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.

Elected Trustees

Executive Committee

Thomas M. Love
Chair
President, Love Communications
Steven Brosvik
USUO President & CEO
Kem C. Gardner
Immediate Past Chair
Chairman, Gardner Company
Doyle L. Arnold
Vice Chair
Audit Committee Chair
Investment Committee Chair
(retired) Vice Chairman & CFO Zions Bancorporation
Brian Greeff
Vice Chair
Strategic Planning Committee Chair
Managing Director, Operations
Goldman Sachs & Co., Salt Lake City
Joanne Shiebler
Vice Chair
(retired) President and Founder
Asset Communications, Inc.
Annette W. Jarvis
Board Secretary
Governance Committee Chair Boards on Fire Task Force Chair
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
John D’Arcy
Treasurer
Finance Committee Chair
(retired) Executive Vice-President
Zions Bank
David L. Dee
Development Committee Chair
President, David Dee Fine Arts, LLC
Co-Chair, Lawrence T. Dee & Janet T. Dee Foundation
Kathryn Eberle
Musician Representative
Associate Concertmaster
The Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Chair
Utah Symphony
Daniel Hemmert
Government Relations Committee Chair
Executive Director, Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development Owner, Red Hanger Cleaners
Hugh Palmer
Musician Representative
Violin
Utah Symphony
Patricia A. Richards
Music Director Search Committee Chair
(Retired) Senior Vice President and Regional Manager, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Thomas Wright
Nominating Committee Chair President and Principal Broker
Summit Sotheby’s Int’l Realty

Austin Bankhead
Founder and President Unicorn Revenue Operations
Dr. Stewart E. Barlow
Otolaryngologist
Congressman District 17, Utah State House of Representatives
Judith M. Billings
(retired) Utah Court of Appeals Judge
George Cardon-Bystry
Co-founder and CEO, Edison House
Gary L. Crocker
President, Crocker Ventures, LLC
Chairman, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
Barry L. Eden
(retired) EY Partner, Financial Services Office Leadership
Senator Luz Escamilla
Senator, Utah First District
COO, MiCARE Group
Dr. Julie Aiken Hansen
(retired) President Ameritech College of Healthcare
Stephen Tanner Irish
Academic Researcher
Board of Directors, O.C. Tanner Company
Trustee, Tanner Lectures on Human Values
Thomas N. Jacobson
Attorney
Private Practice
Abigail E. Magrane
Senior Counsel
Dominion Energy
Brad W. Merrill
Partner
Snell & Wilmer
Robin J. Milne
General Manager
Promontory Club
Judy Moreton
Community Leader
Dr. Dinesh C. Patel
Managing Director and Founder,
Patel Family Investments
Founder and Partner Emeritus
Signal Peak Ventures (FKA vSpring Capital)
Frank R. Pignanelli
Partner
Foxley & Pignanelli
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
Jason Price
President, Continental Bank
Shari H. Quinney
Arts Advocate and Philanthropist
Miguel R. Rovira
Director Community and Business Relations
Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah
Stan Sorensen
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Altabank
Dr. Shane D. Stowell
Leadership Advisory Consultant
Spencer Stuart
Naoma Tate
Arts Advocate and Philanthropist
Thomas Thatcher
Chief Executive Officer
Intuitive Funding, LLC
W. James Tozer
Managing Director
Vectra Management Goup
David Utrilla
CEO
US Translation Company
Kelly Ward
Region President
Zions Bank Central Utah Region
Dr. Richard Williams
President, Dixie State University
Kim R. Wilson
(retired) Attorney
Snow Christensen & Martineau
Henry C. Wurts
Financial Consultant