2019 Utah Economic Summit Program

MAY 17, 2019

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The Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development enhances the state’s quality of life by increasing and diversifying Utah’s revenue base and improving employment opportunities. It grows and supports Utah businesses and encourages Utah’s innovative, hard-working, entrepreneurial spirit.

GOED engages with Utah’s leaders to build strategies that maintain a diversified economy and strengthen the business supply chain while advancing Utah’s unprecedented partnerships in industry, education and workforce development. It’s also charged with enhancing tourists’ experience of Utah’s natural and cultural wonders. Visit business.utah.gov.

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The Salt Lake Chamber is Utah’s largest and longest-standing business association. A statewide chamber of commerce with members in all 29 Utah counties, the Chamber represents the broad interests of the state’s 63,000plus employers, which employ more than 1.4 million Utahns. This includes thousands of Chamber members and their employees. With roots that date back to 1887, the Chamber stands as the voice of business, supports its members’ success and champions community prosperity. Visit slchamber.com.

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FEATURED SPEAKER

Gary R. Herbert

Utah’s 17th Governor

Dear Friends,

The Utah Economic Summit is the state’s premier event for business leaders and decision makers. The Summit is the ideal venue to gather tools for professional and personal success. It delivers exclusive insights on Utah’s accomplishments to date and how you can get involved and contribute to one of the nation’s best performing economies.

Utah has achieved many notable successes in recent years. Ranked by Forbes magazine, Utah is No. 2 for the “Best State for Business,” and has ranked number one six out of the last nine years. In 2017, U.S. News & World Report named Utah the most stable economy. The state has the third-fastest growing population and CEO Magazine ranked Utah No. 1 in the nation for workforce quality. Small business owners gave Utah an A+ in business friendliness in a survey conducted by Thumbtack.com. In every study since 2012, Utah has ranked in the top 5. Additionally, Utah has become one of the best performing economies and consistently ranks among the highest in the nation for job growth.

In an era of economic change and political divide, this Summit will foster collaboration with other business leaders to build strategies for economic growth. Participants have the opportunity to connect with thought leaders, experts, innovators and other entrepreneurs to build business while contributing to Utah’s ongoing success.

Together, we will celebrate and create business strategies to reach new heights. I’m confident your participation in the Summit will leave you with a new vision and connections to elevate your business.

Sincerely,

Gov. Gary R. Herbert State of Utah

8:00 a.m.

10:15 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

Welcome to the Summit and Morning Plenary Session

Utah’s Economic Development Success and Opportunity

Val Hale, Executive Director, Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development Trade Priorities, Achievements and Opportunities

Sarah E. Kemp, Deputy Undersecretary for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce

Cultivating an Inclusive Culture

Stephanie Hewlett, Partner, PwC; Founding Member of the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion initiative

What Makes Utah Unique?

A conversation with:

Dan Gelston, President, Broadband Communications Sector, L3 Technologies

Shawn Newell, Vice President of Business Development, Industrial Supply Company; Utah State Board of Education

Damien Patton, CEO, Banjo

Moderated by Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox Defense, Space and Security

Rich Choppa, Program Director, Missile and Weapon Systems, Defense, Space & Security, Boeing

Utah Economic Report

Natalie Gochnour, Director, Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, University of Utah Unlocking Potential

The most important thing for a leader to understand is the potential of the people around them. Therefore, leadership takes collaboration. We achieve nothing worthwhile by acting alone.

Carly Fiorina, Chairman, Carly Fiorina Enterprises

Break/Networking

Breakout Session 1

Opportunity for Generations: Point of the Mountain and Inland Port

Imperial B

The Business Case for Gender Parity

Venezia

The Business of Utah Sports

Imperial A

Are You an Entrepreneur?

Murano

Building a Diverse Workforce

Grand Salon

Protecting Your Intellectual Property Abroad

Imperial C

11:30 a.m.

AGENDA

Lunch & Awards

Governor’s Economic Awards Presentation

Utah Businessperson of the Year

Crystal Call Maggelet

Utah Business of the Year Pluralsight

Utah International Business of the Year Qualtrics

Governor Herbert’s Keynote

Preparing the Next Generation for Launch

Blake Larson, Corporate Vice President and President, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems

12:50 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

1:45 p.m.

Break/Networking

Breakout Session 2

Utah’s Housing Gap: Addressing Affordable Housing

Imperial A

Mergers and Acquisitions: Crafting the Deal

Imperial C

Utah’s Film & Entertainment Industry: A Driver of Economic Growth, Culture & Tourism

Imperial B

Blockchain Identity: It Will Profoundly Affect Us All Murano

Student Entrepreneurs and the Economy

Grand Salon

North American Trade: The Mexican and Canadian Perspective on USMCA Venezia

Break/Networking

2:00 p.m. Breakout Session 3

Utah’s Opportunity Zones: Creating Maximum Impact Across the State

Imperial B

Building Your Business Through Outdoor Recreation

Grand Salon

Connecting Rural Resources to Global Energy Markets

Venezia

The Future of Utah: Looking at Economic Growth

Imperial A

Business Elevated: How Utah’s Best and Brightest Companies are Getting National Attention

Murano

Decoding Cross-Border E-Commerce

Imperial C

2:45 p.m.

Intermountain Healthcare Made in Utah Networking Reception

Hosted by Intermountain Healthcare

Featuring Food and Products from Utah

FEATURED SPEAKERS

CARLY FIORINA

Founder and Chairman, Carly Fiorina Enterprises

Carly Fiorina is a true leader and problem solver. Her mission is to inspire and connect individuals and teams to seize opportunities and face challenges.

She has served in multiple roles throughout her career, from secretary to CEO of Hewlett Packard. She is the first woman to lead a Fortune 50 company. Under her leadership at HP, growth quadrupled and the company became the 11th largest company in the U.S.

Fiorina now focuses on giving back. She founded the One Woman Initiative in partnership with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, to engage and empower women, and she serves in leadership roles with several nonprofits.

Fiorina is also a best-selling author and recently completed her third book, “Find Your Way.”

GOV. GARY R. HERBERT

State of Utah

Gov. Gary R. Herbert led Utah’s through the Great Recession to a position of national economic prominence. His unwavering focus on economic development includes attracting outside companies and investment to the state while helping homegrown businesses flourish.

The governor is focused on four cornerstones to strengthen Utah’s economy: education, jobs, energy and self-determination. As a result, Utah has become a premier destination for business, jobs, and an unsurpassed quality of life.

Herbert took the oath of office as Utah’s 17th governor on Aug. 11, 2009. Before becoming the state’s chief executive, he served as lieutenant governor for five years. Gov. Herbert is the past chair of the Western Governors Association and National Governors Association.

BLAKE LARSON

Corporate Vice President and President, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems

Blake Larson is corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman’s Innovation Systems sector. Innovation Systems products include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; satellites and associated components and services; composite aerospace structures; tactical missiles, subsystems and defense electronics and others.

In this position, Larson oversees strategy, capture, design, build and delivery of space, defense and aviation-related systems to customers around the world.

Larson most recently served as the chief operating officer of Orbital ATK. He previously served as the senior vice president and president of the Aerospace Group at ATK. Larson has held several management positions in systems engineering, electrical design, software design and test, and system test equipment during his 36-year career with Honeywell and ATK.

RICH CHOPPA

Program Director, Missile and Weapon Systems, Defense, Space & Security, Boeing

Rich Choppa is program director for Boeing’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Sustainment Programs, overseeing a portfolio of sustainment programs for the nation’s strategic deterrence systems that includes support for U.S. Air Force missile wings nationwide. Choppa joined Boeing in 2003 as program manager for Missile Defense International Programs. Most recently, he served as senior director for Global Sales & Marketing for Missile and Weapon Systems.

Before joining Boeing, Choppa served 21 years in the U.S. Army, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. He served as a forward observer, fire support officer and commander in Ranger and Airborne units with multiple worldwide deployments, as well as a policy director in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. A combat veteran of the Panama, Iraq and Balkan conflicts, Choppa is also a veteran of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon.

