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August 1, 2023
Schwartz Gosline, Lisa

During her career, Lisa has done Emergency Management for Taylorsville and Midvale cities, Intermountain Healthcare (at that time in the Central Region), Salt Lake Community College and now Weber County. There are several basic fundamentals of emergency management that apply, regardless of what sector you work in and the variety of her experience has taught […]

August 1, 2023
Rypien, Brandon

Brandon has over 15 years of professional planning experience working for local governments. He has been a certified planner for more than 10 years. His professional planning career has allowed him to work on a variety of major projects, including, citywide visioning, form-based codes, master planning, scenario-based planning, and site design. What makes him tick […]

August 1, 2023
Keane, Tim

Tim Keane was appointed Director of Planning and Development Services for the City of Boise, Idaho on March 9, 2022. Previously Tim served as Commissioner of City Planning for the City of Atlanta, Georgia under three separate mayoral administrations from 2015 to 2022. In both Boise and Atlanta Tim has been responsible for design, permitting, […]

July 28, 2023
Letson, Leon

Leon is the Community Planning Manager for Ada County, overseeing both the long-range and current planning divisions. Prior to joining Ada County in 2021, he managed the City of Boise’s affordable housing program, focusing on property acquisitions for Boise’s Housing Land Trust and developing incentives for the creation of additional affordable housing. Prior to this, […]

July 28, 2023
Fischer, Thaine

A social entrepreneur with an extensive background in TIF, HTC, and NMTC financing for real estate acquisitions, development, and management. Since 2010, Fischer Regan Enterprises has successfully redeveloped several commercial historic buildings in the downtown core of Ogden, Utah.Most recently, FRE redeveloped The Monarch, a historic auto garage located in Downtown Ogden, programmed as a […]

July 28, 2023
Johnson, Eli

Eli has served with the Weber County Sheriffs Office since October of 1996, starting his career in the Corrections Division. Since 2006 Eli has served as Program Coordinator for the Weber County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security. Developing NIMS compliant plans, training, for emergency preparedness, response, and recovery for Weber County and Utah […]

July 28, 2023
Taylor, Jennie

It has been said that storytelling is one of the most powerful ways to put an idea into the world. So how do you harness the story that lies behind (or within) an idea, and how do you tell that story in such a way that the world receives the idea? Jennie Taylor joins us […]

July 28, 2023
Froerer, Gage

Commissioner Froerer has been married to his high school sweetheart Gloria, for forty-six years. Together they have three boys and three grandchildren, who are his world. Commissioner Froerer has always lived in Weber County and enjoys the recreation opportunities available here, including golfing, skiing and horseback riding. Commissioner Froerer graduated from Weber High School, earned […]

July 28, 2023
Sinclair, Rhiannon

An urban planner with a background in architecture, Rhiannon Sinclair’s work focuses on complex urban systems across multiple scales. She uses data-driven strategies to better understand and enhance the relationship between people, buildings, systems and the public realm. Rhiannon has considerable experience communicating information to broad audiences to promote strong community exchange and empowerment within […]

July 28, 2023
Carter Park, Jamie

Jamie Carter Park is the vice president of the Weber County Heritage Foundation. She is also a professionally trained librarian and local author. During the day she works as the Executive Secretary of DeafBlind services for the Utah State Board of Education. Her special interests are in disability history and the stories of women in […]

July 28, 2023
Kingston, Erik

Erik is a certified Professional Community and Economic Developer and Idaho Access Project Board Member. He created IHFA’s Housing Information Referral Center and Housing Hotline in 1998 and coordinates statewide program, strategic planning and outreach initiatives. Erik represents IHFA on the Idaho Rural Partnership (IRP) board, Community Review Team, Western Community Assessment Network (WeCAN), and […]

July 28, 2023
Kandasamy, Jhansi

Jhansi Kandasamy is INL’s Net-Zero Program Director. She brings 30 years of industry experience and leadership to her role, including as the former executive vice president of engineering for GE-Hitachi as well as in a variety of roles at Exelon’s Limerick Generating Station and Oyster Creek Generating Station, Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) Nuclear Salem/Hope […]

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