Anthropology (8)
Terri Fain
BS Anthropology
MS Sociology
Artist
Terri "T. C." Fain trained at the Skinner Museum of Art, Palo Alto Artist's League and University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She has also benefited from working with local artists and their styles including the abstraction of John Grillo, spare eastern beauty of Q Holmes, classical style of Barbara Johnson and spontanaiety of Louise Minks.
Marsha Gilford
BS Anthropology
BS Psychology
Southwest Regional Director, Corporate Affairs
The Kroger Co.
Marsha Gilford, Southwest Regional Director, Corporate Affairs for The Kroger Co., oversees government affairs, media relations, philanthropy and community relations for 139 Smith's store communities throughout a seven-state operational area. She has held her position as VP for the past 20 years.
Michael Bird
BS Anthropology
National Consultant
National Policy Council for AARP
Michael E. Bird is a Santo-Domingo/KEWA Pueblo Indian from New Mexico. Mr. Bird has more than 30 years of public health experience with Native American populations in the areas of medical social work, substance abuse prevention, health promotion and disease prevention, HIV/AIDS prevention, behavioral health, and healthcare administration.
Earl Skidmore
BS Sociology
BS Anthropology
President (retired)
Northern California Chemical Association & Esbro Chemical
Earl S. Skidmore earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Utah where he majored in Sociology and Anthropology and earned minors in Zoology and Chemistry. Earl's studies at the University were interrupted by two years of service in the U.S. Navy. Later in his career, Earl returned to higher education earning a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Stanford University.
Economics (55)
John Pingree
BA Economics
Executive Director
Semnani Foundation
John Pingree received his undergraduate degree from the U in economics and went on to get his MBA from Harvard University in 1966. He was regional manager for sales planning for Xerox Corporation from 1967 to 1970 and then moved on to Memorex Corporation, where he was director of marketing from 1970 to 1975.
Matt Eyring
BS Economics
Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer
Vivint Inc
As Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at Vivint Inc., Matt oversees the Vivint Innovation Center and leads the company's strategy and growth initiatives for the smart home.
Blake Strong
BA Economics
General Manager
Strong Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen Dealerships
A native of Salt Lake City, Strong graduated from Skyline High School in 1979 and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1985, where he earned a B.A. in economics and was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
L.E. Simmons
BS Economics
President
SCF Partners
L.E. Simmons, President of SCF Partners, founded the firm in 1989. He is responsible for guidance over the firm's investment program and strategy. L.E. began his focus on finance at the University of Utah, where he studied Economics and at the London School of Economics. He subsequently earned an MBA from Harvard University.
Environmental and Sustainability Studies (4)
Kelsey Howard
BS Geography
BS Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Research Consultant
Boulder Mountain Consulting, LLC
Kelsey Howard is currently attending graduate school at the University of Utah in the geography department. Her Master's research is focused on studying paleoecology and spring productivity in Utah's west desert by reconstructing past fire and vegetation histories, as well as past climates through the use of pollen and charcoal from wetland sediments.
Jason Robison
BS Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Fellow
Harvard Kennedy School of Government at Harvard College
Professor Robison's research and teaching interests generally revolve around water law and related areas of environmental and natural resources law and policy. He began his work in this field while earning a B.S. in Environmental Studies at the University of Utah and subsequently completed a J.D. at the University of Oregon School of Law, as well as an LL.M. and S.J.D. at Harvard Law School.
Sara Baldwin Auck
BS Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Regulatory Program Director
Interstate Renewable Energy Council
As IREC's Regulatory Program Director, Sara is responsible for managing the development of IREC's regulatory strategy, establishing priorities for engagement, and assisting with the strategy implementation.
Brandon Lee
BA Political Science
BS Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Principal
ABS Consulting
Director, Environmental and Economic Policy and Regulation, Lee leads and manages projects related to environmental, regulatory, economic, and security risk-related issues for ABS Consulting, a maritime risk firm. He has led projects analyzing environmental impacts in the Western U.S., regional, national, and international air emissions and climate change, air and water regulations.
Family and Consumer Studies (14)
Barbara Vance
BS Family and Consumer Studies
Professor
Brigham Young University
Barbara Vance earned a bachelor's in family and consumer studies from the University of Utah in 1956. She received a master's in human development from Brigham Young University in 1959 and went on to earn a Ph.D. in counseling from Stanford University.