PLENARY SESSION SPEAKERS

LT. GOV. SPENCER J. COX

Spencer J. Cox, Utah’s 8th lieutenant governor, is a graduate of Snow College, Utah State University and Washington and Lee Law School. He formerly practiced law with Fabian & Clendenin and was vice president and general counsel of CentraCom. He served as a councilman and mayor of Fairview, as a Sanpete County Commissioner and in the Utah House of Representatives.

Lt. Gov. Cox is, by statute, Utah’s chief election officer and the liaison between the governor and legislature. He travels extensively throughout the state supporting economic development and local government solutions. He is committed to strengthening families, transforming education, increasing voter participation, utilizing modern technologies, promoting healthy living and empowering the homeless and impoverished.

DAMIEN PATTON

Founder & CEO, Banjo Inc.

The idea for Banjo started when its CEO and Founder, Damien Patton, became determined to solve a difficult problem — making the world’s disparate data purposeful in realtime. Over the past seven years, Banjo has continued to pioneer artificial intelligence technology that reinvents what’s possible in a truly connected world. Banjo unsilos data and synthesizes critical information live, which dramatically shortens decision cycles during crises such as natural disasters, school lockdowns, and child abductions. Patton is a technical authority on the ethical use of artificial intelligence and data. He uses his experience as a veteran of Desert Storm and former crime scene investigator to support Banjo’s mission of saving lives and reducing human suffering by using technology for good.

DAN GELSTON

President, Broadband Communications Sector, L3 Technologies

Dan Gelston is president of L3 Technologies Broadband Communications Systems sector and Communications Systems–West division. Employing over 3,800 engineers and support staff, the sector is a recognized leader in the design and production of state-of-the-art data links, SATCOM modems, terminals, and tactical signal intercept equipment. Gelston joined L3 Technologies with 20 years of leadership experience in the U.S. military, intelligence community and defense industry. He holds a master’s of science degree in strategic intelligence from the National Intelligence University and graduated from Bucknell University with a bachelors of arts double major in economics and international strategic studies.

DEREK MILLER

President and CEO, Salt Lake Chamber & Downtown Alliance

Derek Miller is the president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber and Downtown Alliance. The Chamber is the state’s oldest business association that “stands as the voice of business.” In this role, Miller leads the business community in advocating and leading Utah’s continued economic prosperity.

He also serves as chairman of the Inland Port Authority, which is the leading development of a global trade hub to serve the Western United States.

Previously, Miller served as the president and CEO of the World Trade Center Utah, helping to “Promote prosperity across the state by attracting investment and increasing exports.” He also served as Chief of Staff to Gov. Herbert and as Managing Director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development for Gov. Huntsman.

MILES HANSEN

President & CEO, World Trade Center Utah

Miles Hansen is the president and CEO of World Trade Center Utah, an organization dedicated to promoting prosperity across the state by attracting investment and increasing exports. Before joining World Trade Center Utah, Hansen was the Director for Gulf Affairs at the National Security Council in the White House. Before that, he served as a staff aide to the State Department’s Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs. He also served diplomatic tours at the U.S. Consulate in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; at the U.S. Embassy Yerevan, Armenia, and; in the Iran Regional Presence Office at U.S. Consulate General Dubai. Before joining the State Department as a Thomas R. Pickering Fellow, Hansen started his career in Utah as a special assistant in the office of the Lieutenant Governor.

NATALIE GOCHNOUR

Associate Dean and Director, University of Utah

Natalie Gochnour is an associate dean in the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business and director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. She also serves as chief economist for the Salt Lake Chamber.

Gochnour served as an adviser to Utah governors Norm Bangerter, Mike Leavitt and Olene Walker. She also served as an associate administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency and as a counselor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the George W. Bush administration.

Gouchnor authors regular columns in Utah Business magazine and the Deseret News and co-hosts the weekly radio program Both Sides of the Aisle on KCPW.

SHAWN NEWELL

Vice President, Industrial Supply Company

Shawn Newell is the vice president of business development at I ndustrial Supply Company, where he has been employed for the past 35 years. Addi tionally, he serves as a community integrator working as the vice president of the Salt Lake branch of the NAACP. As a commissioner on the Governor’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Human Rights Commission, Newell heads the Utah Multicultural Ci vic Council and is a member of the ME4U coalition. He also serves as a member o f the Utah State Board of Education, the Utah Manufacturer’s Association Board, and the Workforce and Economic Development Advisory board at Salt Lake Community College where he is also Alumni Council president and a trustee. Newell is a Civility Ambassador for World Civility through iChange Nations. Additionally, he serves on the Utah Courts Committee for Self-Represented Parties and as a president’s ambassador for the Salt Lake Chamber.

PLENARY SESSION SPEAKERS

STEPHANIE HEWLETT

Partner, PwC

Stephanie Hewlett is an assurance partner in PwC’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications sector. Hewlett’s client base includes small privately funded emerging companies, pre-IPO companies, newly public companies, and large international corporations. Her experience in accounting and auditing services includes financial statements, audits, IPOs, debt offerings, carve-out audits, and mergers and acquisitions. She serves on the board for Project Scientist, an organization that promotes the advancement of girls and women in their STEM interest and passions.

VAL HALE

Executive Director, Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development

Val Hale is the executive director of the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED). Hale was appointed to the position in 2014 by Governor Gary R. Herbert.

Before accepting the position, Hale served for two years as president and CEO of the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce, leading efforts in business community issues—including regional economic development and branding initiatives. Hale spent eight years at Utah Valley University as a vice president in advancement and university relations. Before his stint at UVU, Hale worked 22 years for the Brigham Young University (BYU) Athletic Department, ultimately serving as its director beginning in 1999.

A successful leader, Hale has made many cherished contributions to the Utah Valley area throughout his noteworthy career.

UTAH BUSINESSPERSON OF THE YEAR

Crystal Call Maggelet

President and Chief Executive Officer, FJ Management Inc.

Crystal Call Maggelet is president and CEO of FJ Management Inc., a diversified family business that includes wholly owned subsidiaries Maverik, a 329 c-store chain, and Big West Oil, a petroleum refinery. FJ Management also has a minority stake in Pilot Flying J. Other family businesses include TAB Bank, a community bank, and Crystal Inn, a small chain of hotels.

In addition to her current role as chairperson of FJ Management’s Board, Maggelet is a director and chair of the audit committee on the Pilot Flying J Board of Managers, a director on the Savage Services Board, and serves on the Utah State University Board of Trustees, Liv Communities Board, Intermountain Healthcare Board and also the Zions Bank Advisory Board.

Maggelet holds an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Pepperdine University, and an honorary doctorate in business from Utah State University. Last year, she was named the National EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Family Business.

Maggelet is actively involved in managing the family’s charitable giving through the FJM Impact Fund, focused mostly on education and scholarships. She loves her role as a mother to four adult children. In her spare time, she enjoys running, skiing and traveling, and spending time with family and friends.

UTAH BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Pluralsight

Award to be received by Brandon Pae, Chief Strategy and Operations Officer

Pluralsight (NASDAQ: PS) is an enterprise technology skills platform that delivers a unified, end-to-end learning experience for businesses and individuals across the globe. Pluralsight’s mission is to democratize technology skills. The company is driven by the belief that everyone should have the opportunity to develop the technology skills of tomorrow and create progress through technology. With assessments, learning paths, and courses authored by world-renowned industry experts, Pluralsight’s technology skills platform helps businesses and individuals close the technology skills gaps in critical areas, innovate faster, and meet their core objectives. Pluralsight enables technology skills at scale.

UTAH INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Qualtrics

Award to be received by Scott Smith, Co-Founder

Qualtrics was started in a basement in Provo, Utah in 2002. In January 2019, it was sold to SAP for $8B in the largest private enterprise software acquisition of all time. Before its acquisition, Qualtrics had raised $400M in venture capital from Accel, Sequoia, and Insight Venture Partners. Qualtrics’ CEO, Ryan Smith was recognized in Fortune’s 2016 40 Under 40, a list of the most powerful, influential, and successful young people in business, and was listed as one of Forbes’ “America’s Most Promising CEOs Under 35” in 2013. Case studies are taught about Qualtrics at both Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School.

