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Each year, we celebrate Utah’s most accomplished professionals—the CEOs who have led their organizations with strength, courage and endurance and have made it their mission to change the way we do business in Utah. Congratulations to this year’s honorees.
2024 CEO of the Year awards photographed by MANICPROJECT for Utah Business Next
2024 CEOs of the Year
Curtis Anderson | Founder & CEO | Nursa |
Edson Barton | Co-Founder & CEO | YouScience |
Kathleen Bodenlos | CEO | Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum |
Darren Bolingbroke | CEO & President | X3 |
Alix Lewis Burrows & Kelly Dearth | Co-Founders & Co-CEOs | LitJoy Crate |
Randy Christensen | CEO & President | NOW CFO |
Sumner Douglas | Founder & CEO | Stack Homes |
Janida Emerson | CEO | Fourth Street Clinic |
Trevor Farnes | Co-Founder & CEO | MTN OPS |
Reyes Florez | Founder & CEO | Platform Accounting Group |
Jay K. Francis | CEO & President | South Valley Chamber |
Jenny Groberg | Founder & CEO | BookSmarts Accounting & Bookkeeping |
Cameron Gunter | Founder & CEO | PEG Companies |
Rob Hitchcock | CEO & President | Select Health |
Allyse Jackson | Founder & CEO | Beehive Meals |
Steve Keyser | CEO | Utah Paperbox |
Nikki MacKay | CEO | Utah Foster Care |
Alan Matheson Jr. | Executive Director | Point of the Mountain State Land Authority
Donna Matturro McAleer | Executive Director | Bicycle Collective |
Sterling W. Nielsen | CEO & President | Mountain America Credit Union |
Melanie Robinson | CEO | WEBB |
Melva C. Sine | CEO & President | Utah Restaurant Association
Weston W. Swenson | CEO | Novva Data Centers |
Beth Waldron | CEO & President | LÉVO |
Judges | 2024
Shauna SmithCEO | Savory Restaurant Fund
To learn more about our 2024 CEOs of the Year, check out the YouTube playlist below. Access honoree photos from the event here.