Carol Heap
Family and Consumer Studies
Cook & Seamstress
Carol graduated from the University of Utah, magna cum laude, in home economics education in 1978. She was a member of Omicron Nu, the honor society for home economics majors (now known as Kappa Omicron Nu). She taught for one year at Hillcrest High School from 1978 to 1979. She married David Heap in 1979, and after the end of the school year, they moved to the Washington ,D.C. area for nine years, and then to Phoenix, Arizona in 1988.
Jenny Stout
Family and Consumer Studies
Undergraduate Advisor
University of Utah - Family & Consumer Studies
In 2007, Jenny Stout received two bachelor's degrees: one in consumer and community studies and one in human development and family studies. She is now an academic advisor for the Department of Family and Consumer Studies at the University of Utah.
Allie Teller
BS Family and Consumer Studies
Playworks Specialist
Canyons School District
Allie Teller received her bachelor's degree in human development and family studies in 2009. She went on to receive her master's in educational psychology in 2013.
Geography (8)
Richard A. Carter
BS Geography
Vice President of Government Relations
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
A native of Salt Lake City, Utah and a current resident of Arlington, Virginia, Rick Carter graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Utah's College of Social and Behavioral Science in Geography/Urban Planning and a Master's Degree in City and Regional Planning from The Ohio State University. He also affiliated with and was president of the Delta Sigma chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
Matthew Moffit
BS Geography
Vice President, Navy Systems
Boeing's National Security and Space Group
Matt Moffit is Vice President, Navy Systems for Boeing's National Security and Space Group. He brings numerous years of Navy operational experience plus military assessments, requirements and budgeting expertise with him.
Brian Haslam
BS Geography
MS Geography
President | CEO
Cityworks | Azteca Systems, Inc.
Brian Haslam earned his bachelor's degree from Geography in 1986, followed by his master's degree from Geography with a GIS emphasis in 1990 from the University of Utah. In 1986, he established Azteca Systems, Inc. to provide mapping update services for the US Forest Service Geometronics national mapping center located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Merrill K. Ridd
BS Geography
MS Geography
Emeritus Professor
University of Utah
Merrill K. Ridd is an emeritus professor of geography. He graduated from the University of Utah with a BS in 1954 and MS in 1960. Ridd earned his PhD from Northwestern University in 1963. He is a Korean War veteran 1950-1956.
Health, Society and Policy (6)
Marlowe Dazley
BS Health, Society and Policy
Senior Vice President, Managing Director
Health Catalyst
Marlowe Dazley is senior vice president and managing director at Health Catalyst, a leading provider of data and analytics technology and services to healthcare organizations, committed to being the catalyst for massive, measurable, data-informed healthcare improvement.
Nathan Vassiliades
BS Health, Society and Policy
Dentist & Owner
Queen Creek Smiles
Nathan Vassiliades completed a BS in Behavioral Science and Health and then went on to complete dental school at the Marquette University School of Dentistry. Nathan has volunteered for Give Kids a Smile, Sealants for Smiles, the American Red Cross, and Cancer Wellness House.
Maziar Nourian
BS Health, Society and Policy
Minor Psychology
Minor Chemistry
Mentor
LEAP College of Health Program
Maziar M. Nourian is a graduate from the University of Utah College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. He received his Bachelor of Science in Health Society and Policy as well as minors in Psychology and Chemistry ('13). Nourian will continue his education to complete a Doctor of Medicine in 2019.
Frank Ulibarri
BS Health, Society and Policy
Market President
Aetna - Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi
As President of Aetna, Mr. Ulibarri is responsible for leading local markets in Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi overseeing sales, network development, and operations for commercial group, individual and government businesses. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer for Coventry Health Care of Florida, and was later named Aetna Market Executive Director in 2013.
Master of Public Administration (23)
Mary Anne Davies
Master of Public Administration
Supervising Attorney
Disability Law Center
Mary Anne Davies is a supervising attorney with the Disability Law Center. She earned her Master of Public Administration from the University of Utah and her law degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles with a focus on health law and public interest.
Jennifer Seelig
Master of Public Administration
Ph.D. Political Science
Community Empowerment Director
City of Salt Lake
Jennifer Maurine Seelig has been involved in politics and public service for more than decade at a policy-making and leadership level. She was a policy and research analyst for the Salt Lake City Council between 1995 and 2000, handling such sensitive and critical issues relating to crime control, budget compliance within the administrative office, community relations, and public meetings involving the City Council.