Organizations use Qualtrics to collect, manage, and act on experience data, also called X-data™. The Qualtrics XM Platform™ is a system of action, used by teams, departments, and entire organizations to manage the four core experiences of business—customer, product, employee and brand—on one platform. Over 10,000 enterprises worldwide, including more than 75 percent of the Fortune 100 and 99 of the top 100 U.S. business schools, rely on Qualtrics to consistently build products that people love, create more loyal customers, develop a phenomenal employee culture, and build iconic brands. In addition to her current role as chairperson of FJ Management’s Board, Maggelet is a director and chair of the audit committee on the Pilot Flying J Board of Managers, a director on the Savage Services Board, and serves on the Utah State University Board of Trustees, Liv Communities Board, Intermountain Healthcare Board and also the Zions Bank Advisory Board.

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Opportunity for Generations: Point of the Mountain and Inland Port •

The Point of the Mountain and Utah Inland Port are arguably two of the most significant economic development projects in the state’s history. Get the latest on how these developments will drive economic growth and impact Utahns for generations to come.

Christopher M. Conabee, Interim Director, Utah Inland Port Authority

Theresa Foxley, CEO, EDCUtah

Miles Hansen, President & CEO, World Trade Center Utah Rep. V. Lowry Snow, Utah House of Representatives District 74

The Business Case for Gender Parity • VENEZIA

Cathrin Stickney, Founder and CEO of Parity.org, will introduce the business case for gender parity and then invite a panel of notable leaders for their perspective on the importance of gender parity in their companies, where they are on the journey to parity, the hurdles they've experienced, and what they've found beneficial in achieving their diversity and inclusion goals. Panelists will candidly discuss workplace challenges and how they’re working to overcome bias and structural obstacles.

Crystal Call Maggelet, CEO, FJ Management Inc.

Cathrin Stickney, Founder & CEO, Parity.org

Megahn Tuohig, Chief People Officer, Overstock

Evan Wittenberg, EVP & Chief People Officer, Ancestry

The Business of Utah Sports • IMPERIAL A

Sports are big business, and Utahns are loyal fans. Join us for a conversation with leaders of the state’s professional sports teams to learn from their experience how they engage with fans, develop successful campaigns and market their teams in Utah and beyond.

Marc Amicone, President/General Manager, Salt Lake Bees

Andrew Carroll, Chief Business Officer, REAL Salt Lake

Tom Hackett, Host, KSL Sports

John Larson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Utah Jazz and LHM Sports & Entertainment

Jared Youngman, VP, Utah Grizzlies

Are You an Entrepreneur? • MURANO

Are you thinking of starting your business? Learn more about the why, when and how to start and finance your business. Learn the trailblazers who’ve been there and done that.

Marc Chenn, CEO, SaltStack

Ken Davis, CEO, TaskEasy

Nick Efstratis, Managing Director, Epic Ventures

Mel Lavitt, Senior Advisor, Needham and Company

Eric Rea, CEO, Podium

Curt Roberts, Partner, Kickstart Seed Fund

Building a Diverse Workforce • GRAND SALON

Taking a close look at the qualifications of potential employees, and considering what employees are looking for when selecting a company, can pay huge dividends in the long run. Some companies look for specific certifications or degrees, while others primarily look at potential employee skills and personality traits. Teams excel when members build a strong sense of community, are inclusive and have diverse backgrounds.

Kimberlee Carlile, Director of the Talent Ready Utah Center

Kevin Crandall, Vice President, Employee Development, Xactware Solutions

Clint Devitt, Vice President and General Manager – Utah, Janicki Industries

Tiffany Ente, Founder and Executive Director, Utah Cultural Trust

Jessica Ericksen, Metrology Technician, Janicki Industries

Protecting Your Intellectual Property Abroad • IMPERIAL C

In an era of online counterfeits and scams, every business needs to find ways to protect their creations and brand. Come listen to Kirton McKonkie's world-class experts and learn pragmatic ways you can become more competitive internationally through intellectual property protection.

David Tingey, Shareholder, Kirton McConkie

Evan Witt, Shareholder, Kirton McConkie

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Utah’s Housing Gap: Addressing Affordable Housing • IMPERIAL A

The Salt Lake Chamber launched the Housing GAP Coalition in May 2018 in response to the study it commissioned through the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute: “What Rapidly Rising Housing Prices Mean for Affordability.” The Coalition’s goal is to ensure the American Dream is kept alive for all Utahns by providing access to a variety of housing types for all income groups.In this session you’ll learn:

• What public policy addresses affordable housing and what changes are being discussed for the future

• The data and trends surrounding Utah’s housing gap

Sen. Jake Anderegg, Chair, Utah Commission for Housing Affordability

Jonathan Hardy, Director, Housing and Community Development Division, Department of Workforce Services

Clark Ivory, Chief Executive Officer, Ivory Homes

Abby Osborne, VP Public Policy and Government Relations, Salt Lake Chamber Mergers and

Acquisitions: Crafting the Deal • IMPERIAL C

An aspect of strategic corporate management, M&A can allow enterprises to grow or downsize, and change the nature of their business or competitive position. Come learn best practices through case studies shared by some of Utah’s experts.

Casey Adams, CEO, Visible Supply Chain Management

Todd Reese, Partner, Ballard Spahr

Utah’s Film & Entertainment Industry: A Driver of Economic Growth, Culture & Tourism

• IMPERIAL

B

The film and television industry supports Utah’s diverse, creative economy, employing people in high paying jobs, across a diversity of skills and trades. Last year, the film industry contributed over $70 million to more than 400 local businesses with 62 percent of film permits occurring in rural Utah. As much as $250,000 can be injected into local economies per day when a film shoots on location. Films showcase Utah’s landscapes to audiences around the world. A recent study showed that 35 percent of Utah visitors were influenced by popular movies and television series made in the state. With the global reach of streaming platforms like the new Disney + and the increasingly international reach of Sundance Film Festival, the opportunities for economic growth are boundless.

Troy Dow, Vice President and Counsel, Government Relations and IP Legal Policy and Strategy, The Walt Disney Company

Virginia Pearce, Director, Utah Film Commission

Amy Redford, Director/Producer, Independent Film

Kelly Stowell, Kane County Film Commissioner

Blockchain Identity: It Will Profoundly Affect Us All • MURANO

Blockchain technology enables a new kind of identity, “self-sovereign” identity, that enables us to own and control our identity, data and relationships. It will have profound positive implications for every person, organization and connected thing, but it will also be highly disruptive to the way things work today. In this session you’ll learn:

• What “self-sovereign” identity is and is not

• How it will affect your digital relationships with other people, organizations and things (IoT)

• Why it’s imminent and what you should do to prepare Timothy Ruff, CEO, Evernym, Inc.

Student Entrepreneurs and the Economy • GRAND SALON

The University of Utah leads the way in innovation and entrepreneurship by supporting students through programs offered through the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute. Learn more about opportunities for University of Utah students and check out the cool products developed and launched by student entrepreneurs. We’ll explore how an entrepreneurial education and hands-on experience provides unique opportunities that strengthen both Utah’s economy and outcomes for those educated here.

Anne Bastien, Program Director, Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, University of Utah

Trent Christensen, VP of Community Development, Zions Bank

Jaron Hall, E-Commerce Entrepreneur

Sarai Patterson, Global Distribution Director, Research and Development Engineer, SHERO

Joseph Woodbury, Founder & CEO, Neighbor.com

North American Trade: The Mexican and Canadian Perspective on USMCA • VENEZIA

North America is by far the most important market for Utah companies. The U.S. conducts 80 percent more trade and investment with Mexico and Canada than with China. The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, if ratified, will govern trade and investment across North America and influences how our home market engages with the rest of the world. As Congress debates USMCA in Washington, come and hear from senior Mexican and Canadian officials to learn what the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement means for North American trade and Utah business.

Missy Larsen, VP of Corporate Communications, doTERRA

Stéphane Lessard, Consul General, Global Affairs Canada

Jesús Seade, Undersecretary for North American Affairs, Mexico Ministry of Foreign Affairs

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Utah’s Opportunity Zones: Creating Maximum Impact Across the State •

IMPERIAL B

Utah has 46 federal opportunity zones, all of which are eligible to receive newly incentivized private capital investments. With over 8,700 of the zones across the country, come hear how the governor’s office, the Utah Association of Counties, and Sorenson Impact are working together to make the most of this opportunity.

