National Presidential Advisory Board
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A. Scott Anderson President & CEO of Zions First National Bank |
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A. Scott Anderson is the president and chief executive officer of Zions First National Bank. Anderson received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and economics from Columbia University in New York. He also received a master’s degree in economics and international studies from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. |
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Pamela Atkinson (Co-Chair) Community Advocate |
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Pamela has held a variety of positions in the health-care industry including her last position as vice president, Mission Services-Intermountain Health Care. Now Pamela works directly with homeless and low-income people and collaborates with a variety of nonprofit and governmental organizations. Pamela was appointed to the Utah State Board of Regents for ten years. She has also served on the Utah State Board of Education and the Utah College of Applied Technology Board. |
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Lane Beattie President & CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce |
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For over 25 years Lane Beattie has been a real estate broker and a developer by profession. He was elected to the Utah State Senate in 1989. He served as Senate majority whip, majority leader, and in 1994 was elected Utah Senate president. He served as president for six years until June 2000. In 1998 President Beattie was elected as Chairman of the National Senate Presidents Forum representing all United States senate presidents. President Beattie assumed leadership of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce on July 1, 2003. |
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Wilford Clyde (Co-Chair) President & CEO of Clyde Companies Inc. |
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Wilford W. Clyde has served as the vice president and general manager, and following the death of his father in 1987, he was elected president of Geneva Rock Products Inc. He is currently the President and CEO of Clyde Companies Inc. He currently serves on the boards of the Utah State Employers Council, Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, and Coalition for Utah’s Future. He was one of the founding members of the UVU Wolverine Club, and, throughout the years, has been involved with many projects to help improve the athletic program at UVU. |
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Lew W. Cramer President & CEO of World Trade Center Utah |
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Lew Cramer is the former director general of the U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service and the former assistant secretary of commerce for international trade. He is also a former deputy assistant secretary of commerce for science and electronics. He teaches international business at Georgetown University; taught at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Southern California. |
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Charles Dahlquist Young Men General President, LDS Church Shareholder Member, Board of Directors, Kirton & McConkie |
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Charles W. Dahlquist II received his juries doctorate from the University of Utah. He is a trial attorney and a leader in civic and community organizations. He is currently serving on the National Boy Scouts of America Executive Board. |
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Sheri Dew President & CEO of Deseret Book Company |
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After obtaining her degree from Brigham Young University, Sheri Dew quickly moved into the publishing business. She served as second counselor in the general Relief Society presidency from 1997 to 2002. In March 2003 the White House appointed her a member of the U.S. delegation to the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations. She is also the author of the biographies and inspirational books. In additional to being the CEO of a publishing company, one of the leaders of the LDS church and the inspirational author, Dew travels as an inspirational speaker across the US and around the world, including Colombia, Africa, the Philippines, Cambodia, Ecuador, and Japan. |
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Mark A. Dickson CPA, CFA |
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Mr. Dickson is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst. He currently practices as a CPA and as an investment advisor. He is a director of Capital Management Group LLC and a managing director of Capitol Project Partners LLC. For 19 years he managed corporate finance in the U.S. for TAG Group (Holdings) SA, a diversified international company based in Geneva, Switzerland. |
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LaVell Edwards
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LaVell Edwards is a former football coach of Brigham Young University (BYU). In 1984, Edwards' BYU Cougars went 13-0 and won the national championship . He is considered the founder of the spread formation passing attack, and one of the most influential and innovative minds in college football history. Edwards played football for Utah State University and earned a masters degree at the University of Utah prior to coaching at BYU . While working as a head football coach at BYU, Edwards also earned a doctorate.
