GOED Board Members
CHAIR Mel Lavitt Needham and Company, LLC
Stefanie H. Bevans
Lavitt’s background is investment banking, focusing on capital market and M&A transactions in emerging growth, high tech, and medical industries.
Bevans is owner and CEO of both Design To Print, Inc. and Steamroller Copies, Inc., printing graphics for organizations such as the NBA and Olympic committees since 1992. Voted “Utah’s 100 fastest growing companies”. Has served and continues to work on many boards in her Southern Utah community.
Brent Brown Brent Brown Automotive Group
Christopher M. Conabee Principal, Paladin Development Partners
Brown is the owner of Brent Brown Toyota Scion in Orem. He recently served on Toyota’s National Dealer Council and was a past recipient of Utah’s Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Chris worked for PaineWebber Incorporated from 1983 through 1997. Mr. Conabee went on to be a Founder and Principal of Paladin Development Partners, a noted Park City real estate development firm.
Sam Granato Frank Granato Importing Company
Susan Johnson Futura Industries
Granato is the President and Owner of Frank Granato Importing Co. and the current Salt Lake County Councilman representing District 4.
A graduate of Cal Poly, Johnson has worked in many manufacturing capacities, including as a plant manager in the largest steel foundry on the west coast. Johnson also serves on the Zions First National Bank and University of Utah Hospital boards.
Jake Boyer The Boyer Company President of The Boyer Company. Managed the Gateway Project, a $375 million, 2.1 million square foot development in Salt Lake City.
Robert Frankenberg NetVentures Bob was the Chairman & CEO of Novell, the world’s largest networking software company from 1994-1996. Bob has received numerous awards including the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame.
Margaret Lasecke-Jacobs Sundance Institute Utah Advisory Board After leaving Oracle Corporation in 2000, Margaret formed a marketing and public relations consulting firm. She now serves on the Sundance Institute Utah Advisory Board.
Governor’s Office of Economic Development • 2015 Annual Report • www.business.utah.gov
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