Jeremy Keele, Managing Partner, Catalyst Opportunity Funds

Patrick Mullen, Director, Opportunity Zones and Financial Incentives, Utah Association of Counties

Danny Stewart, Economic Development Director, Iron County

Matt Van Dyke, CFO, Hall Labs

Building Your Business Through Outdoor Recreation • GRAND SALON

Outdoor recreation is big business. Utah hosts a wide array of natural assets that attract outdoor enthusiasts from around the world including 54 million acres of public land, five National Parks, 43 State Parks, 14 ski resorts, thousands of miles of world-class mountain bike trails and much more. Join this discussion to learn how outdoor recreation and Utah’s exceptional quality of life can help you retain top talent or close the next deal.

Tom Adams, Director, Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation

Matt Asay, Head of Developer Ecosystem, Adobe

Jessica Klodnicki, Chief Marketing Officer & General Manager: Lifestyle, Outdoor and Music Brands, Skullcandy

Brett Stevens, Owner, Stevens General Contractors

Connecting Rural Resources to Global Energy Markets • VENEZIA

The importance of rural Utah’s vast array of natural resources can’t be overstated. They continue to play an essential role in the state’s successful formula, contributing $20 billion to the economy and roughly 50,000 high-paying jobs. As a valued exporter of energy and minerals in the west, Utah is forging new strategic partnerships to advance ever-greater market access in major population centers. These partnerships provide significant and lasting value to communities through the provision of affordable, reliable and sustainable energy. Come learn about Utah’s contributions to the global energy market and identify opportunities in an industry always in high demand.

Laura Nelson, Governor’s Energy Advisor, Executive Director, Governor’s Office of Energy Development

Amanda Smith, VP, Public Policy & Senior Counsel, sPower

Michael Walter, COO, TYR Energy Logistics

The Future of Utah: Looking at Economic Growth • IMPERIAL A

Utah ranks No. 1 in the nation for population growth. With a high birth rate and strong economy, more and more companies and individuals are calling Utah home.These opportunities also present challenges for the state. Join this panel of experts as they discuss how it impacts everything from the air we breathe to the roads we travel, and ways we can thrive.

Carlos Braceras, Executive Director, UDOT

Thom Carter, Executive Director, UCAIR

Tage Flint, General Manager/CEO, Weber Basin Water Conservancy District

Robert Grow, CEO, Envision Utah

Alan Matheson, Executive Director, Utah Department of Environmental Quality Business Elevated: How Utah’s Best and Brightest Companies are Getting National Attention

• MURANO

Many Utah companies have successfully garnered national media outlet attention through creative approaches. In turn, that positive media coverage has spilled over to help brand Utah as a premier state to live, vacation and work. Learn from the success of companies across, tech, consumer and tourism industries and find out how creative approaches to public relations and marketing help companies stand out in a noisy conversation.

David Amirault, Director of Marketing, Snowbird

Julie Kehoe, Vice President of Communications and Public Relations, Domo Patrick Keller, Director of Marketing and E-commerce, Goal Zero

Jacob Moon, Co-Founder and General Manager, Method Communications Decoding Cross-Border E-Commerce • IMPERIAL C

New information and communication technology has made launching a global business easier than ever. Come learn from a disruptive technology company based in St. George about a few simple ways you can build a 21st century web presence.

Sam Bernards, Former CEO, Purple

David Nielsen, CEO, Global Access

Clint Reid, Founder and CEO, Zonos

BREAKOUT SESSION SPEAKERS

ABBY OSBORNE

Vice President of Public Policy and Government Relations, Salt Lake Chamber

Abby Osborne is the vice president of public policy and government relations at the Salt Lake Chamber, Utah’s largest and longest standing business organization. In this role, Osborne is responsible for coordinating the Chamber’s legislative efforts by working with business leaders, community partners and local, state and federal governments; identifying broad trends in the public policy arena that may impact business, and; leading the organization’s political strategies including ballot initiatives and get out the vote efforts. Since her start at the Chamber in 2015, Osborne has been instrumental in building the Chamber’s influence throughout the state by championing smart transportation investments, education and workforce development, housing affordability, regulation reform, tax modernization and collaborative land use and economic development decisions.

ALAN MATHESON

Executive Director, Utah Department of Environmental Quality

Senior Environmental Advisor, Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Alan Matheson is the executive director of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality and a senior environmental advisor to Gov. Gary R. Herbert. Before his work with the state of Utah, Matheson served as the executive director of Envision Utah, founding director of the Utah Water Project, a partner in a Phoenix law firm, and as senior attorney and environmental policy advisor for Arizona’s largest electric utility. Matheson earned an A.B. in international relations from Stanford University and a law degree from UCLA School of Law, where he was an editor of the UCLA Law Review.

AMANDA SMITH

VP, Public Policy & Senior Counsel, sPower

Amanda Smith is the vice president of public policy and senior counsel at sPower. She also practices environmental law and provides policy advice to clients at Holland & Hart LLP. Smith started her career at The Nature Conservancy working with landowners to preserve private property, and with local, state and federal policymakers on public funding for conservation. She then went to work in state government as an advisor to Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. and later was appointed executive director of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality and energy advisor to Utah Gov. Gary Herbert.

AMY REDFORD

Director, Producer, Actor

Amy Redford is an artist in residence at the Utah Film Center and a film consultant for various organizations. She formed a production company called BetRed Stories and is the executive producer of the series “Talk,” by Andrea Buchanon. Redford is in development for the feature “Cowboys and Indians” that will be shot in Queens and Southern Utah in early summer 2019. She made her directorial debut with “The Guitar,” that had a theatrical release and debuted at various festivals. Redford is on the board of the Sundance Institute and the steering committee of the Opportunity Agenda.

ANDREW CARROLL

Chief Business Officer, REAL Salt Lake

Andrew Carroll is the Chief Business Officer for the RSL organization, overseeing all business operations at Real Salt Lake (MLS), Utah Royals FC (NWSL) and the Real Monarchs (USL). He has served in this role since August 2015. Carroll joined Real Salt Lake as vice president of corporate partnerships in 2012. In his first season at RSL, the team was recognized as the Corporate Partnerships Team of the Year by Major League Soccer. Originally from the metro NY area, Carroll was the founder and CEO of Icon Sports Group, a sports marketing firm dedicated to athlete marketing, where he successfully developed and executed fully integrated marketing, public relations, media, merchandising and licensing solutions for professional athletes. Before founding Icon Sports Group, he held a variety of sales and marketing executive positions at Cadbury Schweppes and Pepsi. Carroll serves on the Board of Trustees of Salt Lake Regional Medical Center and the Board of Governors for the Salt Lake Chamber. He is a past Board Chair of Wish of a Lifetime.

ANN BASTIEN

Program Director, Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, University of Utah

Anne Bastien is the program director at the University of Utah’s Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute. Bastien is responsible for creating and implementing statewide programming to help students develop skills through entrepreneurial leadership and innovation experiences. She has more than 15 years of program, employee and student development experience with organizations such as the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Utah FIRST Lego League and Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute.

BRETT STEVENS

President and CEO, Stevens General Contractors

Brett Stevens currently serves as president of Stevens General Contractors, a Salt Lake City-based general contractor that focuses on custom home remodeling and construction. After obtaining an MBA from the University of Utah, Brett took control of Stevens General Contractors and has grown it into what it is today. Under his leadership, it has become one of the premier remodeling contractors in the Salt Lake and Park City areas. Stevens General Contractors has a program in which it completes an international humanitarian project every second year. With a partnership between suppliers, subcontractors and nonprofit groups, Stevens General Contractors has completed work on an orphanage in Haiti, a trade school in the mountains of Guatemala, a school in the bush of Kenya and most recently, a children’s library in the plains of Peru.

When he’s not fulfilling his duties as president of Stevens General Contractors, Stevens is holding up the other end of his life motto: work hard, play hard.

