Jesselie B. Anderson, Chair

Jesselie Anderson holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Utah. She serves as a Legacy of Life committee member for the Deseret Foundation Heart and Lung Institute. She also co-chairs the Governor's Mansion Artist Series and is a board member for the Governor's Mansion Foundation. Anderson is the past chairperson of the Children's Center and the Utah Museum of Natural History.

Presently, she is co-chair of the Waterford School Parents’ Advisory Committee and is a member of the executive committee for the Zoo, Arts and Parks Reauthorization Committee.

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Gail Miller, Vice Chair

Gail Miller was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah.  She is a graduate of West High School and attended the University of Utah.  She worked at Mountain Bell Telephone Company from 1962 until 1970.  She lived in Colorado from 1970 to 1979 when she and her husband returned to Salt Lake City to start their own business.  She organized a non-profit organization with the Jazz wives called "The Rest of the Jazz" to help women and children in jeopardy in the Utah area.  Gail and the late Larry H. Miller have 5 children and 23 grandchildren.  Gail's interests include reading, sewing, genealogy, and compiling family history books.  She served on the Salt Lake Community College Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2008 and was reappointed in 2009.  She currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Larry Miller Group of Companies.

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Clint W. Ensign

Clint Ensign joined the Sinclair Oil Corporation in 1984, was appointed an officer in 1993, and was made Senior Vice President in 2005.  He oversees government relations and is responsible for representing The Sinclair Companies before the federal government in Washington, D.C., and state and local governments in the western United States.  Ensign also handles other external corporate affairs responsibilities for the petroleum, hospitality, resort, and ranching interests of Sinclair. 

In 1978, Ensign served on the Washington, D.C. staff of Congressman Teno Roncalio (Wyoming) handling energy and transportation issues.  In 1994, he authored Inscriptions of a Nation, a compilation of the inspiring quotations found on the major historic memorials and public buildings in Washington, D.C., and was soon selected as "Editor's Choice" by the American Heritage magazine.  Ensign has served on the board of directors for the Deseret News as well as the Caring Foundation for Children (Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah).  He currently serves on the Board of Governors for the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and in 2011 was appointed as a member of the Salt Lake Community College Board of Trustees by Governor Gary Herbert. 

Mr. Ensign received a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Utah, a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Brigham Young University, and has also done graduate studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.  He and his wife Cindy are the parents of four children.

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Larry D. Hancock

Larry Hancock is the chief executive officer of Intermountain Healthcare’s Urban Central Region, which includes five hospitals with 852 staffed beds in the Salt Lake metropolitan area: Intermountain Medical Center, LDS Hospital, Alta View Hospital, Riverton Hospital, and The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital. The region also includes 8,000 employees, 900 affiliated physicians, and over 250,000 members of SelectHealth, Intermountain Healthcare’s health plan.

Larry’s professional background includes 25 years of leadership over health systems, health insurance plans, and hospitals. He served as president of Iasis Healthcare’s Utah market from 2003 to 2007, where he was responsible for the operations and strategic direction of four hospitals: Davis, Salt Lake Regional, Jordan Valley, and Pioneer Valley.

From 1998 to 2003, he served as president, then chief executive officer of Altius HealthPlans, which offers managed care insurance to over 200,000 Utahns. He was president and chief executive officer of St. Mark’s Hospital from 1994 to 1996, and before that was assistant administrator/chief financial officer at St. Mark’s. He worked for HCA, St. Mark’s parent company, for 13 years in financial and management positions in Utah, New Mexico, andTennessee. 

Larry earned a master’s of public administration degree from Brigham Young University and a degree in accounting, also from BYU. He’s active in numerous community and professional organizations. He and his wife, Sherry, have five children.

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Ashok Joshi

After beginning his life and education overseas, Dr. Joshi received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University and quickly went on to establish himself as a leading researcher in several prominent companies such as Ray-O-Vac.  His entrepreneurial spirit then moved him to return to his native India and found the first button cell battery development and manufacturing company in that country, where his accomplishments earned him the first National Small Business Entrepreneurial Award given by the President of India.  Then, twenty years ago, Dr. Joshi returned to America and joined Ceramatec, Inc., a spinout company from the University of Utah here in Salt Lake City – establishing the Cerion business division that subsequently developed and marketed the company’s first commercial products, including oxygen analyzers and sensors that are still sold throughout the world.  In 2000, he acquired Ceramatec and rose to the position of President and CEO.  Though he sold the company in 2008, he still serves as President.

