Governor’s Economic Council (GEC

OVERVIEW

U.C.A 63M-1-1304

The Governor’s Economic Council (GEC) is a public-private partnership that works at coordinating the economic development activities that take place every day throughout the State Council membership is based on each appointee’s leadership at economic development organizations throughout Utah GEC members focus on forging and maintaining unprecedented partnerships between business and government to coordinate public and private efforts and further develop Utah’s growing economy

Council Members

Spencer P. Eccles, Chair Executive Director, GOED Mel Lavitt, Needham & Co Board Chair, GOED Business and Economic Development Board Dinesh Patel, Signal Peak Ventures Board Chair, USTAR Governing Authority Spencer Cox, CentraCom Interactive Co-Chair, Governor’s Rural Partnership Board Will West, Control4 Board Chair, Utah Capital Investment Corporation Richard Walje, Rocky Mt Power Board Chair, EDCUtah Scott Anderson, Zions Bank Board Chair, World Trade Center Utah

At Large

Randy Shumway President, Cicero Group Pat Richards Board Chair, Utah Symphony Rob Behunin Utah State University VP of Commercialization & Regional Dev Natalie Gochnour Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Chief Economist and Exec VP