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Board of Trustees

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Picture of Orrin T. Colby Jr.  Orrin T. Colby Jr.
President, UTA Board of Trustees
Appointed by: Municipalities within Salt Lake County and the municipalities of Tooele and Grantsville in Tooele County
Term Ending: February 2009
Professional: Chairman and CEO of WestLync Insurance Enterprises, Inc.; Former Chairman, CEO and President of Wasatch Crest Insurance Companies; Former Vice President and Controller for Utah Power & Light Co. and Former Vice President/CFO for Pacificorp; Certified Public Accountant.
Civic: American Institute of CPA’s; Utah Association of CPA’s; Honorary Colonels South Salt Lake Police Department; Police Athletic League; Health Data Committee for Utah; Association of Youth Councils; Boys & Girls Club of America; Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce.
Education: Bachelor of Science and Masters Degrees , Accounting, from Brigham Young University; Taught at BYU and University of Idaho (Moscow); Utah State University and BYU, School of Accountancy Advisory Boards; Westminister College, College of Business Advisory Board.

Picture of Robert A. Hunter Robert A. Hunter
Vice President, UTA Board of Trustees
Appointed by: Municipalities within Weber County and Brigham City, Perry and Willard in Box Elder County.
Term Ending: April 2009
Professional: President and CEO, United Way of Northern Utah; Adjunct Faculty, Department of Communications and Political Science, Weber State University; Originating Member and Weber County Chair of People for Sensible Transportation; Originating Member of the Salt Lake Olympic Bid Committee and Salt Lake Organizing Committee; Former Ogden City Manager, Weber County Commissioner and Chairman of the Wasatch Front Regional Council of Governments.
Education: Master of Arts, Brigham Young University; Bachelor of Science, Weber State University.

Picture of Michelle Facer Baguley Michelle Facer Baguley
Chair, UTA Board of Trustees Internal/External Constituencies Committee
Appointed by: Municipalities within Salt Lake County and the municipalities of Grantsville and Tooele in Tooele County.
Term Ending: September 2008
Professional: Environmental Grant Administrator currently at the Midvale Slag and Sharon Steel Superfund Sites.
Civic: Herriman Community Council Member/Parks and Recreation Chair, Revitalize Town Days Committee Chair, Herriman Town Incorporator, Herriman City Council Member, Technical Review Committee Member, KUCC Natural Resource Damages. Former Jordan School District Housing Committee Member, Founder of "Herriman Helping Hands" A Service Club for Elementary Students. Served in multiple church leadership and teaching positions. Wife, Mother and Grandmother.
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Picture of Terry C. Diehl Terry C. Diehl
Chair, Planning and Development Committee
Appointed by: Municipalities within Salt Lake County and the municipalities of Grantsville and Tooele in Tooele County.
Term Ending: February 2009
Professional: Chairman/CEO of Wasatch Pacific, Inc.; real estate development.
Civic: Past trustee, Cottonwood Alta View Health Care Foundation; representative, State of Utah U.S. Olympic Committee Board of Directors; avid supporter of University of Utah, Primary Children’s Hospital, Guadalupe School, Little League Football and Special Olympics.

Picture of Larry Ellertson Larry Ellertson
Chair, UTA Board of Trustees Finance and Operations Committee
Appointed by: Municipalities within Utah County.
Term Ending: September 2009
Professional: Vice President of United Way of Utah County; project management and consulting services.
Civic: Elected Mayor of Lindon City in November 1996; January 2005, elected to the Utah County Commission; president and board member of Utah League of Cities and Towns; chairman of the Provo/Orem Chamber of Commerce; chairman of the Mountainlands Association of Governments; Rotary Club President; chairman of the Utah Citizens Corps Council; chairman of the Edison Electric Institute Customer Service Committee; member of the Utah County Board of Health; board member of the Utah Commission on Volunteers; and board member of the Division of Workforce Services Executive Committee.

Picture of Keith Bartholomew Keith Bartholomew
Appointed by: Salt Lake City
Term Ending: May 2009
Professional: Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, University of Utah College of Architecture and Planning; Environmental lawyer for 1000 Friends of Oregon; director of “Making the Land Use, Transportation, Air Quality Connection (LUTRAQ), a nationally recognized research program; former associate director of the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment at the U of U’s SJ. Quinney College of Law.
Education: J.D. University of Oregon.

Image of Burtis Bills
Burtis Bills
Appointed by: The Municipalities within Utah County.
Term Ending: April 2009
Professional: Teacher, retired; Semi active Digital Sound Recordist for Soundelux Sound Studios and Hollywood Edge of Hollywood, has produced or helped record seven professional sound CD’s.
Civic: Mayor of Payson City. Serves on Mountainland Association of Governments, Steering, Executive Council Economic Development District and Community Development Block Grant Regional Review Committee. Also serving on the Utah League of Cities and towns Legislative Policy Committee nominations Committee.
Education: BS, Weber State College.