CARLOS BRACERAS

Executive Director, Utah Department of Transportation

Carlos Braceras is executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation. In his 30year career at UDOT, he has helped shape its strategic direction and advance the mission of innovating transportation solutions that strengthen Utah’s economy and enhance Utahns’ quality of life. This has made UDOT one of the most respected and influential DOTs in the nation. Braceras also serves on several national and regional boards and committees including as president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and chair of the AASHTO Subcommittee on Design.

CASEY ADAMS

CEO, Visible Supply Chain Management

Casey Adams served as inside counsel at Visible Supply Chain Management and now serves as its president. Adams enjoys helping clients and watching their business grow by keeping his perspective fresh and strategies unique. He appreciates the importance of teamwork, as he firmly believes that working collectively makes us stronger than we ever could be by going it alone.

CATHRIN STICKNEY

Founder & CEO, Parity.org

Cathrin Stickney has been a women’s advocate for more than 30 years. She created Parity. org to ask CEOs to take the ParityPledge®, a pledge to interview at least one woman for every role at the vice president level and above with no quotas or deadlines. Since then, more than 370 companies have taken the ParityPledge, including Adobe, Oracle, Cloudera, Best Buy, Cisco, Lyft, Overstock, Domo, Ralph Lauren, RR Donnelly, NEA, Qualtrics, Pluralsight, and the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. Parity.org sponsors include Sony Pictures, American Express Global Business Travel, and HLTH.

BREAKOUT SESSION SPEAKERS

CHRISTOPHER M. CONABEE

Interim Director of Utah Inland Port Authority

Christopher Conabee currently serves as the interim director of the Utah Inland Port Authority. He has more than 20 years of experience in the development of resort commercial, nonprofit commercial, restaurant, retail, condominium and high-end housing, and affordable housing projects, and is a founding partner in Utah Development Construction. Conabee currently serves as a member of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development Board, the Salt Lake Hotel/Convention Center Selection Committee and as the co-chair of the Point of the Mountain Development Commission.

CLARK IVORY

CEO, Ivory Homes

Clark Ivory has been the CEO of Salt Lake City-based Ivory Homes since 2000. Previously, he was a director of the Salt Lake City branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and also served as chairman of the Salt Lake branch. Ivory is co-chairman of the Real Estate Advisory Board to the David Eccles School of Business and serves on the advisory board for the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. He is engaged in several collaborations to address the issue of housing affordability. Ivory is the founding member of the Ivory Prize in Housing Affordability and has partnered with the Sorenson Impact Center at the University of Utah to recognize the most ambitious, scalable and innovative solutions to address housing affordability. Ivory is the past chairman of the Board of Governors for the Salt Lake Chamber, a past member of the Intermountain Healthcare Board of Trustees, and is also a founding member of the Prosperity 2020 movement that focuses on improving education in Utah for students of all ages.

CLINT DEVITT

Vice President and General Manager, Janicki Industries Utah

Clint DeVitt has been with Janicki Industries since 2015. He is responsible for the direction, strategy, planning and execution of all Janicki business in Utah, which include the high-precision machining and assembly of composite and metallic components for military, commercial and space applications. DeVitt has 34 years of experience in the aerospace industry. He began his career at Boeing as a composite/metallic airframe structural analyst and previously worked at ATK in various composites engineering roles before moving into site leadership and program management responsibilities. DeVitt has demonstrated successful program and technical leadership on development and production programs for both domestic and foreign customers.

CLINT REID

Founder & CEO, Zonos

Clint Reid is the CEO and founder of Zonos, a leading provider of cross-border e-commerce technologies. He has over 15 years of international logistics and global e-commerce experience and worked at UPS and DHL before founding Zonos in 2010. Zonos offers APIs for duty and tax as well as other cross-border solutions for e-commerce websites such as Shopify, Magento, BigCommerce and more. The company is headquartered in St. George, Utah.

CRYSTAL CALL MAGGELET

CEO, FJ Management Inc.

Crystal Call Maggelet is president and CEO of FJ Management Inc., a diversified family business that includes wholly owned subsidiaries such as Maverik, Big West Oil and other family businesses. She also serves on the Utah State University Board of Trustees, Intermountain Healthcare Board and Zions Bank Advisory Board.

Last year, Maggelet was named the National EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Family Business.

CURT ROBERTS

Partner, Kickstart Seed Fund

Curt Roberts is a partner at Kickstart Seed Fund. In addition to his role as an investment partner, Roberts leads Kickstart’s proprietary community platform, Kickstart Collective. His previous roles include chairman and CEO of the Oregon Region of PeaceHealth, as well as vice president roles overseeing corporate strategy and development activities for Nike, Inc.

DANNY STEWART

Director, Cedar City, Iron County Office of Economic Development

Danny Stewart is the director of the Cedar City, Iron County Office of Economic Development. His experience includes event coordination, local business retention and expansion, and recruitment of manufacturing companies and utility-scale solar energy projects. Stewart works closely with local partners to support improvements to the community’s infrastructure and to facilitate continued economic growth.

He is a long-time resident of Cedar City, and has worked in publishing, marketing, advertising, product development, production and distribution. He is a graduate of Southern Utah University.

DAVID AMIRAULT

Director of Marketing, Snowbird

Dave Amirault commonly refers to himself as a ski bum with an office gig. As the director of marketing for Snowbird, he’s responsible for advertising, public relations, brand strategy and web development. In 2018, Amirault received the National Ski Association of America’s Best Overall Marketing and Adweek’s 10 Best Print Advertisements awards for Snowbird’s One-Star campaign. When he isn’t working or skiing, you’ll find him riding his bike over 100 days a year, and hiking with his 6-year-old labradoodle named Rudy.

DAVID TINGEY

Shareholder, Kirton McConkie

David Tingey is a member of Kirton McConkie’s Intellectual Property Practice Section and a member of its Board of Directors. His practice focuses on domestic and international intellectual property laws, including acquiring and preserving domestic and international patent protection, trademark protection, and other types of intellectual properties; developing and implementing legal and business strategies relating to domestic and international intellectual properties; and licensing intellectual properties.

Tingey is repeatedly recognized as one of Utah’s legal elite for intellectual property, represents clients throughout the United States and in many foreign countries, and has served as a United States delegate in the World Congress for the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property.

ERIC REA

Co-Founder and CEO, Podium

Eric Rea is the co-founder and CEO of Podium, the leading customer communications platform for local businesses. He’s an expert in modernizing the way businesses are found and chosen through improved customer communication and online reviews. Rea, a software engineer, worked for the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria before co-founding Podium.

EVAN WITT

Shareholder, Kirton McConkie

Evan Witt is a member of the Kirton McConkie Intellectual Property section. His practice focuses on both domestic and international intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition law, patent and trademark opinions and licensing. Witt assists clients in developing and implementing intellectual property business strategies and providing opinions and advice relating to patentability, infringement, validity and freedom-to-operate issues. He has successfully drafted or prosecuted hundreds of issued U.S. patents in diverse technologies.

BREAKOUT SESSION SPEAKERS

EVAN WITTENBERG

EVP & Chief People Officer, Ancestry

Evan Wittenberg is EVP and chief people officer at Ancestry, the world leader in both genealogy and consumer genomics, with more than 1,500 employees worldwide. As a member of the executive leadership team, Wittenberg is responsible for finding, developing and retaining talent, and ensuring a positive company culture.

Before Ancestry, Wittenberg spent five years as SVP of People at Box, a cloud content management software company. As Box’s chief people officer he was responsible for scaling the company from $50 million to $500 million in revenue, and from 400 to 1,700 employees in 14 countries. He was a member of the executive leadership team that took the company public in 2015. Wittenberg’s roles before Box included chief talent officer at Hewlett-Packard, founding head of global leadership development at Google, and director of the Graduate Leadership Program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

JACOB MOON

Co-Founder and General Manager, Method Communications

Jacob Moon leads Method Communications’ Salt Lake City office, with a focus on business and employee development. He’s a strategic communications advisor and is actively involved in many key accounts. Before co-founding Method, Moon helped lead public relations and marketing efforts for the Sorenson Companies. He is also a former journalist and editor of Utah’s leading business magazine, Utah Business, where he developed strong ties to the burgeoning “Silicon Slopes” business community.

