Board

Board Of Tourism Development

Department

Governor's Office of Economic Development

Website

Contact

Leigh Von Der Esch

Phone

(801) 538-1370

Code

63M-1-1402

Appointed Members

Standing Mem

Authority

Advisory

Term

4 Years

Political Diversity

Yes

Senate Confirmation

Yes

Compensation

Per Diem And Necessary Expenses

Requirements

The board shall consist of 13 members appointed by the governor to four-year terms of office with the consent of the Senate.

Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (1)(a), the governor shall, at the time of appointment or reappointment, adjust the length of terms to ensure that the terms of board members are staggered so that approximately half of the board is appointed every two years.

The members may not serve more than two full consecutive terms unless the governor determines that an additional term is in the best interest of the state.

Not more than seven members of the board may be of the same political party.

The members shall be representative of:
          (i) all areas of the state with six being appointed from separate                             geographical areas as provided in Subsection (4)(b); and
          (ii) a diverse mix of [the travel and] business ownership or executive                         management of tourism related industries.
      (b) The geographical representatives shall be appointed as follows:
           (i) one member from Salt Lake, Tooele, or Morgan County;
           (ii) one member from Davis, Weber, Box Elder, Cache, or Rich County;
           (iii) one member from Utah, Summit, Juab, or Wasatch County;
           (iv) one member from Carbon, Emery, Grand, Duchesne, Daggett, or                  Uintah County;
            (v) one member from San Juan, Piute, Wayne, Garfield, or Kane County;                  and
            (vi) one member from Washington, Iron, Beaver, Sanpete, Sevier, or                   Millard County.

(c) The [travel and] tourism industry representatives of ownership or             executive management shall be appointed [from among active                         participants in the ownership or management of travel and tourism             related businesses.] as follows:
              (i) one member from ownership or executive management of the lodging                   industry, as recommended by the lodging industry for the governor's                   consideration;
              (ii) one member from ownership or executive management of the                               restaurant industry, as recommended by the restaurant industry for                       the governor's consideration;
              (iii) one member from ownership or executive management of the ski                    industry, as recommended by the ski industry for the governor's                    consideration; and
               (iv) one member from ownership or executive management of the                               motor vehicle rental industry, as recommended by the motor                      vehicle rental industry for the governor's consideration.
    (d) One member shall be appointed at large from ownership or executive          management of business, finance, economic policy, or the academic          media marketing community.
     (e) One member shall be appointed from the Utah Tourism Industry Coalition           as recommended by the coalition for the governor's consideration.
      (f) One member shall be appointed to represent the state's counties as                     recommended by the Utah Association of Counties for the governor's           consideration.
      (g) (i) The governor may choose to disregard a recommendation made for a                   board member under Subsections (4)(c), (e), and (f).
           (ii) The governor shall request additional recommendations if                 recommendations are disregarded under Subsection (4)(g)(i).

Membership

Name	Expires	Position	Qualification
Steve Lindburg	07/01/2011	Chair	Lodging Industry
John Holland	07/01/2011	Member	San Juan, Piute, Wayne, Garfield, and Kane Counties
Pamela Hilton	07/01/2011	Member	Washington, Iron, Beaver, Sanpete, Sevier, and Millard Counties
Jeff Robbins	07/01/2011	Member	Salt Lake, Tooele, and Morgan Counties
William Malone	07/01/2011	Member	Utah Tourism Industry Coalition
Hans Fuegi	07/01/2011	Member	Restaurant Industry
Steven Burr	07/01/2011	Member	Academic Media Marketing Committee
Nathan Rafferty	06/30/2013	Member	Ski Industry
Joel Racker	06/30/2013	Member	Utah, Summit, Juab, and Wasatch Counties.
Frank Jones	06/30/2013	Member	Motor Vehicle Rental Industry
Peter Corroon	06/30/2013	Member	Utah Association of Counties
Colin Fryer	06/30/2013	Vice-chair	Carbon, Emery, Grand, Duchesne, Daggett and Uintah Counties
Georgianna Knudson	06/30/2013	Member	Davis, Weber, Box Elder, Cache and Rich Counties.

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