People in Business
Dr. Aubrey Slaughter is the newest partner and shareholder of Vancouver Radiologists, having completed a two-year partnership track. Slaughter obtained her medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She completed her fellowship training in musculoskeletal imaging for special surgery in New York City.
Kylie Burk has joined Davidson & Associates Insurance as a personal account manager. Burk, of Vancouver, will work out of the firm’s office at 610 Esther St., Suite 101, Vancouver.
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Six business and community members have been honored with Clark County’s Green Awards, presented to those committed to reducing harmful environmental impacts and educating the community in green practices:
• Steve Horton — Green Apple Award for a school employee. Horton inspires Alki Middle School students as leader of the environmental club and heads the school’s recycling and composting program.
• Shareefah Hoover — Green Neighbor Award for a resident who exemplifies a sustainable lifestyle. Hoover, an avid recycler and energy conservationist, also shares her composting knowledge with neighbors.
• Richard Reiter — Green Volunteer Award. Reiter has volunteered with the Clark County Habitat for Humanity Store since 2011 and helps keep tons of materials out of landfills.
• Heaven’s Best Carpet Cleaning — Green Business Product/Service Award. The business provides its services without generating dirty wastewater, conserves resources and protects waterways from potential pollution.
• Simply Thyme Catering — Green Business Award (25 or fewer employees). Simply Thyme is a participant in the Clark Public Utilities Green Lights program, purchasing locally produced food whenever possible and composts food scraps.
• Cadet — Green Business Award (more than 25 employees). Cadet has eliminated 90 percent of incoming block foam packaging, installed energy-saving motion sensors throughout the building, and has a Grattix box for filtering roof runoff and protecting stormwater.
The PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Foundation announced the recipients of the 2017 Sister Andrea Nenzel Friend of the Foundation Awards, honoring individuals and organizations who provide exceptional service to the Foundation and Medical Center:
• Jim Martin, chief investment officer of the Murdock Charitable Trust, will receive the 2017 Community Award for his strong support of the foundation’s Neurosciences campaign.
• Two PeaceHealth employees, Kaci Caldwell, manager of cardiology clinic operations and IP cardiac diagnostic services, and Laura Hall, BSN, RN, CNOR, and manager of perioperative services, technology, product improvement and business office, will be honored with the Caregiver Award for their service as co-chairs of PeaceHealth’s annual employee giving drive.
The awards will be formally presented on May 31 at the Foundation’s annual dinner.
The Bonneville Power Administration recently honored four local residents and employees with the agency’s 2017 Administrator’s Excellence Awards.
• Eric Curtis of Vancouver — Award for Special Service. Curtis, an electric utility material handler, was recognized for carrying out a nine-month transformation project of the Ross warehouse, cataloging thousands of items, temporarily moving them during renovations, then moving and tracking them to new locations. Curtis has worked as a contractor for BPA for more than 10 years.
• Paula Gibson of Brush Prairie is a transmissions sales supervisory public utilities specialist. She received the award for Workplace or Technology Innovation for her efforts in moving transmission of contracts to a paperless system. Gibson has worked at BPA for 15 years.
• David O’Claire of Vancouver — Award for Safety Excellence. O’Claire, a BPA civil engineer, used his expertise to assess and improve the safety elements of transmission tower maintenance. He developed an innovative cable system that reduces the need by line workers for repetitive connecting and disconnecting of fall protection equipment.
• Kevin Kertzman of Woodland, a property disposal officer in BPA’s supply chain services organization, received the Environmental Protection award for his proactive, innovative efforts in recycling excess material at BPA worksites, boosting recycling by 71 percent. For this and other accomplishments, Kertzman and BPA were recognized as Oregon Recycler of the Year.
The Columbian welcomes submissions about Clark County residents or businesses, as well as regional business events. Information must be received by noon of the Tuesday preceding the intended Sunday publication date. Send to kay.richardson@columbian.com or fax 360-735-4491. Sales awards are not published.