SEN. JAKE ANDEREGG

Utah State Senator, Senate District 13

Vice President of Community Development, Zions Bank

Sen. Jake Anderegg has been in the Utah legislature for over seven years, with four years in the House of Representatives, and three years in the Senate. Sen. Anderegg is a vice president of community development with Zions Bank, and as a senator, is the chair of the Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, chair of the Political Subdivisions Interim Committee, chair of the Administrative Rules Review Committee, and sits as a member of the International Trade and Relations, Business and Labor, and Transportation Standing Committees, the Infrastructure and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, and the Economic Development Interim Committee. Sen. Anderegg also is the co-chair on the Utah Affordable Housing Commission. As such, he is intricately involved with housing, economic development and infrastructure funding, all challenges resulting from Utah’s unprecedented growth. In fact, Sen. Anderegg’s Senate District grew by nearly 25,000 residents in 2018 alone.

JARED YOUNGMAN

VP, Utah Grizzlies

Jared Youngman serves as vice president of the Utah Grizzlies where he oversees the team’s ticket sales and community relations department, while also assisting the day-today operations of the hockey club. Youngman originally joined the Grizzlies in 1999 as an intern. After working as the director of ticket sales for the MISL’s Utah Freezz, Youngman returned to the Grizzlies as an account executive and was later named the team’s director of community relations. In the Summer of 2005, he was named the director of ticket sales.

JARON HALL

E-Commerce Entrepreneur

Jaron Hall is a serial entrepreneur and former student chair of the Utah Entrepreneur Series at the University of Utah. He has started and sold several small businesses related to e-commerce and home services. His most recent company is Utah Maids, a home services business with a modern approach to technology and software. Hall got his entrepreneurial start at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business where he led a team of students to organize and run various statewide startup competitions.

JEREMY KEELE

Managing Partner, Catalyst Opportunity Funds

Jeremy Keele is a managing partner with Catalyst Opportunity Funds, a double bottom-line investment firm focused on transformative “Opportunity Zone” investments in highpotential but historically underserved markets across the U.S. Keele most recently served as president and CEO of the Sorenson Impact Center. He was an early thought leader on the Opportunity Zone legislation and partnered with program architects and the Economic Innovation Group to advocate for its passage in the U.S. Congress.

JESSICA ERICKSEN

Metrology Technician, Janicki Industries

Jessica Ericksen is a metrology technician at Janicki Industries in Layton. She also currently studies mechanical engineering at Weber State University and Utah State University with an emphasis in aerospace. As a high school student, Ericksen participated in the Utah Aerospace Pathway Program where she had the opportunity to work at Janicki Industries through its internship program. Her areas of expertise include metrology, composite materials, coding and CAD modeling.

JESSICA KLODNICKI

Chief Marketing Officer & General Manager: Lifestyle, Outdoor and Music Brands, Skullcandy

Jessica Klodnicki has had a diverse career spanning a variety of industries from consumer products to outdoor and lifestyle brands. She is currently the chief marketing officer at Skullcandy, the original lifestyle audio brand at the intersection of music and action sports based in Park City, Utah. Her recent focus has been on brand foundational work on the company’s mission, vision, values and culture.

Before Skullcandy, Klodnicki was general manager for the Outdoor Recreation Division of Utah-based Vista Outdoor, managing brands like CamelBak, Bell Helmets, Camp Chef, Jimmy Styks stand up paddle boards and more. Klodnicki got her start in the outdoor industry with Mizuno USA leading marketing across its sports portfolio of golf, running and team sports.

She has served on the board of directors of several nonprofit organizations in the outdoor space including as founder of Girls Rock, a women’s mountain bike organization, vice chairman of People for Bikes, and board member of Camber Outdoors (an organization focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in the outdoors).

JESÚS SEADE

Undersecretary for North American Affairs, Mexico Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Dr. Jesús Seade is the undersecretary for North American Affairs at the Mexico Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has led a global career straddling academia and high-level public service both nationally and internationally. Seade led Mexico’s influential and constructive role in the creation of the World Trade Organization. As their deputy director-general, he led economic work and relations with governments, legislatures, press and business sectors in member countries around the world.

Seade served as vice president at two leading universities in Hong Kong and China. He was also a member of the advisory boards of the Ministers of Trade and Financial Services in Hong Kong.

BREAKOUT SESSION SPEAKERS

JOHN LARSON

Chief Financial Officer, Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment

John Larson is in his fourth season as the chief financial officer for Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment, and in his 28th year with the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies. In his current role as CFO, Larson oversees the financial, legal, technology and human resource operations for Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment’s eight properties.

Prior to working for the Larry H. Miller Group, Larson worked for Price Waterhouse in Salt Lake City. He’s a certified public accountant and a graduate of the University of Utah with a B.S. and master’s degree in accounting.

Larson currently serves as a member of the Olympic Legacy Foundation Board and the LHM Health & Welfare Executive Committee. Larson served on the LHM Charities Board of Directors and several University of Utah boards. He also teaches a Sports Business class at the University of Utah.

JONATHAN HARDY

Director, Housing and Community Development Division, Department of Workforce Services

Jonathan Hardy serves as the director of the housing and community development division for the Department of Workforce Services. Previously, he served as the area director for Workforce Development in Salt Lake and Tooele counties and as the director for the State of Utah’s Community Services Office and the State Small Business Credit Initiative. Hardy also served as a member of the Commission on Housing Affordability Committee.

JOSEPH WOODBURY

Founder and CEO, Neighbor.com

Joseph Woodbury is the founder and CEO of Neighbor.com, a marketplace disrupting the $400 billion self-storage industry. Prior to Neighbor, he worked for Bain & Company and Sorenson Capital as well as for the Senate majority leader in Washington D.C.

JULIE KEHOE

Vice President of Communications and Public Relations, Domo

Julie Kehoe serves as a vice president of communications and public relations at Domo. Before that, she was a partner at The OutCast Agency, responsible for the PR firm’s New York City office. Kehoe has worked with a broad range of enterprise technology companies from startups to some of the world’s largest brands, including EMC Corporation, IBM, Omniture, RSA Security, Salesforce.com and Xerox.

KELLY STOWELL

Executive Director, Center for Education, Business, and the Arts

Kelly Stowell is the executive director of the Center for Education, Business, and the Arts and the Kane County Film Commission in Kanab, where he is responsible for advancing economic development initiatives in Kane County. He served two terms as the Kanab Area Chamber of Commerce president-elect and serves on several boards including Western States Arts Federation, Kane County Republican Party, State of Utah Arts, Culture, and Business Alliance and Utah Film Commission Advisory Committee.

KEN DAVIS

CEO and President, TaskEasy

A vision of empowering customers to connect with exterior maintenance services easily prompted Ken Davis to start TaskEasy, where he now serves as CEO and president. A natural entrepreneur, he previously started Exterus Technology Services, an on-demand tech services group, and Oakley Networks, a cybersecurity company which sold to Raytheon in 2007 for $250 million. Davis continued at Raytheon for more than three years following the purchase in the capacity of vice president of technology. He focused on due diligence and integration for Raytheon’s multi-billion M&A activity, along with directing Raytheon’s only commercial sales team.

KEVIN CRANDALL

Vice President, Employee Development, Xactware Solutions

Kevin Crandall leads employee development efforts at Xactware with an emphasis on developing effective leaders and managers. His interest lies in engaging personnel to embrace a growth mindset and customer-centered focus. Crandall has been with Xactware over 16 years, with previous roles including leading the company’s software quality assurance operations. He started his career in the political and market research industry and also held leadership roles in the broadband technology industry. His volunteer work includes state and regional councils for the Utah Department of Workforce Services and various roles with the Boy Scouts of America.

KIMBERLEE CARLILE

Director, Talent Ready Utah, Governor’s Office of Economic Development

Kimberlee Carlile is director of industry and talent initiatives for the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and serves as the state lead on Talent Ready Utah, Gov. Gary Herbert’s initiative to increase industry and educational partnerships. In that role, Carlile oversees pathway programs in four different Utah industries: aerospace manufacturing, diesel technology, medical innovation and technology. Her experience in education communications has helped move the state’s workforce development initiatives into the spotlight.

