This story appears in the March 2025 issue of Utah Business. Subscribe.

Each year, we celebrate Utah’s most accomplished professionals — the CEOs who have led their organizations with courage and have made it their mission to change the way we do business in Utah. Congratulations to this year’s CEO of the Year honorees.

Photography by Justin Hackworth

Judges

Curtis Anderson | CEO | Nursa

Kathleen Bodenlos | CEO | Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum

Allyse Jackson | CEO | Beehive Meals

Honorees

Bill Aho

CEO | VidAngel Entertainment

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Jared Andersen

CEO | Crazy Candy

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James Barlow

CEO | BZI

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Silvia Castro Bennett MBA

CEO & President | Suazo Business Center

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Brian Beutler

CEO | Alianza

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Karalynne Call

Founder & CEO | Just Ingredients

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Jennifer Godfrey

CEO | Utah Community Action

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Brandy Grace

CEO | Utah Association of Counties

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Chandana Haque

Executive Director | Altitude Lab

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Erik J. Haslem

CEO | BHI

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Arian D. Lewis

Co-Founder & CEO | Kiln.

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Mike Linton

CEO | VLCM

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Michael Littledike

Founder & CEO | Capita Financial Network

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Felix Morgan

CEO | Trucordia

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David Neeleman

Founder & CEO | Breeze Airways

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Shane Parashonts

Tribal Administrator | Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah

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Adam Paul

Founder & CEO | Next Meters

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Candie Perkins

Co-Founder & CEO | Datafy

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Scott Porter

Founder, CEO & Chief Churro Officer | San Diablo Artisan Churros

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Michael Scolamiero

Executive Director | Ballet West

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Sara Sergent

CEO & Master Botanical Distiller | Alpine Distilling

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John Smith-Coppes

CEO & President | Joyce University of Nursing & Health Sciences

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Leslie Snavely

CEO & President | CHG Healthcare

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Heather West

Founder & CEO | Wellnest Fertility

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