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Culinary

Olive Garden’s parent company, Darden Restaurants, has awarded Diamond Club status to Mandi Luce in recognition of her exceptional performance as the general manager for the Coeur d’Alene Olive Garden location. Luce is one of 42 general managers nationwide to receive this recognition.

Finance

Dingus, Zarecor & Associates PLLC has hired Deanna Carroll as a staff accountant. Carroll previously worked in the health care industry for six years.

State Bank Northwest has named Lorilei Bruggink to the board of directors and promoted Jay Lunsford to senior vice president, chief credit administrator. Bruggink serves as the executive vice president, chief operating officer. She has served as the chief operating officer since 2004. Lunsford has been with the bank since 2015 and has more than 30 years of experience in banking.

RiverBank has named Dan Murray as senior vice president, chief credit officer. Murray has more than 40 years of experience in the banking industry, including 25 years as a credit administrator.

Law

Greg George, an attorney with Macomber Law since 2015, has been recently admitted to the Idaho Bar. George is a 2012 graduate of the University of Washington School of Law.

Nancy Isserlis will rejoin the firm of Winston & Cashatt, effective Oct. 1. Isserlis previously served as the city attorney for the city of Spokane. She has more than 35 years of experience in the legal field and served as a principal at Winston & Cashatt from 2004 to 2012.

Miscellaneous

Fish Window Cleaning has recognized local franchise owner, Tim Turner, as a Rising Star in addition to naming him to Top Sales and as a member of the Pinnacle Club for achieving outstanding sales and production during the past year, as well as demonstrating exceptional management and good relations with other franchise owners.

Nonprofit

Kirstin Davis has joined the Better Business Bureau as marketplace director for Eastern Washington and North Idaho. Davis previously was in radio sales with KXLY Broadcast Group.

Retail

Etailz has hired Laura Regester, Keith Christensen and Jessica Bronte as partner optimization coordinators; Joel Silvius as a junior inventory analyst; Sam Swanson as a junior forecasting analyst; James Clark as the creative services lead; Jack Howell as a FTM2 product analyst; Wendy Tidwell as a marketplace marketing manager; Mark Pankey as a senior project manager; Shannon Johnson, Hailey Brown and Libby Arneson-Walk as partner onboarding coordinators; Ike Griffith as a product analyst; Ryan Donckers as manager of partner select; Dave Rier as a global trade compliance specialist; Maddie Roestel as a purchase order associate and Han Zhao as the eHoldingz product manager.