Dalby, Wendland & Co. promoted five staff members to new positions with the Western Colorado accounting and consulting firm. Matt Bieberly was promoted to audit manager, serving primarily construction and nonprofit clients. He joined Dalby Wendland in 2021. He previously led accounting teams with a natural gas utility company in Oklahoma. He holds a bachelor’s […]
Rob Zillioux has joined Cloudrise as chief financial officer of the data security firm headquartered in Grand Junction. “I am incredibly excited to join the Cloudrise team,” he said. He hailed Cloudrise founders Rob Eggebrecht, Hillary Laird and Joe Infantino as energetic visionaries. “Data security is increasingly important in today’s world, and Cloudrise is poised […]
A measure of consumer confidence has retreated on less upbeat expectations for business and labor conditions. The Conference Board reported its Consumer Confidence Index fell 1.4 points to 113.8 in January. A component of the index tracking current conditions increased. But a component tracking the short-term outlook dropped. “Expectations about short-term growth prospects weakened, pointing […]
An index forecasting economic conditions in the United States continues to increase, signaling growth in the months ahead. The Conference Board reported its Leading Economic Index (LEI) advanced eight-tenths of a percent to 120.8 in December. Separate measures of current and past conditions also increased. “The U.S. LEI ended 2021 on a rising trajectory, suggesting […]
Four Mesa County residents have been appointed to state councils, commissions and committees. Michelle Sunkel, an assistant professor at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, was appointed to the Colorado Human Trafficking Council. She serves on the council as a representative of a college or university department that conducts research on human trafficking. The council […]
Travis Black has been promoted to manager of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Northwest Region based in Grand Junction. “This is an enormous honor and an exciting challenge,” Black said. “The Northwest Region with its rural, wide-open spaces feels like my home in Lamar and back in Texas. And it presents fascinating wildlife management opportunities. […]
Jeff Cyriacks has joined Coloramo Federal Credit Union in Grand Junction to lead business lending efforts as the senior vice president of commercial banking. Cyriacks brings to his latest position more 30 years of banking experience. He began his career after graduating from what was at the time Mesa State College in Grand Junction and […]
John Walden has been promoted to chief executive officer and head of sales at MySalesButler, a digital marketing firm based in Grand Junction and New Orleans. Walden succeeds Bryan Wachs, former CEO and co-founder. Wachs has moved away from day-to-day management responsibilities to a role as chairman of an advisory board. Dan Charles, the other […]
Alpine Banks of Colorado will pay quarterly cash dividends on Jan. 31. The bank announced plans to pay a dividend of 18 cents per class B nonvoting common share and $27 per class A voting common share. Those dividends represent a 12.5 percent increase over dividends paid the previous quarter. A $6.2 billion employee-owned organization […]
Grand Valley Equine Assisted Learning Center has scheduled a benefit event for March 4 at the Colorado Mesa University Ballroom in Grand Junction. What’s billed as a night at the races is set to start at 5 p.m. and include diner, prizes, a silent auction and six horse races. Proceeds will go to building an […]