Aden Batar
Master of Public Administration
Director of Migration and Refugee Services
Catholic Community Services
Aden Batar is the Director of Migration and Refugee Services for Catholic Community Services (CCS). He is the first former refugee to ever hold such position in Utah. He has worked in this field for more than 20 years.
Janine Donald
Master of Public Administration
Executive Director
Elements Traverse
Janine is the Executive Director at Splore, a nonprofit adventure company which specializes in providing life-changing outdoor adventures for people of all abilities. Donald is an alumna of Pacific University in Oregon and in 2012, received her Master in Public Administration from the University of Utah.
Master of Public Policy (3)
Florian Hernandez
Master of Public Policy
Executive Director
Philippines Humanitarian
Florian Hernandez is the Executive Director for Philippines Humanitarian, a non-profit organization, providing funding for the education of impoverished children in the Philippines. She holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Utah and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Utah State University.
Michael Parker
BS Political Science
Master of Public Policy
Vice President of Public Affairs, Marketing and Senior Economist
Ivory Homes
Michael P. Parker earned both his bachelor's in political science and master's degree in public policy with an emphasis in regional economic policy from the University of Utah. He currently serves as the Director of Public Policy for the Salt Lake Chamber.
Shawn Teigen
MS Master of Public Policy
Research Director
Utah Foundation
Shawn Teigen is the Lumina Foundation Strategy Labs State Policy Adviser for Utah. Lumina is the largest foundation in the United States that focuses solely on increasing Americans?? success in higher education. It works to increase the proportion of Americans with postsecondary credentials to 60% by 2025. Shawn is utilizing the resources of Lumina??s Strategy Labs with Utah leaders and influencers in an effort to help the state reach its attainment goals.
International Affairs and Global Enterprise (3)
Mark Pittman
MS International Affairs and Global Enterprise
BS Political Science
BS Economics
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Blyncsy
Prior to starting Blyncsy, Mark worked in areas as diverse as political campaigns, start-ups, and even a Fortune 500 Company. Mark was Director of the Lassonde New Venture Development Program at the Pierre Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah.
Kyle Gray
MS International Affairs and Global Enterprise
Storyteller, Professional Speaker and Bestselling Author
Right after graduation Kyle was adjunct faculty teaching an entrepreneurship class called The Foundry, helping local Utah entrepreneurs. It was his experience during his degree program and later teaching that helped him get a job with a startup, whose business he helped to grow with annual recurring revenue using just online marketing.
Jeremy Lindsey
MS International Affairs and Global Enterprise
Chief Operating Officer
Alpha Warranty Services
Jeremy Lindsey is a winner of the 2017 Utah Business Magazine CXO of the Year award and AE Magazine's Top 40 Under 40.
Political Science (84)
TJ Ellerbeck
BS Political Science
Political Director
Utah Democratic Party
TJ Ellerbeck was born and raised in Salt Lake County. His interest in politics began while he was attending Cottonwood High School, where he became Vice President of the local Young Democrats chapter and landed an internship with Pete Ashdown's campaign for United States Senate in 2006.
Megan Sather
BA Political Science
Managing Director
GMMB
Megan is a Managing Director at GMMB, a pioneer in issue and cause communications. She works with a diverse array of organizations that share a common goal: improving conditions for people living in poverty. She takes on some of the toughest local and global challenges, leading campaigns on advancing scientific breakthroughs, increasing access to health technologies, improving education outcomes, and reducing family homelessness.
Tony Milner
BS Political Science
Housing Project & Policy Manager
Salt Lake City Corporation
Tony Milner is the Executive Director of Family Promise - Salt Lake, a unique interfaith shelter and housing program for homeless families. Mr. Milner is a 2003 graduate of the University of Utah with a B.S. in Political Science and a minor in Economics. His background is in nonprofit and program management.
Spence Hoole
BS Political Science
BS Economics
President & CEO
Diversified Insurance Group
Spence has spent his 25+ year career working with and insuring VC-backed, private equity-financed, IPO and public companies, particularly in the technology and life sciences industries. He has insured 22 out of the last 28 IPO companies in Utah. He specializes in Cyber, Errors and Omissions (E&O), Venture Capital Asset Protection (VCAP), and Directors and Officers (D&O) liability coverage.
Psychology (31)
Jed Elison
BA Psychology
Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota
Jed T. Elison was born in Blackfoot, Idaho. With the exception of a formative year spent in Boston as a young child (developing into a Red Sox fan), he grew up in southeast Idaho. While both of his parents and 3 of his 5 older brothers took bachelors degrees from Brigham Young University, Jed earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Psychology (2005) and English Literature (2005) from the University of Utah.
