn Center for the Arts How have you seen a board contribute to the strategy of a company? Our broadly experienced WTC Utah board has worked closely with our excellent WTC Utah officials to strategically identify Utah sectors, companies and individuals that can benefit from the expanded global training and connections WTC Utah is providing.  What important asset can an indi ..read more

Photo by Jon Hague Photos Back Next Lifetime Achievement Executive Director | HGGC, Inc. | Currently a board member for:  Primerica, Zions Bancorporation, Extra Space Storage, Beauty Industry Group When have you seen a board and management work together to navigate a complex challenge? Last year, Extra Space Storage acquired Life Storage. Prior to this acquisition, the management and board of Extra Space held annual strategy sessions where we, among other things, reviewed the business performance and strategies of various public competitors. These discussions allowed the board and m ..read more

Photo by Jon Hague Photos Back Next Private Company Chairman, Board of Directors | WCF Insurance How have you seen a board contribute to the strategy of a company? Every year at WCF Insurance, we have an annual two-day retreat with senior management where we debate, discuss and agree upon a five-year plan. When have you seen a board and management work together to navigate a complex challenge? [WCF Insurance] had been a state agency for 100 years, and we were experiencing great success in that realm. However, management and the board realized we would have to disassociate from the state i ..read more

Photo by Jon Hague Photos Back Next Public Company Board Director | Currently a board member for: Thryv, DemandBase, Lendio, Vasion, D2L What important assets can an individual bring to a board?  As an independent director, your most important responsibility is to support the CEO and the leadership team by providing advice, mentorship and an operator mindset.  What should companies look for in a board member to ensure a great cultural fit? Every board member is in the room because they have an impressive background and expertise the management team can benefit from, but board m ..read more

Back Next Public Company Board of the Year https://www.merit.com/investors/corporate-governance-leadership/ Fred Lampropoulos | Founder, Chairman, CEO Ann Millner, Ed.D. | Lead Independent Director A. Scott Anderson Lonny J. Carpenter Rear Admiral (Ret.) Stephen C. Evans David K. Floyd Thomas J. Gunderson Laura S. Kaiser Michael R. McDonnell Lynne N. Ward  What important asset can an individual bring to a board?  One important quality a board member can offer is the ability to connect the dots from an objective view of the various functions of a company. Pointing out the strength ..read more

Back Nonprofit Board of the Year https://www.ywcautah.org/who-we-are Liz Owens | CEO, Ex Officio Shawna Cuan | Chair  Wendy Hobson-Rohrer | Vice Chair Shireen Ghorbani | Chair Elect Lisa Brown Miranda | Secretary Petrina Youhan | Treasurer Ashley Anderson Lisa Andrues Luna Banuri Neelam Chand Pam Giles Lori Harding Kathryn Holmes Marika Jones Monet Maggelet Selma Mlikota Lynne Nilson Danielle Norman Nicole Salazar-Hall How does the board contribute to the strategy of the company? The board has worked closely with leadership at YWCA to advance strategic planning and ensure that the YWCA ..read more

The Founder Series is a column by and about Utah founders and how they got to where they are today. Click here to read past articles in the series. Hats weren’t exactly my starting point. In 2011, I started a blog for my family, assuming the role of writer and influencer. Over the years, I became largely known for my blog. The more I shared, the more people began recognizing how much I loved hats, as I wasn’t often seen without one in photos. My husband Jon picked up on that before anyone else did. He said, “If you keep wearing hats, you’re going to be known as the crazy hat ..read more

Salt Lake City — As the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Utah Governor’s Office of Energy Development has been selected to receive $62,450,000 through the Solar for All (SFA) grant competition to develop long-lasting solar programs that enable low-income and disadvantaged communities to deploy and benefit from distributed residential solar. This award is part of the historic $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which was created under President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act to lower energy ..read more