Executive Board

 
 

CHAIR
Ty McCutcheon
President & CEO
Third Cadence

TREASURER
Sterling Olander
Attorney/Shareholder
Kirton McConkie

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Ari Bruening
President & CEO
Envision Utah

SECRETARY
Jason Brown
VP of Education & Communications
Envision Utah

 

VICE CHAIRS

Bonnie Jean Beesley
Former Chair
Utah Board of Regents

Natalie Gochnour
Director
Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute

HONORARY CO-CHAIRS

Spencer F. Eccles
Chairman & CEO
George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
Chairman Emeritus
Wells Fargo Intermountain Banking Region

Governor Spencer Cox
Governor
State of Utah

 

Board of Directors

  • Stuart Adams, President, Utah State Senate

  • Scott Anderson, President & CEO, Zions Bank

  • Patrice Arent, Former Senator, Utah Senate

  • Pamela Atkinson, Community Leader & Advocate  

  • Richard Brown, Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Utah

  • Fraser Bullock, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Sorenson Capital

  • Elizabeth Cantwell, President, Utah State University

  • Silvia Castro, Executive Director, Suazo Business Center

  • Amanda Covington, Chief Communications & Government Relations Officer for the Larry H. Miller (LHM) Group of Companies

  • Sophia Dicaro, Executive Director, GOPB

  • Cameron Diehl, Executive Director, Utah League of Cities and Towns

  • Gary Ellis, President & CEO, Jacobsen Construction

  • Theresa Foxley, Chief of Staff, rPlus Energies

  • Dick Garlish, President, Rocky Mountain Power

  • Shaleane Gee, Chief Office, Culture and Community, Zions Bank

  • Andrew Gruber, Executive Director, Wasatch Front Regional Council

  • Laura Hanson, State Planning Coordinator and Managing Director of Planning Coordination

  • Howard Hochhauser, CFO & COO, Ancestry

  • Jorgan Hofeling, Communications Strategic Manager, Dominion Energy

  • Dan Lofgren, President & CEO, Cowboy Partners

  • Keith McMullin, President & CEO, Deseret Management Corporation

  • Derek Miller, President & CEO, Salt Lake Chamber

  • Nubia Peña, Director, Utah Division of Multicultural Affairs

  • Dawn Ramsey, Mayor, South Jordan

  • Brad Wilson, Speaker, Utah House of Representatives

  • Jenny Wilson, Mayor, Salt Lake County

 

Board of Governors

  • Steven Akerlow, Executive Director & CRA Officer, UBS Bank

  • Dee Allsop, CEO & Managing Partner, Heart + Mind Strategies

  • Douglas Anderson, Dean & Presidential Chair, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, USU

  • George Arnold, Partner, Hamilton Partners

  • Felicia Baca, Arts Division Director, Salt Lake City Arts Council

  • Nina Barnes, Former Vice Chair, Board of Regents

  • Keith Bartholomew, Associate Dean, College of Architecture + Planning at the University of Utah

  • Mallory Bateman, Director, Demographic Research, Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute

  • Kelsey Berg, LHM Real Estate

  • Curtis Blair, President, Utah Valley Chamber

  • Melinda Bowen, Executive Director, Utah Center for Legal Inclusion

  • Nate Boyer, President, The Boyer Company

  • Carlos Braceras, Executive Director, Utah Department of Transportation

  • Martha Bradley, Senior Associate VP of Academic Affairs and Dean of Undergraduate Studies

  • David Brems, Director of Design, GSBS Architects

  • Jason Brown, VP of Education & Communications, Envision Utah

  • Darlene Carter, President, C.W. Urban

  • Thom Carter, Government Affairs, Pacificorp

  • Jessica Chappell, Principal, Structural Design Studio

  • Jon Cox, Public Affairs Consultant

  • Bill Crim, President & CEO, United Way of Salt Lake

  • Karen Crompton, Department Director, Salt Lake County Human Services

  • Lexi Cunningham, Director, Utah State Superintendents Association

  • LaNiece Davenport, Planning & Policy Director, Mountainland Association of Governments