Picture of Necia Christensen Necia Christensen
Appointed by: Municipalities within Salt Lake County and the municipalities of Grantsville and Tooele in Tooele County.
Term Ending: February 2009
Professional: Owns and operates Christensen Tax Service.
Civic: Chair, West Valley City Board of Adjustments; Neighborhood chair, Utah’s Promise; recipient of “District Award of Merit” from the Boy Scouts of America and West Valley City’s “Best of the Best” award for work as a founding member of CHAD; PTA Council President.

Picture of Charles G. Henderson Charles G. Henderson
Appointed by: Unincorporated Salt Lake County.
Term Ending: January 2010
Professional: Director, Customer Relationship Management with Ken Garff Automotive.
Honors: Vice-Chair of the Kearns Community Council; Chair of the KCC Financial Oversight and the Economic Development Committee; Kearns Township Planning Commission Steering Committee; Vice Chair of Salt Lake County Community Economic Development Advisory Committee; Utah Coalition of Organ, Eye and Tissue Donor Community Advisory Board; past member of Martin Luther King, Jr. Human Rights Commission; Salt Lake County Council on Diversity Affairs; Coalition of Minority Advisory Committee; Utah Black Leadership Forum; Utah Minority Groups Consortium; and Former Chair of the Utah Black Democratic Caucus.
Education: Westminster College of Salt Lake City and University of Utah majoring in Finance and Economics with emphasis in International Marketing and Management.

Picture of Gregory Hughes Gregory Hughes
Appointed by: Municipalities within Salt Lake County and the municipalities of Grantsville and Tooele in Tooele County.
Term Ending: March 2010
Professional: Construction/Property Management.
Civic: Utah House of Representatives; Department of Professional Licensing Review Panel.

Picture of Kent Millington J. Kent Millington
Appointed by: Transportation Commission
Professional: President and CEO of AccessData Corporation; for the last 3 years has been Entrepreneur in Residence at Utah Valley State College.
Education: BA in History and Political Science from the University of Utah, an MBA from Brigham Young University and a Doctorate of Business Administration from California Coast University.

Picture of A. DeMar Mitchell A. DeMar Mitchell
Appointed by: Municipalities within Davis County.
Term Ending: February 2009
Professional: Logistics Manager, U.S.A.F. (Aircraft-missile-intelligence systems world-wide).
Civic: Mayor of Clinton City, 1994-2002 (2 terms); Member of Wasatch Front Regional Council, 1994-2002 (Served on Transportation and Budget Committees); Member of Utah State Economic Development Board (Chairman, 2 years); Past Member of Envision Utah Study Organization; Past District Chairman for Boy Scouts of America (Island View District).
Education: Over 400 hours of specialized management training courses (Weber, Utah State and University of Utah).

Picture of Frederick W. Oates Frederick W. Oates
Appointed by: Municipalities within Weber County and the municipalities of Brigham City, Perry and Willard in Box Elder County.
Term Ending: February 2008
Professional: Certified mechanical engineer for H. E. Pitt Engineering Company; United States government at DDOU; US Navy (Seabees); professional soccer player.
Civic: Former Mayor of Harrisville; Combined Federal Campaign; Weber Area Council of Governments; UDOT Transcom; Wasatch Front Regional Council; Central Weber Sewer District.

Picture of Steven K. Randall Steven K. Randall
Appointed by: Municipalities within Davis County.
Term Ending: April 2008
Professional: President/CEO of MWA Property Management; Former Executive VP, Muzak Corp.
Civic: Former member Trans Com Committee; Transportation Task Force; Special Districts for Utah; Policy Advisory Committee for Commuter Rail; Utah State Marketing Board; Member WFRC Mountain Lands Transportation Committee; Boys Scouts of America; Salt Lake Rotary.
Education: BA Psychology Weber State University.

Picture of Michael E. Romero Michael E. Romero
Appointed by: Municipalities within Salt Lake County and Tooele and Grantsville in Tooele County.
Term Ending: February 2009
Professional: Claims Adjuster with Allstate Claims Office; Co-Owner of Creative Graphics.
Civic: Phi Sigma Alpha; Pi Apha Alpha; Murray City Economic Development Advisory Board; IHC Urban Central Region Human Resources Committee; Utah Democratic Party Hispanic Caucus; Murray Chamber of Commerce; Murray Exchange Club.
Education: Bachelors of Science in Political Science, University of Utah; Masters of Public Administration, University of Utah.

Picture of Gregory M. Simonsen Gregory M. Simonsen
Appointed by: Municipalities within Salt Lake County and the municipalities of Tooele and Grantsville in Tooele County.
Term Ending: September 2008
Professional: Sr. Partner, Rinehart & Fetzer, Attorneys at Law. General Counsel, Spackman Enterprises.
Civic: Former member and chair West Jordan City Planning Commission; Current member West Jordan City Historical Commission; Past Chair, Construction Law Section of the Utah Bar Association; Member Utah Federal Court panel of mediators.
Education: BS and JD degrees from University of Utah.