LAURA NELSON

Governor’s Energy Advisor, Executive Director, Governor’s Office of Energy Development

Dr. Laura Nelson has served as the executive director for the Governor’s Office of Energy Development since 2014. In 2016 she was also appointed by Gov. Gary Herbert as his energy advisor. Before these positions, Nelson served as the vice president of government and regulatory affairs for Potash Ridge, Corp.; the vice president of energy and environmental development for Red Leaf Resources, and; the energy advisor for former Gov. Jon M. Huntsman. For two decades, Nelson has been proactive in defining and supporting balanced and sustainable energy solutions, including providing Congressional testimony, participating in regional collaborations, working with counties and cities, and coordinating across diverse stakeholders to deliver positive policy, regulatory and commercial results.

REP. V. LOWRY SNOW

Utah House of Representatives District 74

V. Lowry Snow is a practicing attorney and the founding partner of the law firm Snow Jensen & Reece in St. George where he practices in the area of real property, land use planning and commercial litigation. In 2012, Snow was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Utah House of Representatives representing the citizens of District 74 in Washington County. In addition to his several legislative committee assignments, Snow also serves as the co-chair of both the Point of the Mountain Development Commission and the Point of the Mountain Authority, which is charged with overseeing the planning, development and disposition of the state’s 700-acre prison site in Draper.

MARC AMICONE

President, General Manager, Salt Lake Bees

In 2019, Marc Amicone began his 15th season as the president and general manager of the Salt Lake Bees. Amicone has been with the franchise since 2005. In 2009, the Pacific Coast League named Amicone its Executive of the Year, an honor annually awarded by PCL owners and general managers to one League executive for distinguished performance. In 2015, the Bees were named the Baseball America Frietas Award winner as the top franchise in Triple-A. Before joining the Larry H. Miller group, Amicone served as the assistant athletics director for marketing at the University of Utah for 16 years. Amicone earned a bachelor’s degree in commercial recreation management and a master’s degree in sports management at the University of Utah. He and his wife have two sons and reside in South Weber, Utah.

BREAKOUT SESSION SPEAKERS

MARC CHENN

CEO, SaltStack

Marc Chenn has a successful track record of building significant value for high-growth technology companies with focused success in enterprise IT automation and cybersecurity software. As SaltStack CEO and co-founder, Chenn has led the company through seed and series A financing rounds totaling $28 million, resulting in the delivery of high-value SaltStack solutions for enterprise security, IT, and network operations teams. Before co-founding SaltStack, Chenn participated in the 2002 Altiris IPO and eventual $1 billion acquisition by Symantec, as well as the acquisition of SaaS provider Compliance11 by Charles Schwab in 2011. Chenn also worked for Morgan Stanley within its investment management division.

MATT ASAY

Head of Developer Ecosystem, Adobe

Matt Asay is head of developer ecosystem for Adobe, where he previously served as vice president of mobile strategy. Before Adobe, Asay held a range of roles at open source companies including vice president of business development, marketing and community at MongoDB, a leading big data database company; vice president of business development at real-time analytics company Nodeable (acquired by Appcelerator); vice president of business development and interim CEO at mobile HTML5 start-up Strobe (acquired by Facebook); COO at Canonical, a leading Linux and cloud vendor; and head of the Americas at Alfresco, a content management startup. Asay is also an emeritus board member of the Open Source Initiative (OSI), and he writes regular columns for The Register, TechRepublic, and InfoWorld.

MATT VAN DYKE

CFO, Hall Labs

Matt Van Dyke is the CFO of Hall Labs, an organization that brings together innovators, scientists, and engineers to tackle some of the world’s most challenging problems ranging from sustainability to personal transportation. He previously spent three years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Salt Lake City, before briefly joining NuSkin, and eventually becoming CFO of Novatek, Inc. At Novatek, he oversaw accounting, finance and human resource operations.

MEGHAN TUOHIG

Chief People Officer, Overstock

Meghan Tuohig is the chief people officer for Overstock, where she is responsible for attracting, developing, engaging, retaining and caring for the people driving the business. She leads the company’s recruiting, human resources, compensation and benefits, training and communications efforts. Tuohig joined Overstock in March 2004 and has served in several leadership positions, most recently as the company’s vice president of people care.

In 2017, Tuohig founded the Overstock Women’s Network (OWN) to provide all Overstock employees with opportunities for education, training, mentorship, scholarship, and other programs designed to inspire, support, and celebrate the success of females in the professional community. She spearheaded the development of the company’s formal mentorship program, the expansion of paid parental leave, the introduction of 9/80 flexible schedules, the creation of a caregiver travel policy, and the company’s support of the ParityPledge initiative. She also oversaw the design of Overstock’s Midvale, Utah global headquarters, Peace Coliseum, which opened in the fall of 2016.

MEL LAVITT

Senior Advisor, Needham & Company

Mel Lavitt is an investment banker who serves as a senior advisor to Needham & Company. He also acts as an advisor for many private companies and serves as chairman of the incentives committee for the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development. He spent most of his career with C.E. Unterberg, Towbin and its successor firms. The growth of Utah as a destination for business has provided Lavitt an opportunity to use his background and experience to provide financial guidance and advice to entrepreneurs and early-stage startups.

MICHAEL WALTER

COO, TYR Energy Logistics

Michael Walter is the chief operating officer for TYR Energy Logistics in Houston, Texas.TYR Energy Logistics owns and operates strategic midstream energy assets in the U.S. and Mexico. Walter has 36 years of experience in the energy sector ranging from exploration and production to end-use. He began working for KN Energy, Inc. (now Kinder Morgan) in 1982, where he managed the transmission, compression, storage and regulated distribution of natural gas. He left KN to pursue opportunities created by deregulation where he successfully traded energy, owned and operated non-regulated and regulated assets, provided service in energy and exploration through drilling and drilling services, pipeline construction and project management. In 2014, he joined Monterra Energy, a KKR portfolio company, as a partner, executive vice president and operating officer.

MISSY LARSEN

Vice President, Corporate Communications, doTERRA International

Over the past 28 years, Missy Larsen has become recognized for her collaboration and resultsfocused work in business, nonprofits and government leadership. She has built a successful career on a passion for connecting resources for community-building initiatives. Before joining the innovative team at doTERRA, Larsen served as chief of staff to Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes. Larsen launched her career as press secretary for the late U.S. Congressman Bill Orton. In 1994, she opened Intrepid PR. After a decade of success at Intrepid, she left the agency to care for her four children while she continued to represent Utah businesses and organizations upon request. Larsen is the founding chair of SafeUT, currently chairs the Utah Refugee Connection board, and serves on numerous boards for organizations including the World Trade Center Utah, Salt Lake Chamber, Anti Bullying Coalition and Hale Centre Theatre.

NICK EFSTRATIS

Managing Director, EPIC Ventures

Nick Efstratis has been a venture capitalist investing in early-stage technology companies for the past 14 years. He worked in the business development group at Excite and was a founding member of the management team of NetDocuments. Previous to focusing on the technology sector, Efstratis and his family founded and operated Ranchlife Adventures, a working cattle and guest ranch located in Montana.

PATRICK KELLER

Head of Marketing and E-commerce, Goal Zero

Patrick Keller leads marketing and e-commerce efforts Goal Zero, an NRG Energy company. In this role, he oversees all aspects of the marketing division including direct response marketing, creative services, e-commerce, social media and influencer marketing, PR and advertising, product marketing, as well as tradeshows and events.

Keller has a long history of building brands and being a catalyst for growth in multichannel organizations. He is passionate about Goal Zero and introducing the brand to a wide array of customers under the firm belief that Goal Zero products make lives brighter. Before Goal Zero, he held leadership roles at Sundance Catalog and Orvis.

PATRICK MULLEN

Director, Opportunity Zones and Financial Incentives, Utah Association of Counties

Patrick Mullen currently leads the State of Utah’s Opportunity Zone program in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, the Utah Association of Counties, and Sorenson Impact at the University of Utah. Before this role, Mullen was the executive director of impact investing at Sorenson Impact where he worked on over $250 million of private investments, including with the Sorenson Impact Foundation. Patrick also serves as a venture partner with Arctaris Impact Fund, LP, a Boston-based small business lending firm that works across targeted low-income urban and rural communities in the U.S.

