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Utah Transit Authority Board of Trustees

Chair, UTA Board of Trustees
Larry Ellertson______________________________________________________________

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July 2011

Vice President of United Way of Utah County; project management and consulting services

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.
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Vice Chair & Chair of Finance and Operations Committee, UTA Board of Trustees
Orrin T. Colby Jr.___________________________________________________________

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Municipalities within Salt Lake County and the municipalities of Tooele and Grantsville in Tooele County

July 2010

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.

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.


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.
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Chair, Internal/External Constituencies Committee
Michelle Facer Baguley_______________________________________________________

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Municipalities within Salt Lake County and the municipalities of Grantsville and Tooele in Tooele County.

October 2012

Environmental Grant Administrator currently at the Midvale Slag and Sharon Steel Superfund Sites.

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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Chair, Planning and Development Committee
Terry C. Diehl______________________________________________________________

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House of Representatives

September 2013

Chairman/CEO of Wasatch Pacific, Inc.; real estate development

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
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Justin Allen_________________________________________________________________

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Senate

July 2012

Government Affairs Director for the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS®; Contract Lobbyist and Political Campaign Consultant; Former Assistant State Director for Congressman Rob Bishop; Former Political Director for Utah Republican Party; Former Campaign Staffer for Congressman Rob Bishop and Senator Orrin Hatch; Former intern at Utah State Legislature.

Member of Centerville City Council since 2005; Serves on Utah Quality Growth Commission; Member of Regional Growth Committee of the Wasatch Front Regional Council.; Centerville West Side Steering Committee; Davis COG Transportation Subcommittee; Utah Republican Party State Central Committee; previously active in the Davis County Republican Party.

BA from BYU in Japanese with minor in Political Science
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Dama Barbour______________________________________________________________

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Municipalities within Salt Lake County and Tooele and Grantsville in Tooele County

March 2013

Retired; Vice President of Real Estate and Government Relations, Harmons; Real Estate agent.

Past member of Salt Lake Board of Realtors, International Council of Shopping Centers, President of Chamber West, West Valley City License Hearing Board, Taylorsville City Planning Commission, Utah State Chamber of Commerce “Business Person of the Year” award, Chairwoman of the Utah Food Industry Government Affairs Committee.
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Keith Bartholomew__________________________________________________________

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Salt Lake City

May 2011

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.


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.
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Burtis Bills_________________________________________________________________

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July 2010

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.

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.

BS, Weber State College.
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Christopher R. Bleak_________________________________________________________

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Governor

July 2012

Chief of Staff to Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives

Lehi City Planning Commission, Utah Hemophilia Foundation

BS in Political Science from the University of Utah
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Necia Christensen___________________________________________________________

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Municipalities within Salt Lake County and the municipalities of Grantsville and Tooele in Tooele County

February 2011

Owns and operates Christensen Tax Service

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
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Steve Curtis________________________________________________________________

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Municipalities within Davis County

July 2010

Beginning with what was then known as Mountain Bell but evolving into what we now know as Qwest, Steve established his professional foundation with dedication as a Service and Public Telephone Technician, worked in Supervision, and managed an Olympic Venue during 2002 Winter Games, a career that spanned over 29 years. Upon retiring from Qwest, he accepted the challenge to spearhead First National Bank's on-line banking system.

Current Mayor of Layton City; 10 year Layton City Councilmember; former President of the Utah League of Cities and Towns; former member ULCT Board of Directors; member and former Chair of the Legislative Policy Committee – ULCT; former Board of Directors member – Davis Arts Council; Honorary Commander of the 388th Fighter Wing – Hill Air Force Base; former Honorary Commander of the 75th Air Base Wing – HAFB; Member of the Utah Defense Alliance; Little League and AYSO coach; Rotarian and member of the Davis Chamber of Commerce.


Weber State and Brigham young Universities
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Charles G. Henderson________________________________________________________

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Unincorporated Salt Lake County

July 2010

Director, Customer Relationship Management with Ken Garff Automotive.

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.



Westminster College of Salt Lake City and University of Utah majoring in Finance and Economics with emphasis in International Marketing and Management.
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Meghan Holbrook___________________________________________________________

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Utah Transportation Commission

August 2013

Zions Bank, Office of the President, Government Relations

Utah State Board of Regents Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee and member of the Executive Committee, Utah State Board of Education, Transportation Commission.
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Gregory Hughes____________________________________________________________

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Municipalities within Salt Lake County and the municipalities of Grantsville and Tooele in Tooele County.

March 2012

Construction/Property Management

Utah House of Representatives; Department of Professional Licensing Review Panel
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Robert A. Hunter____________________________________________________________

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Municipalities within Weber County and Brigham City, Perry and Willard in Box Elder County

April 2011

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.


Master of Arts, Brigham Young University; Bachelor of Science, Weber State University
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P. Bret Millburn_____________________________________________________________

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July 2012

Current Davis County Commissioner; Director of Planning and Development with United Way of Northern Utah; Community Outreach, Planning and Budget, Federal Government Relations, and General Manager of Athlete Transportation for the Salt Lake Bid and Organizing Committees for the Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games of 2002; Assistant to the Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives.


BS in Psychology with a minor in Political Science from Weber State University and Associates of Arts and Sciences from Ricks College.
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Frederick W. Oates__________________________________________________________

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Municipalities within Weber County and the municipalities of Brigham City, Perry and Willard in Box Elder County.

July 2010

Certified mechanical engineer for H. E. Pitt Engineering Company; United States government at DDOU; US Navy (Seabees); professional soccer player

Former Mayor of Harrisville; Combined Federal Campaign; Weber Area Council of Governments; UDOT Transcom; Wasatch Front Regional Council; Central Weber Sewer District.
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Michael E. Romero__________________________________________________________

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Municipalities within Salt Lake County and Tooele and Grantsville in Tooele County

July 2010

Claims Adjuster with Allstate Claims Office; Co-Owner of Creative Graphics.

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

Bachelors of Science in Political Science, University of Utah; Masters of Public Administration, University of Utah.
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Ben Southworth_____________________________________________________________

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Municipalities within Salt Lake County and Tooele and Grantsville in Tooele County

July 2010

Entrepreneur on a project developing a real estate research firm; Manager/analyst for Wal-Mart Transportation & Logistics; Property Management.

West Jordan City Council, Salt Lake County Association of Municipal Councils, Board Member for Sugar Factory Arts Campus, Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Council, Western Growth Coalition, West Jordan Parks & Open Land Committee and West Jordan TEC (Taxing Entity Committee).

Bachelors in Economics, minor in Business; University of Utah.
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