Board

Leadership Team

Edgar "Ed" Allen

Former Utah State Senator,
Co-chair

Wayne Neiderhauser

Former Utah State Senate President, CPA, Co-chair

Erik Nielsen

Executive Director

Christie Taylor

Digital Director

Nate Hill

Producer

Executive Committee Members

Edgar “Ed” Allen

Wayne Niederhauser

Scott Howell

Morgan Lyon-Cotti

Tanya Vea

Erik Nielsen

Christie Taylor

Michele Zabriskie

Mary Weaver Bennet

Tim Sheehan

Phil Cooper

Jay DeSart

Nate Hill

Committee Chairs

Candidate Relations:
Tim Sheehan, Vice President of Government Relations, SLCC

Financial:
Phil Cooper, Cooper Williams LLC

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

Primary Debate:
Scott Howell, Former State Senator, Candidate for US Senate

Production:
Nate Hill, Producer, JTV Productions and Michael Garber, News Director, KUTV

Digital Communications & Marketing:
Christie Taylor, Digital Marketing Manager, KSL 5 TV

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

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

Board Members

Rod Arquette, Program Director, KNRS

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

Morgan Lyon-Cotti, Hinckley Institute of Politics

Mike Friedrich, News Director, KUTV

Scott Howell, Former Utah State Senator and Candidate for United States Senate

Devin Wiser, Executive Director, Walker Institute of Politics and Public Policy, Weber State University

David Magleby, Community Member and Former Professor of Political Science, BYU

John Miller, Assistant General Manager, Mark Miller Toyota

Lauren Gustus, Executive Editor, Salt Lake Tribune

Lisa Olken, PBS Utah

Keith Squires, Executive Officer of Public Safety, UofU

Phil Cooper,  CPA

 

James Davie, Station Manager, PBS Utah

Robert Ross, Co-Director of Operations, Institute of Government & Politics, USU

Tim Sheehan, Vice President, Government and Community Relations, SLCC

Diena Simmons, BYU Broadcasting

Mark Phillips, Producer, BYU Broadcasting

Karl Sun, CEO, Lucid Software

Marc Sternfeld, Vice President, News Director, FOX 13

Ken Stiles, Professor of International Relations, BYU

Tanya Vea, Executive Vice President, KSL

Vince Brown, Director of the Institute of Politics at Utah Tech

Doug Wilks, Editor, Deseret News

Leona Wood, News Director, KSL5 TV

Michele Zabriskie, President, Utah Broadcasters Association

Derek Brown, Former Chair of the Utah GOP

Jeffrey Merchant, Former Chair of the Utah Democratic Party