  • David Denison, Sr. Development Manager, Gardner Group

  • Sydnee Dickson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction

  • Kori Ann Edwards, Managing Director, Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity

  • Kristen Edwards, Executive Director, Better Days 2020

  • Dan England, CEO, C.R. England

  • José Enriquez, Founder & CEO, Latinos in Action

  • Reid Ewing, Distinguished Professor, University of Utah

  • Rick Folkerson, President, Success in Education Foundation

  • David Folland, MD, Citizen’s Climate Lobby

  • Lorie Fowlke, District Director for Congressman John Curtis

  • Jay Francis, President & CEO, South Valley Chamber

  • Nicholas Fritz, Senior Vice President & Chief Community Health Officer, Intermountain Healthcare

  • Julie Fullmer, Mayor, Vineyard

  • Geri C Gamber, Executive Director, SEUALG/SEUEDD

  • Chris Gamvroulas, President, Ivory Development

  • Bryson Garbett, President, Garbett Homes 

  • Melissa Garff Ballard, Utah House of Representatives

  • Lisa Grow, Professor of Law, BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School

  • Karen Hale, Community Advocate

  • Suzanne Harrison, Salt Lake County Council

  • Liza Hart, Architect and Real Estate Developer, Giv Group

  • Jeff Hatch, Independent Financial Services Professional

  • Tim Hawkes, General Counsel, Salt Lake Brine Shrimp Cooperative

  • Roger Henriksen, Parr Brown

  • Benjamin Heuston, President & CEO, The Waterford Institute

  • Beth Holbrook, Trustee, Utah Transit Authority

  • Ben Huot, Utah Department of Transportation

  • Roger Jackson, President, FFKR Architects

  • Elizabeth Kitchens, Utah State Director, The Nature Conservacny 

  • Ted Knowlton, Deputy Director, Wasatch Front Regional Council

  • Sri Koduri, Business Initiatives Director, Intermountain Healthcare

  • Travis Kyhl, Executive Director, 6 County AOG

  • Rosemary Lesser, Utah House of Representatives

  • Stephen Lisonbee, Senior Advisor for Rural Affairs to Governor Cox

  • David Livermore, Utah State Director, The Nature Conservancy

  • Jeramy Lund, Senior Director, CRA Investments

  • Susan Madsen, Founder & Director, Utah Women & Leadership Project

  • Taylor Mammem, CEO, RCLCO

  • Cameron Martin, President & CEO, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

  • Alan Matheson, Rio Tinto

  • Jennifer Mayer-Glenn, Director of University Neighborhood Partners, University of Utah

  • Ben McAdams, Former United States Representative

  • Rich McKeown, Co-Founder, Leavitt Partners

  • Erin Mendenhall, Mayor, Salt Lake City

  • Andrew Menke, Head of School, The Waterford School

  • Mike Mower, Senior Advisor of Outreach & Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the Governor

  • Jim Nielson, Principal, Axis Architects

  • Rick Nielson, Nebo School District Superintendent

  • Bruce Olson, Attorney, Ray Quinney & Nebeker

  • Alan Ormsby, State Director, AARP Utah

  • Scott Paxman, General Manager & CEO, Weber Basin Water Conservancy District

  • Lee Perry, Box Elder County Commissioner

  • Warren Peterson, Former VP, Farmland Reserve Inc.

  • Frank Pignanelli, Partner, Foxley & Pignanelli

  • Gary Porter, Senior Vice President, Deseret Management

  • Steve Price, Founder, Price Realty Group

  • Wes Quinton, VP, Farmland Reserve Inc.

