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Clark County Business Briefing

The Columbian
Published: August 15, 2021, 5:16am
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Matthew Hines was appointed to serve on the Advisory Council of the Area Agency on Aging & Disabilities Southwest Washington. Hines, a Vancouver resident, is a co-founder of Activate Inclusion, a nonprofit dedicated to helping blind, low-vision and deaf-blind individuals. The agency’s Advisory Council is made up of six members from Clark County and three members from each of the other four counties it serves. The agency provides assistance to older adults and people with disabilities in Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Skamania and Wahkiakum counties.

Alan Chan was hired as the new chief legal officer at Nautilus. Most recently, Chan was vice president of legal affairs and assistant corporate secretary for Arrow Electronics. The company also announced the appointment of Sarah Jones, formerly corporate controller, to principal accounting officer.

Benton Dorman was hired by Stevenson-Carson School District as the principal of Wind River Middle School. He previously was superintendent at Mill A School and interim superintendent and principal at Mount Pleasant School.

The Salmon Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant received the Wastewater Treatment Plant Outstanding Performance award from the Washington State Department of Ecology for the 14th consecutive year. The award is granted to treatment plants that demonstrate 100 percent compliance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.


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