Board

Leadership Team

Phil Cooper, CPA

Partner at Armanino LLP, Co-chair

Becky Edwards

Former Utah State Representative, Co-chair

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Phil Cooper, CPA

Becky Edwards

Jay DeSart

Nate Hill

Diena Simmons

Mary Weaver Bennett

Devin Wiser

Michele Zabriskie

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Candidate Relations:
Devin Wiser, Vice President For Government and External Affairs, USU

Financial:
Phil Cooper, CPA, Armanino LLP

Polling:
Jay DeSart, Chair of Department of History and Political Science, UVU

Production:
Nate Hill, Producer, JTV Productions

Education and Engagement:
Diena Simmons, BYU Broadcasting

Development:
Michele Zabriskie, President and CEO at Utah Broadcasters Association

Universities:
Mary Weaver Bennett, Director, Center for Politics and Public Service, SUU

BOARD MEMBERS

Becky Edwards, Co-chair of the Utah Debate Commission

Devin Wiser, Vice President for Government and External Affairs, USU

Diena Simmons, BYU Broadcasting

Doug Wilks, Editor, Deseret News

Doug Wright, Broadcaster

Gary Herbert, Utah’s 17th Governor

George Severson, ABC4

Henrie Walton, Utah Tech University

James Davie, Station Manager, PBS Utah

Jay DeSart, Utah Valley University

Karl Sun, CEO, Lucid Software

Keith Squires, Chief Safety Officer, U of Utah

Ken Stiles, Brigham Young University

Lauren Gustus, Executive Editor, Salt Lake Tribune

Leah Murray, Weber State University

Leah Murray, News Director, KSL5 TV

Lisa Olken, PBS Utah

Mark Phillips, Producer, KBYU

Mary Weaver Bennett, Director, Center for Politics and Public Service, SUU

Merri Hanson, Station Manager, FOX13

Michele Zabriskie, President and CEO, Utah Broadcasters Association

Morgan Lyon Cotti, University of Utah

Nancy Bauer, ABC4

Nate Hill, Producer, JTV Productions

Phil Cooper, CPA, Armanino

Rod Arquette, Program Director, KNRS

Stacey Roberts, FOX13

Sui Lang Panoke, Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Rethink International

Tim Sheehan, Salt Lake Community College

Wayne Niederhauser, Former State Senator