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Larry Ellertson
President, UTA Board of Trustees |
| Appointed by: |
Municipalities within Utah County |
| Term Ending: |
September 2009 |
| Professional: |
Vice President of United Way of Utah County; project management and consulting services. |
| Civic: |
Elected Mayor of Lindon City in November 1996; January 2005, elected to the Utah County Commission; president and board member of Utah League of Cities and Towns; chairman of the Provo/Orem Chamber of Commerce; chairman of the Mountainlands Association of Governments; Rotary Club President; chairman of the Utah Citizens Corps Council; chairman of the Edison Electric Institute Customer Service Committee; member of the Utah County Board of Health; board member of the Utah Commission on Volunteers; and board member of the Division of Workforce Services Executive Committee. |
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Gregory M. Simonsen
Vice President, UTA Board of Trustees |
| Appointed by: |
Municipalities within Salt Lake County and the municipalities of Tooele and Grantsville in Tooele County. |
| Term Ending: |
September 2008 |
| Civic: |
Member of the Forum on Construction Law of the American Bar Association; Former member and chair West Jordan City Planning Commission; Current member West Jordan City Historical Commission; Past Chair, Construction Law Section of the Utah Bar Association; Member Utah Federal Court panel of mediators. |
| Professional: |
Founding partner of Rinehart, Fetzer, Simonsen & Booth Law Firm. General Counsel, Spackman Enterprises. |
| Education: |
BS and JD degrees from University of Utah. |
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Michelle Facer Baguley
Chair, UTA Board of Trustees Internal/External Constituencies Committee |
| Appointed by: |
Municipalities within Salt Lake County and the municipalities of Grantsville and Tooele in Tooele County. |
| Term Ending: |
September 2008 |
| Professional: |
Environmental Grant Administrator currently at the Midvale Slag and Sharon Steel Superfund Sites. |
| Civic: |
Herriman Community Council Member/Parks and Recreation Chair, Revitalize Town Days Committee Chair, Herriman Town Incorporator, Herriman City Council Member, Technical Review Committee Member, KUCC Natural Resource Damages. Former Jordan School District Housing Committee Member, Founder of "Herriman Helping Hands" A Service Club for Elementary Students. Served in multiple church leadership and teaching positions. Wife, Mother and Grandmother. |
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Orrin T. Colby Jr.
Chair, Finance and Operations Committee |
| Appointed by: |
Municipalities within Salt Lake County and the municipalities of Tooele and Grantsville in Tooele County. |
| Term Ending: |
February 2009 |
| Professional: |
Chairman and CEO of WestLync Insurance Enterprises, Inc.; Former Chairman, CEO and President of Wasatch Crest Insurance Companies; Former Vice President and Controller for Utah Power & Light Co. and Former Vice President/CFO for Pacificorp; Certified Public Accountant. |
| Civic: |
American Institute of CPA’s; Utah Association of CPA’s; Honorary Colonels South Salt Lake Police Department; Police Athletic League; Health Data Committee for Utah; Association of Youth Councils; Boys & Girls Club of America; Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. |
| Education: |
Bachelor of Science and Masters Degrees , Accounting, from Brigham Young University; Taught at BYU and University of Idaho (Moscow); Utah State University and BYU, School of Accountancy Advisory Boards; Westminister College, College of Business Advisory Board. |
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Terry C. Diehl
Chair, Planning and Development Committee |
| Appointed by: |
Municipalities within Salt Lake County and the municipalities of Grantsville and Tooele in Tooele County. |
| Term Ending: |
February 2009 |
| Professional: |
Chairman/CEO of Wasatch Pacific, Inc.; real estate development. |
| Civic: |
Past trustee, Cottonwood Alta View Health Care Foundation; representative, State of Utah U.S. Olympic Committee Board of Directors; avid supporter of University of Utah, Primary Children’s Hospital, Guadalupe School, Little League Football and Special Olympics.
