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Being an active member of the chamber of commerce is a great way to market your business. When people get to know you as a community leader, they learn to trust you and respect your business practices.

Board Meetings
The Cedar City Area Chamber of Commerce board meets on the first Thursday of every month at noon in the Iron County Visitor's Center at 581 N. Main, Cedar City, Utah 84720.

Luncheons
Chamber members gather together for an informative luncheon featuring great networking opportunities on the second Thursday every month. In order to expose our members to different restaurants in the area, luncheons are held in a different location each month. Call us or watch our website for details.

Our Women In Business group, focusing on issues specific to women, meets on the third Thursday of every month at noon. Again, check our website for details or call us!

Government Advocacy
Bret Nelson
Bret has worked with the Chamber as the Government Representative both as a student representative from the Michael O. Leavitt Center for Politics and Public Service in 2005-2006 and in his career with Leavitt Group Enterprises since 2007.

He has worked as a lobbyist at the Utah Capitol and served on many committees dealing with civic issues.

Bret has a strong passion for civic engagement and believes that becoming educated to current events and issues is the first step to true freedom and democracy in America.

Bret Nelson
The Leavitt Group
Phone: 435-865-4051
bret-nelson@leavitt.com

Women in Business
Sarah Holmes
Sarah J. Holmes is the Branch Manager of the Zions Bank Cedar City Providence Center. She has over eight years of Sales, Marketing and Business Development experience. Sarah is very active in the community and serves on many boards; she is President of Women in Business, member of Cedar City Rotary Club, board member serving as Secretary for Canyon Creek Women's Crisis Center, and Valley View Medical Foundation board member. Sarah has a passion for empowering small business owners and specifically our business leaders to achieve personal and professional success.

Sarah Holmes
Zions Bank
Phone: 435-586-1889 sarah.holmes@zionsbank.com

Southern Utah University Administration
Dean O\\\'Driscoll
As assistant to the President at Southern Utah University Dean O'Driscoll leads a team in marketing and public relations efforts. Some of his oversight for the past seven years includes: publicity, advertising, special events, trademarks and licensing, publications, community relations and internal communications. He had similar duties for ten years at Snow College in central Utah, prior to his current job.

O'Driscoll's previous professional experience includes a number of years in radio and television broadcasting, producing, announcing and reporting in Tucson, Arizona.

He has a BA in Communications and master's in professional communication from SUU.

Dean O'Driscoll
Director, Marketing & Public Relations and
Assistant to the President
351 W. University Boulevard
Administration Building 312 C
Cedar City, UT 84720
odriscoll@suu.edu
435-865-8054
435-586-5475 (fax)
http://www.suu.edu

Breakfasts
Jared Whitefield
Les Olson Company
103 W. Center
Cedar City, UT 84720
Phone: 435-634-1548
jwhitefield@lesolson.com

Education
Craig Isom

Craig has spent more than 26 years in practice as a C.P.A. with Arthur Andersen in their small business division, providing audit and business advisory services.

In 2002 Craig started another career in teaching. He teaches accounting, auditing and entrepreneurship at SUU. He is the director of the Small Business Development Center on campus.

Craig Isom
SUU Small Business Development Center
351 W. University Boulevard
Cedar City, UT 84720
isom@suu.edu
435-586-5400

Cedar City/Iron County Economic Development
Bryan Dangerfield
The Office of Economic Development is responsible for recruiting quality companies to relocate to Iron County in one of many quality industrial parks or commercial and retail centers. The goal is to attract companies needing 40 skilled employees, paying 150% of the county median wage with a capital investment of $40 million (land, building and equipment).

Cedar City provides businesses a winning environment with its strategic location (serving the Intermountain area and Southwest U.S.) and outstanding infrastructure (rail service, fiber optics, I-15, regional airport, University and Tech College).

Bryan Dangerfield
Iron County Economic Development Director
10 N. Main
Cedar City, UT 84720
Phone: 435-586-2770
bryand@cedarcity.org

Executive Director
Donna Brown
581 N. Main, Suite B
Cedar City, UT 84720
Phone: 435-586-4484
Cell: 435-559-1469
Email: director@infowest.com

With a 25-year background in journalism, public relations and marketing, Donna M. Brown has studied the social and economic history of Cedar City, Southern Utah and Utah inside out. Her work has been published in publications throughout the state and nation on a wide variety of topics including business. Brown has been a business owner of two small businesses. She has a bachelor of arts degree from Weber State College (now University) in Communication with a journalism emphasis and an English minor.

President-Elect
Zurl Thornock
Zurl Thornock is Marketing Vice President for Deposit Products for Allegiance Direct Bank. Zurl worked in banking for over 28 years as a branch manager, consumer and commercial lending officer, training manager, and bank marketing manager.

Over the years Zurl has been active in community and civic activities, serving as president of the Kiwanis Club, president of the Cabana Swim Club, board member of the American Institute of Banking, Utah chapter.

Zurl is currently serving on the Board of Trustees with the Happy Factory, on the Humanitarian Committee for TURN Community Services, and as bishop of his LDS ward.

Zurl loves spectator sports, golf, motorcycle riding, working on cars, and being with his family. He and his wife Sharon live in Fiddlers Canyon here in Cedar City and have five children and six grandchildren.

Zurl Thornock
Allegiance Direct Bank
136 W. Center St.
Cedar City, UT 84720
Phone: 865-4152

Awards Banquet Chair
Gina Ratcliff

Gina Ratcliff has been a resident of Iron County for over 15 years. A native of southern California, she loves the southern Utah area and thinks moving here was “one of the best decisions we’ve ever made.”

Gina has worked in the mortgage lending field for more than nine years. She enjoys working with people and helping them achieve the American Dream. As part of her desire to help people she is also a Certified Rapid Eye Technician.

She has seen great success and loves facilitating others in changing their lives for the better.

Gina has a great love for family, gardening, reading, learning, and cooking. She is working on a new venture to incorporate those loves into a business.

Gina is happily married to Bernie Ratcliff. Together they have three children and four grandchildren.


Gina Ratcliff
Coldwell Banker Mortgage
Cell: 435-590-7287
gina.ratcliff@mortgagefamily.com

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