People on the move

• Ronald W. Jibson has been promoted to president and chief executive officer of Questar Gas. He succeeds Alan K. Allred, who will retire Sept. 1. Jibson joined Questar Gas (formerly Mountain Fuel Supply Co.) 27 years ago as a design engineer. He was named executive price president of Questar Gas and senior vice president of Questar Corp. earlier this year. During his career with Questar Gas, Jibson has held various management positions, including vice president of operations, general manager of operations and director of engineering. His education includes degrees from Utah State University and Westminster College.

• Jonathan E. Johnson III has been appointed president of Overstock.com Inc. His duties will include supervision of executives responsible for legal affairs, finance, SEC compliance, investor relations, government relations, facilities, and administrative management, and eventually, human-capital management. Johnson joined the company in September 2002 and has been serving as the company's senior vice president of corporate affairs and legal. He was previously the company's general counsel. Before joining Overstock.com, Johnson was with another company in various positions, including general counsel, executive vice president and chief financial officer. Jonathan also practiced law in the Los Angeles offices of a New York-based law firm and a San Francisco-based law firm.

• Nathan D. Alder has been elected president and Stephen W. Owens has been elected president-elect of the Utah State Bar for 2008-09. Also, Herm Olsen, Lori W. Nelson and Rodney Snow were re-elected as bar commissioners; E. Russell "Rusty" Vetter was elected as a bar commissioner, and James D. Gibson was appointed to fill an unexpired bar commissioner term. Alder is a shareholder in the Salt Lake City firm of Christensen & Jensen. Owens is a partner in the firm of Epperson Rencher & Owens, where his practice concentrates on defending medical malpractice actions. His education includes a degree from the University of Utah. Olsen's practice in Logan concentrates on personal injury, municipal law and criminal defense. Nelson, a shareholder in the Salt Lake City firm of Jones Waldo, practices in the area of family law. Snow is president of the Salt Lake City firm of Clyde Snow Sessions & Swenson. Vetter is a senior city attorney at the Salt lake City Attorney's Office. Gilson is a shareholder with Callister Nebeker &McCullough, practicing litigation.