Business Beat

Banking

Spokane Teachers Credit Union has expanded its senior leadership team from seven positions to 11, resulting in promotions for eight employees. Robyn Galtieri has been promoted to vice president of retail services; Brian Scott has been promoted to vice president of accounting and finance; Rich Lentz has been promoted to vice president of consumer lending; Scott Rabe has been promoted to vice president of digital development; Patricia Baughman has been promoted to chief development officer; Tammy Fleiger has been promoted to senior vice president of operations; Laura Wood has been promoted to senior vice president of human resources; and Patricia Kelly has been promoted to senior vice president of information technology.

Engineering

LSB Consulting Engineers has promoted Rebecca Henselen to administrative manager and David Linke and Larry Harris to principals in the firm. Linke and Harris both previously served as senior engineers. Brian Sterling and Evan Winter recently qualified for licensure as professional engineers in Washington, previously working for LSB as graduate engineers.

Honors

Travel website Hotwire released an index of America’s 40 best quick getaways, with the city of Spokane appearing in 10th place in the small town favorites category for cities with 150,000-299,999 population. To create the list, Hotwire analyzed data points across 250 cities based on three factors: best value, ease of arrival and quantity of things to do.