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Board of Trustees

Utah Symphony | Utah Opera’s Board of Trustees has the ultimate responsibility for the success of the Utah Symphony, Utah Opera, and the Deer Valley® Music Festival. Trustees are accountable for the governance of the parent corporation, Utah Symphony & Opera, for establishing the overall vision and mission, and for participating in the development and monitoring of institutional plans. Trustees have a legal and fiduciary responsibility to assure that the organization does the best work possible in pursuit of its mission and goals; fundraising is a principal component of that responsibility. Trustees must exhibit a passion for great live musical experiences in our community.

2025-26 BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE By-Laws Mission, Vision, and Values StatementMINUTES FROM LAST BOARD MEETING


Elected Trustees

Executive Committee

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    Annette W. Jarvis

    Chair
    Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

  • Steven Brosvik

    USUO President & CEO 
    The O.C. Tanner Chair

  • Brian Greeff
    Immediate Past Chair
    Global Head, Prime Services Operations, Client Onboarding Operations, and Fees and Commissions Operations, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

  • Judy Moreton
    Vice Chair
    Community Leader
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    Joanne Shiebler

    Vice Chair
    (retired) President and Founder
    Asset Communications, Inc.
  • Thomas Wright

    Thomas Wright 
    Vice Chair
    Nominating Committee Chair President, Majestic Realty Collective
    CEO & Principal Broker, Summit Sotheby’s International Realty

  • Jason Englund
    Secretary
    Governance Committee Chair
    Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Bonneville International Corporation
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    John D’Arcy
    Audit Committee Chair
    (retired) Executive Vice President / Senior Lending Officer
    Zions Bank
  • Barry L. Eden

    Barry L. Eden
    Finance Committee Chair
    (retired) EY Partner, Financial Services Office Leadership
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    Stephen Tanner Irish
    Venues Committee Chair
    Academic Researcher
    Board of Directors, O.C. Tanner Company
    Trustee, Tanner Lectures on Human Values

  • Thomas M. Love
    At Large
    Former President and Founding Partner, Love Communications

  • Travis Peterson
    Musician Representative
    Principal Trumpet
    Utah Symphony
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    Frank R. Pignanelli
    Government Relations Committee Chair
    Partner
    Foxley & Pignanelli
  • Patricia Richards

    Patricia A. Richards

    At Large
    (Retired) Senior Vice President and Regional Manager, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

  • Barbara Ann Scowcroft

    Musician Representative
    Violin
    Utah Symphony
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    Henry C. Wurts
    Investment Committee Chair
    Financial Consultant

  • Dr. Stewart E. Barlow
    Otolaryngologist
    Congressman District 17, Utah State House of Representatives
  • Larry Brownstein

    Larry Brownstein
    (retired) Owner, Waterbury Garment
  • Paul E. Burdiss

    Paul E. Burdiss
    President & CEO, Zions First National Bank
  • George Cardon-Bystry

    George Cardon-Bystry
    Co-founder and CEO, Edison House
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    Gary L. Crocker
    President, Crocker Ventures, LLC
    Chairman, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals

  • David L. Dee

    President, David Dee Fine Arts, LLC
    Co-Chair, Lawrence T. Dee & Janet T. Dee Foundation
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    Luz Escamilla
    State Senator for District 10 and Senate Democratic Leader
    Co-founder and managing partner, ESCATEC Solutions
  • Jonathan Freedman

    Jonathan Freedman
    President and CEO, World Trade Center Utah

  • Brandon Fugal
    Chairman, Colliers International
    Owner, Skinwalker Ranch
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    Marie Gochnour Gardner
    Community Leader

  • Dennis H. Hranitzky
    Partner, Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
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    Thomas N. Jacobson
    Attorney
    Private Practice
  • Abigail E. Magrane

    Abigail E. Lowder
    Director, Gas Operations
    Enbridge Energy Questar Gas Company
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    Derek B. Miller
    President & CEO, Salt Lake Chamber
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    Dr. Dinesh C. Patel
    Managing Director and Founder,
    Patel Family Investments
    Founder and Partner Emeritus
    Signal Peak Ventures (FKA vSpring Capital)
  • Gary B. Porter