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Justin Allen |
| Appointed by: |
Senate |
| Term Ending: |
July 2010 |
| Professional: |
Government Affairs Director for the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS®; Contract Lobbyist and Political Campaign Consultant; Former Assistant State Director for Congressman Rob Bishop; Former Political Director for Utah Republican Party; Former Campaign Staffer for Congressman Rob Bishop and Senator Orrin Hatch; Former intern at Utah State Legislature. |
| Civic: |
Member of Centerville City Council since 2005; Serves on Utah Quality Growth Commission; Member of Regional Growth Committee of the Wasatch Front Regional Council.; Centerville West Side Steering Committee; Davis COG Transportation Subcommittee; Utah Republican Party State Central Committee; previously active in the Davis County Republican Party. |
| Education: |
BA from BYU in Japanese with minor in Political Science. |
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Keith Bartholomew |
| Appointed by: |
Salt Lake City |
| Term Ending: |
May 2009 |
| Professional: |
Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, University of Utah College of Architecture and Planning; Environmental lawyer for 1000 Friends of Oregon; director of “Making the Land Use, Transportation, Air Quality Connection (LUTRAQ), a nationally recognized research program; former associate director of the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment at the U of U’s SJ. Quinney College of Law. |
| Education: |
J.D. University of Oregon |
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Burtis Bills |
| Appointed by: |
The Municipalities within Utah County |
| Term Ending: |
April 2009 |
| Professional: |
Teacher, retired; Semi active Digital Sound Recordist for Soundelux Sound Studios and Hollywood Edge of Hollywood, has produced or helped record seven professional sound CD’s. |
| Civic: |
Mayor of Payson City. Serves on Mountainland Association of Governments, Steering, Executive Council Economic Development District and Community Development Block Grant Regional Review Committee. Also serving on the Utah League of Cities and towns Legislative Policy Committee nominations Committee.
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| Education: |
BS, Weber State College.
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Christopher R. Bleak |
| Appointed by: |
Governor |
| Term Ending: |
July 2010 |
| Professional: |
Chief of Staff to Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives |
| Civic: |
Lehi City Planning Commission, Utah Hemophilia Foundation |
| Education: |
BS in Political Science from the University of Utah |
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Necia Christensen |
| Appointed by: |
Municipalities within Salt Lake County and the municipalities of Grantsville and Tooele in Tooele County |
| Term Ending: |
February 2009 |
| Professional: |
Owns and operates Christensen Tax Service |
| Civic: |
Chair, West Valley City Board of Adjustments; Neighborhood chair, Utah’s Promise; recipient of “District Award of Merit” from the Boy Scouts of America and West Valley City’s “Best of the Best” award for work as a founding member of CHAD; PTA Council President. |
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Steve Curtis |
| Appointed by: |
Municipalities within Davis County |
| Term Ending: |
July 2010 |
| Professional: |
Beginning with what was then known as Mountain Bell but evolving into what we now know as Qwest, Steve established his professional foundation with dedication as a Service and Public Telephone Technician, worked in Supervision, and managed an Olympic Venue during 2002 Winter Games, a career that spanned over 29 years. Upon retiring from Qwest, he accepted the challenge to spearhead First National Bank's on-line banking system. |
| Civic: |
Current Mayor of Layton City; 10 year Layton City Councilmember; former President of the Utah League of Cities and Towns; former member ULCT Board of Directors; member and former Chair of the Legislative Policy Committee – ULCT; former Board of Directors member – Davis Arts Council; Honorary Commander of the 388th Fighter Wing – Hill Air Force Base; former Honorary Commander of the 75th Air Base Wing – HAFB; Member of the Utah Defense Alliance; Little League and AYSO coach; Rotarian and member of the Davis Chamber of Commerce. |
| Education: |
Weber State and Brigham Young University |
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Charles G. Henderson |
| Appointed by: |
Unincorporated Salt Lake County |
| Term Ending: |
January 2010 |
| Professional: |
Director, Customer Relationship Management with Ken Garff Automotive |
| Civic: |
Vice-Chair of the Kearns Community Council; Chair of the KCC Financial Oversight and the Economic Development Committee; Kearns Township Planning Commission Steering Committee; Vice Chair of Salt Lake County Community Economic Development Advisory Committee; Utah Coalition of Organ, Eye and Tissue Donor Community Advisory Board; past member of Martin Luther King, Jr. Human Rights Commission; Salt Lake County Council on Diversity Affairs; Coalition of Minority Advisory Committee; Utah Black Leadership Forum; Utah Minority Groups Consortium; and Former Chair of the Utah Black Democratic Caucus.