BREAKOUT SESSION SPEAKERS

ROBERT GROW

CEO, Envision Utah

Robert Grow is the founding chair emeritus and CEO of Envision Utah, a nonprofit that engages people in creating great communities for themselves and future residents. Under Grow’s leadership, Envision Utah’s collaborative process for long-range visioning has been replicated in communities across Utah and has served as a model for regions across the country. His diverse career has also included practicing law, serving as president of a large manufacturing company, and chairing a national trade association.

SAM BERNARDS

Founder, Reviate

Sam Bernards has 20 years of experience starting and scaling companies within the consumer goods, venture capital and retail markets. Bernards took the mattress company, Purple, public and grew the organization’s revenue and capacity by 300 percent, to $200 million a year. He was a founding member of Peak Ventures, which invested in 31 companies and grew their valuations by an average of 420 percent. During his time at Walmart, Bernards led a $79 billion retail growth strategy, a $7 billion optimization strategy, and a $2 billion global supply chain optimization. Bernards is also a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

SARAI PATTERSON

Global Distribution Director, Research and Development Engineer, SHERO

Sarai Patterson is a senior studying materials science and engineering at the University of Utah and will graduate in May 2020. She has worked with SHERO for three years as the global distribution director and a research and development engineer. Passionate about sustainability and international development, she has also conducted sustainabilityfocused research in Barcelona and Boston and is the international programs director for Engineers without Borders.

STÉPHANE LESSARD

Consul General, Global Affairs Canada

As Canada’s Consul General in Denver, Stéphane Lessard oversees a team that works to strengthen trade and economic ties; enhance political, academic and cultural links and assist Canadians visiting or living in the U.S.

Lessard began his career practicing commercial law in Montréal before joining the Canadian Federal Government, where he has held numerous senior and executive positions. He also worked for Health Canada where he served in different executive positions. Lessard also has experience working with the Canadian Space Agency where, as the head of international affairs, he oversaw relationships with foreign national and multinational space agencies.

TAGE FLINT

General Manager/CEO, Weber Basin Water Conservancy District

Tage Flint is the general manager/CEO of Weber Basin Water Conservancy District located in northern Utah. He has worked in the water industry for over 30 years. Throughout his career, Flint has worked in engineering design and management of water works facilities such as drinking water treatment plants, pipelines, canals, dams and reservoirs. He has dealt extensively with water rights, irrigation company leadership, and municipal water supply. In his current role, Flint administers operation and maintenance of irrigation and municipal water conveyance in five Utah counties. As a sponsor of the federal Weber Basin Project, Weber Basin Water also manages seven major dams and reservoirs and three hydro-power generation plants while conveying water through hundreds of miles of canals, pipelines, and aqueducts in northern Utah.

THERESA FOXLEY

President and CEO, EDCUtah

Theresa Foxley has served as the president and CEO of EDCUtah since 2017. Before EDCUtah, she served as the deputy director of Corporate Recruitment and Business Services at the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development. During her tenure in statewide economic development, Foxley has worked with a variety of industries and dozens of companies on expansion and relocation projects, including Goldman Sachs, Vista Outdoors, Procter & Gamble, Solar City and Stadler Rail.

THOM CARTER

Executive Director, UCAIR

Thom Carter is the executive director for the Utah Clean Air Partnership (UCAIR), a nonprofit organization that brings communities together with one goal in mind — improving Utah’s air. Carter co-chairs the Healthy Salt Lake Steering Committee and sits on the board of governors for the Salt Lake Chamber, as well as the Governor’s Energy Advisory Council. Carter works diligently to bring partners together for collective impact in addressing Utah’s air quality challenges.

TIFFANY ENTE

Executive Director, Utah Cultural Trust

Tiffany Ente is the executive director of the Utah Cultural Trust, a nonprofit organization created in 2018 and based in Salt Lake City. The Utah Cultural Trust administers Living Color Utah, a consortium of more than a half-dozen organizations supporting diversity and inclusion efforts throughout the state. Living Color Utah is presenting the Utah Jazz & Roots Festival in September 2019 at the Gallivan Center to highlight diversity and connect the rich history of jazz and the Utah Jazz basketball team. Ente also created the Jazz Village Project at West and East High schools. She leads clinics at the Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific and enjoys finding new ways to partner with other community organizations.

TIMOTHY RUFF

CEO, Evernym, Inc.

A 25-year veteran of communication technology, Timothy Ruff is the CEO and co-founder of Evernym and co-inventor of Sovrin, the world’s most advanced identity network. Before Evernym, Ruff was a co-founder of Teleira, a pioneer in communications outage recovery, and a director at inContact, where the division he created now exceeds $1 billion in cumulative sales. Timothy holds multiple patents and is an experienced speaker and presenter.

TODD REECE

Partner, Ballard Spahr

Todd Reece is an experienced transactional attorney who combines his knowledge of legal, business, and accounting principles to provide comprehensive, practical, and creative business law services. He previously worked as an internal auditor at Arthur Andersen LLP in Silicon Valley and Salt Lake City. Reece is a leader of the Ballard Spahr Emerging Growth and Venture Capital Practice Group. He represents clients in a wide range of business sectors including high-tech, software, biotechnology, communications, professional services, retail, logistics and manufacturing and advises those clients on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, licensing matters, business formation issues, internal restructurings and corporate governance.

TOM ADAMS

Director, Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation

Tom Adams has dedicated more than 25 years to Utah’s outdoor recreation industry. His career path has consistently followed his life passions. From the North American sales director for Petzl to a Brighton ski instructor, it has been his goal to make every aspect of the outdoor industry more enjoyable and accessible for others. Now, as the director of the Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation, Adams helps to ensure that each resident or visitor has the best possible resources to enjoy the range of outdoor recreation opportunities Utah offers.

BREAKOUT SESSION SPEAKERS

TOM HACKETT

Host, KSL Sports

Tom Hackett moved to Utah from Melbourne, Australia to join the University of Utah football team as its punter. During his four years at the university, he was honored with the Ray Guy award two years-in-a-row. Hackett is a two-time All-American, a member of the Pac-12 AllCentury Team and holds several punting records at the University of Utah. After his career ended with the Utes, he signed an undrafted free agent contract with the New York Jets.

Hackett is part of the KSL Sports team. He hosts The Lion’s Den, an RSL podcast, Special Forces Gang with Andy Phillips and KSL’s golf show.

TRENT CHRISTENSEN

VP of Community Development, Zions Bank

Trent Christensen is a vice president of community development at Zions Bank. He has built relationships across the country while raising significant capital for various nonprofit and philanthropic efforts, including media startups, think tanks, education initiatives and advocacy groups. Most notably, Christensen raised over $90 million as regional finance director for the 2012 Romney for President campaign. Previously, Christensen worked as an attorney practicing complex business litigation.

TROY DOW

Vice President and Counsel, Government Relations and IP Legal Policy and Strategy, The Walt Disney Company

Troy Dow is in-house advisor and counsel for The Walt Disney Company. He works on intellectual property and technology policy and represents the company on such matters before the U.S. Congress, the executive branch and related agencies. In addition to work in the legislative and regulatory areas, Dow works to ensure an effective and consistent intellectual property legal policy and strategy, including in commercial transactions and major copyright litigation matters that involve Disney or its trade associations. Previously, he served as vice president and counsel for technology and new media at the Motion Picture Association of America, and as counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee. He teaches copyright at Duke University Law School.

VIRGINIA PEARCE

Director, Utah Film Commission

With over 20 years of experience in the film industry, Virginia Pearce has been the Film Commissioner for the state of Utah since 2014. Under her leadership, the Utah Film Commission has brought four major network television series and numerous award-winning projects to the state, creating over $200 million of new spending within the state. Pearce has a passion for nurturing new voices and has created several programs encouraging diversity in the entertainment industry, including a lower budget incentive program, women’s network, workplace harassment policies and an emerging talent grant program.

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