    Gary B. Porter
    Senior Vice President, Deseret Management Corporation
    Community Relations, Human Resources, Executive Director, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Foundation
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    Jennifer Price-Wallin
    Owner, Avenues Investments, Manager, John and Marcia Price Family Foundation
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    Shari H. Quinney
    Arts Advocate and Philanthropist
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    Miguel R. Rovira
    Director Community and Business Relations
    Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah

  • Stan Sorensen
    Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Altabank
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    Aaron Starks
    CEO and President, 47G – Utah Aerospace & Defense
  • Clint Stone

    Clint Stone
    Senior Vice President of Investments, The Larry H. Miller Company
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    Dr. Shane D. Stowell
    Co-Founder and COO, Stowell Leadership Group, LLC
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    Thomas Thatcher
    Chief Executive Officer
    Intuitive Funding, LLC

  • W. James Tozer, Jr.  
    Managing Director
    Vectra Management Group
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    David Utrilla 
    CEO
    US Translation Company
  • Sharlene Wells

    Sharlene Wells
    Senior Vice President of Public Relations and Organizational Communications, Mountain America Credit Union

  • Don Willie
    Founder & Managing Partner, Epicenter Strategies
    Director of Operations, The Point of the Mountain State Land Authority
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    Kim R. Wilson
    (retired) Attorney
    Snow Christensen & Martineau

Ex-Officio Representative

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    Christina Myers
    Onstage Ogden

Lifetime Trustees

  • Kem C. Gardner
  • Brian Greeff
  • Jon Huntsman, Jr.
  • G. Frank Joklik
  • Thomas M. Love
  • David T. Mortensen
  • Scott S. Parker
  • David A. Petersen
  • Patricia A. Richards
  • Harris Simmons

Honorary Board and Trustees Emeriti

  • Carolyn Abravanel
  • Jesselie B. Anderson
  • Howard S. Clark
  • Geralyn Dreyfous
  • Lisa Eccles
  • Spencer F. Eccles
  • Kristen Fletcher
  • Dr. Julie Aiken Hansen
  • Richard G. Horne
  • Ronald W. Jibson
  • Dr. Anthony W. Middleton, Jr.
  • Edward B. Moreton
  • Marilyn H. Neilson
  • Stanley B. Parrish
  • Marcia Price
  • Jeffrey W. Shields, Esq.
  • E. Jeffery Smith

Associate Board

  • Kylee Dickamore
  • Hillary Marquardson
  • Rayanne Riepl
  • Zachary Scott Roemer
  • Stephen Tracy
  • Curtis Woodbury

Deer Valley® Music Festival Council

  • Larry Brownstein and Jim Tozer, Co-Chairs
  • Scott Amann
  • Beth Armstrong
  • Judy Billings
  • Hal Brierley
  • Judy Brownstein
  • Carolyn Enenstein
  • Craig Enenstein
  • Lynn Fey
  • Kristen Fletcher
  • Tom Jacobson
  • Debra Kasirer
  • Michael Liess
  • Bill Ligety
  • Renee Marlon
  • Tony Marlon
  • Pat McEvoy
  • Dan McPhun
  • Hal Milner
  • Lois Milner
  • Mark Prothro
  • Ted Samuels
  • Ben Schapiro
  • Joanne Shiebler
  • Jim Swartz
  • Susan Swartz
  • Zibby Tozer
  • Howard Wallack

Hispanic and Latino Communities Task Force

  • David Utrilla, Chair
  • Juan Becerra
  • George Brown
  • Orlando Criado
  • José Enriquez
  • Senator Luz Escamilla
  • Jaime Gomez
  • Israel González-Nieri
  • Sydnee Gonzalez
  • Alex Guzman
  • James Jackson
  • Carl Johansen
  • Rossina Lake
  • Rodrigo Ortigoza
  • Gonzalo Peña
  • Claudia Restrepo
  • Mary Lee Robinson
  • Lester Rojas
  • Edmund Rollett
  • Miguel Rovira