  • Kyle Reyes, VP for Student Affairs, Utah Valley University

  • Mike Roberts, Managing Director of Alumni and External Relations, BYU

  • Miguel Rovira, Director of Business & Community Relations, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah

  • Brenda Scheer, Professor, University of Utah

  • Gene Shawcroft, General Manager, Central Utah Water Conservancy District

  • Kim Shelley, Executive Director, Department of Environmental Quality

  • Soren Simonsen, Executive Director, Jordan River Commission

  • Lowry Snow, Former State Legislator

  • Wilf Sommerkorn, Former Director of Regional Planning and Transportation, Salt Lake County

  • Robert Spendlove, Utah House of Representatives

  • Brian Steed, Executive Director, Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water & Air

  • Jerry Stevenson, Utah State Senate

  • Shawn Teigen, President, Utah Foundation

  • Troy Tortorich, Refinery General Manager, Chevron

  • Elizabeth Tremiar, Sr. Business Banking Relationship Manager, KeyBank

  • Blaine Walker, President, Walker & Company Real Estate and Utah Real Estate Development, LLC

  • Teresa Wilhelmsen, State Engineer, Utah Division of Water Rights

  • Don Willie, COO, South Valley Chamber

  • Chris Wilson, CEO Wilson Motors & Utah State Senator

  • Randy Woodbury, President, Woodbury Corporation

  • Sarah Wright, Executive Director, Utah Clean Energy


Founding Board - 1997

 

Special Advisors

  • Michael O. Leavitt, (Honorary Co-Chair), Governor, State of Utah 

  • Larry H. Miller, (Honorary Co-Chair), President, Larry H. Miller Group 

  • Robert Grow, (Chair, Coalition for Utah's Future), President and COO, Geneva Steel 

  • James R. Clark, (Vice Chair), Chief Planning Officer, American Stores Company

  • Tom Dolan, (Vice Chair), Mayor, Sandy City

  • Gary Herbert, (Vice Chair), County Commissioner, Utah County

  • M. Russell Ballard, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  • Robert F. Bennett, Senator, U.S. Senate

  • Joe Cannon, Chairman and CEO, Geneva Steel

  • Aileen Clyde, Vice Chair, Utah State Board of Regents

  • Spencer F. Eccles, Chairman and CEO, First Security Corporation

  • Kem Gardner, President and Manager, Boyer Company

  • Jake Garn, Vice Chairman, Huntsman Corporation

  • Carolyn Tanner Irish, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Utah

  • Victor L. Lund, Chairman and CEO, American Stores Company

  • J. Bernard Machen, President, University of Utah

  • George Niederauer, Bishop of Salt Lake, Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City

  • Richard Prows, Chairman, Prows Corporation

  • Governor Calvin Rampton (Ret.), Jones, Waldo, Holbrook, and McDonough

  • Harris Simmons, CEO, Zions Bank

  • Olene Walker, Lieutenant Governor, State of Utah

  • Steve Young, Quarterback, San Francisco 49ers

Scenarios Committee

  • Brad Barber, (Co-chair), State Planning Coordinator Governor's Office of Planning and Budget

  • Jim Clark, (Co-chair), Chief Planning Officer, American Stores

  • Larry Anderson, Director, Division of Water Resources

  • Bruce Anderson, Weber County Commissioner

  • Craig Barker, Department Director of Planning Commission, Weber County

  • Taz Biesinger, Executive Vice President, Home Builders Association of Utah

  • Roger Borgenicht, Director, ASSIST

  • Jeff Burks, Director, Office of Energy & Resource Planning Department of Natural Resources

  • Mary Carlson, Utah House of Representatives

  • Brooks Carter, Chief of lntermountain Section Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers

  • Stuart Challender, Automated Geographic Reference Center

  • Mike Christensen, Executive Director, Utah Foundation

  • Darrell Cook, Executive Director, Mountainland Association of Governments

  • Mick Crandall, Wasatch Front Regional Council

  • Marda Dillree, Utah House of Representatives

  • Stephen Goldsmith, President, Artspace

  • Andy Hall, Community Development Director, Payson City Community Development

  • Kathy Hillis, Director, Community Relations First Security Bank

  • Russell L. Hillman, Former Mayor, Payson

  • Leland J. Hogan, Vice President, Utah Farm Bureau Federation

  • Max R. Hogan, Former Mayor, West Jordan

  • Dr. Robert Huefner, Director, FHP Center for Health Care Studies

  • Will Jefferies, Executive Director, Wasatch Front Regional Council

  • Joe Jewkes, Associate District Manager, Bureau of Land Management Utah State Office

  • Doug Jex, Research Director, Department of Community and Economic Development

  • Carl Johnson, Mountainland Association of Governments

  • Raymond Johnson, Director of Engineering, Tooele County

  • Dan Lofgren, President and CEO, Proswood Companies

  • Prescott Muir, AIA, Principal, Prescott Muir Architects

  • Dr. Ray Nelson, Associate Professor of Economics, Brigham Young University

  • Jack Nixon, Owner/Broker, Century 21

  • Eloise Sahlstrom, Utah Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architects

  • Wilf Sommerkorn, Community Economic Development Director, Davis County

  • Clint Topham, Deputy Director, Utah Department of Transportation

  • Jack Troyer, Deputy Regional Forester for State & Private Forestry, US Forest Service

  • Ursula Trueman, Manager, Division of Air Quality, Department of Environmental Quality

  • H. Blaine Walker, Government Affairs Chairman, Utah Association of Realtors

  • Dale Whitman, Professor of Law, Brigham City University

  • Bill Wright, Planning Director, Salt Lake City 

Staff

  • Stephen Holbrook, Executive Director, Coalition for Utah's Future

  • Ryan Davies, Partnership Manager, Envision Utah

  • D.J. Baxter, Scenarios Manager, Envision Utah

  • Kevin Bommer, Local Government Coordinator, Envision Utah

  • Julie Hillman, Public Awareness Manager, Envision Utah

  • Eve Leonard, Development Manager, Coalition for Utah's Future

  • Rachel Rosenfeld, Neighbor Network Coordinator, Coalition for Utah's Future

  • Anita Plascencia, Administrative Assistant, Coalition for Utah's Future

Partners

  • Sandra Adams, Executive Director, State Martin Luther King Commission

  • Bruce Anderson, County Commissioner, Weber County

  • Brad Angus, Sales Manager, Franklin Covey Co.

  • Pamela Atkinson, Vice President, Mission Services, IHC

  • Janice Auger, Mayor, City of Taylorsville

  • Brad Barber, State Planning Coordinator, Governor's Office of Planning and Budget

  • Scott W. Bean, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Office of Education

  • Lane Beattie, President, Utah State Senate

  • Greg Bell, Mayor, Farmington City

  • Tom Berggren, Director, Citizens Committee to Save Our Canyons 

  • Roger Boyer, Chairman, Boyer Company

  • David Bradford, Senior Vice President, Novell, Inc.,

  • Glen Brown, Brown Dairy

  • Melvin Brown, Speaker of the House, Utah House of Representatives

  • Ken Buchi, M.D., Wasatch Front Clean Air Coalition,

  • Camille Cain, President/Owner, Dominion Resources

  • Don Christiansen, General Manager, Central Utah Water Conservancy District

  • James E. Clark, President, Utah Transit Authority

  • Louis Cononelos, Director of Government & Public Affairs, Kennecott Utah Corporation

  • Deedee Corradini, Mayor, Salt Lake City

  • Stephen M. R. Covey, President, Franklin Covey Co.

