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UTAH Moving Up JULY/AUG 2019 Employee Anniversaries Jazz Front Off ice Promotions T he Utah Jazz solidifi ed their front offi ce with the May 10 promotions of Dennis Lindsey to executive vice president of basketball operations and Justin Zanik to general manager. “We are excited for these promotions as they further enable Dennis to provide executive leadership and overall strategic vision for Jazz basketball operations and give Justin the opportunity for greater impact on our organization. As one of the brightest young executives in the league, Justin will be responsible for the day-to-day operations. Th eir leadership allows us to work collectively toward our championship goals,” said Steve Starks, president of the Utah Jazz. “Dennis has put together a team and staff that we are very proud of and who represent our values,” said Gail Miller, owner of the Utah Jazz. “We believe in the importance of continuity and have been fortunate to have Dennis, Justin, and their families in our organization.” “We have great respect for the eff orts of Dennis and Justin and how they represent our organization,” said Greg Miller, Jazz member of the NBA Board of Governors. “Th eir expertise, work ethic, and commitment to winning is refl ective of who we are as a team and an organization.” Lindsey served as the Utah Jazz general manager for the past seven years, assembling teams that have reached the NBA Playoff s for the last three years and advanced to the Western Conference Semifi nals in 2017 and 2018. Lindsey fi nished as the runner-up in the voting for the 2018 NBA Executive of the Year. Zanik completed his fi ft h season as the Utah Jazz’s assistant general manager in 2019. He began this role in 2013, working directly for Lindsey in pro personnel. Zanik served as assistant general manager for the Milwaukee Bucks in 2016–17 before returning to Utah. He originally came to the Jazz from ASM Sports, where he oversaw all aspects of career management for ASM’s basketball clients. ◆ 40 YEAR Dan Busey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MFO 30 YEAR Franklin Hallowell . . . . . . . . . . .PNX 25 YEAR Scott Harding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HON 20 YEAR Jeff rey Beese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BSU Douglas C. Birrell . . . . . . . . . . . JAZZ Israel Carradero . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCS Annette Childers . . . . . . . . . . . SWH Peter Osuchowski . . . . . . . . . . MEG Jason Postel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PNX Tina Romijn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAX Matthew Staley . . . . . . . . . . . . . JSH 15 YEAR Danny Adams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCD Shawn W. Brown . . . . . . . . . . . JAZZ Steven L. Johnson . . . . . . . . . . JAZZ Shane Parrish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JSH Rhett Storrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SFL Jose Varela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMT 10 YEAR Jim Baca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ACD Brandon Banas . . . . . . . . . . . . . ACD Howard Berry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHO Jon M. Bingham . . . . . . . . . . . . JAZZ Chinh Dao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ATO Kalli Diaz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEX Dean Duren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .STO James Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCS Fabian Gutierrez . . . . . . . . . . . ACD Randy Gutierrez . . . . . . . . . . . . ACD Jose Guzman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHO Shane Hemsley . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEX Lydia Ketchens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Mark Kleinhans . . . . . . . . . . . . .MNI Kristen Lawhon . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Lucresia Leon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ALH George Lohr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHO Andre Martinez . . . . . . . . . . . . . SFL Merle Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BSU James Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LIT Mystie Moff at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEX Thane Moses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHO Binh Nguyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHO Michael Ostler . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BNT Klint Porter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHO Petar Pudja . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PNX Mitchell Reid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Eduardo Reyna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ATO Travis Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Patrick Sandoval . . . . . . . . . . . ACD Shannon Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCD Darrell Spigner . . . . . . . . . . . . . HOB Matthew Strother . . . . . . . . . . . .PNX Troy Vanweerd . . . . . . . . . . . . . MUR Shawn Wageley . . . . . . . . . . . . ACD Heather Wybrow . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS 5 YEAR Skyler Lighthill . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCD Jose E. Linares . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Joshua Macias . . . . . . . . . . . . . LMD Shabeer Mahar . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO James Majors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LIT Barbara Marino . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Denis Martinez . . . . . . . . . . . . . MUR Mark Maxwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UCS Justin McConkey . . . . . . . . . . . .MNI Jamie McDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . SAX Dustin McIlvain . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Tracey L. Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Dale Mohilo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LIT David T. Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Jesus Moreno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Benjamin Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Taif Noah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHO Daniel Noff ke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCD Jimmie Noon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UCS Brian Nordstrom . . . . . . . . . . . NHR Joshua Owen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Courtney Palmer . . . . . . . . . . MFRE Chad Pearson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Steven Phelps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BNT Jay Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CCC Jessica Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Sergio Pineda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO George Pregman . . . . . . . . . . . MEG Michael Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAO Mersadi Provost . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS David Puskar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LMD Ajit S. Rai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Maria Ramirez . . . . . . . . . . . . . .VSA Cesar Roa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PNX Scott Romney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Brandon Rowbury . . . . . . . . . . .VSA Thomas Rumbaugh . . . . . . . . . .CTO Brenda Sanchez . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Gabriel Sanchez . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Joshua Schum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DNI Jon Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MNI Lamar Skeeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAZZ Lori Skjod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Douglas Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LIT Kole Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LIT Jeremy Snelling . . . . . . . . . . . . .STO Joel Solsvig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SFO Kody Sparrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SFO Matthew Stegemann . . . . . . . HYN Murni Tirajo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO William Traverse . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Tessa Tunstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PNX Efrain Urena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Edgar Vazquez Hernandez . . .CTO Kyle Verdino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCD Rodolfo Vides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO David Voyles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MUR Jonathan Williams . . . . . . . . . . . .LIT Jimmy Abarca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PNX Jairo Aguilera Ruiz . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Steve Andas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JSH Carolyn L. Bartlett . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Kathryn Bedigian . . . . . . . . . . . JAZZ Margaret A. Beltran . . . . . . . . . .CTO Robert Bowen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SFL Karli Bullock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAZZ Carson Caldwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . JSH Thomas Campos . . . . . . . . . . . .STO Frida Castro Ruiz . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Jill Chaney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NSB William Chelton . . . . . . . . . . . . LMD Lisa Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RCD Larry Coet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LCJ Mark W. Colacchio . . . . . . . . . .CTO Felix R. Dayola . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Shannon D. De La Mora . . . . .CTO Erik DeWaal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAX Makiya Duggar . . . . . . . . . . . . . MEG Ramiro Duron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ACD Carl Ehlert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Laith Elaimy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .STO Steven Fehrenbach . . . . . . . . . UCM Carmen M. Fenech-Murray . .CTO Mark Gasser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAO Soraya Gehy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCS Angel Gil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Jorge Gil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Richard M. Gluck . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Vanessa Gomez . . . . . . . . . . . . MEG Paul Gottenbos . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Josiah Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BTO Mark Gregg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LIT Michael Gregorovic . . . . . . . . .PNX Nate Gurule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MUR Brian J. Hainsworth . . . . . . . . . .CTO Houston Harkness . . . . . . . . . . .BNT Jeff rey Heaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAZZ Danny Huynh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ACD Pedro Jimenez . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Stephen Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . MAO Blake Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UTI Joseph Kennedy . . . . . . . . . . . . AMT Bryan Kinneberg . . . . . . . . . . BEES Michelle Kluksdahl . . . . . . . . . NHR Anthony Kraemer . . . . . . . . . . ACD Eric Kreizenbeck . . . . . . . . . . . .BSU Todd LaBronte . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAO Bradley Laird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MUR Derek Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RCD Theresa Lemay . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTO Lucresia Leon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ALH Tayler Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,539 . . . . . ANI new vehicles & 53,737 used Cars sold in 2018 LHMWSM.com 13