Brandon Sawalich, Senior Vice President at Starkey Hearing Technologies, has been elected president of the board of directors of the Bob Feller Museum. The museum, located in Feller’s hometown of Van Meter, Iowa, honors the Major League Baseball pitcher and Hall of Famer, who died in 2010.

Feller was a longtime supporter of the Starkey Hearing Foundation, and was among the organization’s honorees at its inaugural gala in 2001. Sawalich has been a member of the museum board of directors since 2003.

Sawalich joined Starkey Hearing Technologies in 1994 as an Inside Sales Executive. Since then, he has built expertise in nearly all aspects of sales and marketing in the hearing industry, and today leads Starkey’s Sales, Marketing and Customer Relations teams. In his leadership roles, Sawalich has helped the company achieve overall growth and has built excellent teams to tackle the challenges customers and patients face every day.

About Starkey^® Hearing Technologies
Starkey Hearing Technologies is a privately held, global hearing technology company headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minn. The company is recognized for its innovative design, development and distribution of comprehensive digital hearing systems. Founded in 1967, Starkey Hearing Technologies currently employs more than 3,500 people, operates 21 facilities and conducts business in more than 100 markets worldwide. The company develops, manufactures and distributes hearing aids via four distinct brands – Audibel^®, NuEar™, MicroTech™ and its original brand, Starkey. For more information, visit StarkeyHearingTechnologies.com.