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The business leaders group Identity Clark County has appointed Jake Childs of PeaceHealth to its board of directors.
Mr. Childs is Vice President of Operations for PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center and systemwide lead for pharmacy with the nonprofit healthcare system PeaceHealth.
Prior to joining PeaceHealth in 2018, Mr. Childs was Director of Pharmacy for Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City and Operations Manager for Norvant Health in Charlotte, NC. He has a Master’s...

The business leaders group Identity Clark County has elected Derrick Smith to its Board of Directors.

Smith is CEO of MacKay Sposito, a 50-year-old engineering firm headquartered in Vancouver and delivering professional services across eight states. He became CEO in 2019 after joining the firm’s Tri-Cities operation as a Vice President in 2005 and a decade of project management, engineering and construction services experiences. Smith has an MBA from Arizona State...

The business leaders group Identity Clark County has elected Mark Mantei to serve as Chair for 2024, succeeding Steve Kenny who served in the role for three years.
Mr. Mantei is CEO of Vancouver Clinic, the largest physician-owned multi-specialty medical practice on the west coast, with 491 clinicians and 1,790 staff caring for patients in 18 locations in Washington and Oregon. He serves on the boards of Association of Washington Business, America’s Physicians Groups, American...

The business leaders group Identity Clark County has selected Lance Randall to fill the Ed Lynch Board Seat in 2024.
Mr. Randall is founding Executive Director of the Black Business Association of Oregon, an economic development organization formed in 2022 to stimulate prosperity and opportunity for Black-owned businesses and business leaders. The organization also works in Clark County, Washington, as part of its service area. He has nearly 30 years of economic development experience in...

Regional business and community leaders took a brief recess from their busy work, family and community lives to express appreciation for the region’s quality educational system by honoring 21 exemplary staff and volunteers.
The honors were presented as part of the Learn Here Project, an effort to showcase our educational system and its remarkable leaders to inspire others and attract people and businesses considering relocating or expanding in the region. About 130 community and...

The business leaders group Identity Clark County has honored chair Steve Kenny with the title of Chair Emeritus while electing Dan Cox of Riverview Bank to its Board of Directors.
Kenny joined the ICC Board of Directors in 2009 and became the organization’s Chair in 2020. He retired from Columbia Credit Union in 2023 after serving as its President and CEO since 2009 and having been with the credit union since 1987.
Kenny is the fourth ICC business leader to have received the...

One aspiring businessperson has a unique opportunity to serve for a year alongside the region’s most accomplished business leaders on the Identity Clark County (ICC) board of directors.
The nonprofit business leaders group is seeking its eighth appointee to the Ed Lynch board seat, a one-year courtesy role for an emerging business leader while honoring the late businessman and philanthropist Edward Lynch who chaired ICC for more than a decade.
“The Ed Lynch Board Seat...

The business leaders group Identity Clark County has appointed Lisa Goecke, shareholder of Perkins & Co, to its board of directors.
Ms. Goecke is managing partner of the Perkins & Co Vancouver office, a position she has held since 2014. Her work is focused on audit and business consulting services for closely held businesses. Heavily involved in the Clark County community, she has served on the boards of the Greater Vancouver Chamber and the Columbia River Economic Development...

The business leaders group Identity Clark County has elected David Fuhrer, CFO of Realvest Corporation, to its board of directors.
Mr. Fuhrer has been with the Vancouver-based property development firm since 1986 and currently manages relationships with banks, lenders, auditors and tax preparers. He holds CPA and CGMA designations and earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Portland State University. Mr. Fuhrer has served on the boards for the YMCA of Clark County and the...

The business leaders group Identity Clark County has elected Ben Campbell, publisher of The Columbian newspaper, to its board of directors.
Mr. Campbell is a fourth-generation family owner of The Columbian, one of the largest remaining independently owned newspapers in the United States. The Columbian has been owned by the Campbell family since 1921 and was founded in 1890.
Mr. Campbell has a bachelor of arts degree from Washington State University and graduated from Mountain View...