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| Education: |
Westminster College of Salt Lake City and University of Utah majoring in Finance and Economics with emphasis in International Marketing and Management. |
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Gregory Hughes |
| Appointed by: |
Municipalities within Salt Lake County and the municipalities of Grantsville and Tooele in Tooele County |
| Term Ending: |
March 2010 |
| Professional: |
Construction/Property Management |
| Civic: |
Utah House of Representatives; Department of Professional Licensing Review Panel.
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Robert A. Hunter |
| Appointed by: |
Municipalities within Weber County and Brigham City, Perry and Willard in Box Elder County |
| Term Ending: |
April 2009 |
| Professional: |
President and CEO, United Way of Northern Utah; Adjunct Faculty, Department of Communications and Political Science, Weber State University; Originating Member and Weber County Chair of People for Sensible Transportation; Originating Member of the Salt Lake Olympic Bid Committee and Salt Lake Organizing Committee; Former Ogden City Manager, Weber County Commissioner and Chairman of the Wasatch Front Regional Council of Governments. |
| Education: |
Master of Arts, Brigham Young University; Bachelor of Science, Weber State University |
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P. Brett Millburn |
| Appointed by: |
Municipalities within Davis County |
| Term Ending: |
July 2010 |
| Professional: |
Director of Planning and Development with United Way of Northern Utah; Community Outreach, Planning and Budget, Federal Government Relations, and General Manager of Athlete Transportation for the Salt Lake Bid and Organizing Committees for the Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games of 2002; Assistant to the Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives. |
| Education: |
BS in Psychology with a minor in Political Science from Weber State University and Associates of Arts and Sciences from Ricks College. |
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J. Kent Millington |
| Appointed by: |
Transportation Commission |
| Term Ending: |
May 2009 |
| Professional: |
Business consultant and President of IPDevPro; President and CEO of AccessData Corporation; Entrepreneur in Residence at Utah Valley State College; Private Angel Investor and Entrepreneur |
| Education: |
BA in History and Political Science from the University of Utah, an MBA from Brigham Young University and a Doctorate of Business Administration from California Coast University. |
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Frederick W. Oates |
| Appointed by: |
Municipalities within Weber County and the municipalities of Brigham City, Perry and Willard in Box Elder County |
| Term Ending: |
April 2010 |
| Professional: |
Certified mechanical engineer for H. E. Pitt Engineering Company; United States government at DDOU; US Navy (Seabees); professional soccer player |
| Civic: |
Former Mayor of Harrisville; Combined Federal Campaign; Weber Area Council of Governments; UDOT Transcom; Wasatch Front Regional Council; Central Weber Sewer District. |
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Michael E. Romero |
| Appointed by: |
Municipalities within Salt Lake County and Tooele and Grantsville in Tooele County |
| Term Ending: |
February 2009 |
| Professional: |
Claims Adjuster with Allstate Claims Office; Co-Owner of Creative Graphics |
| Civic: |
Phi Sigma Alpha; Pi Apha Alpha; Murray City Economic Development Advisory Board; IHC Urban Central Region Human Resources Committee; Utah Democratic Party Hispanic Caucus; Murray Chamber of Commerce; Murray Exchange Club |
| Education: |
Bachelors of Science in Political Science, University of Utah; Masters of Public Administration, University of Utah |