Nanci Klein
MS Psychology
Ph.D. Psychology
President
Nanci C. Klein, PhD, Inc
Dr. Nanci C. Klein is well known in the Salt Lake City, Utah community as a clinician, educator, and advocate. She has worked in the mental health field since 1973, receiving her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Utah in 1985. Dr. Klein has maintained a private out-patient psychotherapy practice in Salt Lake City, Utah since 1986, having co-founded the Utah Institute for Psychotherapy and Training.
Lee Ellington
Ph.D. Psychology
Professor
University of Utah
Lee Ellington is a Professor at the College of Nursing, a clinical psychologist, and a Huntsman Cancer Institute Investigator. She holds the Robert S. and Beth M. Carter Endowed Chair. Dr. Ellington has an interdisciplinary program of research in family-patient-provider communication. Her primary interest is in meeting the health and well-being needs of family caregivers of advance cancer patients through communication processes
Sean Meegan
MS Psychology
Ph.D. Psychology
Adjunct Professor
University of Utah
Sean Meegan was born and spent his childhood in New York and moved around a good deal. He did a BS in Psychology at St. Louis University in 1993 and a PhD in Developmental Psychology at the U. in 1999.
Sociology (23)
Lindsay Hadley
BS Sociology
CEO & Founder
Hadley Impact Consulting
Lindsay Hadley has become one of the most sought-after consultants and producers in the nonprofit sector. Early in her career, she facilitated humanitarian projects in Kenya, Peru, Mexico, and Thailand. Since then, she has demonstrated her exceptional fundraising skills, raising more than $30M+ directly for her clients and has leveraged $Billions for causes through her campaigns and events.
Allysann Ingram
BS Sociology
PAQ Program Manager
United States Air Force
A year after graduation, Allysann and her husband moved to Massachusetts. They both secured jobs with the Air Force, working at Hanscom Air Force Base. She is currently working as a Jr. Program Manager and was recently accepted into the Global Studies and International Relations master’s program at Northeastern University in Boston.
Nubia Peña, J.D.
BA Sociology
Director
Utah Division of Multicultural Affairs
Ms. Nubia Peña is the Director for the Utah Division of Multicultural Affairs where their mission is to promote an inclusive climate for Utah's growing diverse community through training, outreach and youth leadership development. Ms. Peña is immensely grateful for the extensive experience acquired during the past 15 years working as a community organizer, advocate, and ally for marginalized populations.
Christopher Mebius
BS Sociology
Data Acquisition Specialist
The Center for Policing Equity
Christopher Mebius was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. With a strong interest in policing, Christopher graduated Cum Laude from the University of Utah with a B.S. in Sociology and a Criminology Certificate in August of 2016. Christopher continued his education and received a Masters of Criminal Justice from Weber State University in August of 2018.
Friend of CSBS (15)
Desmond C. Barker
Friend of CSBS
President
Des Barker Associates, Inc.
Desmond C. Barker is the president of Des Barker Associates, Inc., which provides public relations, government affairs, and business-to-business marketing consulting to the tourism, land development, manufacturing, mining, and telecommunications industries, areas he has specialized in for 12 years. He serves on the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce government affairs and transportation committees, among others.
Connie White
Friend of CSBS
Vice President of Compliance
Western Electricity Coordinating Council's (WECC)
Connie White became Western Electricity Coordinating Council's (WECC) Vice President of Compliance in 2009. She provides oversight and directs all aspects of WECC's Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (CMEP). This includes the registration process, audits, investigations, and enforcement, for more than 450 entities in the Western Interconnection.
April Northstrom
Friend of CSBS
Grant Writing & Prospect Research Associate
Pathway Team
April Northstrom is a Grant Writing and Prospect Research Associate with the Utah Nonprofit Consultants Pathway team. She began her nonprofit career as an intern with the Make-A-Wish Foundation?? of Utah and has since worked as a development professional with nonprofits across the United States, including the American Red Cross of Northeast Indiana, Goodwill Industries of Northeast Indiana and Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota.
S.J. Camarata
Friend of CSBS
Director
ESRI
S.J. is a director of ESRI. He focuses on the company’s global corporate strategies. He also currently serves on a number of boards—both for profit and nonprofit organizations—and has held a number of other board seats over the years.