  • Wes Curtis, Rural Economic Development Specialist, Utah Center for Rural Life

  • John D'Arcy, Executive Vice President, Zions Bank

  • David Eckhoff, VP, Regional Manager, Psomas & Associates

  • Larry Eilertson, Mayor, Lindon City

  • Steve Erickson, Director, Utah Housing Coalition

  • Max Farbman, Attorney at Law, Jones, Holbrook, Waldo & McDonough

  • Wendy Fisher, Executive Director, Utah Open Lands Conservation Association 

  • Sidney Fonnesbeck, Deputy Director, League of Cities and Towns

  • Thomas Forsgren, Vice President, PacifiCorp/Utah Power

  • Christine Fox-Finlinson, Majority Leader, Utah House of Representatives

  • Steven Goodsell, General Solicitor, Union Pacific Railway

  • Randy Horiuchi, County Commissioner, Salt Lake County

  • Robert Huefner, Director, Scott M. Matheson Center for Health Care Studies

  • Ellis Ivory, CEO, Ivory Homes

  • David M. Jones, State Representative, Utah House of Representatives

  • David Jordan, Partner, Stoel, Rives LLP

  • David Kano, Mayor, Brigham City

  • Ardeth Kapp, Board Member, Deseret News

  • Ken Knight, Vice Chairman of the Board, Sinclair Oil Corporation

  • Sandra Lloyd, Mayor, Riverton City

  • Dan Lofgren, President and CEO, Prowswood Companies

  • L. Alma Mansell, State Senator, Mansell Real Estate

  • Kelly Matthews, Economic/Government Relations Senior Vice President and Economist, First Security Bank

  • LeRay McAllister, State Senator, Utah State Senate

  • Dannie R. McConkie, County Commissioner, Davis County

  • Glenn J. Mecham, Mayor, City of Ogden

  • Leo Memmott, Legislative Fiscal Analyst, State of Utah

  • Albert DeMar Mitchell, Mayor, City of Clinton

  • Elder Alexander Morrison, First Quorum of the Seventy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  • Eleanor Muth, New Business Director, Scopes, Garcia, and Carlisle

  • Jackie Nicholes, President, Quality Press

  • Dianne Nielson, Executive Director, State Department of Environmental Quality

  • Ann O'Connell, League of Women Voters

  • Brad Olch, Mayor, Park City

  • Scott Parker, President, Intermountain Health Care

  • Stan Parrish, Vice President and CEO, Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce

  • Cary Peterson, Commissioner, Department of Agriculture

  • Craig Peterson, Majority Leader, Utah State Senate

  • Dave Phillips, Vice President & General Manager KUTV /CBS Channel 2

  • John Price, Chairman of the Board & CEO, JP Realty, Inc., 

  • LaRen Provost, Commissioner, Wasatch County

  • Bruce Reese, President and CEO, Bonneville International

  • Charlie Roberts, Mayor, Tooele City

  • Blake Roney, President, Nu Skin International

  • Janet Scharman, Assistant Student Life Vice President and Dean of Students, Brigham Young University

  • Eric Schifferli, Commissioner, Summit County

  • Chris Segura, Executive Director, Utah Coalition for La Raza

  • Gerald Sherratt, Former President, Southern Utah University

  • David Simmons, President, Keystone Communications

  • Paul Slack, Special Asst. to CEO Iomega Corporation

  • Bennie Smith, President, Beneco Enterprises, Inc.

  • Ted D. Smith, Utah Vice President, US West

  • Phyllis Sorensen, President, Utah Education Association

  • Steven G. Stewart, CPA, Coopers & Lybrand LLP

  • Ted Stewart, Executive Director, Utah Department of Natural Resources

  • Clint Topham, Deputy Director, Utah Department of Transportation 

  • Jan Turner, County Commissioner, Morgan County

  • Tauna Walker, Vice President, Elite BodyWorks, Inc

  • Dominic Welch, Publisher, Salt Lake Tribune

  • Rabbi Fredrick Wenger, Congregation Kol Ami

  • Dale Whitman, Professor of Law, Brigham Young University

  • David Winder, Executive Director, Dept. of Community & Economic Development

  • Richard Young, Mayor, City of Mapleton