Jo Anne Edwards, Kristie Geist, Melinda Lyons, Karen Martines

Jo Anne Edwards, Kristie Geist,Melinda Lyons and Karen Martines have been named to management positions at Washoe Medical Center.

Edwards has been named director ofWashoe Medical Center's Integrated Health Network Lab.

She previously was administrator of laboratory services for St.

John's Health System in Springfield, Mo.

Edwards earned a bachelor's degree in clinical lab science from Missouri Valley College and her master's degree in education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Geist has been named health care center manager for Washoe Family Care South Meadows.

She has worked for Washoe Med since 2001 and worked last two years as director of finance for the physician services division.

She is a certified public accountant and holds bachelor's degrees in marketing and accounting from Texas Tech University.

Lyons has been named director of internal audit.

She previously worked nearly 15 years for Sierra Pacific Resources and also has more than 10 years experience in the neonatal intensive care units at hospitals in Sacramento and Las Vegas.

Lyons earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from UNLV.

Martines has been named manager of care coordination at Washoe Med.

Martines previously was a nurse compliance specialist with Washoe Med Home Care.

She also has worked as director of clinical operations for Alere Medical of Reno and has clinical experience as a medical-surgical nurse.

Martines holds a bachelor's degree in nursing and master's degree in healthcare administration.