Dr. Joshi is actively involved in community development, serving as a member of the Board of Trustees for Salt Lake Community College.  He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Industrial Research Institute.  In his spare time, Dr. Joshi is a philanthropist engaged in the development and building of three schools serving 1800 under-privileged children in rural India.  One of the schools focuses on mentally challenged children.

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Stanley B. Parrish

Stan Parrish and his wife Joyce live in Salt Lake City and are the proud parents of six children and 14 grandchildren. Parrish has worked 21 years in the wholesale floor covering business--the last seven as President and CEO of the company. He worked for five years as Chief of Staff for Senator Orrin Hatch and was appointed by President Reagan to serve as Associate Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Returning to Utah, Parrish served as Governor Bangerter's Executive Director of Community and Economic Development, worked as President of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and then returned to the private sector. He is currently actively involved in four businesses ranging from low tech to high tech.

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Annie V. Schwemmer

Annie Schwemmer is the 2009-2011 president of the Salt Lake Community College Alumni Association.  She graduated from SLCC in 1995 with an Associate of Science in Architectural Technology.  She then went on to receive a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies and a Master of Architecture from the University of Utah in 2001.

In 2003 Annie helped found Renovation Design Group, a local architectural firm that specializes in residential remodeling.  In their first 6 years of operation they have designed over 600 home remodels.  She is currently licensed as an architect in the states of Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, & Wyoming.  She is a member of the American Institute of Architects, Utah Chapter, and is an active member of the Housing Committee.  Annie and her business partner Ann B. Robinson have written a weekly “Renovation Solutions” column for the Deseret News since April of 2005.  Annie is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Utah in the College of Architecture + Planning.

Annie’s involvement with the SLCC Alumni Association is a direct result of her strong belief in the value of education:  to individuals, to communities, and to our society in general.  She likes the College’s mission of providing learning opportunities to “people of diverse cultures, abilities, and ages,” and she feels a strong sense of personal responsibility to give back because of the many people who have given her life-changing opportunities over the years.

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Richard Tranter

Richard Tranter has been superintendent of the Murray City School District since 1998 where he has held various administrative and teaching positions.  Being a product of Utah schools (and a graduate of Murray High) gives him unique insight into the Utah educational system.  He holds undergraduate, graduate and educational specialist degrees from BYU and attended the Harvard Graduate School of Education for Principalship Studies.

Superintendent Tranter was named Utah Principal of the Year in 1995, Administrator of the Year in 1999, Utah Superintendent of the Year in 2005 and has been awarded many other educational and leadership recognitions.  He has served as a member of the Principal Mentoring Alliance, Utah State Accreditation Committee, Utah Secondary Principals’ Association Legislative Council, Utah High School Athletic Association Board of Trustees, Utah Commission for Northwest Association of Accredited Schools, as a Danforth Foundation Representative and in advisory capacity for many other professional and civic organizations.

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Mike Bird

Mike Bird, the 2011-2012 SLCC Student Body President, was born in Salt Lake City and graduated from Murray high School in 2006.  While in high school, Mike was a two-year leading scorer for soccer and was named 1st team All State for hockey.  He served a two year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Sacramento California.  At SLCC, Mike has served as a Student Senator for the North Region and is on his second year of playing varsity soccer for the Men’s Soccer Club.  He will be graduating from the College with his Associates in Business and plans to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management from the University of Utah and Masters in Health Care Administration. 

In 2009 Mike married his sweetheart Kim and later pursued business opportunities which led him to own and operate Parking Solutions L.L.C.  Mike was elected by his fellow student body presidents to serve as the Utah Student Association’s Legislative Vice President.  Mike plans to uphold the Student Life and Leadership’s mission statement by providing opportunities for students to have a voice, get involved, find their place, and shape moments of inspiration.

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Anna Kay Waddoups

Anna Kay Waddoups was born and raised in Afton, Wyoming.  She graduated from Star Valley High School and then attended Brigham Young University where she obtained a degree in Business Education. 

Anna Kay and her husband, Michael, have been heavily involved in politics.  She has managed his successful political career for the past 20 years.  Waddoups currently chairs the DUI Subcommittee for the Utah Substance Abuse and Anti-Violence Committee.  She is the mother of two daughters and grandmother to six wonderful grandchildren.  She enjoys scrapbooking, gardening and playing with grandchildren.

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