Holland & Hart is pleased to announce that Engels Tejeda, a trial attorney in the firm’s Salt Lake City office, has been appointed to serve on the Governing Board for Intermountain Healthcare, Inc.’s Salt Lake Valley Hospitals (SLVH). The SLVH Governing Board has decision-making and advisory responsibilities over five hospitals in the Salt Lake Valley. As a trustee, Engels will have a key role in establishing strategic goals aimed towards quality improvement and patient safety.
Engels represents businesses in federal and state courts and focuses on a range of consumer-related matters, including disclosure laws and regulations, data privacy, cybersecurity and bankruptcy. Engels shares Holland & Hart's commitment to its communities. By appointment of the Supreme Court of Utah, he serves as a judge pro tempore in the small claims division of the Salt Lake City Justice Court. He also served as a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Reserve for eight years, which included two active duty deployments to Iraq and Kosovo.
Intermountain Healthcare is a Utah-based, not-for-profit system of 24 hospitals, a Medical Group with more than 2,400 physicians and advanced practice clinicians at about 160 clinics, a health plans division called SelectHealth, and other health services.