Foundation Board Members
Our board members represent a wide array of professions and live throughout the United States. Their leadership, professional experience, networking abilities, service to the university, and philanthropy provide a measure of excellence to the Foundation’s mission of maximizing private support. Through their dedicated efforts and active participation in governance and policy decisions, board members determine the course of the Foundation.
Jeannine Bennett (Chair)
Attorney
Jeannine Bennett P.C. (retired)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Chair, Executive Committee
Sylvia Jones (Vice Chair)
Marketing Relationship Manager
Wells Fargo
Macon, Georgia
Benjamin Aguayo
VP Customer Experience
Alder Holdings, LLC
Salt Lake City, Utah
Chair, Marketing and Communications Committee
Wafaa Alrashid
Primary Care Physician
Wafaa Alrashid M.D., Inc.
Pasadena, California
Bob Arello
President and CEO
Hydrograss Technologies
Sarasota, Florida
Shari Badger
President and CEO
Lee’s Marketplace
Logan, Utah
Caryn Beck-Dudley
President and CEO
AACB
Tallahassee, Florida
Scott Bills
Chief Executive Officer/Partner
Nilsine Partners
Lone Tree, Colorado
Kent Bracken
IT Project Management Consultant
Evanston, Illinois
Jody K. Burnett
Snow, Christensen & Martineau (retired)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Laurel Cannon Alder
Grants Manager
Utah Division of Arts and Museums
Salt Lake City, Utah
Chair, Development Committee
Ty Couey
President
NHBCUAAF and NOCP
Silver Spring, Maryland
Marshall Crawford (Immediate Past Chair)
Senior Advisor
U. S. Treasury International Affairs
Office of Technical Assistance
Denver, Colorado
Douglas Fiefia
Cloud Account Executive
Google
Herriman, Utah
Gina Gagon
Vice Chair, USU Board of Trustees
Price, Utah
Mehdi Heravi
Political Science Professor (retired) and Author
Bethesda, Maryland
Burns Israelsen
Patent Attorney
Maschoff Brennan
North Salt Lake, Utah
Chair, Finance Committee
Development Committee
Jason Keller
Managing Director
Oaktree Capital Management
Pacific Palisades, California
Travis Lish
President and CEO
Stokes Capital Partners and Management
Sandy, Utah
Chair, Governance Committee
John Loffredo
Vice Chairman
MacKay Shields, LLC
Princeton, New Jersey
Steve Palmer
Immediate Past President, USU Alumni Association
Founder & CEO, Thrive Life
Alpine, Utah
Suzanne Pierce-Moore
Partner
Gratitude Railroad
Park City, Utah
Mark Stoddard
President
Rural Health Group, Inc.
Nephi, Utah
Kerry Wahlen
President and CEO
Goldenwest Credit Union
Ogden, Utah
Tom Willis
Chief Executive Officer
Conestoga Energy Partners LLC
Liberal, Kansas
Breanne Yamauchi
Owner, Bre's Consulting Services
Salt Lake City, Utah
Elizabeth Cantwell
USU President
Matt White
Vice President of Advancement
President of Foundation
Dave Cowley
Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services
Scott Olson
Chief of Staff
Secretary of Foundation