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Senator Jake Garn Senator |
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Jake Garn is a graduate of the University of Utah. He served as a pilot in the U.S. Navy. He is a retired Brigadier General in the Utah Air National Guard and has logged more than 12,000 hours of flight time. He flew aboard the space shuttle Discovery in 1985. He is a former insurance executive and served as mayor of Salt Lake City prior to his election to the United States Senate in 1974. He served six years as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Senator Garn retired from the Senate in January 1993 and is now a self-employed consultant serving on a number of public and private boards. |
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Ronald C. Gunnell Co-Founder of The Paradigm Group |
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Ron Gunnell co-founded the real estate and venture capital firm The Paradigm Group with Michael S. Lewis in 1999. Paradigm Development specializes in large commercial real estate ventures.Ron Gunnell has been a member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir since 1997, and served as assistant to the president for special projects for the choir in 2001. |
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Reed Halladay Fouding Member of Bell Air Investsments Advisors LLC |
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Reed Halladay is a founding member of Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC. Prior to starting Bel Air, Reed was with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in Los Angeles, where he specialized in equity and fixed income portfolio management and was also involved in new business development and single stock risk management. Reed began his investment career in 1976. |
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Senator Jeffrey M. Jones Agricultural Undersecretary Rebublic of Mexico |
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Senator Jeffrey Jones is a member of the National Action Party (PAN) of Mexico since 1995. He served in the Lower House of the Federal Congress from 1997-2000. He was elected as a member of the Senate for his state (Chihuahua) in the year 2000. He served as a president of the Border Affairs Commission and was a member of the commissions of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform . His six-year term expired in 2006 since there is no re-election for senators in Mexico . Jeffrey Jones is currently serving as the undersecretary of agriculture with the SAGARPA (Secretaria de Agricultura, Ganaderia, Desarollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación). |
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William Nixon Chairman of Policy Impact Strategic Communications |
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William Nixon is chairman and chief executive of Policy Impact Communications Inc ., a full-service public and government relations company. A former speechwriter and senior policy advisor for President Ronald Reagan , Nixon served for more than 15 years as a senior staff member on Capitol Hill , the majority of the time with Republican Senator William Roth of Delaware . He also worked for Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah , as well as on the professional staffs of the Senate Finance and Government Affairs Committees . |
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David A. Peterson Special Counsel for Argent Funds Group |
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Dr. Peterson earned his M.B.A. and J.D. degree from the George Washington University, M.P.A. from Harvard University, Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University, and National Security Law certificate from the University of Virginia Law School. He was United States Representative to the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Swizerland and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France. |
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N. Dan Reeve Managing Direcector for Horsley Bridge Partners |
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Dan Reeve is the managing director of Horsley Bridge Partners in San Francisco, California. Horsley Bridge manages over $8 billion of commitments to the private equity market. Prior to joining Horsley Bridge in 1990, he spent 10 years in Boston as a nationally recognized technology analyst at SG Cowen, where he covered the P.C. and software industries and as a technology analyst and portfolio manager at Waddell & Reed. |
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Norman D. & Luana Shumway
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In November 1978, Mr. Shumway, a Republican, was elected to the United States House of Representatives, representing California's 14th Congressional District. He was re-elected in 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1988. He chose not to run for re-election in 1990. After retiring from the U.S. Congress, Mr. Shumway was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson to the Public Utilities Commission for the State of California. He served as a Commissioner for four years. President George Bush appointed Mr. Shumway to the Board of Directors of Legal Services Corporation. |
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Jack W. Sunderlage President & CEO of Content Watch |
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Jack W. Sunderlage serves as president and chief executive officer of Content Watch Inc., a provider of internet management software and services. Mr. Sunderlage has enjoyed a long and successful career in the information technology industry. He has held key sales and marketing executive positions with Burroughs, UNISYS, Digital Equipment, Compaq Computer, and Hewlett-Packard. His last assignment was Vice President of Global Accounts, West Region for Compaq, a part of HP. He currently serves as chairman of the board for the World Trade Center Utah. In 2006, he was appointed to the Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) Governing Board for the State of Utah. |
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Beth Tolbert Owner/Broker of Tolbert Nielsen Realty Group, LLC |
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Beth Tolbert is the co-owner and associate broker for the Tolbert & Nielsen Realty Group in St. George, Utah. In 1994, Beth Tolbert worked with the National President Women’s Council of Realtors. She is also a past member of the National Association of Realtors Executive Committee and Board of Directors, past chair and vice chair of UVU Board of Trustees, Board of Trustees Leadership Dixie, past chair for the Utah Real Estate Commission. Beth Tolbert was the president of the Utah County Board of Realtors. |
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Dave Ulrich Co-founder, The RBL Group and Professor, University of Michigan |
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Dave Ulrich is as a professor of business at the University of Michigan and a partner at the RBL Group, a consulting firm focused on helping organizations and leaders deliver value. He studies how organizations build capabilities of speed, learning, collaboration, accountability, talent, and leadership through leveraging human resources. He has published over 100 articles, book chapters and 15 books. He has consulted and done research with over half of the Fortune 200.
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Olene Walker Former Governor of the State of Utah |
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Olene Walker was Utah 's 15th and first, to date only, female governor. Walker's political background includes eight years in the state legislature including a term as a majority whip . She founded the Salt Lake Education Foundation and served as its director. She served as director of the Utah Division of Community Development. She has chaired the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, the Utah State Housing Coordinating Committee, the Governor's Commission on Child Care, and the National Conference of Lieutenant Governors . She assumed the office of Governor of the State of Utah after former governor Mike Leavitt resigned his office to serve as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency . Walker served as governor until the end of Leavitt's term on January 3 , 2005 . |
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Jim M. Wall President & Publisher Deseret Morning News |
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Along with the duties of his responsibilities at Deseret News, Jim is a constant presence in the community. He currently participates on more than twenty Utah boards or committees. |
