On The Job November 15, 2013
Alexa Orr was promoted to junior publicist at Yellowbright Inc., a Fort Collins-based public relations, marketing and management firm specializing in music. Orr, a student at Colorado State University, has interned with Yellowbright since April 2012. Tom Maddux was named the first president of Center Partners, a Fort Collins-based call center company. His previous positions include vice president for global emerging markets for Convergys. ARCHITECTURE
Senior project manager Russell Lee rejoined Fort Collins-based landscape architecture firm Ripley Design after a four-year absence. He worked for Ripley for two years before moving to Iowa, where he operated a landscape architecture business with his wife. The couple and their children have moved back to Fort Collins. SPONSORED CONTENT BANKING
Jeremy Ehardt joined First National Bank as a commercial lender serving the Weld County market, which includes branches in Greeley, Windsor, Johnstown, Brighton, Fort Lupton, Kersey and Platteville. A graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, he studied business management and finance. Kim Schroeder joined First Western Trust Bank in Fort Collins as a private banker. Schroeder, a graduate of Colorado State University, previously worked at Academy Bank. EDUCATION
Taryn Flack, a Front Range Community College sophomore studying political science at the Larimer Campus in Fort Collins, was elected legislative liaison for the State Student Advisory Board. The position represents all 135,000 community-college students at the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. Flack will work with Dr. Nancy McCallin, Colorado Community College president, and others to advocate for students on legislative matters and report back to the 13 community college student bodies. ENGINEERING
Licensed professional engineer Troy Spraker joined Lamp, Rynearson & Associates in Fort Collins as a project manager after serving as a development review engineer for the city of Greeley. The engineering company also hired Neil Brennan and Vince Gentry as project engineers to support its land-development, traffic, transportation, aviation and public infrastructure work, and Josh McCabe as a senior CAD technician for its survey group. INSURANCE
Marian Volosov, Scott Tally and David Lambertson were named members of New York Life Insurance Co.’s 2013 Quality Council. They have been New York Life agents since 2004, 2008 and 2007 respectively and are associated with the Fort Collins sales and Colorado General offices. Also at those offices, Ryan Behm and Tory Masomson were named members of the 2013 New York Life Executive Council. RETAIL
Amanda Conder was named manager at the AT&T location at 4524 Centerplace Drive in Greeley. With more than nine years of wireless and sales experience, the Kentucky native will lead a team of eight retail consultants. If you have an item to share about a promotion, job change or career news of note, email it to Dallas Heltzell at [email protected] or mail it to On The Job at NCBR, 1550 E. Harmony Road, Fort Collins, CO 80525.
