Greater Spokane Incorporated (GSI) is pleased to announce the organization's new elected officers and Board of Trustees for 2011 - 2012.

Tom Fritz, CEO of Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS), will serve as the 2011-2012 Chairman of the Board.

"Leading the business community in the next year is an exciting and challenging opportunity," Fritz said. "In collaboration with GSI's committed board of trustees, I'm looking forward to partnering with others to create greater economic opportunities for our area businesses and build for our region's future."

Jeff Philipps of Rosauers Supermarkets has been selected as Chair-Elect and will serve as Chairman in 2012-2013.

The entire Board of Trustees follows:

Officers:

Tom Fritz - Inland Northwest Health Services

Jeff Philipps - Rosauers Supermarkets

Greg Bever - Journal of Business

Bill Symmes - Witherspoon Kelley

Kurt Walsdorf - Bank of America

Rich Hadley - Greater Spokane Incorporated

Board of Trustees:

Ellie Aaro

Beacon Hill Events

Mark Aden

DCI Engineers

Jamie Aitken

KREM TV & KSKN TV

Jay Allert

Aslin-Finch Co.

Dr. Rodolfo Arevalo

Eastern Washington University

Barry Baker

Baker Construction

Dave Black

NAI Black

Kent Caputo

Kalispel Tribal Economic Authority

Carrie Cheshier

Travelers

W. Stacey Cowles

The Spokesman-Review

Scott Dietzen

LarsonAllen

Ezra Eckhardt

Sterling Savings Bank

Jon Eliassen

Red Lion Hotels Corporation

Linda Elkin

US Bank

Matt Ewers

Inland Empire Distribution Systems

Jack Fallis

Global Credit Union

Commissioner Al French

Spokane County

Bill Gilbert

Deaconess Medical Center

Rob Gragg

Crown West Realty

Col. Paul Guemmer

Fairchild Air Force Base

Michelle Hege

Desautel Hege Communications

Dr. Christine Johnson

Community Colleges of Spokane

Terry Judge

Hotstart, Inc.

Larry Krauter

Spokane International Airport

Tyler Lafferty

Seven2

Teresa LeGate

Holiday Inn Spokane Airport

Mike Marzetta

Altek, Inc.

Dr. Thayne McCulloh

Gonzaga University

John Moloney

Moloney + O'Neill

Marcelo Morales

Jubilant HollisterStier LLC

Scott Morris

Avista

Rory Nay

Proto Technologies

Brenda Nienhouse

Spokane Symphony

LeRoy Nosbaum

Itron, Inc.

Dr. Brian Pitcher

Washington State University Spokane

Tom Quigley

Kiemle & Hagood Company

Janet Schmidlkofer

K&N

Michael Senske

Pearson Packaging Systems

Lisa Shaffer

Signature Genomic from PerkinElmer

Damon Smith

DCI Engineers

Pete Stanton

Washington Trust Bank

Tim Stevens

Triumph Composite Systems

Dr. Nancy Stowell

Spokane Public Schools

Larry Swartz

Lydig Construction

Dr. Beck Taylor

Whitworth University

Jeff Thomas

Ambassador Programs, Inc.

Mayor Tom Towey

City of Spokane Valley

Mayor Tom Trulove

City of Cheney

Kevin Twohig

Spokane Public Facilities District

Jim van Loben Sels

Arbor Crest Wine Cellars

Mayor Mary Verner

City of Spokane

Jennifer West

Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

Jason Wheaton

Greenstone Homes

Mike Wilson

Providence Health Services

Bill Wrigglesworth

Payne Financial Group

Irv Zakheim

Zak Designs